Needing Latest Info For Building A Budget .416 Remington Mag Rifle

[ChrisG]

If all you’re going to do is shoot it at the range, you could use a Remington 700 action with no problem at all. The extraction issue that can rarely occur with this rifle is not really an issue unless you’re hunting DG. There’s a used Remington 700 in 416 REM Mag on Gunsinternational as we speak for $1450. You won’t be able to go build one for less money.

Man at that point, I'd shell out $1,550 and get a brand new CRF winchester M70 in .416 Rem mag, straighten the bolt handle out, put custom wood on it, new sights and call it a day.

Nothing wrong with them from the factory, but this thread was about a custom rifle... so I would definitely customize it in that case

 

[Country-Folk]

Just to clarify in hopes it will be clear for my intentions, reasoning, etc for building a big game rifle 1 component at a time.

As my first post was showing, I'm not concerned if I have some more money into building my rifle than if buying a completed rifle....I mean as long as its not WAY overboard ..... and I know it wont be way overboard based on me knowing I will make certain to bargain hunt all of my components that are needed to finish the build.

This is the better route to take for my individual situations of:

I'm not able to hand over the whole cost upfront for a complete .416 Rem Mag rifle (average final cost of 1,4000 based on having watched gunbroker items over the past couple months... and yes that includes the tax, 50.00 for shipping, and 30.00 for FFL dealer fee), and therefore I'm only concerned with buying individual components based upon what my budget will allow to happen.

Besides from my individual income which limits me to only being able to buy 1 component of the gun build every few months, here in Ohio there's the miserable winter weather which prevents me from getting outside and in the garage where I love to keep active instead of becoming dumb from having watched the increasing dumb and lame crap that's mostly on tv anymore, and so a nice project like building my own gun is what I want to give me something to do during winter months and it will be a good feeling of accomplishment rather than merely seeing a completed gun, paying, and then walking away with it

 

[WI-2021]

Just to clarify in hopes it will be clear for my intentions, reasoning, etc for building a big game rifle 1 component at a time.

As my first post was showing, I'm not concerned if I have some more money into building my rifle than if buying a completed rifle....I mean as long as its not WAY overboard ..... and I know it wont be way overboard based on me knowing I will make certain to bargain hunt all of my components that are needed to finish the build.

This is the better route to take for my individual situations of:

I'm not able to hand over the whole cost upfront for a complete .416 Rem Mag rifle (average final cost of 1,4000 based on having watched gunbroker items over the past couple months... and yes that includes the tax, 50.00 for shipping, and 30.00 for FFL dealer fee), and therefore I'm only concerned with buying individual components based upon what my budget will allow to happen.

Besides from my individual income which limits me to only being able to buy 1 component of the gun build every few months, here in Ohio there's the miserable winter weather which prevents me from getting outside and in the garage where I love to keep active instead of becoming dumb from having watched the increasing dumb and lame crap that's mostly on tv anymore, and so a nice project like building my own gun is what I want to give me something to do during winter months and it will be a good feeling of accomplishment rather than merely seeing a completed gun, paying, and then walking away with it

If you can save up for each component, you can save up for the complete rifle; it just takes longer. That said, I understand the draw of building your own.

I will say that building a Remington pattern with a prefit barrel isn't much of a project, at least in terms of the actual assembly labor. On the other hand, researching components and learning is part of the project too, and that will take some time and effort.

If you want a more hands-on project in terms of metal and wood working, a project Like Ontario Hunter's .404 is much more involved than putting together a 700 pattern rifle. It all depends what you want from this project and your capabilities.

 

[Country-Folk]

WI-2021 "If you can save up for each component, you can save up for the complete rifle; it just takes longer."

Hey Gomer,

No one needs you telling them what they're capable of doing and not capable of doing with the money in their own household.
You throw out your spiel based on your immature mentality whereby thinking your ideals must apply to everyone.

Are you married? Do you even know what it means to try to save up money but you have a wife who over the years isn't the same as what she use to be when it comes to responsibility?

So you never heard of a wife who will spend the money as soon as finding out there's a large accumulation of it?

And just in case, no, I dont need you telling me how to store the money either

 

[WI-2021]

WI-2021 "If you can save up for each component, you can save up for the complete rifle; it just takes longer."

Hey Gomer,

No one needs you telling them what they're capable of doing and not capable of doing with the money in their own household.
You throw out your spiel based on your immature mentality whereby thinking your ideals must apply to everyone.

Are you married? Do you even know what it means to try to save up money but you have a wife who over the years isn't the same as what she use to be when it comes to responsibility?

So you never heard of a wife who will spend the money as soon as finding out there's a large accumulation of it?

And just in case, no, I dont need you telling me how to store the money either

I apologize for my comment, but you're out of line. Perhaps focus on all of the other helpful advice you've been receiving throughout this thread from myself and others, rather than the one comment that rubbed you the wrong way.