Custom vs stock guns

fisherprice1 · 02-14-2003, 05:18 PM

Everybody says that it I want better accuary that I have to get a custom gun and reload my own. I' m not ready to reload yet but I need a new 300 WBY. Remington has a Model 700 Custom KS Mountain Rifle from there custom shop. Is it any better than an out of the box rifle? How does it compair to other custom guns?

stubblejumper · 02-14-2003, 05:27 PM

While you can get a very accurate factory rifle the odds are better if you have a gunbuilder put one together for you using a premium barrel , truing and lapping the action, and doing a proper bedding job.I have owned two rifles from the remington custom shop(a model 7fs in 7mm-08 and a 40xbks in 6mm rem) and was very pleased with the workmanship and accuracy.I do prefer a total custom rifle where I choose all the components, but these two were considerably better built than most factory rifles.

PaJack · 02-15-2003, 08:32 AM

I have one custom gun and it shoots " good" but not worth the extra cash I put out for it! Live and learn...

stubblejumper · 02-15-2003, 09:11 AM

Pajack-If your custom gun only shoots " good " you should discuss this with your gunbuilder.My own customs average 1/2" groups.My gunbuilder won' t even ship a gun to me unless it shoots great because he knows that I won' t settle for less.

fisherprice1 · 02-15-2003, 10:58 AM

Who is a great custom gun builder and how pricey are they? Are the one' s from Remington custom shop good?

corey006 · 02-16-2003, 08:21 PM

Stubblejumper,

Who is building your rifles?(in Canada??) What barrells are you getting....Pac-Nor??

stubblejumper · 02-16-2003, 08:37 PM

corey006-My rifle work was being done by prairie gun works but lately they are so busy with a government contract for sniper rifles that they aren' t doing much other work.I have barrels by schneider,hart,kreiger and pac-nor.

Vapodog · 02-16-2003, 08:44 PM

In my experience Remington' s custom shop will furnish you a fine gun. Winchester' s will too.

A typical custom gun from a smith that is good will run $2,500 and up. A lot hinges on your needs for fancy wood and engraving and special checkering.

There' s a lot more to a custom gun than accuracy....If I agreed to take posession of a .300 Weatherby custom, accuracy would be acceptable to me at 1.25MOA however if it was a .22-250, accuracy would have to be well under 1.0 MOA.

I' d be far more critical of finish, checkering, feeding and extraction, trigger pull and other functional things.

1950KID · 02-16-2003, 09:28 PM

$2500 and up is out of my ballpark. Remington makes a good factory rifle for hunting.

BigEd · 02-17-2003, 09:01 AM

I used to believe that the only way to get an accurate rifle was a " custom gun" .

After ownig several types of rifles I' ve come to the conclusion that most factory made guns can be made to shoot very near to or even below 1MOA with some reasonable gunsmithing.
As long as there is nothing seriously wrong with the barrel or action.

A trigger job(either polish or replace trigger), rebedded stock and re-crowning the muzzle are all that are needed in most cases but sometimes a new stock is needed.

My advice is start slow on a new or a good used gun. First maybe with a trigger job, as it helps eliminate human error, and then work up from there as needed.