Recent content by Kokopelli

Re: Want to build a .338 - 74R Keith What it will do in .338 is shoot a 300 gr. bullet 1000 yards. with less than 1000 fps loss in velocity.

I'm starting to gather bits together for a new rifle project, but don't want to pay $300 for a set of dies as is wanted by one of the custom die makers. The caliber is .338 -74R Keith. In case you're not familiar with it, it is just a 9.3 x 74 rimmed case sized to .338 and blown out a bit...

Re: Lap Badger rings? Well, I may come pretty close to being an expert in the optics testing and adjusting field. I was trained in just that regarding all types of surveying intruments back in 1962. I worked in that field for about 10 years. Getting a rifle scope into its mounts is pretty...

Re: Lap Badger rings? I just posted this reply on another forum. The original post was from a fellow who found his scope would not fit into his rings. He had quality components. Read and learn: Post Options Post Reply Quote kokopelli Quote Reply Posted: Today at 08:46 You are...

Re: step by step - Accurizing a factory rifle Man, I can't believe that no one has mentioned the superb book by M.L. McPherson on just this subject. accurizing the Factory Rifle was published by Precision Shooting Inc. in 1999. It covers a myriad of subjects/problems and how the average...

Re: Sope Alignment - Lapping Bar all I Need? Well 99HMC4, it doesn't matter how much money you spend on mounts and rings or how much you choose to demand they they line up. No matter the cost, no matter the brand, if you attach the finest base and the finest rings (even if both are perfect)...

Re: Sope Alignment - Lapping Bar all I Need? <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Phil3</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You are assuming that the BORES of each ring and the virtual cylinders each forms extending out from the ring bores are parallel with...

Re: Sope Alignment - Lapping Bar all I Need? You may call it a preference, but pointed end bars will tell you ABSOULUTELY NOTHING

Re: Mounting a scope with torque drivers? Lapping??? Lapping is only the last resort to get proper alignment of all the components involved in a scope installation. It's the last possible solution if interchanging of components, bedding, etc do not effect the needed corrections. All I'm...

Re: Mounting a scope with torque drivers? Lapping??? The quality of scope rings and bases has really increased in recent years. To say that a quality set of rings does not need lapping because it it so carefully made it doesn't need it is true only if it is connected to a <span...