Post by magnumwheelman on Mar 20, 2015 10:21:15 GMT -5
Thought I'd throw up a picture of the starting point of my new .308... I've already removed the scout scope base, & rear sight, put the rings where they should be on a rifle that's not machined for stripper clips...
the over all look is going to depend on particular scope availability... it's getting a new stock, from Boyd's, with a longer length, as I have long arms, either a walnut stock with some figure, if that's the case, it'll get scoped with a silver Nikon Prostaff 5 in 4.5 - 14X, or a black Burris Preditor Quest 4.5 - 14 X... however if I can still get one of the now discontinued Burris Preditor Quest camo scopes in 4.5 - 14X, it'll get a camo laminate stock, likely a Thumbhole style... a few other variable may effect things one way or another in the final decision as far as looks...
the exceptionally long factory 10 round magazine will be regulated as a back up, & several new stainless Teflon coated Alpha mags ( double into single stack ) will replace the stock Ruger magazine, as they are only 2/3 as long as the factory mag, & hold the same amount of rounds... I still have the factory flash hider on the gun, that will likely have the stainless thread protector on it, or a custom compensator of my local builder buddies design... ( he builds them, with the ports angled away from the shooter, so they don't increase the noise level to the shooter at all... plus I don't want holes on the bottom kicking up dust if I'm shooting prone...
anyway... I thought this a good starting point for a custom .308 bolt rifle...
BTW... when I took the picture I only had the rings on finger tight, & I later noticed they are different lengths to allow for the different heights on the receiver... that has since been corrected
BTW #2... I bought the gun used, from Cabelas, on clearance... I honestly don't think it had more than one magazine's worth of ammo through it, & it was discounted $300.00 from new
the over all look is going to depend on particular scope availability... it's getting a new stock, from Boyd's, with a longer length, as I have long arms, either a walnut stock with some figure, if that's the case, it'll get scoped with a silver Nikon Prostaff 5 in 4.5 - 14X, or a black Burris Preditor Quest 4.5 - 14 X... however if I can still get one of the now discontinued Burris Preditor Quest camo scopes in 4.5 - 14X, it'll get a camo laminate stock, likely a Thumbhole style... a few other variable may effect things one way or another in the final decision as far as looks...
the exceptionally long factory 10 round magazine will be regulated as a back up, & several new stainless Teflon coated Alpha mags ( double into single stack ) will replace the stock Ruger magazine, as they are only 2/3 as long as the factory mag, & hold the same amount of rounds... I still have the factory flash hider on the gun, that will likely have the stainless thread protector on it, or a custom compensator of my local builder buddies design... ( he builds them, with the ports angled away from the shooter, so they don't increase the noise level to the shooter at all... plus I don't want holes on the bottom kicking up dust if I'm shooting prone...
anyway... I thought this a good starting point for a custom .308 bolt rifle...
BTW... when I took the picture I only had the rings on finger tight, & I later noticed they are different lengths to allow for the different heights on the receiver... that has since been corrected
BTW #2... I bought the gun used, from Cabelas, on clearance... I honestly don't think it had more than one magazine's worth of ammo through it, & it was discounted $300.00 from new
) on the stock profile... it'll be getting a Boyd's light weight Thumbhole brown laminated stock, ( has cooling vents & dual front sling swivels ) with a 14.5" length of pull, & fish scale thumbhole checkering, as well as a Harris 1A2-LM 9-13" bipod
