Hey fellas I’m looking at having an APR Maverick built and I’d like to get y’all thoughts and impressions on these rifles. Most importantly, pictures! I’d like to see some raw APR gun porn!

I’ve got a few things in mind already. I’d like 7mm-08, 6.5 PRC, or maybe 7mm WSM. I’m a guy of few rifles and I like the thought of something that covers a lot of bases. I have a .223, .30-30 and .30-06 rite now so I figure one of those I listed is the way to go but I am open to others. Would like to keep her around 7lbs or less but I’d like to hear from those who have them about how they handle.

They built me a 6.5 PRC on a Defiance action last year, took awhile but most of the wait was due to the MacMillan stock. Rifle shoots really well. I think they are a good compromise between price and quality, you can spend quite a bit more, but not necessarily get something nicer......

PM me your email and I can send some pics.......

I have no first-hand experience with their rifles but I've visited their site a number of times to check out the ready-to-ship rifles (and guns that have sold).
I had them quote a rifle for me a year or two ago and they were refreshingly responsive.

Nearly all of the more handy packages have been about 4-6oz north of 7lbs but the Maverick Light should open up a lot of possibilities for you.

I figured based on the ones I see that have sold, that a 7mm-08 with a 20'' bbl would be about rite and a 6.5 PRC with a 22'' would be a few ounces more. I’ll have to ask if the AnTi action is only about $100 up charge. That should take about 11 ounces away which may be worth a little extra coin.

A 20" 7-08 sounds about perfect.

Do it. Do it. Do it.

Damn it I will! But Brandon must have put Hunter in charge of my tax return and used it to go on a Charlie Sheen binge! So now I must wait, which gives me plenty of time to think up a splendid paint job!

Feeding someones addiction again, Mr. Kane?

You enabler...LOL

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Nothing wrong with their Maverick Line card.

I’ve killed several beasts out to 700 yards with the 300 Wby they put together for me several years ago.

Rifle belonging to TimZ
Provide specs accordingly

Deciding between the 6.5 PRC and 7mm-08 is becoming difficult. I like both, but can’t afford both... 7mmPRC?

I have both a 7/08 and 6.5 PRC. While there isn’t any flies on a nice 7/08. I enjoy hunting and play shooting with my PRC’s.

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APR 6.5 PRC




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7MM-08 is never not the right answer when considering a new build

This from a certified 7MM-08 loony so take that for what its worth. I keep eyeballing their Apex Hunter and may go that route one day

How many 7/08 do you have now, Frank? I think 5 is the lucky 🍀 number.

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The build process is enjoyable to me so I would prefer to think about and order my own parts. That said if you’re normal and just want a great rifle I don’t think you’ll beat that rifle at that price.

Great rifles! I have a 300 Win Mag maverick built on an anTi action.

That’s my kinda bench Beav



And I’d kinda agree with Beav, the 6.5 PRC is sorta like the 270 of 2022. Same capacity with a little more BC.

I do like a 7-08 though. Mild mannered with a heap of performance for so little powder.

Say Whaaat.



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I’ve got 2 Mavericks.

A 6.5cm built on a rem700. Hs presicion stock. Timney trigger. Spiral fluted xcaliber barrel. Think it was 2016’ish. Before there a bunch of lefty actions.

A 6.5 prc built on a bighorn origin. Ag composite stock. Triggertech. Spiral fluted mullerworks barrel. Had em put a radial brake on it.

I wouldn’t hesitate to buy another from them. Good communication.

I looked a couple weeks ago. Seems the base line maverick went up a couple $100. No surprise. Everything is more $$.

I'd sure look at these folks before I ordered a new rifle. They've been building gun parts and actions for different firearm manufacturers for years. Your rifle will shoot factory ammo less than .75 and short action less than .50 moa.
https://shop.kaugerarms.com/products/sandia-lr.html

strange Kauger on their website does not have any rifle weight information

After doing a quick search on brass. The .284 Win has my attention! I assume I’d have to go long action to make use of heavies?

No flies on the .284 except for feeding (which I don't hear much about these days).

What are the plans for the rifle? General hunter at modest ranges or long range outfit?
Do have a specific bullet in mind?

I want a versatile hunting rifle for eastern whitetail and black bear and western deer and elk, that in the future I could try to shoot a match with. I’m not super serious about it being light for that reason, but I also don’t want a 8-9 lb rifle. And shooting a match is just to challenge myself. Not really to compete. I need to stop watching Erik Cortina videos before I start down a rabbit hole. It’s a hunting rig first.

If I went .284 Win I wouldn’t shot anything lighter than 162s

Why not a 280 Ackley?

I would step up the stock to the Alpine Hunter stock. The APR Hunter stock comb is too low for me, and I see several here have added cheek risers to their Maverick rifles.

I had no issues with the AG Composites Alpine Hunter stock and cheek weld. I love this rifle and their rifles do shoot, but I would definitely choose a different shop for the next one.

Cold bore was also on a clean bore.

Defiance makes an intermediate length action, the XM, which has a box of about 3.2”. Ideal for 284 which should have a longer throat. Lots of 6.5-284’s built on that action.
The other great choice is the Tikka T3x. The clip center feed system is ideal for 284. As you know there is a good selection of premium brass available due to popularity in F Class rifles.

So the mag box on the APR should be around 3.2? I can ask to be sure. That sounds great if it is!

I wish I had more experience with that style of stock. Are you able to handle it well in standing, kneeling situations? A bad cheek weld is something that makes me lose sleep cause it(to me) is essential in shooting.

My only experience with vertical style grips were M16A4s and the M27IAR but you are wrapping your hand around the grip on those and manipulating the selector is different than a typical safety.

