Thread: My custom lone peak and my experience. 260rem

Originally Posted by GWH

For a mountain rifle soley used for hunting where 1 or 2 shots is normally all you'd ever get is a heavier profile barrel going to give you any benefit?

Yes and it makes me sleep at night hahaha. But really no the animal won’t know the difference and a tikka will do everything this rifle will do but it comes down to my personal choice and what I wanted and how I wanted it. I shoot mobs of goats most weekends then hunt the hills when I can so this suits me well. And sits nicely next to the 300norma

Originally Posted by dale

Yes and it makes me sleep at night hahaha. But really no the animal won’t know the difference and a tikka will do everything this rifle will do but it comes down to my personal choice and what I wanted and how I wanted it. I shoot mobs of goats most weekends then hunt the hills when I can so this suits me well. And sits nicely next to the 300norma

Dont get me wrong i fully understand the desire to build it the way you want it, i fully get that. Its nice having something that is a little different to what everyone else has. And now you have mentioned the goat bomb ups i also get the desire for more weight in the barrel.

I havnt built a fully custom rifle thus far, but no doubt will at some point. I have simply had modifications done to a factory Rem Model 7 in 7mm SAUM, to 1 reduce weight and 2 make it unique and mine. Carbon stock, fine fluting of the factory 22" heavy barrel, fluted bolt, skelotinised bolt handle etc. It has made a huge difference to the weight, shaving 2 lbs off it. It's gone from being my heaviest rifle to being my 2nd lightest weighing just a fraction more than my small 223. I run a 4-16x50 exposed target turret scope on it, and it still weighs in at 3.1kg all up scoped. I now don't mind carrying it up mountains.