I’m looking at getting a new bolt action and getting into hunting some bigger game like elk. I’ll mostly be hunting in the Western US. I’m debating between 7mm Mag and 300 Win Mag.

Right now I have a Remington 700 SPS Tactical in 308. I upgraded the trigger, stock and threaded the barrel for a muzzle brake.

I don’t mind a little extra weight of a heavier barrel but I’m wondering what my best options are in the $1000 range without glass?

Thanks in advance for any recommendations.

New to rifle reloading.
As the title suggests I ran into pressure signs (flattened primers and very stuck cases) extremely early. Rifle is a .308 savage 20" barrel 1 in 10 twist. Loads are as follows:
Once fired LC and Hornady brass FL sized and trimmed to 2.005" no crimp.
175 SMK
WLR primers (second hand)
42 gr Varget (checked and rechecked)
2.800 COAL. Base to ogive 2.225. jump .020.
Chronograph was all over the place between 2400 fps and 2613 fps.
I'm looking for ideas. I suspect the primers may have been mislabeled. Would a magnum primer overpressure at only 42gr? Has anyone seen a hot batch of Varget?

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance!

If you could build your dream bench gun what stock, barrel, trigger, etc would you get. I am considering building one but don't know anything about them. Lets say looking to spend 5 to 7 grand. I would be using it to shoot paper and steel out to 1500 yards.

Last fall I purchased this 1993 production SR25 match rifle complete with old school leupold mk4 fixed 10x scope, at the time it was unfired as the bolt carrier group was still sealed in plastic. Since acquiring the rifle I have put roughly 150 rds through it with the bulk of those captured in the youtube video referenced below. Ultimately I don't enjoy shooting this rifle as much as I do more modern options so I am looking to trade for something I'll get more enjoyment out of at the range.

While I will entertain selling the rifle/ scope for cash (it'll need to be a strong offer) my preference would be to trade for the following items. I've listed from top to bottom in order of priority I'm willing to use cash to adjust value up or down to make a fair trade. Trade firearms will need to be equally low round count.

- KAC SR25 APR rifle
- KAC SR25 APR upper
- Barret Rec 10 LR .308 rifle
- KAC SR25 APC rifle
- KAC SR25 APC upper
- Nemo Omen 300WM with 24" barrel

Can provide additional current pictures to anyone interested.

Youtube video featuring rifle:
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One Remington 700 Varmint.223 barreled action, less than 1000 rounds on barrel. This is the factory barrel. I switch to custom action and this barrel action only sits in the safe for 2 years. $600.00 shipped to FFL
Thanks

I have a 14.5 Franken gun that is my general purpose rifle. With all the rage seeming to be 18" precision rifles or 10.5"--13.7" Am I just stuck in the past with my M4gery as a rifle that does everything OK but nothing well?

Another derailment in ohio hazmat crews called in local news channel is WHIO channel 7

A medical emergency with my daughter has come up, and a bunch of stuff is going up for sale at blow out prices. More pics available. Prices are shipped CONUS. I've had some of these posted before.

Leica UVHD+ 12x50, like new, 1 year old, have never been out of my house. $1900 $1850 $1800

Buyer flaked.








Leica Trinovid 10x42, like new, have never been out of my garage. $800 Sold.



Sold. Vortex 12x50 UHD, just over a month old. Another one that has never left my house. $1450.



Sold- Swarovski SLC 8x56, excellent to like new condition, about 6-7 months old. Took them out hunting a half dozen times. $1975. $1925

ETA: Build date 2021.






Swarovski STX-95 w/ mag extender, like new condition. I bought the eyepiece and extender new last summer, bought the obj. very gently used at the same time. $4000 Sold.



Steiner T5Xi 3-15 MOA, a couple minor scuffs on the obj. bell. $950, I do not have the box for this.

Each of these will ship in their original boxes. Open to most payment options except PP G&S.

Partial trades will be considered. This is every pair of binos I own, and my only spotter. I'm still going to need something.

Other trades- Aside from binos, stuff that's easily flipped.

ETA: Would consider trading both for a 10x NL Pure +cash.

Have any of you been through the Tusla Welding School program? Recently? If so, would you recommend it? What, if anything could they have done better? My son is a senior this year and we toured their facility in Houston today. He's by no means married to TWS, but he has chosen welding as the career path he wants to pursue. Thanks.

