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Re: Build VS buy
« Reply #15 on: April 28, 2017, 10:44:09 PM »
I bought a Fierce last fall and really like it. Gun feels great, trigger is good, and 1/2 moa guarantee. I can't get mine to shoot but I don't think it is necessarily the gun. Standard Edge in 28 Nosler with a Sig Tango4 6-24x50 scope, weighs exactly 10lbs with a full magazine but no sling. If I can figure out a load for it I will be more than happy. My loads so far have only been around moa but am confident it will do better.

I was in the same quandary as you.  I was looking custom but after pricing all the parts and sourcing a good smith to build it I was looking at twice the cost.
what bullet and powder are you trying ?  Try 192 Bergers with Retumbo ?

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Re: Build VS buy
« Reply #16 on: April 28, 2017, 10:57:30 PM »
Listen to the guys who have slapped a trigger a bunch. The rest are all "Google" happy and just trying to get and/or want to be there.

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Re: Build VS buy
« Reply #17 on: April 29, 2017, 02:26:20 AM »
Titanium is light but it's not crazy light, rite at half the weight of steel I believe? ....and the carbon barrels still have a barrel under them ! I love my Christensen arms tho....amazing balance and accuracy for a gun that light..love that gun

Id have no problem getting a lone peak or defiance action and adding a carbon barrel of your choice to it......if you carry your gun safari style you appreciate the carbon on cold days! Id talk to the guys @ hells canyon armory and get there perspective on things


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Re: Build VS buy
« Reply #18 on: April 29, 2017, 08:24:43 AM »
Is "Safari style" like "M60" style? :chuckle:

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Re: Build VS buy
« Reply #19 on: April 29, 2017, 09:03:31 AM »
One thing that you may or may not know is that super light rifles require a very disciplined technique to be accurate.

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Re: Build VS buy
« Reply #20 on: April 29, 2017, 09:46:03 AM »
One thing that you may or may not know is that super light rifles require a very disciplined technique to be accurate.

Kirby Allen, one of the most respected gunsmiths out there who has built 1000's of long range rifles, rates his light rifles for a max of 800 yards or less just due to the limits on most shooters to hold a light rifle steady up to and through the shot himself included.   

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Re: Build VS buy
« Reply #21 on: April 29, 2017, 11:02:21 AM »
It takes someone willing to take a beating to be accurate for sure. I shoot my lightest rifles from bags on the bench and from my backpack in the field.  If I can't get perfect hold on those rifles I just don't shoot. It really does make a difference. The recoil must be repeatable evey time for these to be accurate. Many people can't get perfect cheek weld on their light rifles and just try to cope with it.....which is tough to do repeatably.

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Re: Build VS buy
« Reply #22 on: April 29, 2017, 07:46:45 PM »
You could just have Mel Forbes build you a rifle; New Ultra Light Arms (NULA) rifles are hard to beat for an ultra light gun. Titanium actions and CF barrels are over priced hype. :twocents:

 


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