Furiosa Rem 700 Bolt-Action 

::Build based on a Woox Furiosa chassis & Pristine Actions Remington 700 short action
::Custom gladiator laser etching by 2A Tactical LLC
::Chambered for 6.5 Creedmoor

Admittedly, we haven’t featured a whole lot of bolt guns in these pages. That isn’t necessarily because we have no interest in them, but mostly because of the huge number of semi-auto customizations we get flooded with in the enthusiast world. Then something special comes along and knocks all our pre-conceived notions out of the park.

This custom-chassis precision rifle is another Violent Art Firearms creation by UN12 contributor Jay Canter. Historically a fan of more CQB-oriented builds, the sorts that might be optimized for vehicle carry or for fitting into a bag or backpack, he more recently become interested in creating a platform for long-range precision shooting.

Canter explains: “When I started getting interested in more long-range tools, there were a handful of things to learn about, especially for a bolt gun, for which I had little experience with parts selection.”

To begin, he would need to select a cartridge around which to base the build, and for this one he chose the proven 6.5 Creedmoor, which he already had some experience with. (We featured a large-frame AR build of his a few years ago—a thermal-imaging suppressed 6.5 CM from UN12 Issue 010, circa the summer of 2020.)

Next was selecting a chassis to base the build upon. For precision rifle chassis, cost can vary from a few hundred dollars to thousands. Woox was tapped here, and their Furiosa chassis. The company first cropped up on our radar due to their beautiful woodworking skills. The first Woox piece I laid eyes on was a knife, the Rock62, both because it’s a stout, badass-looking bushcraft blade but also because it’s available with a beautiful walnut handle.

While we were busy looking at knives, Jay Canter was taking a keener interest in the company’s shooting platforms. “I love the companies out there doing real tactical skeletonized type chassis,” Canter says. “Woox has been on my radar for many years. I absolutely love their blend of beautiful woods mated to a more modern, and still ‘tactical-feeling’ chassis. I chose the Furiosa precisely because of that.”

Ogling the Woox blade led us ourselves to look more closely at their portfolio of rifle stocks and chassis, which combine cutting edge milling, manufacturing and materials with the classic allure of beautifully honed wood accents. The Furiosa combines the best of both worlds, as a full-length aluminum chassis with sleek sections of wood accent, giving it, in Woox’s terms, the feel of a wood stock with the stability of metal.

The next step was fitting the Furiosa with a short action to support 6.5 Creedmoor. “There is a Canadian company that’s new to the U.S. market named Pristine Action,” Canter says. “They had a great-looking action with some great features, and have great customer support to boot. I let them know what chassis and footprint I was using, along with the caliber selected, and they knew exactly which of their actions should be used.”

The Pristine short bolt-action receiver is CNC-machined from a solid slug of 416 stainless steel. The company claims ultra-smooth cycling, with just four pounds of pressure to lift the bolt. It features a six-lug bolt design and dual ejectors, which would improve reliability and be a bonus for when the rifle was eventually suppressed (more on that a little further on).

Even this Pristine action was improved upon when back at the VAF studio. “It showed up nicely polished,” Canter admits. “However, I wanted to take it a bit further, so I sent it out to have it DLC-coated, which not only gives it a nice black-chrome look, it also improved the action’s lubricity.”

The Pristine action was completed with a composite barrel from Spade Composites. We featured the company in UN12’s last issue, #020, and took a look at their method of turning out low-volume, hand-made, carbon-sheathed rifle barrels. This one is 20 inches long, 416 stainless finished with hand-laid carbon fiber, with a Savage small shank and 1:8 twist rate.

“Scott, Spade Composites founder, has been a PRC shooter for a very long time,” Canter says. “He’s also an avid hunter, and with his skill set in mind I conveyed what I wanted to accomplish with this build, and he knew exactly the length and twist I would want to run.”

The Woox Furiosa was supplied with a Hawkins detachable bottom metal (DBM), which accepts AICS magazines (this one feeds from Magpul AR-10 10-rounders). The housing was fitted with a Timney Calvin Elite Custom Rem 700 trigger to facilitate ignition.

