Building a Rifle on a Tight Budget

[BeeMaa]

I was going to say that I won the stock at the Broken Heel festival but I don’t attend and Bob might be the only one I know who has.

It’s my wife’s, honestly. Truth be known I would like to put that 7x64 in a nice timber stock for Me!

That B&C stock is a beauty…except the color. Certainly won’t absorb moisture and capable of taking years of abuse.

Why can’t she have it in a wood stock? My bride would have me strung from the nearest tree if I gave her a rifle with a pink stock. She demands a proper timber stock for her R8.

 

[CBH Australia]

That B&C stock is a beauty…except the color. Certainly won’t absorb moisture and capable of taking years of abuse.

Why can’t she have it in a wood stock? My bride would have me strung from the nearest tree if I gave her a rifle with a pink stock. She demands a proper timber stock for her R8.

It came in a factory Tupperware stock.
She likes the Pretty Pink stock. I like the feel of the Alloy bedded B&C

I would like a nice bolt rifle with high grade Walnut. No reason you can’t have that on a Blaser too.

I want everything but most of all I want to get out more.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

@Bob Nelson 35Whelen - After seeing the rifle @CBH Australia has here, I’ll be issuing a cease and desist on you calling my R8 “Barbie”.

Apologies to the OP for the detour.

@BeeMaa
NEVER you are the original Barbie gun owner and always will be.
Others pale into insignificance in you presence when it comes to your adoration and loving care you bestow on Barbie.
Others can only dream of your passion.
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Bob

 

[steve white]

Build on a budget...but for the price of the barrel you listed, you could just buy a T3X Tikka...

 

[WI-2021]

Wow, I see that this thread has drifted from budget builds to Blasers, to Barbie rifles while I've been drifting around the Caribbean! What I'm unclear on is whether @BeeMaa or @CBH Australia is the Original Safari Barbie; there can be only one after all.

As for my budget build, the pile of parts is growing. The B&C stock, trigger, floorplate, magazine box, spring, and follower, suppressor mount (can't call it a muzzle brake!) and scope bases are here. The action, and a lefty Manners stock for another build, are finally on their way and should arrive tomorrow. So far, everything has impressed me for the price paid. I'll be giving more consideration to choosing a barrel after Christmas.

On a side note, it's rather odd that this budget .375 project came about as a result of me finding a left-handed Manners T4A in stock for an entirely different rifle. I may have a problem, but I'm certain I've come to the right place for help. By the time this thread is done, I'll probably have the budget .375, a Blaser with a bunch of barrels, my very own Barbie rifle, and maybe even the target rifle I was originally planning on building!

 

[BeeMaa]

@WI-2021 - I have the original Barbie rifle. The name bestowed on my synthetic stocked Blaser R8 373H&H by @Bob Nelson 35Whelen...and I couldn't be more proud of it.

Sounds like you have a good start on your rifle. Good luck with the build.

 

[CBH Australia]

Wow, I see that this thread has drifted from budget builds to Blasers, to Barbie rifles while I've been drifting around the Caribbean! What I'm unclear on is whether @BeeMaa or @CBH Australia is the Original Safari Barbie; there can be only one after all.

As for my budget build, the pile of parts is growing. The B&C stock, trigger, floorplate, magazine box, spring, and follower, suppressor mount (can't call it a muzzle brake!) and scope bases are here. The action, and a lefty Manners stock for another build, are finally on their way and should arrive tomorrow. So far, everything has impressed me for the price paid. I'll be giving more consideration to choosing a barrel after Christmas.

On a side note, it's rather odd that this budget .375 project came about as a result of me finding a left-handed Manners T4A in stock for an entirely different rifle. I may have a problem, but I'm certain I've come to the right place for help. By the time this thread is done, I'll probably have the budget .375, a Blaser with a bunch of barrels, my very own Barbie rifle, and maybe even the target rifle I was originally planning on building!

Sorry about the derail,
Sounds like you have big plans and things are coming together for you.

Merry Christmas from down under.

 

[Philip Glass]

Not an inexpensive option, but the Blaser R8 Professional/Professional Success are completely ambidextrous and available in 375H&H. The R8 is a push-feed rifle, but I've cycled them upside-down several times and they don't drop cartridges. They are priced more in line with your Defiance rifles, and like those...you will get what you pay for.

It seems everyone I know has custom rifles but state that a Blaser is too expensive. Strange isn't it?

 

[Philip Glass]

I hear many are starting with a Tikka for an inexpensive rifle build.