Want to build new rifle. Help!

[300wsm]

I am looking to buy a new rifle and have been looking at Blaser or H and S Precision.  These are both high quality and very expensive rifles.  Soooo, I started thinking about building my own rifle with top shelf best of the best parts.  Question #1, am I going to save much $ doing this?  Where do I start?  Any recommendations would be very appreciated.  I will stick with the 300 wsm as I have all the reloading stuff for this caliber and I also love the caliber.  I also want to go light as I do a lot hiking when I hunt.  Right now I am hunting with the Tikka T-3 light.

[Tony 270]

What are you looking to spend on the rifle itself?

[BlackRidge]

It seems like you already have a great rifle, good cal for it too

Going the custom route, you could save some money, but that all depends upon your supplier and the type/brand of rifle you want to go with.

High quality barrels can run anywhere from $200 - $500, actions/receivers/frames/parts/mags/trigger assemblies/etc all range depending upon the stuff mentioned above, and buttstocks all depend on how much your willing to spend.

In many ways, I'd say your probably better off buying a quality rifle OTS, but if your set on making one, its definitely the best way to get exactly what you want. I've always bought OTS, then improved them with aftermarket parts as I went along. That way you have spare parts just incase and if you ever decide to sell it later on, you can assemble it back to its stock form for whatever reason (selling parts/etc)

[FC]

Pick an action that you like, Remington 700, Savage 10 accu-trigger (short action) or whatever and look at stocks too to find one you like that fits the action you want with the barrel profile you want then go look at shilen barrels unless you have another preference. If you use the stock trigger for your rifle then you are done buying parts and if not...Keep in mind that Savage stuff is something you can bolt together yourself at home with under $100 in tools, others will require significantly more or have to be done by a gunsmith.

[Cascade_Sherpa]

Spend some time on some custom rifle makers websites to view and check out the specs on hunting rigs.

Google the following:

GA Precison

American Precision Arms,

Benchmark Barrels in Arlington,

http://www.rbrosrifles.com/  is a good one to look at and he's a member on this site so you know your hard earned dollars are going to a good place.

I think the rifles that HS precision makes are damn fine rifles, and you won't go wrong, but if you know exactly what you want a true custom smith can steer you down the path of components to get you there.

Good luck and be sure to post what you end up buying!

[AWS]

If you want light  and beautiful look no farther than a Kimber 84M Select.  You could never have one built like these for anywhere near the price.  Only down side it's only availlible in 308 or 338 Fed but then Light and 300 WSM don't go hand in hand anyway.

http://www.kimberamerica.com/products/rifles/84m/84m_select_grade/

Add a pound to 6lb 10 oz and you can get you 300WSM.

http://www.kimberamerica.com/products/rifles/8400/classic_select_grade/

AWS

[Bofire]

  I have done this, thought I'd have the "rifle of my dreams" ended up with a good rifle or two but not that much better than many others. There are so many choices and no perfect answers. It is fun tho. Right now out of 3 built, I own one custom, sold the others. I keep it cause it was a gift.
There are some very fine rifles for sale out there, many semi-custom builders. Think about what you want, in detail.
most accurate, prettiest, lightest, toughest, which cartridge, quick and handy or heavy and solid? that is just a start. Custom action, modified factory? Every feature has a draw back.
Good luck
Carl

[Tony 270]

Defensive Edge Rifles puts out some great stuff, and they offer a lightweight rifle too - not just their heavy canyon crossers.

[high country]

come up with a budget, weight, barrel lenght and twist and balance point......then we can get this money spent for you.

[300wsm]

I want a tack driver.  The H&S and the Blaser have absolutely great reviews, these where featured a few months back in Eastman's journal as great light weight hunting rifles.  Here is the Blaser review.  Blaser_R93_Eastmans_Hunting_Journal.pdf  The prices on them are steep.  $3K or more with options.  I'm sure I could build a top of the line rifle for less.  When I'm done I want a Ferrari of a rifle.  Yes I know a could kill something with a Chevy for many years but I work my arse off and enjoy the finer things when I can. 
Budget = $2,500  Caliber:  300wsm, as for everything else, I am open to suggestions and will be doing a lot of research.  Thanks for all the responses.

[Bob33]

I think these types of questions boil down to three primary variables: (1) how much can you afford to spend, (2) how heavy of a rifle can you live with, and (3) what level of accuracy do you demand?

[high country]

what bullet do you want to shoot? that is gonna be a factor on your twist.

[Tony 270]

http://www.defensiveedge.net/Custom%20Rifle/custom%20rifles.htm

[300wsm]

Right now I am hand loading  180 gr  Nosler accu bonds and 168 Barnes triple shock.  I really like the triple shocks and will most likely stick with those.

[jackelope]

rbros builds some incredibly cool rifles.
 
$2500 without glass?