308 rifle build

[Danco411]

I do these types of builds all the time. Guy wants a rifle he can hunt with and also shoot longer ranges for fun or competition. Also does not have serious bucks to spend on a custom. The best way to reach this goal is by a switch barrel Savage or Remage. You can start with a factory Savage or Remington 700 Action or find one that is "blue printed". You can also choose a higher end action if you want to spend the bucks. Where you save is in the barrel and gunsmithing. There are tons of excellent prefit barrels on the market that shoot superbly. Criterion, Satern, Lothar Walther, McGowen and just a few. Once you get the barreled action set up you can drop it into a traditional stock for hunting and swap it to a chassis for long ranger target shooting. Lots of inexpensive options for both with the XLR brand chassis my favorite choice for a chassis. Going this way you can build a really nice, highly accurate, and very flexible rifle for under $1500 minus optics.

[red442joe]

This is probably exactly what he wants:
https://www.k-var.com/vepr-308-win-c...walnut-stock-2

Something that requires some diy work would make him happy.

Joe

[dirtmcgirt76239]

This is probably exactly what he wants:
https://www.k-var.com/vepr-308-win-c...walnut-stock-2

Something that requires some diy work would make him happy.

Joe

Id like one, but think m1a much better for hunting, Better scope mounting options on m1a and hk. The dsa scope mount on fal is viable.

If you could only have one I would not pick vepr. If you have money and are filling up a large safe with toys, def putting a vepr in there.

I say that as fal clone owner, regular shooter of my dad's ptr 91/hk clone, and owner of two Russian aks, albeit not .308

[Rootsy]

M1A will probably be more than he wants to spend. 308 M1 Garand is pretty simple to put together and parts are easy to get. Mild to full blown NM. You pick.

[red442joe]

Thank you to all yous guys.
My friend is doing his research, looking into
all the options, figuring out what it takes to
put together a project like this.
I'll post back how it goes.

Joe

[Moleman-]

FAL's are easy to build and accurate but use a dust cover scope mount which is less than ideal in my opinion. Use my M1A for match shooting and have used it deer hunting but they're not as cheap to build as they used to be. Yugo M76 is another but they're not as accurate as a FAL or M1A. CETME/G3 kit would likely be easy for him to build under budget. Maind weird thing about them is they don't headspace like a standard gun and instead go off of bolt/carrier gap which can be adjusted to an extent. There's a guy called Holescreek that is a tool and die guy by trade who has a bunch of CETME/G3 build info out there including some fancy target models, fluteless gas op conversions and caliber conversions. Here's one on his bending jig. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI5if5NUklA

[jmonarch]

FAL's are easy to build and accurate but use a dust cover scope mount which is less than ideal in my opinion. Use my M1A for match shooting and have used it deer hunting but they're not as cheap to build as they used to be. Yugo M76 is another but they're not as accurate as a FAL or M1A. CETME/G3 kit would likely be easy for him to build under budget. Maind weird thing about them is they don't headspace like a standard gun and instead go off of bolt/carrier gap which can be adjusted to an extent. There's a guy called Holescreek that is a tool and die guy by trade who has a bunch of CETME/G3 build info out there including some fancy target models, fluteless gas op conversions and caliber conversions. Here's one on his bending jig. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI5if5NUklA

Sorry to barge in, but do you happen to have one of those jigs? I have a flat that I would love to bend.

[Moleman-]

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Sorry to barge in, but do you happen to have one of those jigs? I have a flat that I would love to bend.

No, I haven't done a G3/CETME yet. Don't know if I will or not. Posted up that link since the guy has access to lathes and mill so if he was inclined he could build something similar if he wanted to. There are cheaper and more readily ways to bend a HK type flat. One of the better ones is you can make a jig from a section of Unistrut you can get at homedepot/menards/lowes, a 20mm bar ebay/McmasterCarr/Fastenal/online or speedy metals, some all thread homedepot/menards/lowes. The unistrut jig is likely what I'd use unless I was doing a whole bunch of them. Holescreek has put many of his builds on the Military Firearms site and chimes in on the unistrut jig. http://www.militaryfirearm.com/Forum...-and-weldments

[jmonarch]

Thanks, Moleman!