We use the same equipment and components as other builders. However, our primary goal is your success. Every rifle we build starts with a conversation and those conversations continue through out the process. We are not interested in building as many rifles as we can in a year. Instead, we are focused on building a few really great rifles. This allows us to take the time to hold the tightest tolerances and pay attention to the finest details. We believe this focused attention to detail and the relationship we build with our customers makes the difference between Pewitt Precision and a lot of other builders out there.

Ultimately this decision is up to you. It is your rifle for your intended use. However, we are happy to talk through the options available and discuss thigns we have seen with various calibers. We are happy to talk about pros/cons, load development, overall accuracy, shooting experience, “fads”, or anything else you would like to discuss to help you make a decision for a cartridge that will help you succeed with the intended use for the weapons system.

The options selected when designing and building a custom weapon system directly determine the amount of time required. Currently the biggest delay in any rifle build is the amount of time required to receive barrels, stocks, and actions from the manufacturers. Although these times are starting to decrease there is still often a significant delay in getting those items. We work with multiple dealers to try and have a readily available supply of components when needed. Additional customizations or options such as load development, barrel break in, etc. can also add additional time to the delivery date.

A current list of reamers that are available can be found here. However, we are willing to obtain whatever reamer is necessary to build the rifle that a customer desires. We are also happy to discuss using your reamer if you have a specific reamer you would like to use. We do not rent reamers from any of the supply houses. All reamers in our library are owned and tracked by us.

There are a lot of good actions on the market today and we are happy to use actions from several different companies. However, our preferred actions are made by Bat Machine. We have found Bat Actions to be extremely strong, reliable and smooth. In addition Bat actions are extremely consistent allowing for extreme accuracy. There is a reason Bat actions are used in benchrest and F-class competition, PRS, and hunting alike.

There are several good barrel makers that we are happy to use. With that being said we prefer to use cut rifle barrels from Krieger and Brux. However, as mentioned before there are several other quality barrel makers including but not limited to, Bartlein, Benchmark, Douglas, Hart, Lilja and Shilen.

Stocks are a very personal part of the rifle. They are your interface to the rifle. We like McMillan and Manners stocks as well as several other makers for both composite or wood stocks. In regards to chassis, MDT is by far the most popular option we see.

We primarily try to use Hawkins bottom metal whenever possible. Hawkins produces quality bottom metal that works reliably, hav a comfortable mag release that is not easily broken or released by accident, and fits well with all of our preferred stock makers. In addition Hawkins provides a variety of bottom metal options ranging to hinged floorplate, AICS style magazines, or their flush hunter style magazines.

TriggerTech, without question. We feel that TriggerTech makes the best trigger at a good price point. TriggerTech triggers are also the safest triggers for you the shooter to be able to adjust with weights able to go down as low as 4 oz while still being a fully opertional / safe trigger. TriggerTech makes a wide range of options including single stage or two-stage, shoe types, colors, etc.

Ask 100 different shooters and you will get 100 different answers to this question. If you want to know the cleaning process we follow reach out and we will be happy to provide you that information and have the discussion. With that being said the important thing is to have a process you follow and follow it regularly. We prefer to clean everytime we shoot a rifle using Patch-Out from SharpShoot-R products as well as products from BoreTech and Iosso. We also finish each barrel with alcohol and then a coating of Lock-Ease.

Barrel break in is a touchy subject that everyone has an opinion on. Most all barrel makers have a break-in procedure listed on their website. However, when you talk to those barrel makers they say they put the procedure there because people kept asking for one. The most common response we get from barrrel makers we have talked to is just shoot it. With that being said, we also hold strongly to the fact that barrels change after the first 150-250 rounds. The barrels tend to speed up a little after the barrel breaks-in or wears-in. While we do not think that you need to follow a shoot 1 shot, clean, shoot 2 shot, clean type of break in, we also don’t settle on a final load until after the first 200 rounds or so. With most other things though, if it gives you confidence and makes you feel better to follow a published break-in procedure then do it. It won’t hurt anything. As with everything else, if you have more questions or want to discuss, give us a shout we are happy to have conversations on barrel break-in.

