Custom Rifle for Next Year ? Act now - Almost too late to order...

[Magnum_Willys]

Load development in hunting season is a pain, but I ended up like buddies doing just that as custom builds are running 9 months out typically now.  Custom stocks running 6-7 months, defiance actions as long as 9 months and good hydrodippers are 6 weeks out - after they have your bedded stock in hand.  Exceptions are the rule but plan for 9+ months as that seems to be the norm.   

Worth the wait tho !

[OLYTAX]

Try having Benchmark Barrels build you a custom rifle and barrel.....second to none for a ACCURATE rifle, Ive had five or six rifles made by them.   Custom stocks, paint jobs, etc.   You wont ever be sorry

360.652.2594.....Arlington, wa.   benchmarkbarrels@yahoo.com

[Biggerhammer]

Try having Benchmark Barrels build you a custom rifle and barrel.....second to none for a ACCURATE rifle, Ive had five or six rifles made by them.   Custom stocks, paint jobs, etc.   You wont ever be sorry

360.652.2594.....Arlington, wa.   benchmarkbarrels@yahoo.com

👍👍👍👍

[snowshoes22]

I just buy used customs at a fraction of the price and no wait. 

[bod]

Do yourself a favor
Take my advice
Buy a Tikka
Then go on a guided hunt

[yorketransport]

Try having Benchmark Barrels build you a custom rifle and barrel.....second to none for a ACCURATE rifle, Ive had five or six rifles made by them.   Custom stocks, paint jobs, etc.   You wont ever be sorry

360.652.2594.....Arlington, wa.   benchmarkbarrels@yahoo.com

I’ve had benchmark build 2 guns and 3 more barrels for me over the years and they’re all excellent. I’d budget at least 12 months to get anything done there though.

[Crunchy]

Benchmark doesn't make actions do they?  Barrels, and true up a factory action is what you are calling custom?  I haven't looked at their website in a while but I do not remember them selling fully custom rifles.  maybe my web browsing needs some work.

[yorketransport]

Benchmark doesn't make actions do they?  Barrels, and true up a factory action is what you are calling custom?  I haven't looked at their website in a while but I do not remember them selling fully custom rifles.  maybe my web browsing needs some work.

They aren’t a true one stop shop, but if you send them the components they’ll build the gun for you. There are very few shops who actually build their own actions as well. Even places like Rbros have somebody else making the actions for them.

[b23]

And, you don't have to use a custom action to have an extremely well shooting build.  Custom actions maybe have a higher cool factor and they may even look prettier but I have both and my semi custom builds shoot just as good as my full custom builds.

I think I've seen a few of Yorkes semi custom builds, he built himself on Savage actions and prefit barrels, that shoot pretty well so one doesn't necessarily have to go full custom to get a fine shooter, unless they want to.

[Biggerhammer]

Benchmark doesn't make actions do they?  Barrels, and true up a factory action is what you are calling custom?  I haven't looked at their website in a while but I do not remember them selling fully custom rifles.  maybe my web browsing needs some work.

As of lately BenchMark keeps Defiance actions on hand for custom builds. Defiance actions are as good as it gets.

http://defiancemachine.com/custom-bolt-actions/

They have done builds for me. Supplied everything. Action, stock, barrel, muzzle device, pillar bedding, the works. When Chris worked there, I have sent him a action, stock, muzzle brake and bottom metal and had a finished rifle back on my door step in 10 days!!!

Since then expect a min of 12 months.

[Biggerhammer]

And, you don't have to use a custom action to have an extremely well shooting build.  Custom actions maybe have a higher cool factor and they may even look prettier but I have both and my semi custom builds shoot just as good as my full custom builds.

I think I've seen a few of Yorkes semi custom builds, he built himself on Savage actions and prefit barrels, that shoot pretty well so one doesn't necessarily have to go full custom to get a fine shooter, unless they want to.

While Savage actions are far from rocket science. They do shoot!

Now Yorke's going to poke at me for the length of my bolt handle. Blown primers and stuck bolts aren't out of the norm for me and developing wildcat cartridge loads. A little leverage helps.

6.5-.338 Ultra Magnum Improved(6.5 Badger).

[b23]

Now Yorke's going to poke at me for the length of my bolt handle.

That looks like a Glades bolt handle and they are pretty big.  I put one on my Sav Bmag 17 WSM and being as big as they are it made for a PITA to get my finger on the trigger.  I had it shortened and turned down so it wasn't so big.  On my little HB SS Bmag, that bigazz bolt handle looked goofy as hel1, too.

[Biggerhammer]

Now Yorke's going to poke at me for the length of my bolt handle.

That looks like a Glades bolt handle and they are pretty big.  I put one on my Sav Bmag 17 WSM and being as big as they are it made for a PITA to get my finger on the trigger.  I had it shortened and turned down so it wasn't so big.  On my little HB SS Bmag, that bigazz bolt handle looked goofy as hel1, too.

I was also thinking if I ever had to file the serial number and wear gloves to keep from leaving finger prints the larger bolt handle would be easier to manipulate.

[yorketransport]

Now Yorke's going to poke at me for the length of my bolt handle. Blown primers and stuck bolts aren't out of the norm for me and developing wildcat cartridge loads. A little leverage helps.

That doesn’t sound like something I’d do.... Completely unrelated though, NASA would really appreciate it if you’d give back that exterior fuel tank off of the space shuttle that you’re using as a bolt handle. 

[Jolten]

I'm still waiting for York to sell me his badger.