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My goals are a 1MOA (or better) gun, that looks cool, is fun to shoot and cost less than $500 total.
I use the term precision loosely as i'm sure there are many more accurate rifles out there but this is for me to learn the basics and practice long range shooting in a .22LR platform.
I'm also going to be very guilty of choosing function AND form equaliy so yeah i'm a sucker for tacticool looks. Sorry if that offends or bothers the folks that will hammer me for not just buying a stock marlin bolt gun and spending the rest on ammo.
So far i have nothing but have purchased everything i'll need. Just waiting on shipping
Build list:
Savage Mark II FV-SR $250
Wells G96 airsoft gun $150 (only need the stock, all else will be resold)
Centerpoint adventure class 4-16x40mm $39 (refurbished)
Leapers 8-12.5" bipod $28
The airsoft stock idea is from snipershide. A lot of those guys are using that particular airsoft AICS stock to bed their .22 practice rifles. I've always wanted a Remington 700 .308 in a AI stock but that's too pricey for me right now and i thought this is a good start. I figure i'll just keep the stock and throw the rest of the gun back on ebay for sale as parts for someone elses broken G96 airsoft rifle. Might make $50 back or something. it'll need to be bedded which will be my first bedding job.
The scope is cheap yeah, but again I did some research and for a budget $100 scope these are supposed to be pretty darn decent comparable to $200 scopes anyway. And refurbished it was less than half price so as long as it holds zero and the turrets repeat i think it will do just find for the use. if not then i'm only out $40 and i can save up for a better one.
Cheap basic bipod, nothing new or interesting about that.
So all in all this will be around $500 when it's all said and done and based on online reviews should be quite a decent .22lr in form and function. Shouldn't be to hard to do, weekend project. But i figured i'd post it up as a build thread incase anyone else is interested.
Here's some pics of basically the same thing (FV-SR on the same airsoft stock) with a very expensive scope. And one pic of it side by side with a real AI AICS 300 mag.
I use the term precision loosely as i'm sure there are many more accurate rifles out there but this is for me to learn the basics and practice long range shooting in a .22LR platform.
I'm also going to be very guilty of choosing function AND form equaliy so yeah i'm a sucker for tacticool looks. Sorry if that offends or bothers the folks that will hammer me for not just buying a stock marlin bolt gun and spending the rest on ammo.
So far i have nothing but have purchased everything i'll need. Just waiting on shipping
Build list:
Savage Mark II FV-SR $250
Wells G96 airsoft gun $150 (only need the stock, all else will be resold)
Centerpoint adventure class 4-16x40mm $39 (refurbished)
Leapers 8-12.5" bipod $28
The airsoft stock idea is from snipershide. A lot of those guys are using that particular airsoft AICS stock to bed their .22 practice rifles. I've always wanted a Remington 700 .308 in a AI stock but that's too pricey for me right now and i thought this is a good start. I figure i'll just keep the stock and throw the rest of the gun back on ebay for sale as parts for someone elses broken G96 airsoft rifle. Might make $50 back or something. it'll need to be bedded which will be my first bedding job.
The scope is cheap yeah, but again I did some research and for a budget $100 scope these are supposed to be pretty darn decent comparable to $200 scopes anyway. And refurbished it was less than half price so as long as it holds zero and the turrets repeat i think it will do just find for the use. if not then i'm only out $40 and i can save up for a better one.
Cheap basic bipod, nothing new or interesting about that.
So all in all this will be around $500 when it's all said and done and based on online reviews should be quite a decent .22lr in form and function. Shouldn't be to hard to do, weekend project. But i figured i'd post it up as a build thread incase anyone else is interested.
Here's some pics of basically the same thing (FV-SR on the same airsoft stock) with a very expensive scope. And one pic of it side by side with a real AI AICS 300 mag.
I ended up paying $150 for a complete NIB Wells G96 as there was nothing in the boneyards but i hope selling off all the pieces i don't need will bring that down to the standard $50-100 that it should have cost.
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