Yikes.
My son had similar problems with a few other premium barrels from decent 'smiths until we talked about it in some detail. He lost a boat-load of primers and was blaming his ammo before we brain-stormed and trouble-shot.
I was loading his 80s and 80.5s to USAMU 5.56 length (2.500" COAL)...
LWRC stocks are very good, plus you can put tungsten rods in the battery storage tubes to balance out heavier barrels. There's just a skoshi cheek rest (I can't use a prominent rest like the LMT SOPMOD due to neck fusion):
Tactical Rifles had AI magazine bottom metal that required a little (gunsmith) inletting. Plenty of other good ones.
This is a 700 Varmint that started as a 700 Police. I had the action trued and bedded, and a half-inch chopped off the rear of the factory barrel so it could be re-chambered...
I like M14s but that's a real stretch.
I've never seen, heard of, nor read of a precision FAL.
The USAMU set the long range interservice rifle team 1000-yard record at Quantico in 2012 using AR-10s, besting all previous M1, M14, and M16 scores.
This right here.
Many years ago several Precision Shooting writers experimented and verified the Lee is just as precise-consistent (and sometimes better) as many other brands and models when it comes to extruded powders.
It doesn't have to be expensive to work well.
I use a Redding BR-3, my...
I am at Camp Perry now and White Oak has been here since Thursday.
John has a number of barrels for sale in six different price levels depending on the cost of the blank. The three most expensive are cut-rifled Krieger, Bartlein, and Brux.
He typically steers beginners and new shooters or...
There are a whole boat-load of variables when it comes to .22 Long Rifle at distances past 100 yards.
Just in the bullet, most have a generally tapered "Round nose" -- certainly not a Very Low Drag profile. Drag will decelerate the bullet from its initial muzzle velocity between 1100 and maybe...
My son will shoot his first Vintage Sniper Match at Camp Perry in a few weeks.
He got a bee in his bonnet and had an M1D built off my old H&R M1. He bought a new in-box Kollmorgen scope from an on-line shop up in Wyoming. Dan G on the Virginia Rifle Team built it:
Although Unertl went under in 2008, Remington still exports and supports the M24 with Leupold 10X scopes. Japan and Israel carry them.
So ... not necessarily the Unertl itself, but the fixed 10X is still in (current) modern issue.
Vintage is broken down by time eras. Rifle systems produced before 1954 are in Class A, while Vietnam era (1954-1976) are Class B. Anything newer is modern and technically more advanced and thus, not a vintage system..
Rules...
Next Vintage Sniper Matches at Quantico Shooting Club are September 21 and 22, 2024.
https://quanticoshootingclub.com/calendar/month/2024-09
Vintage Sniper
The Vintage Sniper Team Match is designed to reproduce the conditions under which skilled long range military snipers operated. Two...
It did -- it was market-driven as a variable around 1998 before it was marketed as a military and police scope. I believe Premier Reticle had a lot to do with development with Leupold.
The first "F" serial suffix scopes had clockwise elevation turrets. "G" suffix serials had CCW to become the...