Badger m2008 action..

[Exeter lad]

Hi guys how can I get one of these actions from the USA to uk? Looking for a magnum action I.E 7mm rem mag/300 mag.. Cheers Aaron

[Ronin]

You'll be lucky

 

 

Plenty of other Magnum bolt faced actions that will do the job equally as well if not better

 

Surgeon

 

Nesika

 

Borden

 

Stiller

 

Barnard P

 

etc etc etc etc etc

[Exeter lad]

I quite like the look of the AI copy bolt shroud!

[jungle_re]

I'm sure chris f of this forum got one to NZ but it took an age have a butchers on the search function.

Why wouldn't you just go the AI route? I'm more than happy with my stiller 300 tac though.

[Exeter lad]

Can you buy an AI action only? I'm happy with my rem 700 action but wen my 7mm barrel is shot out I'm going to get a custom action at the same time! Aaron

[ChrisF]

I have customs actions & factory actioned rifles , and for my 2 cents , you are better OFF getting factory , and if the factory rifle is not available in the calibre you want , just swap out the barrel and call it a day .

 

I have Surgeons , Badger M2008s in SA & LA , and have AI AWs etc , and when you spec a custom rifle , the price is the same or dearer than going top factory , ie AI , all these customs , are to me not as GOOD as a real AI rifle .

 

You will not get any M2008s , as they are not longer made , the new model is the M2013 .

 

As good as the M2008s are in both SA & LA formats , they are NOT as good as the real AI actions , I can say this , as I have both .

 

In short , get a AI rifle and be happy .

 

And I know thats not what you wanted to hear .

 

Later Chris

[Exeter lad]

Well my mate Carl has an AI but I wanted one in a magnum calibre.. Not willing to pay the price tag though! Nothing wrong with my rem 700 action but wen you cycle an AI it gets my brain thinking :-( lol

[jungle_re]

Then the stiller tac300 is a damm good action, my full rifle build cost me a lot sight less than an AI, and secondhand magnum ones hardly ever come up for sale

[ChrisF]

Sort of , you can also , get a AWSM ( 338 ) , and get the 300WM bolt & re-barrel , as most AWSM will have a shoot out barrel .

[Exeter lad]

I'm still deciding what to do tbh.. Going to ring sporting serives tomoz

[ChrisF]

Just saying , as I have gone the custom route with Surgeons & Badgers etc , by Badger M2008 actioned rifle is very good , never had a feed or extraction problem with it ever , and although its basicallly a AI AWM 300WM clone , its not as good as the real thing .

To me the cost of either the Badger M2008 or a real AI AW is very close , when you use top grade parts , barrels , triggers etc , and good smith , and then paint it etc , etc , so in my experience the price difference is rather close ( I had thought it would be a lot cheaper ) , and as such my advice to myself or others would be to buy the real thing .

 

Thats been my experience , and I know that does not sit well , with guys wanting to custom build a rifle , their dream gun etc , also realise , when you build a custom , mix and match gun , and all the bits are made by different makers , they may work or they may not , and remember the factory gun has been designed as a complete rifle design , rather than a committe gun ,

 

 

Later Chris