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    Gunsmithing Need a certified gunsmith

    I am shocked! I've read some of your technical posts over at benchrest where you went toe to toe with some of the well trained folks over there and held your own water so I thought otherwise. I guess you make up for your lack of a formal education with passion. Reminds me of the time where I...
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    Gunsmithing Need a certified gunsmith

    Gunsmiths are unique in that there is no de jure "certification" like doctors, lawyers, etc. A hack with some files and a dremel can open shop. What sets the best apart from the hacks is their training and knowledge. By that I mean nearly all the top smiths are top machinists (this is a...
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    Remington 700 SPS tactical upgrades

    I started out a few years ago with nearly the exact same "kit". Couple things to add: 1) Get the wheeler fat wrench to properly torque action, base, scope rings, etc. since you'll be taking it apart and redoing things. 2) stick with a fixed 10x so simplify things. 3) read the ring...
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    Cleaning Rod Diameter

    Use a bore guide. It's very hard to scratch treated steel with soft materiala such as plastic or aluminum. Brownells sells a universal bore guide. If you're really paranoid use a bore snake. They have a soft brass weight on one end attached to.550 cord which you drop through the barrel...
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    B&C Weight difference?

    If it helps, my B&C Style 3 stock weighs 40oz (2.5 pounds). The Style 4 shouldn't be +/- a few ounces since they share much in common (aluminum bedding block, length, etc.)
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    Rifle Scopes Bushnell Elite 3.5-21x50 DMR for 20% hunting and 80% long range?

    I second the IOR. It's a tough call because hunting <300M you want ~3x power. Targets out to 1k you'd want 12-15x power. Danish hunting style calls for FFP. The IOR has greater field of view (34 ft at 3x) than the Bushnell (25ft at 3.5x). The IOR is also 5 ounces lighter and slightly more...
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    Rifle Scopes Bushnell Elite 3.5-21x50 DMR for 20% hunting and 80% long range?

    Keep an eye for the cost of rings the scope accepts. For some reason 34mm rings are much more expensive than 30mm rings. Will you be shooting competition long range? If it's mostly target/benchrest, then I would go for a SFP. The reticle is easy to see at low magnification and you'll be ranging...
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    Record sniper kill. 50cal 2800+ meters

    The issue I have is (1) there was a group of taliban and (2) two marksmen simultaneously fired... taking out one taliban. It seems every other year a record is broken in Afghanistan, which offers optimal long range shooting conditions (high altitude=less bullet resistance, hot temps=hot...
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    .308 bolt difficult to close

    Try trimming your brass to the correct length. I recommend the buying the Lee Cutter & Lock Stud ($6) and the Lee Case Length Gauge and Shellholder ($6). Its a cheap alternative. For my SPS, I found that if I'm resizing thicker brass (like military brass), it will only feed reliably if I run...
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    .308 bolt difficult to close

    The scrapes are most likely from rough magazine feeding lips. Remove the magazine (black metal box that floats around) and use some 320 grit sandpaper or steel wool to polish it. The overall cartridge length (2.785") has nothing to do with a case length. Case length should be 2.015". You can...
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    Rifle Scopes Bushnell Elite 3.5-21x50 DMR for 20% hunting and 80% long range?

    Have you considered the Nightforce NXS F1 3.5-15x50? Its FFP, illuminated, and retails for around 1700 Euros (little more than the Leupold Mark 4). If you have considered it, why didn't it make it to your list? Just wondering.
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    DIY portable shooting bench

    Good luck with this and let us know how you shoot on it. As juxtaposition, in the Secrets of the Houston Warehouse, Virgil King wanted a "portable" bench and ended up pouring 700 pounds of concrete onto industrial caster rollers.
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    Range Report 175 SMK unstable

    What would be a good way for the OP to test this theory out? I suggest taking several close range shots (100 yards) at the target. Take care NOT to group the shots and mark the entry holes. Then take a few shots every 100 yards out (200 yards, 300 yards, etc.). Measure the height of the entry...
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    Range Report 175 SMK unstable

    I know what you mean. The o-give (hollow point) is still "facing" the horizon as it descends onto the target. 0311Hesco, think of a Boeing jumbo jet landing onto the runway. The nose of the aircraft is pointed in a different direction (up to the horizon) than its target direction (down at the...
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    Digital scale...

    1) OP stated he was looking for a digital scale and that he didn't want the GemPro. I suggested a digital scale that was not the GemPro. 2) I was hinting that often factory OEM generic products sell for way less than branded ones.
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