noharleyyet
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I've heard the same thing about pre-64 Winchesters from a few seasoned gunsmiths...
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My truck cost a good penny - for my budget. Gets me to exactly the same location as Magnum P.I.'s Ferrari (actually that belonged to Higgins, I believe 
) or some specialized, beefed up p/u. That said, if I had the money - I'd enjoy whatever TF I wanted and if that meant a Gunwerks tweaked rifle - cool. I might, at some point step into the Tikka world. At some point...
In the mean time, I have my Joe Dirt, Savage 111 30-06 synthetic stock with a VX 3 Newberg purchased scope as my boom-stick. Fills the freezer just fine.
) or some specialized, beefed up p/u. That said, if I had the money - I'd enjoy whatever TF I wanted and if that meant a Gunwerks tweaked rifle - cool. I might, at some point step into the Tikka world. At some point...In the mean time, I have my Joe Dirt, Savage 111 30-06 synthetic stock with a VX 3 Newberg purchased scope as my boom-stick. Fills the freezer just fine.
Buy what you want - a base GW Magnus without optic or load package is $7200. Expensive, but several other smiths are nearing this cost for a custom rifle as well.
My brother worked for GW for 3 years, so I took full advantage and got a rifle for a great price. Shoots pretty much anything I feed it very well. I see the value in it and others don’t, and that doesn’t bother me at all.
My brother worked for GW for 3 years, so I took full advantage and got a rifle for a great price. Shoots pretty much anything I feed it very well. I see the value in it and others don’t, and that doesn’t bother me at all.
rjthehunter
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Good looking rifle!
$1000 gets you a carbon fiber wrapped barrel on top of everything else the custom barrel mfg does.
I understand all this, but I bought a stainless Lilja for 400 bucks. Well, 430 shipped. That other 600 goes a looooong way. mtmuley
noharleyyet
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35mm tube?
Not arguing that. He just asked what makes a barrel $1000.
That’s what does it.
Necessary, no. Some people want it, yep.
Cool factor. mtmuley
That’s part of it.
Bigger diameter barrels provide more stiffness. Which should make the barrel whip less when the bullet goes down the barrel which should make it more accurate.
All metal Sendero profile barrels are heavy. Cutting out most of that metal and replacing it with carbon fiber gives you the strength with less weight.
Some people also like the way they look.
Necessary? No.
I've read all.over the web about carbon barrels. Lots of money being wasted. mtmuley
I'll raise you a Remington 700 I paid 619 bucks for in 1999. Shoots pretty good. mtmuley
I agree. For me carbon is a no go. mtmuley
std7mag
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Big spender!!
I got my $299 Stevens 200 with the high fangled $129 Vortex Crossfire II.
The $600 Ruger 77 MKII stainless with the Zytel synthetic stock in 270 Win that was bought with 2024 dollars.
