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Lets see your guys sporter weight say up to 9lbs ready to rock long range hunting rigs. Maybe some details on them and what animals you use them on and how far you will stretch their legs. Im in the preplanning stage of another build and am just looking for some inspiration.

Stainless 700 SA
3x Bartlein 2b barrels chambered in 22-250 8" twist, 6.5x47 Lapua, and .308.
Manners EH3
Shown with 3-12 LRHS, but currently has a 3-9 SWFA SS on it and that's likely what will stay on it.
Timney 510 trigger
PT&G bottom metal
Burris XTB bases
SWFA rings.

Will shoot steel and varmints as far as I can see it and deer out to 600 or so.

John

GAP Extreme Hunter 6.5 SAUM w/ S&B PMII 10x42. 8.75 lbs as it sits.

Shorter one is another lighter 6.5 SAUM. Bartlein 2b contour 22" barrel. Manners EH-8 stock. 6lbs 15 oz as it sits. Put a VX-6 2-12x42 on it and it's 8.0 lbs even.

The Twins.....6x47 Lapua on top.....6.5x47 Lapua on the bottom:

A couple... They all shoot well enough to get out to min impact velocity for each- which for none is less than 600 yards.


Remington M7 243win with a Bansner Sheep Hunter stock, SWFA SS 3-9x42mm, EGW base and rings. 6lbs, 14ounces.
Use it on anything. Went elk hunting in Idaho and will go again in MT in November. This year using 95gr Berger VLD's.





95gr NBT's




105gr Hornady HPBT









Tikka T3 SL .223, SWFA SS 6x42mm MQ, MT base, Burris rings. 7lbs, 11 ounces. Mainly using 77gr TMK's. Used for anything smaller than elk.


62gr Federal Fusion

Tikka T3 stainless in 7-08, either NF 2.5-10x or Bushnell LRHS 3-12x, Tally LW. 162gr Hornady HPBT. Used for everything.






M70 in 300WM, Manners SL carbon fiber stock, NF 2.5-10x32mm, NF base and Burris rings. 178gr Hornady AMAX. Used for everything.













And there's about 50 others. Just about any normal hunting rifle with the correct scope and bullets can be used quite well way beyond "normal hunting ranges".....

Recent rifle. Never killed anything with a 6.5 of any sort but the cartridge got such rave reviews I figured I'd get one. Not sure what Id use it on but deer and varmints sound like a good idea.

This is a Rem 700 SA with a 25" Benchmark barrel chambered 6.5 Creedmoor; Echols Shrike stock and NF SHV scope with Leopold DD's. Never weighed it.






I wish I had built this one 25 years ago instead of five or so years, when I was younger and doing a lot more hunting because I really like this rifle and cartridge. Gene Simillion custom M70 chambered 7mm Mashburn Super with 24" Krieger barrel. It weighs a shade under 8 pounds as it's seen here. I shoot mostly 162 Amax in it but also use 160 NPT, AB, and Bitterroots.

The OP has had a Mashburn so this won't give him any new ideas...

That's pretty darned good!

Kill anything that far away yet?

Aalf, what load are you using in the 6.5? I've got a longer throat on mine and using 136 lapuas and 4451 in it.

My reamer has .123 freebore, which is great for the 123/130 class bullets that I planned for. I shoot 130 VLD's with Varget, .015" in the lands with an OAL of 2.750", at 2820 in a 23" Brux. I went to 2950, but the accuracy wasn't there.

Thank you, I am longer on the freebore so will stick with the heavies.

Nice bipod Bob

I own one. The thing is a PITA. and they are heavy....but nice at the 500 yard line.

Pretty basic for me with a simple theme of bulletproof on components. Tikka t3, SWFA 3x9 epoxied into a deadnutz base that was epoxied to the action after opening it up for 8x40 screws. I have never had the zero move. I have taken it to 1250 yards on steel but prefer to have a max of 600 in the field. I have stretched it to a little over 700 once on a big pig but it was not something I want to do again. Current load is the 140 Berger at about 2900fps.

