Gorgeous Custom...GMA Action..22"/11pds Removable Brake...Killer Wood.Serial #1 of the 700s by AHR..Thanks Wayne & Ed! (Now owned By Bigdoggy)

This is by far the coolest best looking scout rifle I have ever seen. My hat is off to you.

James

It shoots great too!

Tommy, you have good taste on wood, I wish you would not cost me so much money. You need to save me money and start getting ugly riles.

now what is the point in that scout scope setup? I know it must be fucntion because it would obviously look much better in the right place, but is the recoil so stout that you needed the eye relief? or maybe it is feeding issue?

enlighten me please.

other than that, gorgeous monster of a gun, scary.

Red

Its for the recoil thing,but personally I'd rather a hit in the eye as I just dont care for the looks of it That being said,alot of folks luv it and thats fine too.

I'm with you Safari, I'd go open sights instead if there wasn't a regular scope with enough relief. but variety is the spice of life.

Red

Even Nancy Pelosi would look better clamped in that stock.

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Originally posted by 1 Shot Hunter:
Even Nancy Pelosi would look better clamped in that stock.

Now thats Pushin it!

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Originally posted by weaveman:
This is by far the coolest best looking scout rifle I have ever seen. My hat is off to you.

James

I reckon more than your hat would be off firing that baby!

Looks great. I like the scope over the action, but that is practical.

Cheers, Chris

BEAUTIFUL BIG BORE RIFLE!!

The scout scope set up is terrific on real kickers; what a great rifle.

Great looking rifle! I'm curious how the gunmaker has bedded/reinforced the stock other than the crossbolts. Or if he even felt heneeded to.
Thanks for the pictures.

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Originally posted by 1 Shot Hunter:
Even Nancy Pelosi would look better clamped in that stock.

There is not enough booze or money on this planet.

Great rifle, a little red dot would be neat!

JD

I just said "better;" not "good"...

Damn! That thing looks like the main gun on a battelship. How's the recoil on that beast?

The recoil is stiff with hot loads. It is quite manageable with the muzzle brake. It reduces recoil by a good 35 to 40%. Definately big bore recoil though!

Hey Ken,

Is that the 700AHR you had at the shoot is Texas last October? If so it was pretty cool to shoot it! That shoot wiped out the bug spray I've been using to ward off the big bores. I am a couple payments away from owning a 600 Overkill. I'll be bringing it to the Hoot&Shoot in the fall.

Andy

what is the scope, rings and quarterrib???...thanks, jim

I had that one at the shoot and also the heavier longer barreled gray ghost. Most guys shot the gray ghost, less recoil. They both shoot well.

Beautiful rifle!
Now, if I could just get one in a nice little 6 lb rifle, then it would handle well also.

What are the ballistics on the 700 AHR?

465H&H

700 AHR
154gr 4350
1000gr bullet at 2150


This is the data I copied when at the shoot last fall.

You can push the 1000 grain to 2300 ft/second and the 1200 grain bullet to 1900 ft. Both have fairly stout recoil though.

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Its for the recoil thing,but personally I'd rather a hit in the eye as I just dont care for the looks of it thumbdown That being said,alot of folks luv it and thats fine too. tu2

I found (suggested by another AR member)another alternative for scope mounting. Although,I dont mind the look of the scout scope mounting, the 700 is a new rifle and requires new ideas for mounting a scope, there is considerable reduced filed of view. Thats bad on a DG rifle.

The other way is to use a weaver one piece base that spans the top of the action. This will allow the scope to be position 1-2 inches forward of the "so called classic" position. For that mounting Leupold makes a 4.5 eye relief and Nikon makes a 5" eye relief scope.

The base looks similar to AK/mil scope base - but it could be milled into an attractive shape once scope position was decided on. I get my base from CZ and its a little too high, a custom builder could do a lot neater job of it. The old Leupold one piece base gets you 1/2 way there, this gives a little more.

I think it is pretty near physical impossible to get dinged in the eye with 5 inch eye relief scope mounted fully forward on any rifle you can keep a hold of.