Recent content by flyrodder

I made a similar bench, and attached two blocks to the bottom of the bench, one with through holes and one with blind holes. The block with the blind holes is located a distance equal to the leg length from the front of the bench. This puts the other ends of the legs flush with the front of the...

Depending on your patience and skill with a file, you might consider filing the incline into the base and then bedding the base to the action.

My wife, 16-year-old son, and I all have Just One packs and find them to be comfortable although somewhat heavy. The rifle scabbard is great - if your arms are long enough you can easily draw directly from it. We haven't had to carry very heavy loads with them yet (you buy a pack and end up...

Unless they end up in the cam slot in the bolt carrier...

I suggest you move it around a bit in front of your eye first. As a previous poster noted, the reticle can disappear if you are not lined up correctly.

My wife has a pink and gray laminate stock on one of her .22 rifles, but she is a big fan of the classic: walnut and blued steel. Her current deer rifle is a Kimber 84 Classic Select in 7mm-08. With an 11-ounce Leupold VX-2, it is a very nice-handling, attractive rifle.

Lansky works well for me.

In my opinion, consistent accuracy is far more important than velocity. Other than often minor increases in maximum point blank range and retained energy, increased velocity offers decreased barrel and component life. And, unless you are always taking shots within your MPBR, you'll have to go to...

My wife bought me one and we've had a lot of fun with it - even gallon jugs at 290 yards.

I've got a 8.5" 300 Blackout upper with a YHM handguard that covers most of the QD mount and my Phantom fits inside with room to spare. The handguard was on the original upper and happened to work so I left it that way - looks pretty cool and makes it less likely to grab the can. It should just...

I've noticed mine to be somewhat sensitive to eye position, but it hasn't been a significant issue.

From what I've gathered from various sources, H110 is good for lighter bullets and supersonic, and AA1680 is the recommended subsonic powder. I played around a bit and this seems to be the case for my 8.5" upper, so I'm curious to see what you find.

Shorter keeps the weight closer to you and makes it more manageable, especially for those of us with heavy cans. 300 Blackout at 8.5" is pretty slick, since the rifle-length handguard covers part of the can. My 16" .223 is front heavy, but if you plan on a titanium .223-only can it would not be...

You might try pressing Swarovski a bit. My range finder started giving erratic results and they said to send it back and wait the 8 weeks or so. I said that it wasn't my fault it wasn't working and it was only a year old and I thought waiting 8 weeks was a bit much. They agreed and sent me a new...

I've had good luck with 140 Nosler Ballistic Tips, 140 E-Tips, and 150 E-Tips all over IMR 4831 for hunting loads. I didn't care for the way the BTs worked on my elk last fall, so am transitioning to the 150 E-Tips as an all-around hunting bullet (muleys and elk). I don't have the details handy...