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A benchrest rifle is more than a tack driver. It must be a extention of the operater. It must be a natural as pointing your finger, yet as accurate as a laser. How is this achived? What makes a racegun tick? Machinical reliability, zero tolerance stock fit with a precision opitical mounting + a reliable trigger pull = a true racegun. Period. The action must do the samething each & everytime the action is cycled. Down to the .0005" of a inch. The optics need to be trued to zero tolerance of the bore & the trigger pull needs to be anticipated yet light enough to consciously know you are ready to engage the target not accidently. The fit of the action to the stock must be zero tolerance & any pillars must be aluminum or any aluminum bedding block must be bedded at the recoil lug. The recoil lug must be bedded regardless. I cannot recommend any other barrel manufacture other than the Montana Rifleman for a Benchrest Rifle. I have cut a-lot of barrels in the last few years & their barrels are the hands down best I have ever worked with. I knew when I started cutting their barrels on my lathe that they were winners. That is before I even shot them. When test firing them I did the break in & to my surprise there was little to no copper fouling. Even when I shot the hell out of them! Again I recommend no other barrel over the Montana Rifleman for a benchrest rifle racegun. Blueprinting the action is standard with any benchrest rifle. That consist of cutting the threads .010 oversize, squaring the receiver lugs & opening the boltway to .715. The bolt must be made to fit the oversized boltway by shimming. The barrel is machined to mate with the newly blueprinted receiver. The bolt lugs are machined trued. Headspace is held to minimum required & the crown is precision cut. This equals machinical reliabilty. A precision scope mounting (Leupold or Redfield rings & bases.) & a jard trigger upgrade with a 14 oz pull weight gives you a true tack driver. I know the Jewel is a awsome trigger, but the Jard system is just as good, but less expensive. It is a simple leverage deal with them. The Geometry of the components give this better leverage. I set trigger pulls down to 12 ounces & banged on the side of the receiver with a plactic mallet without tripping the sear engagment. (Not a license to be careless.) Leupold scopes & hardware are the best optics & accesories I have ever worked with. They are always predictable & there is no problem that can not be easily be taken care of in short order. The Rem 700 is I believe the the best action to build a Custom Benchrest rifle / racegun out of, but any action can be made to be competitive. A customer supplied action & scope can start at $1100.00. Call or e-mail for details. |
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