99mpower said:

with the absolute abundance of 308… why?

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Because I enjoy tinkering. I did finally get the issue sorted out. Planning to try the first loads today

TTT

dyshi said:

A little curious, if the price is more than a reputable dealer is selling it for new, is it ok to point out?

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Not publicly on the post. Send that person a private message or you’ll get lambasted. Some guys paid more and want to recoup.

Leaves are beginning to turn colors. Mornings in the 50s, sometimes 40s.

Firepit time on some evenings. My wife in a sweater or one of my flannel shirts.

Splitter chugging along making wealth. Cracking oak. Pop of hickory.

I love this time of year.

wind gypsy said:

I'm not sure what you're referring to? That they didn't charge me to remove factory barrel and install new barrel? Not sure if PVA charges for that but PBB and others do. It's extra work so no reason they shouldn't charge for it.

I never said they were a shortcut. I'm just trying to point out that if a guy is going to need the smith to remove factory barrel and install replacement, there is zero reason to limit their search to pre-fits because whoever is going to do the work will need his action in hand anyway. There is no benefit to a barrel being a "pre-fit" in this case.

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I was referring to thinking that there was any special fitting done by sending the barreled action to the smith to get a barrel screwed on an action that can take a prefit. They will probably just run the barrel as they would a prefit in the CNC and then just screw it on themselves. Same thing he can do at home.

You did kind of infer the smith you send the action to is doing something more than screwing on the new one. If you send it to someone who isn’t doing prefits then you will be in line to have them install yours after others already in the shop. It’s not the 90s and smiths aren’t hand fitting barrels to actions that take prefits like back then to factory actions. If he did go that route then he better tell them to not touch the action or threads at all so he doesn’t take his option for a prefit away down the road.

He would be better off spending the money it would cost to send the barreled action to a smith on an action wrench and barrel vise and do it himself at home with a prefit. But if he wants first done by a smith to not have to worry about any issues arising from the factory barrel being on tight I get it but after that there is no reason.

The victim here is distant family. This is from his father:


We got a text from him that there was an active shooter on his floor. He also sent a bunch of screenshots and info coming from leadership at the academy, stating to shelter in place and dont let anyone in your room, as the shooter was disguised as military police. We called him and were on the phone with him the whole time. We heard people running by his room with guns multiple times, yelling out f bombs. He had barricaded his door already. Then he heard them coming back, and they stopped at his room, realized it was barricaded and kicked his door down. Drew said “I’m fucked. He’s coming in. I love you!”

We heard the whole scuffle. Drew bashed the guy coming in with his training rifle. Then the shot. He then dropped and others came in the room asking if he was shot and began rendering aid. It was an MP kicking his door down. Never yelled in the room or anything. Just yelled “it’s fucking barricaded” and started coming in.

Drew was airlifted to Baltimore for medical attention and is stable and in good spirits. He acted heroically, and we are beyond proud. We wasn’t going to go down without a fight. That said, what a shit show of misinformation and mishandling of a situation that almost cost our son his life. More to follow in coming days. I just wanted to let you all know that he is ok, and we are grateful for your love and support. Thank you.

Seem legit. I can't wait to learn more.

$3150 Shipped

Rob01 said:

That’s because they just took their prefit and screwed it on. lol

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I'm not sure what you're referring to? That they didn't charge me to remove factory barrel and install new barrel? Not sure if PVA charges for that but PBB and others do. It's extra work so no reason they shouldn't charge for it.

Rob01 said:

Prefits for actions that accept them are not a shortcut for anything except having to pay shipping both ways and wait for a smith to screw a barrel on for you. With the quality companies who do them you aren’t giving up accuracy at all.

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I never said they were a shortcut. I'm just trying to point out that if a guy is going to need the smith to remove factory barrel and install replacement, there is zero reason to limit their search to pre-fits because whoever is going to do the work will need his action in hand anyway. There is no benefit to a barrel being a "pre-fit" in this case.

A very good scale would be #1, annealer #2, then if you want the convenience and really think you can't live without it the powdered trimmer.

