Custom rifles

[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

👍
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.