Errors are cumulative. Because errors stack onto each other, we always start with the equipment baseline when considering a shooter’s goal and how to help them reach those goals. I don’t like the idea of simply telling people to get better equipment because, often, the gear they have can be used for most of their goals; sometimes, this isn’t the case, though, and we will discuss this in a later article, equipment does matter.



Nevertheless, a human must use equipment, and people add errors to any system, no matter how good they are. Talking about what great equipment you have is fun and feels good, but it doesn’t tell us whether that equipment will be able to accomplish the goals someone has until the error factor of the shooter is established.

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As the title suggests, I am in need of some opinions. Preferably ones with direct first or second hand experience… let’s avoid the “My friends oldest brother worked for a guy that changed tires for the daughter of a guy who had one” type of experience. Thanks.

Contenders:
Magpul 700 Pro chassis (used $750)
Aero SOLUS chassis (new $785)

Barreled action:
He/him/his is a bone stock RH 700 SPS Varmint in 308. Planning a re-barrel and trigger upgrade later down the road when money is less of an issue.
I don’t shoot comp. (Wouldn’t be opposed one day), its main use is just to have fun at long distances with my pants on and if SeverHTF.
Oh yea..my dirty secret is that I shoot LH

THANKS in advance

Polish brand Delta today showed new riflescopes at IWA Outdoor Classics 2023 in Nuremberg Germany.
Delta Stryker HD 1-10x28
Delta Stryker HD 3.5-21x44

Both 34mm tube. Both FFP.
Made in Japan. The quality is impressive.

Hall 4A / 4A-506

Hey guys, there's a new ZCO Hunter scope being released at the IWA event for the European market. I figured that I would answer some questions before the rumors spread.

1. This is a European scope only for now
2. It's not being released very soon.
3. A United States based version is not coming right away as the design will most likely be different.

@sirhrmechanic turned me onto this show, looks to be good, anyone going. I'm about 3 hours S/SW, thought I might get a room and do both days.

I came across tactec.com, which shows what the PRS pros use and ranks the gear by the number of winners.

The #1 scope for 2021 was, by far, the Tangent Theta and the #2 scope was the Leupold Mark 5HD 5-25.

The article for 2022 was just published and the two scopes have completely reversed. However, I am unsure which Leupold Mark 5, because that data is omitted this year. It could be the 7-35.

My question is: is this accurate? Any idea which 5HD? Why have they reversed so dramatically?

I have an Accuracy International AXSA for sale. In 308 with factory AI muzzle brake. Black in color. Barrel has about 400 rounds on it. Few marks here and there but still in really good shape. I just added a brand new unused Mlok forend to it last night also. **Tossing in a free used Accuracy International 34mm scope mount and a free used Harris Bipod. **

$5800 shipped as listed above. Not breaking it up so please dont ask. Card adds 3%. Comes with the factory forend too and the manual.

Pics coming in a minute. PM me for questions. This is not up on the website.



Whats below is just for a fun incentive and for today only...

For the guys on here with positive feedback, If you have ANY positive feedback on the hide at all, and no negitave or neutral, I'll toss in a Accuracy International Maverick 41 Tan Drag Bag Backpack for Free. I received it as part of a deal I made. It looks new. I have no idea how all the clips and buckles work or if it's missing anything. Comes as is, for free.

If you have bought something from me in the past or have 10+ feedback, I'll throw in the above bag plus a used TAB gear sling with QD cups. Plus two extra used AX mags.



Only trade would be for a like new MC in DE with no barrel, straight across..


This is Sold pending funds.


Thanks!

Whiskey 3 folder with aluminum arca competition forend.

For Remington 700

$1000 $950 shipped to your door

Hi all, I’m new to the PRS world, but not new to shooting, I have been shooting for 20 years, and would like to have a go at PRS. I have just taken delivery for a accuracy international at-x. I would like some advise on other kit.

Bags- I have looked at the Armageddon sticky game changer, however the shipping is $93 alone! So I don’t want to be ordering the wrong stuff. What bag is the best? I see that people use multiple bags, what other bags would be needed? Ideally I’d buy all from the same manufacturer to cut the delivery costs down.