There, solved it in an efficient manner!

Really not the place for this discussion, but I want to point out that the entirety of scripture, not just the NT is pointing at Christ.

Carry on.

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Lemme just stare right at this camera.

mtrmn said:

I've seen a hand-threaded bbl that worked plenty good enough for the purpose. It was done with a 1/4"NPT die. A few more pipe fittings were added along with other misc materials for a tube etc. Worked very well for a .22. That was many moons ago, the guy who had it died in an unfortunate maritime accident as he was transporting his material goods across a very large expanse of uncharted waters.

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Never underestimate redneck engineering.

clcustom1911 said:

I'm a Geneva guy myself. My version was printed in 1613. Tough to read.


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Yeah, that was before King James rewrote it to his liking.

sirhrmechanic said:

Just announced that they do have the guy they think is the shooter...

Sirhr

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I hope so.

I was hoping to wake up to this news.

I honestly never really listened to Charlie Kirk or consumed any of his stuff. Didn't really know much about him, beyond the fact that he's a conservative commentator that I've seen references to. I'm not a big politics guy. But his assassination has really consumed me. I haven't been able to take my mind off of it.

A murder has never consumed me like this before. I think our country has changed, and probably for the worst. This is a watershed moment, and I fear where it leads us.

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I had to write a note for my son once, because the dog really did eat his homework!

Still have it, bump

wind gypsy said:

Most anyone that would spin up a custom barrel or made to order pre-fit can also remove your factory barrel and spin on the new one. The thing is there's no reason to limit yourself to a "pre-fit" if you're going to send your barreled action in. So basically any gunsmith youd want to chamber a new barrel for you could take care of it.

"Pre-fits" are usually priced based on a gunsmith not having to fit the barrel to your action and most pre-fit places will charge an additional fee to remove the factory barrel and install new barrel. I've sent factory tikka barreled actions to 4 different gunsmiths to chamber/fit new barrels and not one of them charged me to remove factory barrel and install their newly chambered barrel. Thats to say, price savings for a pre-fit might not be significant once that is taken into account.

Manzella was the latest to do a tikka barrel for me and I'd recommend him without hesitation. He does want to measure tikka actions for the first barrel he chambers for one which is no skin off your back if you want the barrel removed anyway.

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That’s because they just took their prefit and screwed it on. lol Prefits for actions that accept them are not a shortcut for anything except having to pay shipping both ways and wait for a smith to screw a barrel on for you. With the quality companies who do them you aren’t giving up accuracy at all.

Tried to link it.

dzz said:

not shooting suppressed. Also, gas is reduced half way on the adjustable gas block

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Then keep going down (close it up), and a heavier buffer and/or stronger spring. BigJake, Supercorndogs, and others pretty much covered it. That ammo is showing high pressure in your rifle in it's current configuration.

The flattened neck is of no concern, but the shaved brass from the extractor cut out is a big clue. Now that may because that area on your bolt has a burr, or is just very sharp. Many on here do some work to our bolts before the first round is ever fired with it. Radius and polish of the ejector, polishing the extractor ledge mentioned above (or whatever it is called officially), dehorning the extractor, polishing the lugs on the 3 o'clock side of the barrel extension, and polishing the feed ramps are mine. That is before the first round is fired. Some folk buy a complete rifle (WTH) so the barrel extension part is much harder to get to, but it helps make the Rifle kinder to the brass. The bolt work described helps keep a lot of the brass shavings in check (or not have brass shavings at all). In my opinion, any brass shavings is a bad thing and anywhere you see them, should be looked into and fixed.

At minimum, clean that bolt face, remove the extractor and clean under it, feel for sharp edges at the corner of the extractor (bet it will be sharp), IMO chunk the donut on the extractor spring, and if you have the know how remove the ejector and put a small radius and polish it.

I have fired that same ammo in my ARC's for barrel break in and it is warm, but never see that kind of build up or buggered up brass. In your case I believe it is a couple different things going on that the other posters have described.