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Looks great! Where are they located?
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That looks great and shoots great! I've seen them mentioned a little I think over on Rokslide, seem to do a really good job. How much beefier is that barrel versus a factory barrel? Congrats on the new rig! Also, any idea on who's barrel they start off with - Benchmark maybe??
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That looks great and shoots great! I've seen them mentioned a little I think over on Rokslide, seem to do a really good job. How much beefier is that barrel versus a factory barrel? Congrats on the new rig! Also, any idea on who's barrel they start off with - Benchmark maybe?? Frank, I’m not sure which barrel they use on their full replacements, for mine they used the factory barrel and wrapped it. They did a 3/4” OD on my barrel but I know they also do a 7/8 and 1 inch. They did a 3/4” on one of my friends Tikkas and it shoots fantastic.
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Thanks for the info Andy - thats interesting they can use your barrel. And they are only about 45 minutes away from my house, might need to give them a try sometime.
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I’d say you got yourself an excellent rig for hunting...I had a thread months back asking why you don’t see more builds off the Tikka action. IIRC, aside from metric tooling a Smith needs, there wasn’t any reason not to build up from a Tikka receiver.
Yours looks and shoots great...Congrats!
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Looks like an awesome deal! Congrats. Great looking rifle.
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curious about this now. How much stock work was involved in this? Did you do it? Was it a pre-fit and did they screw it on? I see 7 bills for a pre-fit, how much more did it take minus the fluting?
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curious about this now. How much stock work was involved in this? Did you do it? Was it a pre-fit and did they screw it on? I see 7 bills for a pre-fit, how much more did it take minus the fluting? Calvin, They used my factory barrel so I didn’t get a pre-fit... $599.00 includes turn down, carbon wrapping, threaded for brake, brake install & reassembling. They sanded the stock to fit at no additional charge. They offer a lot of other custom options for bolt fluting, Cerakote, stocks, ect...
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Cool. Thank. I have a Kimber MT 300 wsm I want to brake. Hmm.
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I'd like to see them be successful, especially a local shop, but given their qualifications and experience, I think they need more time to prove themselves before I let them touch my rifle. If you're willing to take a chance then go for it. Just ask a lot of questions upfront. That's about all that I want to say on it.
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I'd like to see them be successful, especially a local shop, but given their qualifications and experience, I think they need more time to prove themselves before I let them touch my rifle. If you're willing to take a chance then go for it. Just ask a lot of questions upfront. That's about all that I want to say on it.
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