Thread: Rifle Builds

Originally Posted by mikee

........................but a 123gn Amax @ 2640fps out of a wee .223 case is already pushing it a wee bit

Now that i am home, heres a pic of both.

TCU at top and SAUM at bottom both builds via Terminator Products



I also used to build a few rattle guns (mecano for big boys) but only kept my original build!

Originally Posted by Wildman

@gimp loves Custom rifles, he is always thinking about new builds.

Yes he has been so encouraging of my idea of a 6.5x284 build.

So I have bought a 6.5x284 barrel and will go from there.

Originally Posted by stug

If I build another rifle to will be a 458 win mag on a Mauser action with a walnut stock. I certainly don't need it, but would get a great deal of satisfaction putting a 500gr bullet through a stags shoulder.

Go the Lott!! Its a lot more fun....Pardon the pun.

I want a .257 AI. Other rifle shoot faster or heavier projectiles but I used one for quite a few years before it was stolen. Awesome calibre. I want another one day...............

But it is all abouts wants and not needs. I have a basically brand new .284. Shoots great. But now I find I want a .260 or 6.5x55.....Go figure!

I got a few to go
22/243
338 noma
maybe 6.5-375r

Originally Posted by jakewire

Yes he has been so encouraging of my idea of a 6.5x284 build.

So I have bought a 6.5x284 barrel and will go from there.

Don't do it unless you go long on barrel length been there now I have a .260AI 10 grains less powder and more speed with same weight bullet.

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

I like your thinking there Stug, i can see me using slugs out of my smooth bore on deer one day

These go really well by all accounts.

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Do they do them in 20ga?

Originally Posted by R93

These go really well by all accounts.

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12g slugs would be the go on the island, just a shame most of the hunting is on doc land. big hole in a little deer!

Originally Posted by Wildman

Do they do them in 20ga?

I dont know but I would hope so.
Shot the odd deer on foot with the shotgun using buckshot.

Had a mate that did it a lot as well.
He would stagger load the mag with both buckshot and slugs.
Works a treat in tight country.

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moments thinking about making a rifle platform, ammo etc better for what i want to achieve take up a huge part of my day . .. whats left over i think about hunting.

getting the funds to make it happen is the problem we all know . . but on the positive side if you have to watch the pennies ya do have to choose very carefully what to do . . . anyway, this is my 3rd dedicated cast bullet rifle i am putting money into and probably not my last



previous owner chopped the barrel to 18'' i went to 15'' with a short mag

i've tried something like 5 or 6 scopes lookn for that mix that work best for me in the field and on the range, some modified with reticle changes and custom dials . . its taken a few years but getting close now. Mk4 3.5-40 mildot with M3 dial ( 1 MOA per click, 55 MOA in one turn with zero stop ) sitting in Burris rings with 10 MOA cant in front and rear ring on a custom 50 MOA rail - enough to get me to 400yds with subsonic ammo firing 197grn bullets.

plans for the future are a trigger job, DPT modular overbarrel suppressor to replace DPT can, lastly maybe have a look at the forend bedding .. other than that it fits the job description nicely, to shoot Goats (mostly in Central with 35-70 a week is common ) with cheap cast bullets out to 200yrds and the occasional Deer with 1600fps load out to 100+ yrds

when i said 3rd cast bullet rifle i should have added .30 caliber . .. i'd forgotten about the 2 X .45s i tried and ultimately decided wasn't what i wanted . . R

Originally Posted by 199p

I got a few to go
22/243
338 noma
maybe 6.5-375r

.338 Norma is a great calibre - short and mag feed with an abusive after taste

Originally Posted by rogers.270

.338 Norma is a great calibre - short and mag feed with an abusive after taste

338 edge will mag feed easy
.338 Norma is a cool case, may rebarrel to one when the edge is burnt out

Originally Posted by Smiddy

338 edge will mag feed easy
.338 Norma is a cool case, may rebarrel to one when the edge is burnt out

Lots of people with an edge say that....... Why get the edge in the first instance?