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| Guy:
There are some seriously good rifle builders here in Washington State! Two that I can highly recommend are Jim Cloward in Machias, near Lake Stevens, and Rick Freudenberg in Everett. Both build superb match and hunting rifles. Jim is the current US Palma team armorer. Our Palma team competes with iron sight .308's at 800, 900 and 1000 yards from prone, with a sling.... Very demanding shooting sport, and he builds the rifles for them... Years ago he also set the U.S. 1000 yard record at Camp Perry, with his own rifle of course. He also has done extensive hunting both here and in Africa. The guy knows his rifles. He does not have a web site, but I have his phone number if you'd like. I've got two of his rifles, and they are scary accurate. Rick Freudenberg builds some outstanding match rifles, and is also a dedicated, die-hard hunter. He bedded a rifle for me a couple of years ago, and it shoot beautiful tight little groups. I hope to send more work his way. http://www.freudscustomrifles.com Neither one of these guys work cheap. They are top notch, nationally known and highly respected custom rifle builders. They will also do little jobs, like bedding and free-floating your hunting rifle. Rick may offer to develop extremely accurate handloads for your rifle. You might consider taking him up on that... He knows his stuff. I'll see about posting a photo or two of the rifles these two have worked on for me. They're both very accurate, and stone reliable. Regards, Guy |
| Guy:
A trued Rem 700 in .308 Win, Krieger 1:12 stainless barrel, Badger base and rings, factory trigger nicely tuned to 3 pounds, very firmly bedded into a McMillan M40A1-3 stock. This thing has shot 2.5" groups at 600 yards, from the bipod. I've used it in 600 yard matches, and also as a precision hunting rifle. The consistency is amazing, no matter if I'm shooting in 100 degree heat or in cold down near zero. Jim Cloward did the barrel & action work. Rick Freudenberg steel/glass bedded it into the McMillan stock. Jim built this Win 70 for Palma Team coach Gary Rasmussen a long time ago. I bought it used from Gary and use it to shoot highpower matches, both across-the-course and prone. It is an amazingly accurate rifle that shoots far better than my skills allow. At this point it's wearing a 30" Krieger with a tight bore and a 1:13 twist. Pictured here with sights, I often shoot it with a 12x Leupold. Cloward built the walnut stock and pillar bedded the action. He trued the action and added a Medesha two-stage trigger. It's a winner! Now and again on a whim I take it for rockchucks... My normal handload is a 155 grain Nosler at nearly 3000 fps, that 30" barrel helps! Regards, Guy |
| bobcat:
Wow guys, thanks for all the names! I never expected this much feedback. Now I've got some homework to do. I'll be sure and post some pictures of targets and tiny groups after I get the work done. |
| brush hunter:
Let us know who you went to and how they did, good gunsmiths are getting harder and harder to find. But there are still a lot of good ones here in Wash. |
| Buckblaster:
Bob, you should still try tuning handloads. Unlike you, my A-bolt 7mm-08 has been finicky from the day i bought it new. I have had to tune loads to connect the holes since most groups are 1 1/2"-2". That's one of the main reasons to handload. |
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