Posted by Stuart Pethy on
URL: http://oldforum.flyshooter.com.au/Building-a-500m-fly-gun-on-the-cheap-tp5709076p5709078.html

nice Les

see i went the other way and used what i had
i got into sport with my 243 weatherby vanguard and used this and a few sand bags as i was just a hunter shooting foxes and rabbits on the farm
but over time the bug bit hard and i didnt have the money to buy a new gun (and  didnt know about used gun web sites back then)
so i started to upgrade my 243, 1st was a new cheap 1;8 twist TSE barrel so i could use 105gr, i then upgraded stock to one that i could still use for hunting and bench rest (the XLR industries chassis did that)
upgraded scope (cry once) and trigger to rifle basix one
then i went looking for a rest but everything was really cheap crap or bloody expensive and then i found Bald eagle rests in the US and got one shipped over (before BRT supplied them) and got it landed for $350 as dollar was good.
brought a rear bag off a bloke at club and used this compo for a year
i then wore out the TSE barrel and it was crap so then i decided to go the 6BR (should of done that 1st but never heard of it back then)
new keirger barrel and i used that set up for years and it served me well but after the nationals last year i could see my downfalls with it so have moved up in gear, and the fact the fly and its shooters over here have really improved big time

now when i started i didnt have the help and the fly was smaller back then here in WA.
 custom guns were just not used here and i never seen or played with benchrest shooting  
if i started today yes i would of gone straight to used gun and brought a 2nd hand one set us for the sport from the start but i cant complain with building up my rifle i had over the years and i kept the cost down as i did what i could only do at the time

but yeah now im looking for a .22 as i'm not going to play around with my savage mk2 when i can just buy something that is good to go for around the same price than if i upgraded stuff on it and shoots way better