Custom rifles

[Sakko300wsm]

I’m sure it’s been covered a ton of times on here . My main hunting rifles are Christensen's topped with NF glass , but now really considering to have a true custom built. What’s some of your go to guys for customs? And hopefully not wait a year for it

[jjhunter]

I have an Rbros 28 Nosler.

I hunt with a Christensen topped with a NF.   

[Rainier10]

I have a RBros 300 win mag and absolutely love it. So does my wife

[CarbonHunter]

I have an Rbros 30 Nosler and it is the easiest gun I own to shoot and to take care of. Great rifle.

I personally do not own a Christensen but know people who do and they are very nice rifles as well. Just depends what you are looking for and if you want to go the extra step to get a fully custom rifle or just a very high quality rifle.

[carpsniperg2]

Blagg rifles out of Pendleton. Darrin is a great guy his prices are very fair, about the best you will find. Between me and family and friends. He probably has done 15/20 for our group. They all shoot incredible. My 2 main ones from him are a 30 Nosler and 6.5 stw.

[jrebel]

Tagging along on this one.

Toying with the idea of building my own on a terminus Zeus action with quick barrel change option.   My problem / hang up…..is the same every time I start thinking about a custom…. My factory rifles for 1/4 the price, shoot just as good. 

My buddy has built two off the terminus Zeus actions and they are pretty amazing rifles. 

[The scout]

I would just start buying all the parts and then find a gunsmith to put it together. That’s what I have done for my last few builds. You can usually find deals on actions, barrels, stocks.

[dreadi]

What's a true custom built mean to you? A factory donor rifle that gets all the fixings and a rebarrel? New stock, new action, new trigger, new barrel? $1,000 project? $10,000 project?


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[Sakko300wsm]

My idea of getting a custom built is - finding a reputable builder, call and discuss details/options, talk over his thoughts/opinions, be prepared to pay a fair amount of money for a quality tested set up. Not looking to re barrel a donor set up

[Magnum_Willys]

Goto Preferred Barrels out of Utah
Pick a prefit carbon barrel (the 50/50 nickel looks great)
Pick your action, caliber and length.

Suggest Anti-X action (In stock at percision rifles)
Suggest 23” 300 PRC or 7 PRC
Get a Manners Prohunter stock with micro chassis from Altus or Percision

Bolt together with choice of  bottom metal.
Order Suppressor

Shoot!

[b23]

I’m sure it’s been covered a ton of times on here . My main hunting rifles are Christensen's topped with NF glass , but now really considering to have a true custom built. What’s some of your go to guys for customs? And hopefully not wait a year for it

I've had builds done from numerous different gunsmiths over the years but Defensive Edge Rifles https://defensiveedge.net/  and Karl Kampfeld https://www.kampfeldcustom.com/ have been doing all my of builds for some time now and couldn't be happier.  They both have the fastest build times of anyone I have ever used, do great work, and have excellent communication.  I always suggest using someone within a reasonable driving distance of you so you can drive to their shop meet and talk to them in person at least for the first build or work you want them to do.  After that if you want more work done and they aren't really close you can ship your stuff back and forth but it's nice being able to meet them at least once before you start a build.  Defensive Edge is only about twenty five minutes away from me which makes it easy and Kampfeld is around an hour and a half which isn't quite as convenient but the first project Karl did for me I dropped my stuff off with him and we had a chance to chat face to face.  Now I ship everything to him but it's nice having that peace of mind having met him.

I used a gunsmith out of Fort Shaw Mt. for a build once where the only communication was through email I couldn't call him and he wouldn't call me.  After three years of waiting and emailing back and forth with nothing but excuse after excuse and fewer and fewer emails things came to a head and the emails became less pleasant.  I finally got my rifle but when I did it didn't even function properly.  It was a bit of a disaster and I later learned many others had the same experience but I did learn a valuable lesson out of it and looking back I've asked myself many times, what the hellll was I thinking using someone I couldn't even talk to on the phone.

If DE Rifles or Kampfeld Customs are to far from you to drive to I will 100% vouch for both of them as being top notch honest shops to work with.  One of the nice things about Defensive Edge is if you tell Shawn what bullet you intend to use he will work up a load for you with that bullet and shoot it for group at 100yds right at his shop.  The only downside I've found with DE is Shawn's equipement is only setup to cut American threads so he doesn't work on anything with metric threads like a Tikka or CZ.  Anything with metric threads I send to Karl Kampfeld.

[Sakko300wsm]

I have an Rbros 28 Nosler.

I hunt with a Christensen topped with a NF.   

Why do you hunt with the CA over the Rbros?

