Advice on building a centerfire rifle/choosing an action

[MCG]

Everyone:

I am looking to build a centerfire silhouette rifle.  The stock will be a nesika/robertson composites.  That much is set.  What I need advice on is the action.

Lots use remington; they are cheap and they work well.  But, I can't get just the action.  Got to buy a rifle and strip, blueprint, rebarrel, replace trigger.  So, I looked long and hard at Nesika and H & S precision.   Quality on either looks outstanding.  The Nesika looks really expensive, the H & S more affordable, with equal quality.

Ideally, I will use a #5 26" barrel.

What I need to know is this: anyone give me an idea of weight for the Nesika or H & S versus the Remington?  Is there a weight penalty or savings?  thanks

[kahuna]

MCG
I would use a Remington TI action.
Larry

[dave imas]

midway sells just the remington 700 action.  .223, .308, long, short, blue, stainless, left, right.

[Troy G]

Read lots of stories of people buying an El Cheapo ADL Rem 700 from places like Wal Mart and other bigger centers in the US.  Seems the price was quite reasonable as I recall.  Then you sell the barrel and stock and you recover a little of the cost on the action.

If you are thinking custom action I would check out Jerry Stiller's new Predator action for 650.00.  It is meant to be a trued action with tighter tolerances than a Remmy.

[CB]

The Stiller is a nice looking option, go to Benchrest.com and search "predator" there is a post with pictures and descriptions of the action etc. For a couple of hundred more it don't need truing, and is tighter than factory set-up. Should have a better resale as well.
 Good luck,
 Carroll