Ho-Hum-
3K for sub MOA? And take all the fun out of doing your own free floating, trigger job, micro bedding, etc? I had rather figure out a way to rid the .45-70 Marlin
of that obscene crossbolt safety and equip it with a left hand friendly brass deflector. Now that would be NEAT!!

I love custom weapons as much as anyone. Maybe it's the wording, or maybe the shop's attitude, I do have one issue here.

On cosmetic things, like custom wood, engraving, gold inlay, diamond front sight post, etc., fine, do it and charge people out the wazoo. However, if they know how to make a slightly better bore, or a better trigger pull, and then don't put it on a rifle in order to sell you the "custom" job, that, sir, is a bad case of marketing.

An item like the better trigger adjuster... how much more would that cost to have it on ALL rifles? How much more is cheapened every year only to be available as "custom enhancements"?

I saw a couple of XB-40’s in the flesh and saw them shot. They are different from the M-700's.

These rifles were customized and tinkered to be extremely accurate with beaucoup de care. Remington didn't lie about these 40-XB's.

One of these rifles was in 220 Swift and must have been the most accurate and stable rifle I’ve ever seen.

BTW the 2nd most accurate rifle I’ve seen was a 220 Swift in Ruger 77V I owned. :-)

I'm sure these will be very fine rifles but you know, Ed Brown will build you one hell of a rifle with Shilen barrel for $2800.

I just can't see custom rifles. I'd rather have something that; if someone else liked (even right handers) they could buy one. I can't tell you how many times I've admired someone's rifle, went to a web site, and found it was right-hand only.
Besides, if I bought a custom rifle, I'd probably fall down or go out west and fall off of my horse.
YooperJack

Oh, Oh, Ole Ed changed his prices too. Now $3900. Must be gas prices.

Yoop-
Your reasons are exactly why I play with the good looking guns and grab Old Ugly when it's time to go kill something.

I recently purchased my first "new in box" rifle. It was a Rem. 700CDL. I love this gun. I am not sure if it was 1,000 worth of gun but I love it. I was surprised, after buying it, to learn how soft and fragile the floor plate and trigger guard were. I could scratch the paint off with my fingernail and the hinges rubbed off black paint. I could not believe that something that was a thousand dollars could have something so cheap put on it. Why not add 12 bucks to the price and make the floor plate stainless steel in the first place? Don't get me wrong. I love this gun. And I can NOT imagine that an extra 2 thousand dollars would make it 3 times the rifle. It would make it the same rifle that I would have to baby much more. I couldn't beat the groups I get now with anything and a custom shop for me would only be a place where I could go to burn all of those thousand dollar bills that I have laying around.

A custom rifle would be neat to have, but all of my guns get used and scratching up a $3K rifle would be hard on me. I went to the range yesterday and shot a 1/4" 100 yard group with a .25-06 Sendero,a 1" group with a similar out-of-the-box Sendero (cut down to 20") in .308 and my old 700 Classic in .30-06 shot its usual 1" group. All are out-of-the-box rifles with factory triggers and handloads they (obviously) like. Good enough for me.

Gentlemen! Gentlemen, It is quite obvious that we are not up to Dave's pinky finger in the air super elite bunch that would buy and own such guns as the Customs and the Lazeronis and the like. It is OK, I assure you, to be working class. As I have said before and I think Dave said something to the same effect these are guns to dream about, lust after, whatever.

I'd much rather have the 500 dollar Remington 700 (that I sold) in 7mm that would shoot .5 inch groups, with factory ammo, at 100 than a stack of custom guns. Maybe it’s just me being a hunter and not a collector that values such traits in a rifle?? I'm a black stock toting knuckle dragging cretin i guess, but I'll tell you, MY guns stay well oiled and well used. They are not rack queens to look at or necessarily things of beauty but they WORK.
By the way since I'm on my rant about working class guns and such, I like the lines and engraving on the Winchester Model 70 Featherweight myself. I also like the Manlicher stock on the Ruger Model 77 International...
If there are any other average Joes in here I'd love to hear about some bargain guns you owned and the fun you had with em! Or any kind of tuning that you did to get your average Joe gun to be a one hole wonder. That's what I'd like to read. Dave if you read this please take note.

If this seems offensive then I apologize I’d just rather read about guns that people of normal income could own. I’d rather read about what the dog ate, and pooped than a 3,000 dollar gun.

Thanks!

CPT Brad

If you want a nice looking rifle that shoots sub MOA then get a Tikka T3. Like the Weatherby, they do not leave the factory unless it will shoot sub MOA and they are very reasonable for synthetic or wood stock.

Every rifle I own (except my Savage 99 .358 Winchester with iron sights) will shoot 1 inch groups at 100 yards with one load or another. The most expensive among them is a Weatherby Mark V that I paid less than $1,100 for new. The rest are used rifles that I have picked up for between $225 and $450 dollars over the past several years.

How many other rifles have I owned? Lots. These "keepers" were the result of buying used rifles in good condition, cleaning them, mounting a reliable scope, and shooting them with good factory ammo and handloads until their accuracy potential was determined. The ones which did not pass muster were sold, always at a profit, with no claims of accuracy. None of the ones I sold were terrible shooters, just not real good ones.