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The belt Garand Thumb shilled for a few years ago -

I tried to get the Cigeura belt. Ordered a Small. Packing list says Small. Belt in package was a MEDIUM - too big for my skinny ass. Their customer service is nonexistent. After 5 attempts to contact them, I filed a dispute w my credit card company and got the charge reversed. I'll check...

Cool rifles. It's a junior weight/medium barrel 513 basically. I've had at one time 5 different 5XX rifles including an unfired 513. Last one left with me is a 511 - full size adult sporter repeater - with a about 1/2' diameter steel Weaver 4x scope and mount. I call it the "buck rogers"...

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It's these cans - stay away from the cans!!!! Never had an issue related to stainless barrels and extraction, and I've worn out a half dozen of them. I have, however, had to hand ream a few CLE chambers with a Wylde reamer to get the rifle to function. Frank is a good guy and helped write the...

You want a stronger extractor? Field rifles should have the brass full length sized with a minimum of .002" shoulder bump MEASURED using your chamber, not from looking at SAAMI specs. Neck sizing only is for benchrest shooters. You also need to be careful breaking up the shoulder bump, body...

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Do you have a case gauge? Do you measure how far back you are pushing the shoulder? Factory chambers tend to run long on headspace. If you size to minimum dimensions, you can get what looks like pressure signs from the primer (flattening and cratering) even though the load may not be hot...

Page 2-25 of this manual references your M118 turret knob - https://usarmorment.com/pdf/sws24.pdf

Before Leupold called them Mark 4s they called them Ultras. That is either a 10X ultra or an early Mk 4 I would say. Theatre paint adds value in many instances. I'd hold off on stripping it.

I shot the original 155.5 Fullbore when it first came out back in 2007 or 2008. They went to a thicker jacket across the board - not because of issues with the 30 cal 155.5, rather with the 6.5s mainly - sometime within a few years after that. Seat them to clear your mags and drive on. There...

Back in the day match shooters would take M118LR and seat the bullet deeper to break the sealant bond between the bullet and neck. It was believed to give more consistent velocity. They would also make "mexican match" in 30-06 and 762 - pull the Ball bullet and stuff a Match King back in the...

Foster offers an inside the neck graphiter setup. The steps would be - clean sized and dry case, primer seated, neck ID brushed with graphiter, powder dropped in case. BTW they describe its use as a preparation for sizing, not bullet seating, but it would work in this capacity as well...

The top flat range shooters in the world abandoned wet with little steel sticks several years back. Many issues, one of which is your brass is covered with hundreds of little dents. Walnut media (bird cage litter) and the cheapest Turtle Wax Cleaner/Wax liquid from Walmart you can find makes...

223 for sniping? Pace off oh 350 yards, have your buddy shoot you with it, and get back to us with the results. Never mind the thousands of SDM/DMR/RECCE/MK12 SEAL rifles in active use in this chambering. The 9 twist barrel will be your limiting factor; Hornady specs their 2279 bullet to...