Just wondering if anyone out there has tried a Canuck barrel, stock, custom gunsmith, lately. Just had a rifle made with as much 'made in Canada' on it including both barrel and stock, and its amazing . 338 WinMag, with 210 TSX makes sub 1/2 MOA. Any takers?

Well, give us the DETAILS, eh????

Well, i didn't want to brag, but since you asked:
I had a Ted Gaillard(Sask.) 24" fluted #3, attached to my Rem700 s/s action. The action was trued, the face opened, sako extractor installed, and the bolt sleeved. Then they pillar/glass bedded this to a Wildcat Composites lightweight BDL stock w/pachmyr decelerator.
The paint job on the stock is amazing (endura epoxy).The stock has a 1/2lb merc. decelerator in it. The boys installed their own threaded muzzle brake and made a protector for it. topped it off w/ low Talley one piece lightweights. Then they powdercoated the whole thing matte black. The only problem was they bedded it before powdercoating, which made things too tight, and caused accuracy concerns. They fixed this, and after I tossed on a VX3 2.5-8, this thing tack drives 210 TSX, and 210 Scirroco's into .5" or less way to regularily. The boys who built it were Rocky Mountain Rifles in Dawson Creek, BC. Oh, yah that whole package loaded w/
sling weighs 8 1/2. I love it.

Sorry I omitted the fact that Wildcat is out of Edmonton, Alberta, and they are rock hard tough, for a featherweight.

I use Rocky mountain rifles for all of my gunsmithing,and I am also impressed with Gaillard barrels.I do however prefer mcmillan stocks.

I was going for a "canadian rifle" or I probably would have went with a mcmillian graphite. Having seen both, i don't believe mcmillian would hold anything over wildcat except for a name.

I had a Bevan King (Pouce Coupe, B.C.) 1/14 barrel fit to my FN 98 in 35 Whelen. I don't think Bevan claims to make match grade barrels but all the same this rifle keeps both heavy cast (287 gr) and 250 jacketed in 3/4" @ 100. It's a 5 groove barrel and when I ran a slug through it I couldn't detect any loose or tight spots by feel. I will certainly equip more hunting rifles with his barrels. He apparently learned the barrel making trade while working for P.O. Ackley and his barrels are button rifled. Price was comparable to equivalent U.S. barrels imported.

Rod and Tim are awesome gunsmiths. Have had a bunch of work done by them. Rocky MOuntains Rifles in Dawson Creek, B.C.

http://www.rockymountainrifles.com

I have to go with Bevan King as well. He has built for me a .257 AI, .30-338, .300 WSM, .338 Win., and reamed two .375 AIs. Every single one was a perfect job! His barrels are very accurate!!!

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Originally posted by Mighty Peace:
Rod and Tim are awesome gunsmiths. Have had a bunch of work done by them. Rocky MOuntains Rifles in Dawson Creek, B.C.

http://www.rockymountainrifles.com

They did work for me when they were just running Corlane before they started RMR. Without a doubt the finest gunsmiths in the Peace Country, on either side of the border.

Well, there's certainly a history of excellent custom rifle builders in Canada. I'm in the process of re-reading the C. S. Landis book on ".22 Caliber Varmint Rifles", and it is full of good info on old-time Canadian riflesmiths and their developments!

Bevan King has put 2 barrels on my 358 Norma and 358STA. Rod and Tim from Corlaines are excellent and they also send work over to John Rempel (jrs-guns@pris.ca) I agree with Cobra and .366torque.

Ralf Martini chambered and assembled my 9.3x64. Very nice job.