Ultimate Wet-stern rifle

[gadwall]

ok, ok now youve got my interest.  The fact is almost all the modern centerfire cartridges will shoot well to 300 in most peoples hands with some practice.  It's been over 20 years since I've hunted deer on the wet side but I remember it well.  Much of the time shots could be 75 yards or less but then you'd bust out of the brush and there's a clearcut or big westside basin that you could shoot to the curvature of the earth across.

My solution: (you said don't spare the money)
M-70 action trued and botface squred
Shilen or Lilja 26",ss, matte finish crowned barrel in one of the medium weight contours
Custom trigger job to the stock trigger (I have a buddy that can tune them to the nuts in his sleep)
HS precision or McMillan synthetic stock pillar bedded
Carl Kahles or Nightforce scope, the model doesn't really matter when you get into that kinda money for glass.

As far as the work, i'd have David Christman guns in Louisianna build  it without question.

[Jamieb]

The wet side is thick but when I come to a large open clearcut I want the ability to reach across it if I see a deer out there.

[gadwall]

In 7mm-08

[jdb]

I have a question and I am not being a smart azz but why build a rifle in 7mm08 w/ a 26" barrel? to my way of thinking a 7-08 should be a light handy rifle. A 26" barrel says "I wanna reach out there" if you want long range abilities I would think you would be better served by a bigger cartridge. again not trying to argue just interested in the reasoning.

[jackelope]

What I can't figure out is why, when shots are gonna be under 200 yards per the O/P we have to have a custom gun built on the other side of the country.
I think a $300 Savage Edge in 30-06 off the shelf would do the job just as well.
 

I shoulda kept it but I unloaded my idea of a great westside rifle...
Ruger m77 mkII in 7mm Mauser with a 1.5-6x Burris Signature Select scope. Sweet handling little rifle.

[quadrafire]

I shoulda kept it but I unloaded my idea of a great westside rifle...
Ruger m77 mkII in 7mm Mauser with a 1.5-6x Burris Signature Select scope. Sweet handling little rifle.

Thank you

[high country]

good lord, you get the green light to build a rifle and choose an a bolt?

I would aim high.....

stiller or surgeon or the like
brux, broughton or bartlein in any chambering because at 300yds it does not much matter.
drop it in an edge if you are looking light, or a mc swirly if you can handle the extra ounces......your choice of patterns
might as well have a S&B on top.

have gap build it and then it is worth a PILE of cash when you want to unload it and buy 10 abolts.

[jackelope]

good lord, you get the green light to build a rifle and choose an a bolt?

I would aim high.....

stiller or surgeon or the like
brux, broughton or bartlein in any chambering because at 300yds it does not much matter.
drop it in an edge if you are looking light, or a mc swirly if you can handle the extra ounces......your choice of patterns
might as well have a S&B on top.

have gap build it and then it is worth a PILE of cash when you want to unload it and buy 10 abolts.

Why would you do that for a 200 yard brush gun?
I understand the cool factor, is that it?

[jackelope]

p.s. I already know the answer so.......

[high country]

see the last line.....lol. were it me, I would take a smith 460 revolver and kill lots o' chit

[jackelope]

see the last line.....lol. were it me, I would take a smith 460 revolver and kill lots o' chit

How much would the rifle you just designed cost from scratch?

[PolarBear]

Plain old 30-30 for the wet side brush.

[high country]

see the last line.....lol. were it me, I would take a smith 460 revolver and kill lots o' chit

How much would the rifle you just designed cost from scratch?

you would hav eabout 2-2.5k in parts. you could have mel put it together for you for another $150-200.....but if you have GAP do it, it would be another$200 on top of that....but the litte logo they put on the barrel sells. it mays shoot no different then mels, but come time to unload it it is worh the sum total of parts.....unless it wears certain names.

[grundy53]

i gotta go with jackelope on this one. i would just use any of the name brand rifles in .300 win mag. you don't need fancy over here, just a work horse. and a rifle with a long as barrell is going to be a pain in the a$$ in the brush. I totally understand if your hunting the big clearcuts or it's the eastside though.

[thinkingman]

I already have it.
Tikka S/SS 7-08.
Light, weatherproof, enough cartridge for anything without claws inside of 250yds.
I would switch out my Burris scope for a Bushnell Elite 6500 2.5-16x42 with Rainguard on a deadnutz mount.
$1200.