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  1. Viper1

    Barrel Length and Thickness Contour

    Jim, Many thanks for your insightful and quite informative response. Your assessment agrees with all I've learned in my 55 years of pitching lead and I was highly skeptical of my good friend's statement but I am always interested in learning new things and I thought that just perhaps barrel...
  2. Viper1

    Rifle Scopes Scoping On The Cheap

    Horse, Not from me man. That's the kind of information I was hoping for. Like I said, this is all an experiment to see if, given the technology out there and the mercantile energy of the Pacific Rim actors, there is a scope priced like the usual suspects [Barska, et al] but with quality far...
  3. Viper1

    Rifle Scopes Scoping On The Cheap

    Actually 'vette I'm really interested in the $300-$500 range, not $100. I bought the thing I did just out of curiosity. Thanks, Rob aka Viper1
  4. Viper1

    Rifle Scopes Scoping On The Cheap

    Rob, I was just hoping there might be a diamond amongst the rocks. "Don't do it" I can figure out for myself. I've bought the one scope mentioned earlier just to try it out fully imagining that it will come apart like a $2 watch the first time I light off a 300WM under it. Yes Sir, I am...
  5. Viper1

    Rifle Scopes Scoping On The Cheap

    Y'know, I'm trying real hard not to find that comment somewhat insulting. So, let's clear up something so we can go on. This whole cheap scope thing is an experiment. I can and do quite easily afford the best in and for my working rifles. And, I may be new to this forum but I'm damned sure not...
  6. Viper1

    Rifle Scopes Scoping On The Cheap

    I am one cheap bastard. Ask anybody. It came from my father who was the king of all cheap bastards and, although a very successful food canner in Texas, always looked for the best for less. Not that he had no style or didn't care for nice things, he just didn't want to pay the going price for...
  7. Viper1

    precision rifles... show em

    Just received and "dressed" my new Remington 700 Cerakote Tactical 300WM 26". It's a goofy name for a rifle but it rings all my bells and toots me whistles. It is so new from Rem. that it's not in the online catalogue yet. I immediately installed a Wyatt removable box floorplate and mag, my ages...
  8. Viper1

    New Rifle A'Comin'

    Hi Y'All, UPS comes tomorrow with a new rifle, not only new to me but new to the manufacturer. It's a Remington 700 Tactical Cerakote 300WM 26" with the 26" fluted barrel. It's the stock that caught my eye though. It is a Bell & Carlson copy of the early '70s stock on the M40 A1 rifle. Now we...
  9. Viper1

    Any one running Hornady 225 gr BTHP Match in .300 win mag? Opinions? Accuracy?

    I'm anxious to know how the 225 fly as well. Since they're at the upper limit of weight and SD for caliber I'm sure wantin' to know how fast they fly and some long range performance empirical data when available. Sorry but the heaviest I'm shooting is an old box of Honady 190gr BTHP which shoot...
  10. Viper1

    Barrel Length and Thickness Contour

    Gentlemen, There comes times in each of our shooting lives when we must ask what may seem to others as ludicrously basic questions. Nonetheless, they beg answers and the truly stupid question is the one unasked. My Gunsmith buddy, with whom I have been associated for 25 years, recently...
  11. Viper1

    Gunsmithing Input on what happened to this brass...

    Since we've established that the H1000 is the shorter grain length of the two shown in the first picture on previous page, the other powder in that mix looks to be an IMR style grain, like 4350, a great powder but NOT at 90+ grains in the 338. I reload everything I shoot and have since I was...
  12. Viper1

    To Camo or Not - That Is The Question

    Great stuff Guys, Charlie: Particularly like your camo. For our very similar foliage and summer/winter background patterns (deadfall, lots of scrub brush) which make up great hides (how I hunt, ground blinds from found stuff) however, I may sub a very light green for the tan. Anyway Charlie...
  13. Viper1

    To Camo or Not - That Is The Question

    Jordan, That, man, is just the kind of answer I needed. Thanks. Now just gotta figure out the best pattern for my area and how to do it, dip it (pretty but as far as I know there's no points for pretty) or spray can it myself with leaf and string shadows. The former is beaucoup money and the...
  14. Viper1

    To Camo or Not - That Is The Question

    Just a quick one guys, I shoot the rifle below. And this really is for you current or former field operators with combat experience, but does camo on a sniper rifle really affect the operational security of the shooter? Or is just the base colors, in my case black stock and non-reflective media...
  15. Viper1

    Gunsmithing What Torque for the Action Mounting Screws?

    Many Thanks, 61 seemed a bit grand to me too so I backed'em off to 58, split our difference as it were. The chassis metal is 6061 T3 aluminum all around. I just don't want the action to move, at all. Thanks and any other of y'all with wisdom to share please don't be dissuaded by the quick...
  16. Viper1

    Gunsmithing What Torque for the Action Mounting Screws?

    Gentlemen, Just a quick question on torque. What value do you use on the two action screws on the Rem 700? I've got the B&C "Medalist" stock and I set it to 61 in/lbs as I saw that in a magazine somewhere. Many Thanks, Rob
  17. Viper1

    What about a Winchester 70 ?

    In my battery I have a lot of manufacturers represented. In fact, most of the major ones. But when we go to Africa I carry 4 rifles, a John Rigby 470NE double and 3 Winchester Model 70s; one in 300 WM, one in 375 H&H and one in 458 Lott. The 458 Lott and the 375 are fairly new control round feed...
  18. Viper1

    Rifle Scopes Have I got enough scope?

    Deer sized animals and coyotes at the longest range my skills and equipment will allow.
  19. Viper1

    Rifle Scopes Have I got enough scope?

    Hay All, Setup: Rem 700 SPS SS 26" on a B&C Medalist stock, but here's the question, I'm running a Leupold M4 6.6-14 scope. Question: is 14x enough for 1,000 yd or a scosh more? Thanks, Viper1
  20. Viper1

    Any dipped manners or mcmillans?

    Are there any reliable kits or lists of materials for doing it oneself?
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