Today I have an SPS Tactical, .308, and one day I would like to have something as close to a current issue M40 as possible. Only problem, I don't want to drop thousands of dollars all at once. I'd like to acquire the parts over time, and I'd like the parts to be useful to me as I go.
Obviously there are a lot of things I can start buying bit by bit now, and swap into my SPS Tactical. Scope, scope rings, mounting rail, trigger, sling, bipod, and so on.
One of my big questions is about the stock. Am I right that in general I can get an A4 stock and drop my SPS Tactical in it, and then later one day replace the action and the barrel with stainless steel / milspec versions from the police rifle.
Second, there would seem to be a bunch of things that will have to be purchased at the same time as the stock. I would prefer to order the stock inlet properly from McMillan up front, and not have to send it for machining later, so what has to be bought at the same time? Badger DM I assume for one. What else?
How about recoil lugs? I don't want to rebarrel my SPS Tactical, I would rather not acquire recoil lugs until I'm ready put a proper barrel on, so does that mean barrel before stock? Or can I inlet for lugs and make do until later?
Would like some general advice on this. I really would like to get the stock sooner than later, to get the look going, even though I won't have all the other parts for awhile. That would just be cool
But if that's going to create a world of pain for me, then I'll concentrate on all the other things, like rails, slings, bipods, scopes, etc., until I can replace the base rifle.
Thoughts?
Obviously there are a lot of things I can start buying bit by bit now, and swap into my SPS Tactical. Scope, scope rings, mounting rail, trigger, sling, bipod, and so on.
One of my big questions is about the stock. Am I right that in general I can get an A4 stock and drop my SPS Tactical in it, and then later one day replace the action and the barrel with stainless steel / milspec versions from the police rifle.
Second, there would seem to be a bunch of things that will have to be purchased at the same time as the stock. I would prefer to order the stock inlet properly from McMillan up front, and not have to send it for machining later, so what has to be bought at the same time? Badger DM I assume for one. What else?
How about recoil lugs? I don't want to rebarrel my SPS Tactical, I would rather not acquire recoil lugs until I'm ready put a proper barrel on, so does that mean barrel before stock? Or can I inlet for lugs and make do until later?
Would like some general advice on this. I really would like to get the stock sooner than later, to get the look going, even though I won't have all the other parts for awhile. That would just be cool
But if that's going to create a world of pain for me, then I'll concentrate on all the other things, like rails, slings, bipods, scopes, etc., until I can replace the base rifle.
Thoughts?