That 140 berger at 2900 is wicked good.

This one is about a pound heavier sans bipod than spec'd in the OP, but it works great with a 195 Hybrid at 2900 fps...

Rem 700 squared and trued
PTG 1-piece bolt
Krieger 8" twist 6-groove #5 at 26"
XLR Evo chassis
TT trigger
.338LM AICS mag
CTR buttstock
Hogue Ergo grip (not in pic)
SS 10x MQ
XTR Sig rings (not in pic)
EGW HD 20MOA base
7WSM


This one comes in at a bit over 7.5 lbs. Also 7WSM with 162AM at 3075 fps and 195 Hybrid at 2830 fps.

Kimber 8400 Montana
Ti TAC bolt handle
SS 3-9x42 Mil/MD
XTR Sig rings
Warne Maxima bases filed to fit the rings

Thanks guys all nice rifles. I'm looking to build one for mainly deer,coyotes and antelope and could be thrown into elk duty in a pinch is the plan. Just trying to get my ducks in a row and aquire parts

I literally have the same rifle and scope setup and shoot the same bullet at the same velocity, but I have it in an Edge...

hey, you can't kill big critters with a 243! I use the 105 hybrids. Really like them.(on everything.)

M700 6.5-06

Brux #3 SS 1/8.5 twist

Bell&Carlson stock

Shilen trigger

Dakota bottom metal

3.5-10 with M1 turret

Black Ceracote

140 gr VLD @ 2950fps

I like that. What's she weigh? How longs the barrel?

Laker,

The barrel is 23" and with scope it's approximately 9 lbs.

The Brux #3 is a pretty hefty contour and the bottom metal is all steel.

Since it's a mid to long range rig the extra heft is ok.

Couple of 7 mags. Not super light but they both get the job done.

Here is mine!
Rem700
24" 8 twist Rock creek Rem mag contour 7 flutes
243win Match chamber shoots 105vlds3180
McMillan gamescout
Tactical grey cerakote

Factory Rem 700 barrel/action in .243 Win, cut to 21"
Stocky's LR stock, cerakoted by me
SWFA 3-15x42
Silencerco Harvester
Timney 510

It will put 3 100 grain SGK's into 1/2" at 100 yards pretty much any time you ask it to. Mainly it is my coyote calling rifle but it does get pressed into service as a deer rifle occasionally. It does really well with an 87 grain VMAX too.

Rem 721 in 270 Win, trued and chambered by Mike Bryant
22" Hart barrel, currently off getting threaded for supressor
SWFA 10x that will be upgraded soon
HS Precision stock
Timney trigger
Shooting 140 grain NBT's or Accubonds, just depending

805, what's your load? That is some impressive speed with 105s.

I'm running IMR7828, Lapua brass and Fed210M. Can't remember how many grains off the top of my head. My chamber is throated long and I'm running a wyatts box.

Vanilla 300WSM weighs right at 9 lbs without bipod
Defiance XM, XM steel bottom, Bart fluted #3 at 25, McM hunter edge.
190 VLD at 2820ish.
Elk at 440 yds is the only animal I've shot with it.

This is my go to hunting rifle. The 300 RUM loaded with 168gr TTSX @ 3340fps. It has proven a very capable load maintaing MOA accuracy out to 600 yards regularly. It has proven itself on bears, bou, and moose. It has been used in my top two long range shots, both on caribou. I shot a large bull at 519 yards a few years ago and made a 657 yard follow up shot to drop a wounded bull a few weeks ago.

specs

Remington 700 LA trued and lightened with Wyatt extended mag box
26” Shilen 1-10 remington mag contour fluted
Hight tech Specialties stock
Leupold VXIII 3.5-10x50 Illuminated with S1 turret in talley lightweights
all the metal is Nitrided
wieghs right at 7 pounds 11 oz

Clarence Hammonds built this 243 win for me.

