Retirement present to myself and after the long haul that is a custom rifle, we are 95% of the way there - all that's left is for the Ops Inc suppressor to finally show up and ADCO to do the barrel contour work for it.
Just some halfassed pics I snapped tonight after getting everything together as I was waiting for the stock to come back. I'll take some pics of it outside as well as it wearing its PVS24 sometime later in the week.
Have to thank both Keith and Brad at Phoenix Custom Rifles for doing the build. Both were very easy to work with and walked with me through the entire build process from the ground up. If there was a doubt or something was in question as to how it was supposed to turn out, they were right on the phone with me. We tried to get it as close as possible but some suggestions were made and we altered the build slightly and I am extremely pleased with what we did. Keith does most of the build while Brad does the finish work. Great guys to deal with and I can honestly recommend them.
Stock was done by Branden at Custom Gun Coatings. He does the work for GAP/Manners and the stock came back awesome.
Marty from Badger Ordnance hooked me up with the impossible to find MARS rail as well as the correct spec M24A2 bottom metal. If you don't know Marty, he's the man.
Specs:
- Remington 700 Stainless Steel Long Action Receiver (trued, lugs lapped, spec ground Badger Ordnance recoil lug)
- Rock Creek 24" Barrel 1:10 (we decided on a 1:10 instead of the spec 1:11.25 request as I am wanting to mess around with the 208AMAX round); can't see it in the pic but the correct M24 target crown was machined by Keith
- HS Precision PST024 Stock (finished in Polane patriot brown, desert sand, coyote tan, with a matte clear coat and Hello Kitty easter egg on the right forearm)
- Badger Ordnance M24A2 bottom metal w/ 5 round AI magazine
- Badger Ordnance (for Remington) 20MOA MARS rail
- Badger Ordnance 30mm Rings
- Badger Ordnance bolt knob
- Timney 510 Trigger (could not find a spec M24 trigger anywhere)
- Harris BiPod with KMW PodLock
- Nightforce F1 3.5-15 (also have the Leupold Mk4 3.5-10 but prefer the F1)
- GrovTec sling swivels
- Sprinkled with pure sexiness
All metal surfaces were expertly done in Cerakote Coyote Tan by Brad @ PCR to include both the Leupold and Nightforce (took a little convincing for him to coat the NF!)
Total build, with optic and magazine inserted weighs 16.3 pounds.
Just some halfassed pics I snapped tonight after getting everything together as I was waiting for the stock to come back. I'll take some pics of it outside as well as it wearing its PVS24 sometime later in the week.
Have to thank both Keith and Brad at Phoenix Custom Rifles for doing the build. Both were very easy to work with and walked with me through the entire build process from the ground up. If there was a doubt or something was in question as to how it was supposed to turn out, they were right on the phone with me. We tried to get it as close as possible but some suggestions were made and we altered the build slightly and I am extremely pleased with what we did. Keith does most of the build while Brad does the finish work. Great guys to deal with and I can honestly recommend them.
Stock was done by Branden at Custom Gun Coatings. He does the work for GAP/Manners and the stock came back awesome.
Marty from Badger Ordnance hooked me up with the impossible to find MARS rail as well as the correct spec M24A2 bottom metal. If you don't know Marty, he's the man.
Specs:
- Remington 700 Stainless Steel Long Action Receiver (trued, lugs lapped, spec ground Badger Ordnance recoil lug)
- Rock Creek 24" Barrel 1:10 (we decided on a 1:10 instead of the spec 1:11.25 request as I am wanting to mess around with the 208AMAX round); can't see it in the pic but the correct M24 target crown was machined by Keith
- HS Precision PST024 Stock (finished in Polane patriot brown, desert sand, coyote tan, with a matte clear coat and Hello Kitty easter egg on the right forearm)
- Badger Ordnance M24A2 bottom metal w/ 5 round AI magazine
- Badger Ordnance (for Remington) 20MOA MARS rail
- Badger Ordnance 30mm Rings
- Badger Ordnance bolt knob
- Timney 510 Trigger (could not find a spec M24 trigger anywhere)
- Harris BiPod with KMW PodLock
- Nightforce F1 3.5-15 (also have the Leupold Mk4 3.5-10 but prefer the F1)
- GrovTec sling swivels
- Sprinkled with pure sexiness
All metal surfaces were expertly done in Cerakote Coyote Tan by Brad @ PCR to include both the Leupold and Nightforce (took a little convincing for him to coat the NF!)
Total build, with optic and magazine inserted weighs 16.3 pounds.
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hahahaha. Brad and Keith do great work.
