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In my 16” 308 nothing comes close to CFE223 when it comes to speed and accuracy. I’m getting 2630fps out of 168 Berger classic hunters

I have an elite iron Sierra .338 suppressor that I use on my 338 LM. I recently picked up a ruger frontier in 338 fed. I figured the short 38 fed would be a dandy candidate for a suppressor. The only down side is the barrel is only .665 at the muzzle. I was wondering if a 9/16x24 would...

The only down side was if I used my suppressor it was way over gassed and sprayed gas into your face, if adjusted down to limit that it would short stroke without the suppressor. I decided to just run this one sans suppressor. Accuracy isn’t quite what I expected from a proof barrel. The...

New gas block and lighter buffer has it running correctly.

Well it’s accurate but it not cycling. It’s short stroking. It’s only ejecting 20% and not picking another round up. I picked up another non adjustable gas block to try out, I also grabbed a couple different buffer weights and a lighter buffer spring to try. I’m wishing I had gone with...

Came together nicely.

Just waiting on receivers

Using the standard spring and buffer from the m5 buffer tube kit.

I’m putting together the parts for an AR10 build. Gibbz side charging upper/lower set Proof 18” carbon fiber barrel Magpul moe+ grip and CTR stock w/ 1/2” riser Giesselle SD3G trigger Superlative arms adjustable gas block Brownells DPMS style bolt carrier group w/jp bolt Aero m5 handguard...

I tried my salt bath Annealing kit today. It was easy to set up and use. I’m looking farward to swing if there is a noticeable benefit when shooting. 2x fires Lapua 308 brass and virgin 338 RCM brass for the test run. 5 seconds @ 500 C° I used a cut down 30/30 brass to adjust the...

My rifle has a 1-7 Schneider 26” long barrel using Re26 powder 41.5gr in hornady 6mm CM brass. LRI did the action and barrel work. I found good accuracy at this velocity and didn’t feel the need to run it any harder. I was hoping to extend barrel life using heavy bullets at slightly...

I had the same issue with fliers. Seemed like one group would be 1/2” and the next throw two fliers out to 1.25-1.5” I ended up getting a Green mountain barrel. Seems more consistent but the factory barrel would throw tighter groups from time to time.

It’s actually pretty light compared to a lot of chassis. My heavy barreled action is the deciding factor on that rifle. The X-ray and bravo are both fairly light while still very rigid.

I went with a cheap vanguard ballhead on my pig 0311 tripod. It has worked very well so far.