Sniper Rifles

You want a repica? Look up them up and study them on the internet. Then buy the componets and have a hayday putting your own together. Be creative, your talking a replica of a $20,000 piece of furniture, complete.
 
Depends on how close you want to get..

To the real thing. Each of the systems has a few unique features that make a true replica either expensive or difficult to duplicate.

For example, the M40 uses an specific scope (Unertl) that's not available anymore (IIRC) and the M24 is a long action M700 in .308 that's also drilled and tapped for Redfield Olympic sights.

If you want to replicate these for a collection, it will be expensive (not 20k though) and time consuming.

For a shooter, the Remington PSS is a good factory gun and for one of the best, as Gary points out, the Chandler brothers have a great product.

Tell us what your wanting the rifle(s) for and we can give better advice.

Giz
 
For M40 (A1?) try
Texas Brigade Armory. I have one of their A1 model, and it has all the detail of the real thing down to the markings. Iron Brigade Armory is pretty good, too. They are A LOT more expensive and there are some of their own "improvements. TBA's standard rifle is the cloest copy of USMC's.
For the current issue USMC 10x scope:
Unertl or US Optics
There are few (if any) issue Unertl scopes in civilian hands. The last one I heard cost ~$5000 and it's most likely a stolen property!
For M24, I haven't heard of any company can accurately duplicate one. It uses a special trigger that can be adjusted w/o removing the action from the stock, and the factory markings that's impossible to reproduce (it's about the arrangement of the marking, not just how to make it). Mike of TBA said that he can make one just like the army's, but I lost contact with him for a while.
Besides the cost, you have to be very patient. Rifle from both companies takes more than a year to complete (18 months from IBA if menory serves!).
Good luck.
 
I would bet the Military Issed weapons push over $18,000 to $20,000 with all the bells and whisles they come with. I have a friend that carried $12,000 worth of sniper rifle in VN some 30 years ago. Sorry for the confussion between replica and what the military would pay. They will spend $1,000 for a box of bolts use two and supplus the box to a sub contractor that will store the box. Then when they need 2 more bolts they order them and pay triple the cost.
 
there is an article on them in this months American Rifleman with pictures of a guy building one

dZ
 
The guy building one is a USMC Armorer. Texas Brigade Armory makes a very good replica, minus the scope, of the M40A1 variant. I think they cost around $1700. Iron Brigade Armory makes a copy for about $4500. Armament Technologies makes a copy of the US Army M24. I think that runs around $3000. US optics got the refurbish contract for the Unertl scopes and they are selling them for about $2500 if you really want an exact replica. Unertl was also bought out recently and they may make the scopes available.
 
This blew me away....I went looking for the cost of the M40A1 and I found 2 sites that listed UNIT REPLACEMENT COST as $2,105.00. I was sure the military would have paid dearly for that weapon. then again, maybe they paid dearly for the Hard case and all the fun stuff packed inside.
The Tact rifles I have seen locally, sold to SWAT and a few others have been upwards for $8,000. I stand corrected on even a Mil issue.
 
Thanks everyone. I was at the Texas Armory site a few years back while still at college, but I can't get to it now. It says, "This website has been "Temporarily Suspended" ". Whatever the hell that means. When I say replica, I mean within limits. I know I couldn't get the Unertl or the long action .308. Besides that, I want as close as I can get. For those suggesting the M40 at Iron Brigade, are y'all refering to the Chandler rifle?
 
sniper rifle

Yep, Chandler built rifle, also you might look into McBro's rifles {Gale McMillians started this company company as McMillian rifles] His son now runs it and they helped design some of the milataties finest sniper based systems.
 
I heard on the sniper country website that TBA had closed its doors. I just finished Mike Lau's (the owner of TBA) book, "The Military and Police Sniper". It's very good, with a lot of practical information. There is a chapter on the US Army M24 and a chapter on the Marine M40A1.

THe M24 has a long action because the Army wanted the ability to change to a .300 mag barrel.

How are things in Mississippi? I grew up in Jackson, and graduated USM in '89. I havn't been back in a while.
 
m40 or m24 rifles

TBA is still alive and kicking, just give Mike Lau a call at (972) 298-7048 and he'll give you a run down on your options.

Chandler rifles (IBA)are awesome if you can wait 18 months for one.

There are two other builders that you should also check out, Jerry Rice of http://www.norcalprecision.com and George Gardner, of GA Precision. http://www.dennysguns.com/denny/precision.html
These two have an awesome rep for building excellent precision rifles without breaking the bank.

I have one rifle from both NorCal Precision and from GA Precision. They are great tools.

Good luck and good shooting.
 
HK-CQB,

Why was the web site down then?

Matrix,

Things are nice. Always hot like normal. I went to MSU and graduate...this December. Was in ROTC the whole time to be a sniper. Ergo, the interest in the rifle.
 
Tx Brigade Armory

Mike, is still in bidness, his website is down, because he has more business than he can handle now, and he hasn't had the time to re-do the site properly.
He is going to really upgrade it, and make it nice.
And, like the Chandler's....you will have to wait at LEAST 12-18 months to get a TBA also.......
So, if you want the CLOSEST clone to a real M40A1, then it will have to come from TBA........
Unless, one of you gent's knows something I don't.....and IF you do please share.
Gardner, has a great rep, as does jerry Rice, but no one makes the A1 clones.....cept TBA.
Chandler's are close, but not as close, and cost double..........so for what it's worth, this is the real skinny on TBA..........:)
 
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