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Ok, what would you build if money was no object>

1. Action make?
2. BBl make, contour and length?
3. Caliber and preferred bullet?
4. Stock mfg and pattern?
5. Trigger?
6. Scope?
7. Mounts?

This ought to be fun.

Mine would be :

1. Rem. 600 action
2. Bartlein #3 20"long
3. 7-08 140 Accubond
3. HS Precision
4. Timney Trigger
5. Leica 2.5-10x44 w/elevation turret
7. S&K Skulptured bases

I've got a few "perfect" whitetail rigs.....

I'm happy for you Tom

Thanks you're-a peach...

Yup, me too..

Do I have to build? Id like to handle a Kimber once, but so far id be perfectly content with an Abolt composite stalker in 30-06. Wish id never sold it, have the same in a 270 WSM now, but the forearms shorter and I dont like that. Have two 700's. one 35 Rem, other 7-08, but feeding issues got me down on one, other havent shot yet. So if its ok by you ill take the Abolt and spend the rest of my no object money on a new camp

1. Rem. 700 short action
2. Stainless Douglas Remington KS contour (.6 at muzzle) 20". 1-9" twist
3. 250AI 80gr TTSX
4. McMillan Hunter's Edge
5. Shilen Trigger
6. Leupold 2-7x with elevation M1
7. Talley lwts

RD, Is that a 770?

I don't know about a cost no object build, but I have one that serves well enough.

Rem. 700 LVSF barreled action, 308 Win.
Original 700 trigger tuned up
McMillan 700 Classic stock
Leupold VX-7 2.5-10x45
Warne 30mm rings

I mostly shoot 150 gr. Interlocks out of it, but it shoots many suitable bullets very well.

1. m700
2. Fluted #3 Brux or Rock or Krieger, SS, 22"
3. 243 AI, 80 gr. TTSX
4. McEdge
5. OG Rem trigger
6. Loopy 2.5-8x36 w/ dotz
7. Talleys

The one I've been using has done okay. Rem 700, DBM, 30-06 topped with a Conquest.

That said - lottery winnings in hand I'd probably do something like a

CRF Win M70
Light contour barrel for balance
6.5 Sweed
Edge
Leup 2.5-8 with turrets

OR

Single shot of some sort done by Steven Dodd Huges (maybe this )
5 figure cost walnut
Rust blued
275 Rigby and so marked
Fixed 6x scope

I couldn't afford that....Maybe next year...

John Moses;
Since this is the Campfire and we sometimes tend to go off the rules just a tad, I'll start with this little disclaimer/explanation.

This is a rifle that I originally bought to hunt elk, rebarreled with the intention of making a better cut block and sagebrush bowl mulie rifle and have had it along when I've run into more whitetail bucks. Confusing I know - sorry.

So it began life as a Liberty Model Ruger 77 in .338 Win Mag. to which I added one of the first Ramline wood grain stocks I'd seen.

The Ramline went away shortly after I had it barreled with a Parker Hale .308" blank. It's a pretty light contour barrel - almost featherweight at the muzzle, but enough meat at the chamber to make it safely into a .308 Norma, which is what happened.

I buffed off the finish off of the receiver and rust blued the whole works.

The next and so far final stock is my version of what happens to a Richards Microfit semi-inletted blank. They did leave a fair bit of wood for me to work with, but it certainly wasn't a "drop in" by anyone's definition.

The trigger is the original that I took apart, polished and tweaked it a bit and replaced the springs. It breaks at 2�lb now.

The rings are stock Ruger, but the bottom half of the ring is epoxied in place now which is something that I do to rifles that get taken out and about in our BC mountains.

The scopes have been everything from a 4X Bushnell, then a 6X Japanese Weaver, then a 6X Leupold Compact and finally a Leupold 6x42 now.

Anyway, here it is a scope or two back.


Along the way it's sort of become a bit of a "lucky" rifle for me, so although I don't always hunt with it, it's always one that's sighted in before season and when it comes out things seem to appear.

Lately I've been running 168gr TSX's in it and they've been working well for me.

Thanks for the thread John Moses and all the best to you and yours in the upcoming week.

Regards,
Dwayne

Kampfeld Custom mountain in 250 A.I. with less than a few months wait . Only build I ever did and maybe the last......spoiled me.

Here is mine

Rem 700 300saum
Original trigger that has been tuned
Original synthetic stock
Leupold vx3 6.5-20x40
DNZ one piece mount
168gr TTSX

Overkill, most likely. But that's what my rifle likes and why change it. Its enough to kill a whitetail.

I'd do very similar to this, except I would go standard 250 savage

I've killed plenty of deer with winchester 100gr factory ammo out of my Ackley, but the 85 Barnes X bullet at 3400 mo better fun and actually cheaper.

Remington 700 Classic, 270 Win. (1981 Vintage)
Leupold M8 4x, Redfield 2pc. bases and low rings
Uncle Mike's Mountain Sling
Works with any 130 gr. bullet....Remington Core-Lokt, Federal Premium, or NP handloads.
Have many other options but, it's always with me when I'm after PA or NY whitetails....it has NEVER let me down.

SS Rem 700 Short Action
#3 contour SS barrel ... something good. 21", 1-10" is fine
McM Edge w/ 13 1/4" LOP
Timney or OS Rem 700 trigger at #3
Talley LW's
VX3 2.5-8x36

.250-3000 Sav

Oh, I'd still use the 80 grn ttsx, just in the standard 250.
Didn't mention my current favorite is my 70 stainless classic in 308 44 grns varget / 150 hornady interlocs ( my homemade 300 savage :)) with m8 4x

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