Stainless 700
Rock #2 1-8" twist @ 22"
McMillan edge mountain rifle stock
Timney trigger 2lbs
PTG BM bead blasted
Sightron Big Sky 3-12 in DD mounts

Shoots 105 BTHP 2991 fps with RL17.

A few.



L-R:

PN 1-9" 3-grooved contour duped 7 Whizzum Montucky and 6X MQ. 162's 3150fps

OEM 7 Whizzum Montucky and Reupold MK4 M1 10x MilDot. 162's 3150fps.

OEM 7 Whizzum Montucky and Reupold 6x42 Duplex. 162's 3150fps.

22.25" Brux 1-8" Six Twat-Six in OEM contour dupe with reduced shank,wearing 6X MQ. 105 Hornie BTHP at 3350fps.

1-8" Bart' 18.5" 270 contour dupe and reduced shank and 6X MQ,105 'Max at 2550fps.

1-7" Rock contour duped 21" 223AI and 6X MOA/MIL Fixed Fhuqker,75 'Max at 3150fps.

1-8" Bart 20" contour dupe reduced shank 6BR and 6X MQ,105's at 2680fps.




There's a 1-7" Rock 18" 223AI/6XMQ,1-8" Brux 23" 6-284/Reupold 3.5-10x MK4 M1,PN 3-grooved 1-9" 243AI/6X Fixed Fhuqker MOA/MIL,1-7" 5R 243Win SALAMI/10x MQ,1-9" 7-08/6X MQ,1-10" .720" LW 17HMR/10X MQ and some not quite so Sporters illustrated above(1-7" Rock 22-250 SALAMI/10X MQ,1-7.75" Bart' 270/12X MQ,Annie 1717D HB/10x MQ) amongst a coupla cited prior above.

There might be others..............(grin)

Note the tape..... big dummy scopes, gay colors.. top it...

The green machine. 8#1oz, XCRII, 7RM. "Long" is subjective....

Great thread guys helping me to get some ideas for my first build.

GAP 260
Bartlein #3 threaded 5/8x24 @ 22"
McMillan EDGE Remmy Classic
V-Bull bottom
TBAC 30BA/CB (now replaced with an Ultra7)
Armageddon Gear suppressor cover & sling
Vortex PST FFP MIL scope (it's reliable & lightweight for its features so I overlook the minor flaws)
Shoots 127 LRX into itty bitty groups at 2900+ fps MV.

My most-grabbed rifle & it has taken game to 725yds so far.

EOL Evolution Extreme 300 RUM
Swarovski x5 3.5x18
MOA Bipod
230 bergers @ 2950
~10lbs loaded

Kimber Montana 7 WSM. 24" Pac-Nor factory duped 1-9".



162 A-Max, 162 ELD-X, 140 TTSX and 150 SI 2 all shoot good in this rifle.

7 lbs of perfection.

I like this one. What are the specs?

I second your "Perfection" statement.

Thinking the 145 LRX would be one to try. A little better BC.

Waiting on 30mm rings for a S&B 10x42 I have..

- 6.5x55
- Husqvarna 640 ( M98 action )
- Walther SS, "heavy" featherweight profile barrel, .630"muzzle, threaded for suppressor
- Alaska Arms trigger ( Win 70 copy )
- BRNO ZG-47 safety
- Hightech stock ( fits me much better then McMillan stocks)
- S&K base and rings
- Cerakote on metal and stock.
- 7lbs,6oz
- 8lbs, 10oz scoped

Built to shoot Laupa/Scenar match ammunition in 6,5x55. Which costs $1.1 pr round over here.

M700 7RM topped with 3-15 NF NSX - 168VLDs @ 2950fps via Retumbo...took antelope, muley and bull this year all over 400yds, guess I need to get better at "sneaking".

All my rifles (except my .358) are 500-yard capable but my main sporter-weight one is this. Kimber 8400 7 WSM with a Pac-Nor barrel.



It's stock other than the barrel and paint job. Trigger is set LIGHT. Scope is a Nightforce 3-10x42 SHV in Talley extensions.

