roostercogburn98 said:

Well versed in penile measurements I see

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Nice touch.

DarnYankeeUSMC said:

You must buy the worst steaks if you put all that garbage on them to make them taste better. A horse steak, a kangaroo steak or something should get that kinda treatment but if your ribeye is that bad you should feed it to the dog. The Chinese don't even put that much garbage on cat or dog and it tastes good.

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There's only 2 ingredients required for a great tasting ribeye. A hot as hell cast iron skillet and LOTS of butter.

You must buy the worst steaks if you put all that garbage on them to make them taste better. A horse steak, a kangaroo steak or something should get that kinda treatment but if your ribeye is that bad you should feed it to the dog. The Chinese don't even put that much garbage on cat or dog and it tastes good.

This is the factory tour video I mentioned. In it me and Ian go through the factory and see where everything is mentioned while talking both generalities and specifics on how that manufacture is done. There is also a second video I should have up soon where we sit down and talk about specific actions models, features, and design choices.

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old school

Update 5-14-2025

As mentioned, I am planning to do a number of site visits to some of the Ohio based manufacturers of precision rifle products this summer. The first of these is with Kelbly’s who I have known for 15 years dating back to a review of a March 1-10x rifle scope I did back when Kelbly’s was the March U.S. distributor. Of course, later I also did a review on the Kelbly’s Atlas Tactical rifle action. On my visit a month or so ago I shot both a factory tour video and a video where we sit and discuss action models, features and design choices. This first video is the factory tour. I should have the second up in a couple days or so as well. Enjoy.

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Let me know if they back out. Dang.

khdudley13 said:

all sold pending funds ...

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Let me know if that changes. Thanks.

Krob95 said:

I may know a thing or two about the coyote TT x ES combo View attachment 8686266

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And it never gets old seeing this AI picture. You must miss it.. lol.. And there’s a few here with ES/ TT combo’s too.

Krob95 said:

Needs a tangent

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Ah yes..Coyote brown TT on ES AX. I’m sure you’re familiar with that color combo? Come on, let’s see it.. It’ll hurt, but you can always reminisce..

6.5SH said:

Anything in a spray can is high class, something using a paint roller is true white trash.

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Roller? Dauym, you need a sponge brush to be true white trash!

I’m looking into rattle can to cover the holes in my ‘90’s factory paint right now.

JR_77 said:

I remember you saying you lived in New Braunfels beautiful country out here. Taking the kids to the river tomorrow. I need to come back this way in my 911 and you show me the hill country backroads I here there are some great twisty roads out this way.

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I’ll be instructing at a PCA Auto-X this weekend, and a member at Harris Hill so plenty of go-fast(ish) opportunities.

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Drew Moreland and band at Gruene Hall Texas

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I live 15 minutes from there!

RAVAGE88 said:

Yep, exactly why I'm doing more than one action .

Keep it coming, Dude....

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I have a few thoughts. First off, thanks for stepping in and providing a source for parts kits and the cost effective poly magazines. I'm sure I'm not alone in intending to continue to run my Vudoo indefinitely. Without question it is the rifle I shoot the most and enjoy the most. .22lr just can't be beat.

As for moving away from a 700 platform in the future, there may not be a ton of folks around that remeber why the 700 got so popular. As you mentioned, it's was not because it was a good action design. In many ways it is the opposite of this. The 700 was designed to be cheaper to manufacture than previous designs and many of it's issues are because of that. The very low cost to manufacure original Walker trigger for instance attaches with pins because those pins are actually part of the trigger function. One is the pivot for the topsear and the other a travel stop for same. Pins are a terrible way to attach a trigger, they allowed a very cheap design though. Much of the rest of the design is similar such as the trigger safety and 60degree trigger / cocking piece interface. These are not a good design. Neither was the clip extractor, bolt stop, and small bedding area. Back in the early days of this site and community the 700 didn't gain popularity for the action design, it did so because factory 700's, especially 5R's, shot damn good compared to other contenders. This was due to using better barrels more than anything else though I do think using shouldered barrels was a good move compared to other designs as well. Of course, now we are all talking custom semi clone actions and small shop cut barrels. Many of the 700 design problems are, of course corrected in custom actions. Your still stuck with the small bedding area and terrible trigger interface though. Ironic that aftermarket trigger makers have done so much work on that trigger that I challenge any trigger to stand up to a 2-stage bix. Seriously, there is no comparison. Anschutz and Walther can take their 3-position rifle triggers and shove them, the bix is better. That brings us to the fundemental issue. The 700 platform has intrinsic issues and those are certainly magnified when it comes to .22lr magazines and feeding with everybody using slightly different stock / bottom metal dimensions and the magazine attaching to that instead of the action. The 700 also has an unbelevably huge ecosystem of amazingly good and mostly interchangable parts. How much will you really gain departing from it? Even if you can have a 90 degree trigger interface and the trigger doesen't hammer in but has some nice screws or something will it be as good as a Bix or a TT? What will the real world improvement be from a slightly faster lock time or a better bedding area? Honestly, I doubt the changes could warrent steping outside the ecosystem. I guess perhaps you could go with the Tikka footprint as most of the ecosystem now also has Tikka verisons though I'm not sure how much that gains you.

