Looking for ideas for a new firearm project.

[ray1970]

So, trying to decide on some sort of firearm project to entertain me. Not really wanting to do another AR build. Kicking around some ideas. Here's what I have so far. If any of you have any cool ideas I'd love to hear them. It might inspire me.

1. Bolt action rifle build in 300 Blackout. I like the caliber due to it's low recoil and it seems like it has quite a bit of accuracy potential. Would be the bee's knees to throw a can on it someday down the road.

2. AK kit build. Mostly because I've never done one and thought it would be neat to try. Main drawback here is it seems the price of parts kits has gone up to the point where this may not be cost feasible.

3. 6.5 Grendel build. I like the potential of this caliber in the AR platform for a target type rifle. But, I don't really want to do another AR so probably won't go this route.

Any my other cool ideas? I prefer to do as much of the work myself as I can but I do "know somebody" if I need stuff done that is beyond my comfort level.

[Tim K]

I've been kicking around the idea of a bolt gun in .300 blackout. Loaded subsonic I'd imagine it would be stupidly quiet.

[KS63]

I really like the idea of the 6.5 Grendel. There was also a thread about a 6mm AR cartridge here also that seemed interesting. I like the odd calibers and owning something not many people have. I reload so ammo is mostly not a problem, but I'd like to use the standard 30rd mags so that limits things.

[Great-Kazoo]

Savage quick change barrel project

http://www.eabco.com/Savage_Rifle_Ba..._E_R_Shaw.html

http://www.savageshooters.com/forum.php?

http://switchbarrel.com/

[J]

Not sure if you saw this:

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2...ac-blk-rifles/

Savage claims that they could not get the accuracy they wanted from 300BLK subsonics so they scrapped their project to bring out a 300BLK rifle. They hinted that they could get good accuracy from the 300BLK supersonic loads, but not the subs.

Take it for what it is worth, if you are going to shoot supersonic that could be a cool project. But for me, I'd rather shoot a 308 if I'm planning to shoot 30cal over the speed of sound.

[asmo]

.22LR in a full sized chassis.

[Irving]

Mill an 80% upper.

[Delfuego]

Long range bolt action, go ahead and drink the Kool-Aid...

[ray1970]

Long range bolt action, go ahead and drink the Kool-Aid...

Sound expensive. I'm more of a beer and Cheetos kind of a guy.

[Delfuego]

Sound expensive. I'm more of a beer and Cheetos kind of a guy.

It can be, but I think something like a 243 shooting at 2800-300fps would be a lot more fun and useful than a 300BLK bolt gun. Ballistics on 300BLK are not great even from a bolt rifle, but a 308/243/260 is a great round out to 800-1000y. Good scopes are not cheap, but there are some good options that won't break the bank.