Recent content by OldBrit

We get the same c**p here in the UK "it has to be a Tikka" look at the target from my "TAC A1" it makes me want to puke ! yes Tikka's are decent but they aren't that good ! A local smith who was also fed up with the hype recently posted pic's of the problems he encountered when re barrelling...

As I'm a Brit I use Tier One I'm surprised not to see them mentioned, they are the equal of the much vaunted Spuhr

As a Brit I am amazed, what is your military thinking ? At first I thought great at last a round with knockdown power, then I started looking at the round ! 80,000 psi really ! barrels are going to be chewed up and actions battered, I'd love to see a machine gun barrel after a 200 round belt has...

I think 80,000 psi might be the reason

What are you giving up with a tikka over a custom action, well after market upgrades for sure. Tikka actions are smooth and well made but they are not as robust as a custom action, the most important thing you are giving up is US jobs and industry.

Just out of curiosity I ran it through Quickload and it's 12,000 psi over pressure, now I don't care what brass or action you use if your familiar with the theory of failure that load is only going to have one end result KABOOM !

Over here in Europe almost every American powder is banned so we are using Vit 150 and Reload Swiss RS60 and RS62 with great results, these are normally used in Lapua small primer case's with CCI 450 primers and topped with a 139 Lapua Scanar freedom pill

There is another perspective on this you guys might be missing the Europeans ! your now starting to see a lot more rifles manufactured in Europe being sold in the US. A lot of Europeans use .22lr's for rabbit shooting, farms over here are a lot smaller than over there and tend to be near...

Tier One every time for me, I have been using their mono mounts for years and never had a probelm. Unlike friends of mine who had to have the much vaunted dogs dangly bits Spuhr !

A friend of mine who is a smith in the UK builds an 18" 308 with a 1 in 10 twist shooting 180-185 bullets, I have shot a couple of them, they are accurate and a very handy size. Both times I used one I had a quarter inch 5 round group at one hundred

I don't know what you guy's are paying in the US for Tier One mounts but I highly recommend them, everyone of my rifles are now fitted with their mounts.

A little trick rebarreling Howa's cut a relief grove with a parting off tool in the barrel a few mm in front of the action, it makes life so much easier

We seem to have gone around the world with this one, as I understand it the original question was about barrel "whip" in a Lee Enfield No4 after a stock change First of all let me say I'm not an expert but do know a little about No 4's, that rifle barrel would have been bedded on wooden pads in...

Interesting prices on the Tac A1 in the UK and as far as I can see in Europe Discounted the Tac A1 is selling for the equivalent of $2553.00. Wake up guy's the EU is screwing your firearms industry

I have just fitted my SSG with a 6.5 Creedmoor barrel, the barrel came from Benchmarks UK importer so it is a Benchmark blank and adapter but chambered in the UK. The barrel is sweet just under 1/4 MOA but I'm having feed problems the rounds are catching on the feed ramp with factory rounds and...