Happy Friday Everyone.
I am about to jump off the deep end and buy 3 actions. I spent hours laboring on other forums, YouTube, etc etc. Kinda curious the opinions of the local group here. With the tolerances these companies are putting out precision is now the long range adult lego building the AR community has loved for years.
My Criteria:
MUST take prefit barrels
Pinned or integral 20MOA Rail
Rem 700 Footprint
1x Short Action
1x Short Action
1x Rimfire
The age old Application question:
Rimfire Competitions
Small Game Hunting
Medium Game (yote,hog-maybe elk)
Manuverable for hunting
0-500 Target
0-1000 Target
Mammoth Sniper Challenge
-I don't like F class type shooting, every build will have a target weight of under 18lbs, 13-15 is ideal. IE: when I say target I still want to be able to at least lug it to a deer stand.
I've narrowed this down to:
Zermatt TL-3
Defiance Tenacity
Defiance Ruckus
Kelbly
Impact 737
RimX
Voodoo 22
Duece
So I'm thinking of mix n match: Actions, Barrels, Chassis. For example, have one light weight chassis for hunting, one heavy for target, etc. All work and replacement barrels installed in the garage. Honestly the prefit barrels open up options for the barrel burners now that I dont have to ship the rifle away for 6months.
Initial thoughts for caliber:
22lr (maybe I'll get into 17hmr one day)
308
6.5CM
22CM
300WSM (some manufacturers allow you to swap bolt heads to magnum face)
6.5 PRC
7 SAUM (now we're just getting ridiculous)
I was thinking:
308 16" short lil thumper for the woods & 0-500
22CM 24-26" 0-1000 competitions
6.5CM 20-24" 0-1000 workhorse
Magnum-ish? 30" 308? 6.5PRC? 223 trainer/yote?
Chassis wise: I have experience with KRG. Like 'em, simple, modular, and parts can swap between systems. Open to anything here really.
And don't don't don't try to save me money. I've already justified this in my head, they same way I tried to justify reloading saves me money.. Don't ruin it for me
TL;DR: If you could pick 2 Short Actions what would they be? And if you could pick 4 Barrels (not necessarily changing the chambering) what would they be? (I'll post the Rimfire question in the other Forum but welcome feedback!)
I am about to jump off the deep end and buy 3 actions. I spent hours laboring on other forums, YouTube, etc etc. Kinda curious the opinions of the local group here. With the tolerances these companies are putting out precision is now the long range adult lego building the AR community has loved for years.
My Criteria:
MUST take prefit barrels
Pinned or integral 20MOA Rail
Rem 700 Footprint
1x Short Action
1x Short Action
1x Rimfire
The age old Application question:
Rimfire Competitions
Small Game Hunting
Medium Game (yote,hog-maybe elk)
Manuverable for hunting
0-500 Target
0-1000 Target
Mammoth Sniper Challenge
-I don't like F class type shooting, every build will have a target weight of under 18lbs, 13-15 is ideal. IE: when I say target I still want to be able to at least lug it to a deer stand.
I've narrowed this down to:
Zermatt TL-3
Defiance Tenacity
Defiance Ruckus
Kelbly
Impact 737
RimX
Voodoo 22
Duece
So I'm thinking of mix n match: Actions, Barrels, Chassis. For example, have one light weight chassis for hunting, one heavy for target, etc. All work and replacement barrels installed in the garage. Honestly the prefit barrels open up options for the barrel burners now that I dont have to ship the rifle away for 6months.
Initial thoughts for caliber:
22lr (maybe I'll get into 17hmr one day)
308
6.5CM
22CM
300WSM (some manufacturers allow you to swap bolt heads to magnum face)
6.5 PRC
7 SAUM (now we're just getting ridiculous)
I was thinking:
308 16" short lil thumper for the woods & 0-500
22CM 24-26" 0-1000 competitions
6.5CM 20-24" 0-1000 workhorse
Magnum-ish? 30" 308? 6.5PRC? 223 trainer/yote?
Chassis wise: I have experience with KRG. Like 'em, simple, modular, and parts can swap between systems. Open to anything here really.
And don't don't don't try to save me money. I've already justified this in my head, they same way I tried to justify reloading saves me money.. Don't ruin it for me
TL;DR: If you could pick 2 Short Actions what would they be? And if you could pick 4 Barrels (not necessarily changing the chambering) what would they be? (I'll post the Rimfire question in the other Forum but welcome feedback!)