Originally Posted by
jimbobwsm
Your parts list is conservative. You really think a good smith will put this together for $300 then break in the rifle and test it. Perform load development for the rifle using the customer's preference of bullet, and re-test it to 600 yards for Accuracy? I have been working with Tim and Allan for 7 years now. A rifle is not built in a day. They work their butts off and are not getting rich. Please let us know if you find a smith that can put together 1/4 moa 7.5lb hunting rifles. We would love to hire him.
I know plenty of them and yes you can easily put one of those rifles together in a day. You already have a custom action so no truing is necessary or lapping of barrels since they are custom barrels. $300 wouldn't include load development but that's a buyers preference, any shooter buying a custom rifle should do it themselves in my opinion. Even $600 for gunsmith/load work is still much cheaper then a McWhorter. You can get a Fierce for $2200 and that is with a custom action that someone can't buy over the counter.
Parts list isn't very conservative, if anything its a little high since McWhorter gets things cheaper then list price I'm sure.
There's nothing special about a McWhorter, it's off the shelf parts that anyone can buy online.
If they knew anything about long range they wouldn't use those stupid brakes they spin on, they would use a slab style without holes on the bottom. But then again that is more work since they need timed.