Anyhow, some things that might be interesting:

1) A trigger hanger or threaded trigger pins because hammering in trigger pins is so fucking stupid.

2) I know how you feel about the many failed attempts to duplicate the Fortner action. Sorry, that motion and feel is still what I want most and can you make it dry fire safe and fit in a 700 chassis, thanks. Don't do it like their weird Fortner sporter model either, I want the thumb pad on the back. That geometry is what makes it so slick to use. I don't want some nasty Savage straight pull abomination either. I want a straight pull that feels like a Fortner when you run it. I want it to feel like it's running on ball bearings lubed with the tears of liberals. It's really kind of surprising I don't have a Fortner yet actually.

3) It might be possible to do a .22lr barrel interface that clamps the barrel in place instead of having it thread in. .22lr just dosen't generate enough thrust for a pre-tensioned shouldered interface to be nessecarry. I expect clamp attachment would allow drop in barrels while not needing either a fragile cone breach or the barrels to be individualy timed to the action as the user could just rotate the barrel to line up the ejector and extractor grooves. I expect the clamp screws could be on the top in front of the scope rail.

4) Affordable, reliable, magazines.

5) I would really prefer a solid bolt mounted safety that I trust over a trigger based one. A lot of 700 triggers actually have versions that come without the safety as many feel trigger based safeties, arnen't.

Anyhow, I look forward to keeping up with whatever you end up planning.

B&T Low Mount sold.

It also Argentina/Buenos Aires . so the FN FAL crowd will enjoy, as it makes a strong presence in top choice in SHTF ... LOL
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doubloon said:

I see.

So you are saying someone simply having been to the continent of Africa makes them an expert on the socio-economics of the Republic of South Africa. And, like Burt implies, all niggers are the same.

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I lived in SA, SWA/Namibia and Botswana for 18 months, and am fairly sure from your posts that you have not.

I went there thinking that maybe the Blacks had a tough time of it, and came away wondering how anyone ever got anything done working with not thinking that. Also saw the foreign media straight up lie about things I personally saw and understood - which is where my previous mindset came from.

clcustom1911 said:

This particular Borla I got is a "touring" sound. Still straight through without baffles, but it's very pleasant. But, I get it on not wanting "sport" systems. That drone frequency sound in the cab is very annoying.

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I don't mind a nice exhaust note, but I like to stay short of obnoxious when the throttle is whacked. Too loud under any operating condition just attracts the attention of the local revenuers. I would gladly give up a meager 5-10hp at WOT for a less attention attracting tone.

The best blend of least backpressure and least noise I have ever come across is some Walker Dynomax Super Turbo mufflers. The internal exhaust path is a double U bend to make for a longer path of sound damping, yet still flow pretty decent.

I have carried a Sig P320 in 45 acp for about 3 years. Absolutely zero issues. Got it used, no idea on round count. Few hundred since it landed here, no malfunctions, ever.

Holster, backpack, ditch bag.

I have always said "The gun just went off!" was half a sentence. The last half is "because someone put something on the bang switch". Zero judgement on accidental, unintentional, negligent, idiotic, whatever.

If someone wants to mail me a bucket of these "dangerous pistols", please PM for contact info. Happy to isolate them from society.

Man, I LOVE mine, best trigger I've ever had. Hope they make more!

chd said:

Prepped a batch of 308. That is deprimed, sized, trimmed on the RT1200.

Call me crazy, but I seem to recall reading in an old Blue Press catalog that this RT1200 "spins so fast, you don't have to worry about deburring". Is that a crock of shit? Should I be deburring anyway?

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Only if there are burrs. If there's no burrs on the brass . . . what the point?