thunderskunk
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Nov 13, 2018
- Location
- Middle-of-nowhere
Hey gents,
I’m not a member of any general gun forums, so this is as close as I get. Is this going to be a “noob- how do I build an army gun?” thread? Yes. Feel free to skip over.
I shot M4 at a match for my state today; I did ok, not spectacular, but it’s a weird match. There are other categories; one of which is sniper. It sounds pretty stinkin awesome: they set them out in the woods Saturday morning, and it’s a stalking competition until Sunday afternoon. Then there’s some general marksmanship and secondary weapon stuff. My assumption was that you have to have gone to sniper school, but apparently not. Our unit will borrow the rifles we need if I wanted to compete.
To facilitate practicing for such a match, I’d like to “build” a cheaper version of the M2010, a Soldier’s choice version of the Remington 700 CDL in .300 win mag. I have a machine shop, enough of a wood shop to do some stock work, and... a little cash. Not enough to just buy the 6k civilian variant, but if I could find a 700 action, maybe even an ADL, it’s easier to draw a range than it is to draw a weapon from someone else’s unit and ammo for a gun your unit doesn’t own.
What do you think? Is there a cheap way to do this? What’s a good substitute for the Leupold Mark 4 6.5–20×50mm? I could butcher something for all the gadgets and gizmos the M2010 has.
I’m not a member of any general gun forums, so this is as close as I get. Is this going to be a “noob- how do I build an army gun?” thread? Yes. Feel free to skip over.
I shot M4 at a match for my state today; I did ok, not spectacular, but it’s a weird match. There are other categories; one of which is sniper. It sounds pretty stinkin awesome: they set them out in the woods Saturday morning, and it’s a stalking competition until Sunday afternoon. Then there’s some general marksmanship and secondary weapon stuff. My assumption was that you have to have gone to sniper school, but apparently not. Our unit will borrow the rifles we need if I wanted to compete.
To facilitate practicing for such a match, I’d like to “build” a cheaper version of the M2010, a Soldier’s choice version of the Remington 700 CDL in .300 win mag. I have a machine shop, enough of a wood shop to do some stock work, and... a little cash. Not enough to just buy the 6k civilian variant, but if I could find a 700 action, maybe even an ADL, it’s easier to draw a range than it is to draw a weapon from someone else’s unit and ammo for a gun your unit doesn’t own.
What do you think? Is there a cheap way to do this? What’s a good substitute for the Leupold Mark 4 6.5–20×50mm? I could butcher something for all the gadgets and gizmos the M2010 has.