A 20” 7mm-08 sounds good, as mentioned above.

Unless someone comes up with a 7prc. 😂🤣😂

Christensen arms is offering a 20” 7-08 in their new FFT rifles.

I never thought about one until I bought a McWhorter with an A3 style stock. Now, I don't think I could own anything but that style of grip. Extremely comfortable standing, prone, kneeling or at the bench. It was very easy to adapt from the more traditional open grip.

If you are going to have them build your rifle, spend the additional $700 and get the Altitude, less than 9lbs complete with the 26" barrel versus 9 1/2lbs complete with a 24" barrel of the Maverick. Translate that into a significant weight savings especially with the shorter barrel you are wanting.

The comb on the Maverick package is just to low for me when combined with the straight bolt handle on the Defiance Tenacity action. You can go even lower with rings, but you can not cycle the bolt.

Those bolt handles seem to be pretty common amongst these custom actions. I’ll ask the the guys at Alamo if they can do something about that. The APR hunter action looks like the handle was designed for better bolt throw clearance. If it costs 700 to upgrade the stock then idk about that. Shouldn’t be much of an up charge if any since I’m sticking with the fluted barrel. And it should be around 7-7 1/2 lbs

I originally had the short knob on the bighorn origin.

Didn’t like it.

Wanted a longer one from bighorn. But they wanted like $15 bucks to ship it.

Ended up ordered on from the Polished Knob.

Guy does good work. He’ll make the length and size you want.

IIRC, $35 shipped.

A longer Skeleton bolt he made me.

How’s the clearance?

Plenty of room.

Zeiss v4. 4-14x44.

Seekins low (i think , can’t find the box ) rings.

You are also getting a few other items, like a carbon barrel with the Altitude

I want the steel barrel. Nothing against carbon though.

I went with the Maverick package,only thing I changed was the anTi action and I used a Vias brake. All up with seekin’s low and Vortex LHT 8.6 lbs.

How much extra for the AnTi action?

Aviators Maverick

thats nice.

ive got the same spiral flute and radial brake

It wasn’t that much if I remember right it was around $100 more that was one of the first anTi actions Alamo received.

any particular reason the rings aren't spaced out to max?

huntsman, I never really thought about it when I mounted that scope. Would they benefit from being out further? I can’t go any further in the back but I could gain a couple slots up front.

I’ll ask them to do that. More than half pound weight saving according to defiance.

I took the opportunity to visit Alamo Precision Rifles today. I was pretty impressed with their operation and personnel. I would feel very comfortable having them build me a LH rifle.

I envy you, that would be the best way to see what fits you and be able to talk to the guys face to face who are going to build it.

They recommend I go with the long action if I decide on the .284 Win

I had a conversation with Jimmy & Vic about building a SAUM. They both recommended a long acton to prevent any potential feeding issues.

Jimmy was the guy I spoke to on the phone, very helpful. He said basically the intermediate length actions are a fairly new thing and to make it work the way most people want it ends up costing more money and headache than it’s worth.

he mentioned the intermediate length but I'm not sure its available in a LH config. I may likely push back the SAUM project for a while and look at something different.

Not a Maverick but a 28 Nosler built to my wants using the APR action (TL technologies makes it), bartlein sendero, McMillan Game hunter, APA dbm and trigger tech. This rifle is as accurate as any I have ever seen and the fit and finish was perfect.

Not sure I'm buying his explanation as the Defiance XM actions were designed for the 284 Win length cartridge as well as the short mags, I have a 6.5 Gap built with the xm length that works perfect!

Easily remedied with a Wyatt’s box in a standard SA. Or build it on a M70 WSM action.

The problem with defiance XM action is you basically have to buy their bottom metal setup for it also and they charge quite a bit for it.

The M70 WSM action was my initial plan and I still may go that way but it won't be with Alamo. I don't think they work with M70 actions at this time.

Strongly recommend Alamo-- very knowledgable shop with hunters and competitive shooters working throughout- over the years they've built me a number of rifles on Rem 700 and Defiance actions... 22-250ai, 6cm, 257wby, 7saum, 300norma, 338rum and I'm probably forgetting one somewhere-- every single rifle shot incredibly well both with factory ammo and with handloads. Most impressive to me was the 338rum with factory Barnes LRX got a 100yd zero (5 shots) and then immediately stepped it out with the next 3 shots to 400, 600, 800yds-- center punching 1 MOA plates.

To my knowledge they have and were working on CRF actions-- they had a Defiance CRF (375H&H) and may rebarrel a Kimber for me if I go that route.

They won't steer you wrong on action lengths as long as you are honest with what you want the rifle to do. I wanted my 7saum as light as possible-- it is 7lbs 1.6oz with a scope-- but I had to go with a short action anTi to save weight-- which is fine because my bullets of choice were 162ELDM and 169HH.

I believe Hawkins Precision makes a dbm for the xm length now!

You are correct sir!

Thanks for the info. Hawkins is an excellent company.

My assumption is the inlet is different and maybe they receive their stock in either short or long anything different would be considered custom.

I just want to add to the Alamo fan club. Great price, delivered on time (mostly), good communication and rifles shoot and function….
Been almost a year since my last build which I provided all the parts except the stock. Took about 7-8 weeks…👍

Just this week been thinking about another build but can’t decide what chambering as I have about all that are good…..

Leaning 284 even though I have one already on a T3 action / Hawkhill #2…Chambered by Shaen….

They built me a Maverick 300 Weatherby on a Defiance action and I have a Nightforce NXS 5.5-22x50 mounted in low NF rings and the bolt clears. I haven't shot it yet

Did you order one?