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I've built quite a few rifles off of Vanguard actions. I have never found one yet with the lugs not bearing evenly. Are you checking it with the trigger in place? If you are then only the lower lug touches when cocked. Most 2 lug actions are like this. Unnecessarily cutting on an action...

Chad, I figured you would have figured out fully cnc'd chambers by now. No more reamers. Infinite variations.

After a couple hundred rounds they tear up high velocity thin jacket bullets. I don't need the comebacks they generate.

When I get to pick the barrel for a custom build I always specify Bartlein 5R barrels. I will only use 4 or 6 groove if that's all that is available. 3 groove and someone else is doing it. I won't touch one.

I do it to align my chamber with the throat and 2" farther into the bore. This is the only place I use to align the whole chamber end including the tennon threads. I don't want my reamer following the curve in the first couple inches of the bore that will become my chamber. I do the same...

I wouldn't accept that job for one second. I have replaced barrels that were on .002" over my reamer size at a cost of near $500 and ate the labor due to a hiccup in my reamer holder no questions asked. As a shop this is why you can't ever let something like this out the door. It will end up as...

Besides the bolt face being too large the feed rails may likely be to wide to control the 280 case.

A Weatherby Accumark barrel is a Weatherby #3. It's .705" at the muzzle. The "G" diameter should be .900". The shank is 1.250" Benchmark #5 is closest. A Krieger #5 is closer.

As simple and safe as it gets. You can make it yourself or buy it commercially here. Hyskore.com » #30185 Black Gun® Machine Rest

JGS can revise it as well. I had JGS fix all my PTG reamers.

I have never seen one that blew back on the driver. Which ones do that?

A lot of the .750" diameter brakes only come with 1/2-28 and we put those on 30 cal weekly. 7mm no sweat. The .506 for a shoulder is the biggest concern here. The tapered end of that brake will be pretty sharp meaning it won't stand much torque tightening it up. A dab of Blue will hold it...

Agreed

Kiwi neutral. Lately I have been using paraffin bar wax too. Been using that for table saw for 40 years. Nothing sticks to the saw table so thought , why not. Rub it on and polish it off. This is working well too.

I like the JGS holder.