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Custom built rifle with optics $5100.00/$5600.00 plus tax and destination charges.
A guy with patience and foresight, can do it for much less than that. I had two custom-built rifles built by a couple of the best smiths in the business by using this method: buy a used rifle with the action you want (I used the Winchester M70); strip the rifle down and sell everything you don't want; pick up the high quality parts you want over time from individuals online (I picked up a slightly used McMillan Prone stock for $300); send all the parts to your gunsmith. Doing this, you can get a top quality stick (sans scope) for somewhere in the neighborhood of $2,000. Of course, what you give up is some of your time in exchange for saving $$$. But for guys who don't have deep pockets, this is a trade off we are willing to make.
Don