To continue with the build or not.

[JimFromTN]

I bought a savage 110 a few years back and decided to play around with the idea of a custom build so I ordered a McGowen heavy barrel in 308 win. I sent the barrel and the action off to sharpe shooter supply and had them install the barrel along with a competition lug and I had them true and time the action. Up until this point, my first mistake was that the barrel was too heavy unless I decide to use the rifle strickly for benchrest type competition shooting. I then made my 2nd mistake which was to start out with a cheaper stock which was a Choate Tactical stock. I did this because I did not have the money for a good stock at the time and I needed something so I could shoot it. The stock is heavy, bulky, and does not fit the rifle well. I chewed up the bedding block pretty good to try to get a better fit to no avail. No big deal especially if it gets skim bedded. I want to get rid of it and order another stock for it from stockade. So here I am with about $900 invested over time which includes the choate stock which I want to throw in a fire. I am still wanting a custom trigger ($125), a new stock ($350), barrel flutted to reduce some of the weight ($150), and duracoat ($150). So basically I am wanting to invest probably $850 when you add shipping and taxes. So the total finished product will be around $1800 give or take which does not include the glass. Is it worth going on? If I were to turn around and sell it, could I get back 50% of my investment. I am thinking about dumping it for whatever I can get and just going out and buying a new rem 700p which comes with the xmark trigger and the HS Precision stock. I bought an older one in 223 which has the stock but not the trigger and I love it. I am also considering just getting the rem 700p and leaving the savage in the safe until I die and having someone sell it at an estate sale for next to nothing.

 

[GOODWIN]

You ever get on Savageshooters.com? Could probably sell that stock on there pretty easily. I know a lot of the guys there are big fans of the Boyd's stocks. Do you not have someone locally that could do the barrel fluting to save on shipping? I vote to keep going forward with it but easy for me to say when it's not my $$$.

 

[bjohnson]

You've already thrown money into it that you won't get back from selling it. So you might as well get rid of the stock and finish the build.

 

[varmint1111]

U have a p.m.

 

[varmint1111]

U have another p.m.

 

[JimFromTN]

I got it. I am still pondering my options.

 

[Hunter 257W]

This is why I like the Remington 40X rifles so much. Sure they ruin $2,000 but they are practically a benchrest rifle right out of the box. It's so easy to spend that much over time building your own and still not be happy.

But since you have gone this far with your project, I'd be reluctant to sell it. You're always going to lose when you sell a project. Especially if it's not complete. If it were mine, I'd do what I had to in order to finish it. Even if that meant setting it back for a while to raise some money. I know the feeling of spending way more than you intended on a project and taking way longer time to finish too.

 

[Locksley]

You've already spent money on it that you won't get back from selling it. So you might as well get rid of the stock and finish the build. But since you have gone this far with your project, I'd be reluctant to sell it. Yea you're always going to lose when you sell a project. Especially if it's not a complete rifle . If it were mine, I'd do what I had to in order to finish it up . Even if that meant setting it back for a while to raise some money. I know the feeling of spending way more than you intended on a project and taking way longer time to finish too. I once bought a Winchester Model 70 from a local pawn shop that had it on the shelf without a bolt in it. That old Model 70 bolt was a rascal to find and it took me 14 years to coome up on one the right length at the gun show. No supply place had it and Winchester did not have one. That turned into a good shooting 30-06 though with the new used bolt in it. I had a gunsmith at Loose Creek gun shop check the headspace and then the guy at Specialty Arms gun shop in La Vern TN checked the safety again when I was showing him my Sweet Model 70 and stoned on the safety place and slicked up the operation of that part. OLD Timer has his boy Donny getting us some Deer jerky with it from time to time.