The Calvin Elite Custom features a shoe that’s adjustable for length of pull, cast, and height in order to specifically dial in comfort and positive contact, making it highly customizable for the shooter. In spite of its high-tech look and function, like many other Timney triggers this one is designed as a drop-in unit to make installation easy.

With firearm assembly largely complete, Canter turned his attention to a couple critical accessories to get the rifle up to precision-shooting speed. First was a riflescope to help it reach out and touch targets a thousand yards (or more) distant.

The Pristine action features a 1913-style rail fitted to its top for the purpose of optics mounting, and Canter chose an EOTech Vudu 3.5-18×50. The Vudu is 15.13 inches long and adds 33.6 ounces to the build. It is mounted to a Scalarworks LEAP/09 mount for the 34mm tube, which puts line of sight about an inch and a half above the rail.

Of Scalarworks, Canter says: “Their mounts are easily some of the best on the market regardless of end use as they have one for almost every occasion. It’s super-intuitive to mount the scope onto, and even has a leveling piece on the bottom so you know you’re lined up perfectly without having to throw a level on.”

The other necessary addition was a quality bipod, pretty much a necessity for any precision long-range scenario. Canter went with the best, an Accu-Tac PC-5. While costly, the PC-5 features a wide range of articulation from its independent legs, as well as quite a bit of height adjustment to allow the shooter to negotiate any obstacles that may arise on the range or in the field.

Regular readers will know a common theme among VAF builds is that many of them run suppressed, which is the way Canter prefers to shoot. To that end, this precision build also received a suppressor in the form of SilencerCo’s Scythe-Ti, a titanium can that adds negligible weight to the rifle’s business end but makes it all the more pleasurable to shoot. It is a direct-thread mount at the end of the Spade Composites barrel.

“It’s insanely light at only 7.3 ounces and adds just over six inches to the length,” Canter says of the Scythe. “You do not feel the suppressor on the end, but you for sure can hear the difference it makes.”

Finally, we need to talk about the intricate engraving and Cerakote job. Rather than devising a multi-color coating pattern as seen on other some of his other builds, Canter first turned the target components over to Steve Gonos at 2A Tactical LLC for some creative laser etching.

“I didn’t want to just have a camo pattern thrown on there,” Canter says. “It would have looked awesome with the wood I am sure, but I wanted to do something that flowed with the wood and told a bit of a story.”

He turned over creative rein to Gonos, who devised a stunning tableau incorporating a representation of the Roman Colosseum, as well as a pair of gladiators flanking the structure, clouds and birds in the sky, and cypress trees. He even incorporated the Woox and Furiosa logos into the design with an imperial eagle clutching them on the chassis’ respective sides. Truly remarkable work.

With the engraving complete, the parts were sent to nearby Koted Arms, who applied Cerakote in various metallic shades to enhance the laser “mural” and make it pop—come to life, as it were—from the Furiosa’s relatively flat panels, imparting a visual depth that transcends a simple camo job.

As you browse the pictures, you might be wondering: How can you take something this pretty out and start putting it through its paces at the range? It’s just another day at the office for Violent Art Firearms.

Build Sheet

Furiosa Rem 700 Bolt-Action Precision Rifle
Specifications

Caliber: 6.5 Creedmoor
Capacity: 10 + 1
Barrel Length: 20 in.
Overall Length: 49.5 in.
Weight Unloaded: 14 lbs, 3 oz.
Laser Etching: Custom Gladiator & Colosseum tableau by 2A Tactical LLC
Finish: Custom Cerakote highlighting by Koted Arms
Featured Components
Chassis: Woox Furiosa Remington 700 

short-action

Action: Pristine Actions 6.5 Creedmoor, 416r stainless, dual ejectors
Barrel: Spade Composites 20” 6.5 Creedmoor Savage small-shank, carbon-fiber wrapped
Suppressor: SilencerCo Scythe-Ti direct-thread
Riflescope: EOTech Vudu 3.5-18×50

Parts & Accessories: Woox bag rider, Hawkins Remington SA DBM (supplied by Woox), Timney Calvin Elite Custom Rem 700 trigger, Accu-Tac PC-5 bipod, Scalarworks LEAP/09 scope mount, Magpul AICS AR-10 magazine