My previous thread got lost in cyberspace!!!
I finally got all the parts to put my rifle together last night so hopefully I can do a bit of shooting this weekend - weather permitting.
It's basically an off-the shelf Remington 700 BDL barrel and action that I dropped into a Bell an Carlson stock. I'm topping it with a 20 MOA - one piece rail. I'm using a set of 30 mm tactical rings to mount a Vortex HS-LR 6-24X50 XLR Scope - The scope is a first focal plane scope with a christmas tree style tactical MOA reticle and a tactical elevation turret. First Focal Plane (FFP) means the retical size changes with magnification. This allows the shooter to use the MOA subtensions to compensate for windage and bullet drop at any magnification.
I bought a set of medium height rings - thinking I needed them for clearance, but I have already found that I could not obtain a good cheek-weld with them and it looks like a set of low rings will maintain enough clearance for the bell of the scope and the bolt so I will swap out the rings ASAP.
Meanwhile if I can't find another set of rings I may just have to level the scope and go run a box of shells through it while I painstakingly break in the barrel.
I'll get some photos and maybe a few videos up as I try to build a "low-budget" long-range rifle.
Depending on the results obtained, this build will probably progress through a few stages up to a full custom long range rifle until I achieve my ultimate goal which is to build a hunting rifle that is balistically capable and accurate enough (under the right conditions of course) to take big game (mule deer and wolf) out to 800 yards.
I think it will be a fun and educational process for me and hopefully some others will learn a few things from my mistakes. I'm not an expert in fire-arms. I'm going to learn the hard way which is how I learn best.
Wish me luck!
Coop
I finally got all the parts to put my rifle together last night so hopefully I can do a bit of shooting this weekend - weather permitting.
It's basically an off-the shelf Remington 700 BDL barrel and action that I dropped into a Bell an Carlson stock. I'm topping it with a 20 MOA - one piece rail. I'm using a set of 30 mm tactical rings to mount a Vortex HS-LR 6-24X50 XLR Scope - The scope is a first focal plane scope with a christmas tree style tactical MOA reticle and a tactical elevation turret. First Focal Plane (FFP) means the retical size changes with magnification. This allows the shooter to use the MOA subtensions to compensate for windage and bullet drop at any magnification.
I bought a set of medium height rings - thinking I needed them for clearance, but I have already found that I could not obtain a good cheek-weld with them and it looks like a set of low rings will maintain enough clearance for the bell of the scope and the bolt so I will swap out the rings ASAP.
Meanwhile if I can't find another set of rings I may just have to level the scope and go run a box of shells through it while I painstakingly break in the barrel.
I'll get some photos and maybe a few videos up as I try to build a "low-budget" long-range rifle.
Depending on the results obtained, this build will probably progress through a few stages up to a full custom long range rifle until I achieve my ultimate goal which is to build a hunting rifle that is balistically capable and accurate enough (under the right conditions of course) to take big game (mule deer and wolf) out to 800 yards.
I think it will be a fun and educational process for me and hopefully some others will learn a few things from my mistakes. I'm not an expert in fire-arms. I'm going to learn the hard way which is how I learn best.
Wish me luck!
Coop