6ANut Report post Posted May 22, 2015 I have a buddy looking to buy a 7mm mag. He wants to spend about 1k total on the rig. If anyone has one they are wanting to get rid of please let me know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
208muley Report post Posted May 22, 2015 I have a ruger m77 in 7mm. Wood stock and blue. Shoots real nice has a cheap 3x9 on it that I would get rid of. Pm if interested. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DesertBull Report post Posted May 22, 2015 Go to Walmart or another big box or even better a pawn shop. $200-$500 Get a Savage long action (110,116, etc not Axis or Edge) or a Remington 700 For the Savage you can Spin off the barrel. Remington, probably best to have a smith take off the barrel unless you have the tools. If you bought new, sell unfired barrel and lug nut for $75-100 and stock for $25-50 Go to Shilen or McGowen website and order a Savage prefit barrel and barrel nut and recoil lug in what ever twist, length, contour you want. If you have a remington action, buy the "Remage" barrel and barrel nut. $300-450. Spin on new barrel (it is easy, if my non-mechanical self can do it, anyone can) Go-no gage and barrel wrench - $60-80 you can resell the gage and wrench and get most of your money back. There are easy techniques to set the head space where you will get maximum life out of brass and very little brass trimming required. Get a nice stock - HS precision, Bell and Carlson, Manners, McMillian etc $250-800 Price varies widely, but the HS stocks are nice for $300-ish. You can often get them on Ebay used. Paint it or get it coated you can't tell the difference between used and new. You have a solid action with a custom barrel and upgraded stock for under $1000 with a little bit of work. 7Mags can burn through barrels relatively fast but with this set up you can change out the burnt barrel in less than an hour. I bought a 700 and sent it off to get blue-printed, re-barreled with a Brux SS, HS stock - skim bedded...the whole 9 yards. Cost me $1200 plus shipping and I bought the action. It shoots great but not any better than my garage built Savage for less than $1000 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoghntr Report post Posted May 23, 2015 I have a buddy looking to buy a 7mm mag. He wants to spend about 1k total on the rig. If anyone has one they are wanting to get rid of please let me know. Dude buy mine it will save him some coin and it is awesome! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
