Jefferry404
AH veteran
For me, I want the best components (action, barrel, wood), and want those cost to be on par with the gunsmithing, figuring that at least, they might keep value.
Then, with a decent gunsmith that can stock and metal work a custom rifle, all that is needed. When I look thru the European rifles, I do not find many appealing, at least in the catalogs and photos. Maybe just my taste. I am an iron sighted guy and when I see Rigby's sight bases or Prechtl's quarter rib, hmmm.
Matt Roberts was mentioned. He offers only 2 rifle models, wood and synthetic, and uses top components, mostly GMA actions, and machines nice quarter ribs and lately, fully machined integral barrels. So you have $6500 worth of high end components and then throw in $6000 of gunsmithing, seems reasonable. But I do not see where all the €€€ go?
Steve
Then, with a decent gunsmith that can stock and metal work a custom rifle, all that is needed. When I look thru the European rifles, I do not find many appealing, at least in the catalogs and photos. Maybe just my taste. I am an iron sighted guy and when I see Rigby's sight bases or Prechtl's quarter rib, hmmm.
Matt Roberts was mentioned. He offers only 2 rifle models, wood and synthetic, and uses top components, mostly GMA actions, and machines nice quarter ribs and lately, fully machined integral barrels. So you have $6500 worth of high end components and then throw in $6000 of gunsmithing, seems reasonable. But I do not see where all the €€€ go?
Steve
