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General Purpose or Practical Rifle Building 2016-11-07 18:30:54 Post No. 31928418
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General Purpose or Practical Rifle Building
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2016-11-07 18:30:54
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Hello again. A while ago I decided that I wanted a modern general purpose rifle...something that would be useful hunting, target shooting, and if crazy world events should happen. The closest I came to describing what I wanted was Jeff Cooper's scout rifle. But the scout concept had a few very dated concepts...so I came up with this list. The perfect rifle should be:
-Compact. No longer than 39 inches.
-Light. No heavier than 7.7lbs unloaded with optic.
-Well rounded. .308 caliber.
-Easy to feed. Detachable magazine of at least 5 rounds.
-Versatile. Able to mount a 1-6x illuminated AR style optic for a wide range of shooting.
-Prepared. Have a backup sighting system such as iron sights.
-Low profile. Must look like a hunting rifle.
-Accurate. At least an 18 inch barrel.
So I started to research things. It's what I do. Here's a list of what I found that could come close to the above requirements (pic related): https://www.dropbox.com/s/lss013ctlb4pwqj/GPR%20Build%202016%202.0.ods?dl=0
I'm sharing this in the hope that others can use my legwork to their advantage. I decided to either get a Winchester 70 featherweight compact or a Remington model 7 laminate. Both will need an inlet and bottom metal, but the remington has sights and the shorter barrel already. Which way would you go, /k/?
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>>31928418
>308 caliber
Why .308?
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>>31928442
I have a stock of it and reload it regularly. Feeding it will be easier than 30-06 or something more niche.
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>>31928475
Forgot to mention: one of the other close finishers: a Kimber Hunter.
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>>31928475
What you have is a pretty interesting idea. I like it.
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I want everything you want, OP but with two added conditions:
>Must take AICS or SR-25 magazines
>Straight-pull action. Not spring-loaded "lol just remove the gas tube on an AR," but straight-pull like an M95 or K31.
Unfortunately it does not exist.
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>>31928596
hmm. The CDI/PTG column indicates bottom metal exists for that rifle to let it take AICS magazines...I love the commonality aspect. Straight pull through? thats rough.
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>>31928418
Model 7s are inferior to 700s, and can't do anything they don't. Still better than Model 70s though.
You should consider that the Kimber is stainless, which is a big advantage. I have not handled an 84M Hunter but it shares lineage with the 84M Montana, which is the best backpack hunting rifle on the planet.
If the Hunter has a stock that is half as high quality as the Montana, and a reliable DBM, it is head a shoulders above everything else on the list.
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>>31928897
Sounds like the hunter's stock is high end Tupperware. Boo! May just have to suck it up and grab a tikka and aftermarket stock... or just gamble on the Remington.
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>>31928751
The only new production straight-pull rifles are boutique euro guns that cost $2k+ for a 1 MOA gun.
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>>31928418
You don't need a long barrel for accuracy. Look into the Mega SF-MATEN.
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>>31929608
Is still prefer 18 inches. I own a vepr with a 16 inch barrel in 308 and can see and feel the difference. I'll check out the rifle though
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>>31929608
While interesting, the mega SF seems to fail on three areas:
1. 7.2 lbs before adding optic means it'll be overweight.
2. It's the opposite of a low profile gun. Its tactical.
3. 2500 dollars is close to the budget for the whole rifle optic and all.
Does look like fun though....
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