Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Did You Ever Regret Spending The Money On A Custom Rifle?

Serious question - has anyone ever sold a custom and gotten out of it what they put into it? I have always heard that you can never expect to approach your cost if you decide to sell and wondered if anyone had any real-world figures from their experience. Thanks, John

I figure he may crack someday and let the world see these wonderful Remingtons of his..Grin

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I would rather have 1 custom rifle than a wall full of off the shelf factory guns.

1) Twist. It's rate determines the length of the projectile,which the rifle will stabilize. Stabilization is a factor of RPM,which is a melding of twist rate and velocity. A 9" twist Hornet will not stabilize a bullet as great in length,as a 22-284Win. Due to velocity increasing RPM.

With increased projectile length,comes increased BC and that correlates to more retained speed,less drift and less drop as distance from the muzzle increases. A faster twist rate(smaller number in inches),allows options that a slower twist simply cannot...due to projectile selection.

Factories are agog,in purposely badly botching twist rates. I get a giggle outta the Nosler Custom Rifle in 22-250,being twisted 1-14" for but a smattering of the boolits they actually manufacture. Most others do it too,but a damned boolit maker oughtta savvy such things,more than others. CLASSIC Bean Counter brainfart.

2) Throat. It determines the length of the loaded round,in relationship to where the rifling engages the ogive.

Bumbling idjuts like Jeff-O love to botch this one and it was long her pet Theorum,that one needed to "long throat" a 7-08 for 162's. [bleep] loved that one!(grin)

All boolits have varying amounts of bearing surface and it's location varies widely from tip to ogive. Long/sleek boolits of modest bearing surface(the 162),will actually require a shorter throat,to cajole a given COAL,as compared to a lesser weight offering,of less sleek design/lower BC/greater bearing surface.

3) COAL constraints. That is the max available length inherent the platform,to accept a loaded round within magazine box confines and function as a repeater. Exceed that dimension,by botching the throat and you toss available performance away.

A bolt action single shot,do not horn me up...though many are quick to arrange same,by dropping the ball.


So harmony is a juggling act,which is also factored by the chambering proper. With a clear understanding of cause/affect,one can easily craft a right proper zinger,that'll ring ALL bells. To do less,is pissing performance away.

Case in point,as per the following pic: The magboxes to the left are s/a 700's,the right a l/a. In the first box to the left,are a pair of chamberings,sharing like case capacity,but a GREAT discrepency in their COAL latitude,due solely to case length. That void kicks one outta da berries and the other one ring all the bells,easily. The lesser height case is a 22-250AI,the greater a Swift. Add a 1-8" 3-grooved spout,kiss a 75A-Max at a COAL that easily fits the mag box,doesn't discount lesser weights and don't slam the door on heavier ones...and you is immediately in tall cotton. Win/win...while the Swift sucks heavy ass in comparison.

Same goes the middle box of the trio. The chamberings are again of like capacity,yet starkly different COAL latitude,due solely to case length. The lesser height is a 243AI,the greater a 6mmRem. Don't take more than an IQ of 17,to see which grants more opportunity and more importantly why.




Schits makin' sense now...ain't it?!!?.....................(grin)