Who makes the smoothest custom action.

[XP1K]

I know this is the new taboo thing to mention, but If you don't want to dump a lot of money into it, and just want to get your feet wet with something that runs well, works great, and is nice and smooth, and takes shouldered prefits you can find anywhere, just pick up a Solus when it's on sale for around $650-700, and order you a nice Proof carbon fiber shouldered prefit in 6.5CM (steel is about 1/2 the price), and a TT Special, and screw it all together. Depending on your stock/chassis, and how good your deals are, you can have a really nice (and damn-accurate) custom build for well under $2K if you go with a steel prefit, and under $2,500 with the Proof CF barrel.

The thought of a solus has crossed my mind. I'm leaning more towards the 90 degree bolt throw though.
And I would say what I have now works "well", but when I build my next one in the future, I want to take it a little farther. I think my "budget" action would probably be an origin.

The option for shouldered prefits is a plus, and will be a consideration. I see a lot of nice use barrels come through here all the time. When it comes to new barrels though, I do my own barrel work, so that's a non issue.


6.5 creedmoor ? Not a chance lol. The only chance you may have of seeing me own a 6.5 creed would be if I got a barrel for my mws. And that's a slim chance.

I'm with you on the triggertech. Although I do like my jewell.

Stock/chassis, I'm torn between a whiskey 3 folder or a foundation.

 

[EXSOCAL]

I’m a terminus whore so I gotta throw the Zeus’s in there. My 30k round Zeus runs like greased lightning. The Bat actions are also super smooth.

 

[carbonbased]

ok, this post was good enough to fix the image links. Good one, @Secant !

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[Hesperidins]

Now turn this into a poll.

 

[Makinchips208]

I guess I would prefer bolt open/close being the smoothest. But when running the bolt I don't want it to feel like a ruger American lol.

Ruger got sued by YKK for patent infringement.