[jjhunter]

I guess it’s just the perfect hunting rifle.  Light, short, accurate.   I can shoot on the run, I can get down and make long shot.   

I don’t use a sling; I’ve always carried my rifles.   I pack the CA using the NF like a handle.  Fits my hand perfectly and can pack it like that forever.   

I also prefer the more traditional stock.  The vertical grip stocks just don’t swing naturally for me.  I shoot a lot of my animals off-hand/moving so that’s important to me.

I probably just need to have Travis restock my rifle.   Then it would be perfect.   I would like to be able to use Talleys, though, so I could pack my rifle the way I like.   I think his new action will allow this.

[mountainman]

RBros hands down. One hole at 300, smooth and tight

[Sakko300wsm]

RBros hands down. One hole at 300, smooth and tight

Good chance I am going it’s Rbros - was talking with Travis yesterday. Did check in with a builder in Lewiston - haven’t heard back from him yet

[muleyslayer]

I have a 28 nosler that Mike from hells canyon armory built. I absolutely love it, it’s very accurate. Although like others on here mentioned I bought a CA traverse in a 6.5 prc. I topped it with NF glass, and I feel very confident with it solo hunting. The ability to spot impacts, is the reason why I use it for solo hunting. I’ve killed 10 deer with the factory match ammo, no issues whatsoever.

[Crunchy]

I ordered the parts and put it together myself   Might have been a bit more expensive, but pick and buy the action you want.  It shows up ship it to the barrel maker.  Order the custom stock for your action and barrel.  Stuff shows up and slap it together so to speak.  All I had to do was to install the pillars for the stock, trigger to the action and mount the scope.

[mountainman]

RBros hands down. One hole at 300, smooth and tight

Good chance I am going it’s Rbros - was talking with Travis yesterday. Did check in with a builder in Lewiston - haven’t heard back from him yet

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And I believe Travis is still a sponsor here

[actionshooter]

 Running an RBros here also, on my 2nd one... the lightweight hunter wasn't lite enough so I upgraded the 2nd one to an APEX hunter... Shooting a 7RM, 180 Bergers at 3080fps

 JJ, Thats funny on the rifle carry.. I do the exact same thing, but with a Zeiss carry handle..   

[WoolSocks]

Can’t offer any gunsmith recommendations, but +1 for doing a custom build. Once you do one and see how much tighter the tolerances are, your Sako’s will be on the classified here 😁

I built one recently around an American rifle company coup de grace action. I can’t say enough good things about the experience. The guys at ARC answered a half-dozen compatability questions I had over several months as I was figuring it all out. Very prompt and cheerful customer service. The action is an absolute work of art. Nice to support a Washington company too.

I wound up assembling things on my own, rather than having a gunsmith build for me. I’m glad I did, as I was able to obsess over all the details and build  around a load I like, but I don’t recommend it for everyone. On the plus side, you’ll get to know your gun while you’re putting it together. But if you don’t know what you’re doing it could be very dangerous to you and others. Be safe.

My only advice, get a smith that has a reputation with the PRC guys. Don’t put too much stock in “accuracy garuntees”. A gun can shoot 1/2 moa 3-shot groups at 100 yards and still have serious issues long range. Good smith’s value their reputation with a certain class of shooter, they don’t hide behind easily achievable garuntees.

[HereDuckyDucky]

Just had a 7PRC done by Greg Swezey at Gold Creek Custom Rifles. What a piece of art! And it shoots nice, too.

RW

[elkslayer069]

Rbros x2 probably be 3 by spring

[Macs B]

For here in Washington my Searcy double is a great heavy gun.  I'm fortunate to own a pair of Empire built rifles one in 375 HH and the other in 300 HH.  The 300 HH is more than enough for most everything I hunt.  I pretty much only buy Trijicon Accupoint glass in large diameter (50 or 56) not that I don't own a good selection of American and German made optics. 

[KNOPHISH]

What are the average turn around times? I saw one answer of a few years but looks like a lot of guys have custom.

[Sakko300wsm]

What are the average turn around times? I saw one answer of a few years but looks like a lot of guys have custom.

Looking like 3-5 months

[Pnwrider]

What are the average turn around times? I saw one answer of a few years but looks like a lot of guys have custom.

Tons of variables depending on the gun smith and parts. Some (like Rbros) have completed rifles you can purchase today. 
I typically spend 3-9 months acquiring as many of the parts on sale as possible. Then I reach out to my gunsmith to get in line and depending on how many rifles he has in front of me, will have a completed gun in the next one to six months. I'm currently 3 months in on the waitlist right now to have a 7 PRC completed. When I drop off my parts I'll confirm if I can post his info here. He does great work, but went part time due to the politics in this state and seems to be scaling back the jobs he is accepting.