Recent content by sgtmack

30 gr of N150 under the 107 gr bullet is a standard load for the BR, so that should be OK. You said you can't do better than 1.378 at 300 meters, is that inches, centimeters, furlongs? If it is for a 5 shot group in inches, my napkin math says that is just over .4 MOA, which should get you hits...

I sent Altus a pile of money, and got it put together last weekend. Short action Origin with the tactical knob 26" Bartlein prefit in 6mm BR MDT 6BR mag TT Diamond Painted KRG Bravo I stole the scope and Harris bipod off my Savage, I need lower rings. The scope will get upgraded next year. I...

I painted it with Rustoleum metallic blue spray paint. It isn't the best paint job ever, but it is blue, so I'm happy. Origin action, Bartlein prefit in 6 BR from Altus, with a TT Diamond trigger. I have lower rings and a suppressor mount on order, so it's not quite finished. I only have 60...

I just put together my first rifle in 6 BR. I threw together some ammo in Lapua brass and took it shooting today. I seated the 105's so they didn't touch the rifling, I have no idea how far they are jumped. 29 grains of H4895 got me a mean of 2850 and an SD of 7 for 10 shots. 29.5 got me 2907...

Just thinking out load, but if the bore was oversize enough to cause that much velocity loss, would you notice the short throat? A larger bore should allow the bullet farther into the bore before it hit the rifling. I would check how tight a bullet fits in to the muzzle. If it disappears they...

Thank you. It looks like the 73's I was using before are very short for their weight. I measured a leftover 75 Amax, and it looks like I have plenty of room for it. If I can find any in stock, I'll try a couple different heavier bullets and see how it shoots.

The problem with asking for specs before I ordered it is I'm new at this, and would have no idea what any of the numbers meant. Being new, I was just wondering if a shorter freebore than factory was normal. I will send them a note and ask if they have a recommendation for bullets for it. As long...

I used a new round with 2 pieces of tape. Not very high tech, I know, but it's what I had. We have dome a couple other Savage barrels, and they went OK, so I was hoping this one would also. Re sized .223 brass, LC, and Hornady rounds all chamber OK. I did re seat a 75gr Amax .223 round from...

Sorry for the wall of text, but here goes. I recently broke down and paid for a real barrel for my Savage. I saved a little longer than I wanted to get a prefit from a well known company on a top shelf cut blank. I was hoping to increase the odds of getting a good shooting barrel. It's in .223...

Which kit did you use? I need to do this to mine, and would like to get known good parts the first try.

Re: Retarded "lip dick"? Sounds like a Freudian slip to me.:)

Re: Raffle tickets for Surgeon Rifle giveaway I know I'm not lucky enough to win, but I went ahead and bought a chance. Sure would beat building up the Savage.