New Guy/First Build

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TheGunGuy762

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Howdy Y'all! New gun nut on the forum here. Well i just wanted to see what you all thought of my first build. I'm a gunsmithing student at Pine Tech in MN. Got a call the other day from a contractor i worked with in FL and he wanted me to build him a custom rifle. Not a hunting rifle mind you, just a custom rifle for him to have cause he wants one. $1500 budget. He wants it stainless. Fluted if i can get it, and I'm making a thumbhole stock out of a nicely figure Turkish walnut or an American black walnut. Thinking of a Rem 700 action for a start, maybe a pre-64 Win 70. All topped off with a Leupold silver matte 3-9x40mm scope. I'm jeweling the bolt body, safety, and the bolt release. I have a buddy in New Mexico that makes custom slings out of 175ft of para-cord and he offers them a multitude of colors and it'll be hung from nickel plated sling studs. Trigger, trigger guard, and bolt handle will also be nickel plated. Timney trigger finishes off the job and all lock safely away in an airline approved, aluminum hard case.

Questions, comments, concerns, observations, snide remarks....etc

~TGG
 
With a $1500 budget is this probable? I guess if you're in gunsmithing school, labor isn't included as it's counted as course work (or something to that affect). Sounds like a good setup though! Props to you for going to school for gunsmithing!
 
I get gunsmiths discounts and im buying the rifle used from a gunshow and usually the vendors give me a little bit of a bargain so i should be able to get a Rem 700 for under $500
 
Even with a 500 dollar action, 300 for the scope and not counting mounts and rings, another 300 - 450 for the barrel and 100 for the trigger you will be cutting it pretty close.

I just built a tactical off a Stevens and sold the stock barrel for 75 and ended up spending almost that much even using a 220 dollar Mueller scope. The drop box mag and related bottom metal is what killed my budget. If had stuck with a blind mag I would have stayed below 1000.

Good luck though, it's fun and worth it in the end knowing you did it and there is not another one exactly like it.
 
I'm thinking that if it does turn out that im cutting it too close, ill just use the factory barrel and flute it myself or get a 700 with a target barrel and turn it down then flute it.
 
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