Absolutely. We are happy to work with you to either develop a load for your rifle build that you can load on your own or provide custom loaded ammunition for your rifle build. Creating a custom load for your rifle will require us to fire the rifle multiple times to test the loads as well as “break-in” the barrel. Barrels tend to speed up after 150-250 rounds and loads may need to be tweaked after that speeding up period. With that being said we don’t need to put 250 rounds through your rifle to build the load. All loads are tested over a chronograph and the load recipe and chornograph data will be provided with the load.

Yes we can build and provide a Kestrel or Applied Ballistics profile for your rifle. This will require us to shoot your rifle with the ammunition you intend to use.

Action “blueprinting” or “truing” is the process of taking a series of measurements from an action used to verify the dimensions used to chamber and fit a barrel to that action as well any processes that need to be completed to square up the face of the action, threads for the barrel, bolt face and lugs. Blueprinting or truing is performed to increase the accuracy of a rifle and ensure the most concentric alightment of the bore, action and bolt possible. In addition to the blueprinting steps other serivces such as bolt sleeving, changing recoil lug, etc. may also be included to fully accurize the action.

Yes, for an additional charge we are happy to mount your optic, bore sight and zero your rifle. There will be a charge for the service as well as any ammunition required. We are also happy to perform the barrel break-in for your rifle. Whether that is the break-in process of the barrel manufacturer or to get past the initial speeding up of the barrel so a final load can be developed. Again the break-in will incur a cost for the service and any ammunition required.

Modern custom actions are highly accurate out of the box. With that being said some of the most accurate rifles we have seen have been on blueprinted Remington 700 actions. Blueprinting existing actions is an extremely time consuming and expensive process that requires multiple manual processes. Therefore the cost of a used Remington 700 and blueprinting that action is often times close to or possibly more than the cost of a new custom action. If a customer does not already have an existing action they want to use for a build our recommendation is always to go with a new custom action. We still verify the measurements and complete a spec worksheet for every action we build on new or blueprinted. If the customer already has an action that they want to use we are happy to perform the blueprinting process to ensure a highly accurate build.

Scope bedding is the same process as bedding an action into a stock. To obtain the best ring / optic interface and ensure that there are no pressure points on the scope a layer of bedding epoxy is applied to the inside of the rings and allowed to cure with the scope in place. This does not permanently bond the scope to the rings but ensures a smooth surface that is exactly mated to the optic when the rings are torqued to their final specs. The lack of pressure points ensures that the optic can function as precisily as possible and without distortion.

Unless you have a specific change to a standard reamer normally a custom reamer is not required. Our library of chamber reamers is constantly growing with the specs that we have found to work best for each cartridge. We also utilize custom throat and neck reamers to accomodate most bullet / cartridge combinations. However, if there is something specific that you are wanting to do let us know and we are happy to have that conversation with you and the reamer makers to get a reamer to meet your requirements. If you already have a custom reamer we are happy to discuss using your reamer for the build as well.

We stay with premium reloading components for all of our shooting and custom loads. We utilize ADG, Alpha, Lapua, and Peterson brass. For powder we utilize options from Hodgdon / IMR, VihtaVuori, and others. We normally use CCI primers but test with Federal, Remington, and others. We like Berger and Hornady for bullets. We anneal with an AMP Annealer, powder is dispensed with AutoTrickler V4s, and bullets are seated on the AMP Press. For pistol ammunition we utilize progressive presses from Dillon Precision.

Bolt sleeving is the process of reducing the “play” between the bolt and action body using either steel sleeves machined and installed at the front and back of the bolt bodyor lining the action at specific points with an epoxy compound. The reduction in that “play” ensures that the bolt stays centered in the action and aligned with the bore providing more consistency shot to shot and increasing accuracy. Bolt sleeving has proven to be very successful at increasing the accuracy of a rifle when combined with a blueprinted action.