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Best fit/finish in the buisness is Tim Cronin @ Elkhorn Precision...unfortunately Tim has closed his shop to pursue his career in law enforcement. Next best gunsmith with exceptional fit/finish work in my opinion is Mark Gordon @ Short Action Customs.
Have had rifles from pretty much every gunsmith mentioned on this forum......Tim and Mark are best two for accurate rifles with attention to fit/finish work.
Jon Addis @ Area 419 does a good job also.
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Go over to Chad Dixon's website and see what he does. longriflesinc.com
Or check out his facebook page. His stock fitment is perfection.
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Tim Cronin did some work for me and set the bar pretty high. Really sorry he changed careers.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Posted by Brad.
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Rick,
Bob had his Mashburn done by Gene Simillion IIRC.
Gene has done some work for me as well and he is top notch.
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Nathan Chesney. And if you liked the Borden Rimrock stock ergo's, he's for sure the guy. His stocks are labor intensive and a bit pricey, but truly beautiful to hold. At least for me, I haven't found another stock that fits as well
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This thread has been resurrected.
I have had two "best quality" synthetic stocked rifled. They were an Echols Legend M70 and a Joe Smithson small ring Mauser. Both were as perfectly finished as one their wood stocked rifles. Both had complete metal jobs by the maker. Both were very expensive and worth it. Both have stocks designed by the makers.
Sadly, for me, I want a M700 with that level of fit and finish. Tim Cronin did one and his work was first rate. There are lots of guys who can do a perfect bedding job but few that do the same level of fit and finish on the exterior.
Gradous can build a very accurate rifle but the exterior is pretty much McM out of the mold. Same with the McWhorter rifles I have seen. I want Rolls Royce quality inside and outside. That includes good old fashioned rust bluing and CM steel. Heck, I may get a small amount of engraving on the screw heads.
John Bolliger Jr. is doing some synthetic stocks and I am going to check those out. I suspect they are very nice.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Posted by Brad.
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I would suggest contacting D'Arcy Echols to see who he might reccommend.
He has some Shrike '700 footprint' stocked rifles on his blog, some with a Borden some with a M700.
If you also want high precision proprietary fixed custom scope mounts like Echols installs,
I dont anyone but Echols who does that sort of thing.
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