As for scopes, I have considered the following:
Sightron s8 - which seems impossible to buy in the UK

Delta Stryker
Nightforce atacr
Schmidt pm2
Zco 5-27x56

My fist choice is the sightron due to seeming good value for money. I don’t mind spending more if the optics really are worth the extra cash. However if the sightron or delta are good enough then I might as well buy one of them.

Mounts- I’m considering either tier one, or spuhr.

Brake- originally I was going to get a gen 3 fat bastard. However the strike without warning seems to be catching people’s eye?

I mean in an era where the Internet watchers are tracking everything, isn’t this just “giving” your enemies massive amounts of Intel…


But probably a big tinfoil hat moment coming. Maybe rightly so!

Note the part about the AMC general telling his troops that they should expect war with China by 2025.

That’s more concerning than tail numbers .

Sirhr

I have spent the last decade getting my irons down and am fairly competent with them (I usually shoot 20 inch AR variants). I wanted to switch it up this year and get into magnified optics & bolt guns. With budget constraints the only thing I currently have to play with right now is an 18 inch Mossberg MVP in 5.56 and an older Ruger M77 Heavy Barrel. I want to work with the MVP first to learn about shooting with a magnified optic (fully understanding the limitations of the rifle). My first task is to mount a scope to the rifle, of which I had a 3-9x40 Leopold laying around. I read up on how to properly mount scopes and luckily, I already have the tools necessary. My setup is standard, I have the rifle vise setup in the garage, plumb line and light mounted to shine through the scope and the plumb line.

My first step was to level the rifle in the vise and I immediately ran into an issue that is not fully addressed in the many scope mounting tutorials. While trying to level the rifle I noticed that no two surfaces on the rifle appear parallel to each other. For example, the rifle has a factory 6 inch pic rail mounted to the receiver. However, I get almost a quarter bubble difference from the front of the rail to the back. Thinking I needed a better surface, I pull the stock and tried to level the barreled receiver using the various flats. However, I noticed that the flat machined parts of the receiver are not parallel to the pic rail and that got me wondering - exactly what part of the rifle should I plumb the scope to. Consider this:

I can get the scope as close to plumb to the earth as possible using an optical alignment method, but
- Is the scope plumb to the rings?
- Are the rings plumb to the mount/base?
- Is the mount/base plumb to the receiver?
- Is the receiver plumb to the stock?
- When holding the stock, is it plumb to the earth?

The constants here are the scope and the earth and that got me thinking. Does it really matter how plumb and true everything is if it all comes down to a fleshy human body holding the rifle and the eyeball determining its orientation to the earth? Assuming the scope is securely fixed to the rifle what is more important:

That the scope, base, receiver, stock are all plumb to one another?
-or-
The shooter orients the rifle the same way before every shot?

I would assume its the later and whole point of "plumbing it up" is to get the scope as true to the rifle as possible so the shooter has to compensate for orientation least before firing. Does that sound correct and all that being said - what is the best part of the rifle to level?

300 win mag barreled action

Stiller tac 300 action with stiller 20 MOA top rail. Action was cerakoted by suppressed armament

X caliber 26” remage barrel, barrel is 416 stainless with 5R rifling. used for about 60-80 rounds

Zermatt arms barrel nut

I also have a set of headspace gauges for 300 win mag that I will include with it

$1160 shipped and insured. Will ship to any “preferred dealer” listed on shipmygun.com

Was a POS at times, but I liked his acting.

Hello,

I have a factory Tikka T3X TAC A1 chassis for sale. Complete chassis with scope rail, no magazines.
Nothing wrong with it just switching things up.
$550 shipped and insured, discrete pp f&f

Looking for a new lever gun. A good guy at work really wanted a model 94 in 30-30 and couldn’t find one within a couple hour drive. I’d maybe put 10 rounds through mine and I’m constantly trying to consolidate calibers so it’s gone. It broke my heart though. So now I’m shopping. I think I want a .357 as that is a caliber that won’t ever get the ax. So what do I get? A couple Henrys have caught my eye but I’ve read mixed reviews. Lots of MIM I guess, not sure that that matters. Willing to shop around for a nice example of an older gun if that would be preferred. Thanks for any advice or recommendations.