Nearly have my 10/22 finished (just waiting on the barrel) and want to build a 700 precision rifle next.
I'm not rich (college student atm) but I'm patient and currently can free up a couple of hundred dollars a month.
The goal is to piece together a tacticool sniper rifle on either some sort of bolt action AR chasis or maybe a Accuracy International Chasis.... before I get that far (and that is very very FAR away) I have a couple of questions for the experts to help me understand my research.
Background... I've never shot a bolt action rifle. The farthest I've shot an AR-15 is out to about 250yds and that was only once. (obviously I plan to get out much further than that with this 700 build).
I have VERY limited knowledge on this subject and am trying to piece it all together so I can figure out whats the best course of action to get this show on the road, so please be patient and talk really really SLOWLY. Other than that, thanks in advance...
1. Initially the appeal of .338 Lapua hit me hard... until I figured out that ammo was 3-4 times as expensive as .308 and lets face it, at this point I'm such a long distance noob that .308 or .338 isn't going to make much difference. I probably couldn't hit a barn at 1000yds with either until I get a lot of practice in.
I'm thinking .308 is probably the best caliber for me at this time since its cheap and 50 times more capable than I.... am I right in this assessment? Is .308 a good caliber for a noob?
2. Assuming .308 is the right choice... from my understanding .308 is a "short action" caliber. (yes "short action" is a foreign term for me) as far as I can tell, Remington recievers/bolts come in a couple different configurations.... SA, LA and LA magnum (?). Does this mean that if I purchase a 700 in a SA caliber... lets say .223. The only thing I would need to get it to fire another SA caliber (.308) would be a barrel swap? If not... what else?
3. If 700 SA bolts are universal... and considering that it will take me many months to build my .308 the way I want it... I came across a youth model remington 700 in .243 for less than $400 brand new.... Could I (should I) use this youth model bolt action as the base for my build?
I'm not rich (college student atm) but I'm patient and currently can free up a couple of hundred dollars a month.
The goal is to piece together a tacticool sniper rifle on either some sort of bolt action AR chasis or maybe a Accuracy International Chasis.... before I get that far (and that is very very FAR away) I have a couple of questions for the experts to help me understand my research.
Background... I've never shot a bolt action rifle. The farthest I've shot an AR-15 is out to about 250yds and that was only once. (obviously I plan to get out much further than that with this 700 build).
I have VERY limited knowledge on this subject and am trying to piece it all together so I can figure out whats the best course of action to get this show on the road, so please be patient and talk really really SLOWLY. Other than that, thanks in advance...
1. Initially the appeal of .338 Lapua hit me hard... until I figured out that ammo was 3-4 times as expensive as .308 and lets face it, at this point I'm such a long distance noob that .308 or .338 isn't going to make much difference. I probably couldn't hit a barn at 1000yds with either until I get a lot of practice in.
I'm thinking .308 is probably the best caliber for me at this time since its cheap and 50 times more capable than I.... am I right in this assessment? Is .308 a good caliber for a noob?
2. Assuming .308 is the right choice... from my understanding .308 is a "short action" caliber. (yes "short action" is a foreign term for me) as far as I can tell, Remington recievers/bolts come in a couple different configurations.... SA, LA and LA magnum (?). Does this mean that if I purchase a 700 in a SA caliber... lets say .223. The only thing I would need to get it to fire another SA caliber (.308) would be a barrel swap? If not... what else?
3. If 700 SA bolts are universal... and considering that it will take me many months to build my .308 the way I want it... I came across a youth model remington 700 in .243 for less than $400 brand new.... Could I (should I) use this youth model bolt action as the base for my build?