Building my first custom rifle. Left handed Impact Precision action heading to Stuteville’s for some barrel work. Really excited. Wish I had more experience with all the new equipment out there, should be fun piecing this thing together. I’m just an occasional single day match shooter, mostly a plinker, and occasional hunter. Shot the barrel out of my first precision rifle which was an RPR and got the reloading bug too.
So the question is was there anything really great at SHOT that I should wait for before completing the build. I’m in no real hurry and this will be a dual purpose gun for some weekend matches, deer/predator/varmint hunting and a lot of plinking at distance. Going to do a couple heavy barrels and a ultralight weight short fluted barrel to switch out when hunting. Planning on sticking with 6.5CM despite everybody chasing the 6mm stuff. I’ve got the reloading for that pretty consistent and like the factory ammo along with the little extra ability to see my hits further out as my eyes and ears start to weaken in the late 40s ?. Seems to be a pretty solid hunting cartridge too.
So the question is was there anything really great at SHOT that I should wait for before completing the build. I’m in no real hurry and this will be a dual purpose gun for some weekend matches, deer/predator/varmint hunting and a lot of plinking at distance. Going to do a couple heavy barrels and a ultralight weight short fluted barrel to switch out when hunting. Planning on sticking with 6.5CM despite everybody chasing the 6mm stuff. I’ve got the reloading for that pretty consistent and like the factory ammo along with the little extra ability to see my hits further out as my eyes and ears start to weaken in the late 40s ?. Seems to be a pretty solid hunting cartridge too.