This is my upcoming one. It'll be a little heavier... basically I'm cloning the GAP Xtreme Hunter. I'm calling it the fauXtreme <g>. So far I have the action, which is now trued, PTG 1-piece bolt, PTG M16 extractor and bolt guts, the APA RTG bottom metal for the detachable mags.... and the Bartlein #3 and Manners SL are ordered. Made that bolt knob in a bored moment, but we'll see if it's a keeper once I get the stock.

It's gonna be a 6.5 SAUM, aka 6.5 GAP 4S. Scope will be a Bushy LRHS or a NF NXS 3-15.

Jeff that bolt knob looks like a small light bulb......

Yeah it might be a bit big <g>. We'll see. I can always make it smaller. I actually DID make a normal-sized one out of stainless, too.

Combining tapers and radiuses will mess with your head on a manual lathe... mine anyway.

If you aren't working to a spec, I find shaping convex surfaces on a lathe much easier using a file and then varying grades of emory cloth to clean up. Rough to shape with the tool bit and then go to town. A half round file can be made to work on concave surfaces, but this is really were a ground form tool will shine.

Elkhorn Precision 30-06

*Surgeon 1086 action
*Krieger #5 barrel, 1-10, cut to 23", spiral fluted
*Chambered with Serengeti reamer
*McMillan Rem Hunter painted black
*PT&G aluminum bottom metal
*Jewell trigger
*All metal cerakoted in mil-spec OD with black accents
*Now topped with a Swarovski Z6 2.5-15x50 in Seekins rings

Files are amazing tools with a lathe. People would be shocked how effective and precise they can be.

However..... grin.... I made a pretty bitchin' radius-turner for my big lathe. I need it for a product I make. So when there's a radius to be cut I always try to use the damn thing.



A different pic showing it better:







Before I pressed it together. Massive polished shaft fitted to a bronze bushing.



Looks like I'm making a damn [bleep]!

260 Rem
Defiance Rebel
Bartlein 2b 1:8 5r 22.75"
Manners EH6
Wyatt's extended mag box
Timney thin shoe
8 lbs all up with SS 3-9

Rem KS in .280, Edge stock, Kampfeld smooth Hunter knob.

Rifle Basix trigger, Leupold 4.5-14x42 w/CDS in Talley LW's

Triad Tactical stock pack

Montana 280AI. Leupold 3.5-10 with M1 elevation. I have mostly shot the 162 Amax in it. Longest shot on an animal with it is 567, and I don't really wish to shoot anything farther than that.

Used for sheep, goats, caribou, whatever. Seems like overkill for deer but I guess it could work.

That rifle looks awfully familiar....

That'd be a great pic with a 12-lb. Stevens single shot...

Did you paint the Tikka?

Nice!

Remington action from their custom shop, Brown precision stock barrel is a 26" Dan Lilja. Dennis Olsen put it together and chambered it to match the mag length. 7mm Remington mag. Shoots swift sirrocco 150 grain well under an inch. I have killed antelope, deer and about 18 elk with it. Farthest antelope was 785 farthest elk was 665. Scope is a 4.5x14 leupold with an elevation turret.

Bobin,

of all the cool rifles on the 'fire, yours are the ones I would most like to give a quick try. I WILL have a clone of your Mashburn one day, though probably not built by Semillion, unless Uncle Powerball comes through for me.

LOL

edit: though I suspect they would be to short for genetic freak me...

Great thread for ideas.

Still working on this - cheap, fun, compact. A real pleasure to shoot.

2016 700 ADL 243.
Cut to about 18.5" recent 11 degree crown via a Manson tool set.
Old style 700 SS trigger, adjusted crisp and light.
Ebay bolt knob - home install - grind & file & die. Did not know how much I'd like the longer knob!
Bansner Sheep Hunter stock Devcon bedded and free floated. Duracoated with microwebbs and speckles. OD Green or ? coming. Fairly heavily modded. Flip flop.
Magpul bottom *plastic* for magazine on the cheap.
Harris.
SWFA 6x42MQ.
Smith Enterprise steel rings.
Warne 20moa steel rail, 27.5 mils up remain on the dial.
95 NBT at about 2900 LOL. Been 3/4-1"ish at 100, dope ok to 560m but was stringing horizontal when hot.
High hopes after crown fix, re-bed/re-float, and steel ring swap.

