Recent content by cazwell

Well, this has been very helpful in terms of caliber discussion, and factory rifles. I'm pretty comfortable (and set on) 7mm08 or .280 and I've been given some very good ideas as to stock rifles to look at. For the sake of discussion, and back to the more custom "build" idea, I'm curious as to...

Marlin X7 is a great suggestion, especially for a very budget conscious option, thanks. Been reading reviews on them and seems reports are consistent that they are more accurate than they should be for the price. Not many around though, especially used. ON the budget rifle not, I just had...

I'd love to talk to him. When it comes to tools and grear, I subscribe to the "buy once, cry once" philosophy. Most of the time anyways. That's part of why I'm having a little heartburn on the caliber decision. If it was just a $300 to $500 rifle I'd grab the first decent deal that came up...

What all is involved with that and what's the cost that you've found?

On a semi relevant note, I came across this blog today and enjoyed this writeup regarding 7mm08/ 7mm08imp https://tacticalgunreview.com/7mm-08-ackley-improved/

gdcpony- Cool rifle. What kind of accuracy are you getting out them? Cool TW as well! I'm a long time dirt bike and mountain bike rider. I'm 6'2", so length of pull and comb height are often an issue. That's what got me looking at chassis systems or rifles like Savage with the accu-fit.

I checked out the rifle. Very nice. Interestingly, it uses a 1/8 twist for 7mm-08. I've read that 1/9 or 1/9.5 is best for the 7mm08, I wonder why they went with 1/8... rifle geared towards heavier bullets I guess?

Good info, thanks. I'd love the rundown, I'm definitely trying to get my head around what factory options are out there.

That makes sense, thanks for the real world info. When you say 7.5-8.5 is the nice range for you, is that scoped or without scope?

The builds you mentioned look pretty slick. When I first started thinking about this a couple of months ago, I came across the Magpul hunter stock and thought it was pretty cool. Then I discovered Bravo and their KRG stock and nearly bought one. Just wasn't sure I could build it light enough or...

I hear you, and I've struggled with that exact thought. There have been a couple of Remington 700's, Ruger M77's, Winchester Mod 70 etc come up locally in .280 or 7mm-08 for reasonable prices and I though, dang, maybe I ought to just grab one of those, have my local guy bed the action if needed...

Again, thanks for all the info. Lot's of great suggestions, information, insight and personal experience, I appreciate it. Some follow up questions; 1.) I'm curious as to what weight caps you guys would put on a mountain/backpacking rifle? What do you feel is too heavy for all day hiking with...

The recoil issue was much more so that I could spend a lot of range time with it. It doesn't have to do double duty for wife/kidsi if that's not feasible. I would like to be able to put 20-30 down the pipe in a session and not have a sore shoulder or loose teeth. :) I also just don't think...

You didn't read it wrong, I'm very interested in building a rifle, but I am not opposed to buying a factory rifle either. I would like better than hunting accuracy out of it. I know lots of successful hunters with 2moa rifles, but I'd like to be .75 moa or better, which I know usually requires...

Wow, tons of great responses here, thanks! I'm traveling and reading on my phone but will respond when I'm home. Thanks again for all the suggestions and info!