^I can dig that one

Thanks! I like the way the specks and squiggles came out.


Anyone considering the Magpul, it takes a pretty big bite - a cutout about like the full exterior size of a regular 700 floorplate...

T3 .300WM in a McMillan Sako Hunter.
Fixed 10x Mil/Mil SWFA in Talleys.

Zeroed 1 Mil high @ 100, puts it dead on at about 320, and allows me to just use the reticle for holdovers all the way out just past 1K, though I won't take a shot that far on a big game animal with a sporter rig.

Last week while validating my comeups, at just past 600, it put all three into about a 2&3/4" spot on the rock:




Rocks shown to the left in this pic:

Mackay, Super cool!!! I have been waiting to see this rifle.. I know you use the .308, but had this one in the wings.. Excellent!! Time to blood this one!! Always look forward to your stuff.. Keep us up to date..

WYO

Thanks for the Kudos.


This one actually got blooded last year. As it ended up, it was a closer range (300 yards) shot, that could have easily been handled with my standard .308, but the elk had been staying in the wide open, so I had anticipated a much longer shot.



I will try again in a couple weeks when my cow hunt starts.

Ah, cool.. My favorite caliber!! Excellent!! looking forward to the new hunt.. My elk hunting is mostly history, but I have lots of FUN HUNTING STILL LEFT TO DO!!! My very best wishes for you and the family!! You have some awesome country there to hunt!! Keep us up to date!!

Bump on this great old thread.

RIP Photobucket and all the great images that were lost here :\

Hopefully we can re-start some of this with new photos and rifles.

Wow. This looks like a good thread, for certain. Outdoor, thanks for the"bump."

You bet. There are a bunch of great rifles here.

Christensen Arms Ridgeline, 308, 20in. barrel. VX6 2-12 b&c reticle, talleys, Javelin bipod. About 7.5 lbs unloaded. I'm most lethal with this stick so far...

Nosler M48 Liberty 300 wsm, 24in barrel. VX5hd 3-15x44 b&c reticle, talleys, harris bipod. 8.5 lbs w/o bipod, around 9.25 with. Only 30 rounds through it since purchase few weeks back, but so far I'm very happy. Balances really well and I hope to become proficient with it out to 700-1000 yards.

sorry I don`t have any pictures ,but this is my ultra long range elk rig I built.

338 lapau weatherby accumark with mark 5 receiver retrued,custom bonx 28 inch ported barrel, 8-32x56 niteforce scope,i use 285 grain x-bullets/lapua brass

" I took the original 338 lapua/ weatherby barrel off threw that barrel away, barrel had poor specs" new barrel and receiver work done by straight line machining who builds national champion 1000 yard bench guns,this machinist "greg walstrom" builds some of the best sniper rifles made for swat teams too. his phone # 320-272-4897

greg has also rebarreled some ruger no.1`s into 257 weatherby mags. for me both no.1`s shoot excellent

Awesome sporter weight long range rigs here. Great thread. Now I miss my winchester model 70 classic stainless 7mm rem mag that was set up for long range. The last buck shot with that one was lasered at 648 yards. I've recently been playing around with a Tikka t3 superlite to take that rifles place. I've also recently bought a 7mm WSM to play around with. Both rifles will be shooting the Hornady 162gr. ELD-X. However, since I haven't had enough time to play with these new 7mm magnums, I would grab for my 338wm built on an H&H pre 64 model 70 receiver. It sports a 24" gretan stainless barrel and shoots pretty good. Heres how she does at close range (100 yards):




She weighs in at 8 pounds even.