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  1. flatland1

    Winchester 52's

    The last Browning 52C sporting rifle I bought was an online purchase, listed as "As NIB", and when it arrived, and I had time to look it over, I was very pleased with its appearance. But after I'd mounted a scope, and was going to wipe out the bore before taking it out to zero the scope, I found...
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    Winchester 52's

    After seeing some of the exceptional 52 Sporting rifles I've seen in your posts, I'm really looking forward to whatever 52-related project you're working on...
  3. flatland1

    Winchester 52's

    The rifles that RTH1800 posted are exceptional sporting 52s - most of the other ones I've seen had pretty plain wood. The only other original Win 52 sporting rifle I've seen with nicer than typical wood is one a good friend of mine recently bid on & won on a Rock Island auction - and it...
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    Winchester 52's

    Not long after I posted the photo of the used CMP 52D in the Doan Trevor stock, a good shooting friend found a Unertl 16x scope in very nice condition for it, so I put the Viani scope base back on the CMP 52D I'd had it on, and got the Unertl set up on the Trevor-stocked rifle. It looks much...
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    Lightweight Stock Recommendation Remington 700 Footprint

    I recently built a 22 Grinch on a Zermatt Origin action with a Krieger #5 sporter contour (very close to a Barlein #4) finished at 24" with a TBAC flash suppressor mount, and put it into a Manners EH-1 w/Hawkins DBM. With an Athlon Ares Gen 2 BTR 4-27x50 in EGW Keystone low rings, and an empty...
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    Model 70 bedding question

    Maybe a little gritty at the last, but 3309 makes some good points. OTOH, I wouldn't want the magazine box to be that loose & rattling around between the bottom of the action & the floorplate. It's been several years since I've looked at a new M70, but I've owned several since buying my first...
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    Better .22 ammo?

    Irish - a couple of dozen years ago, our club was running reduced distance metallic silhouette matches on full-sized targets - chickens at 100m, pigs at 200m, and rams at 300m. No limit on rifle chamberings, but you had to shoot with cast bullets. I shot with an antique Win '92 rifle in 38-40...
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    Better .22 ammo?

    I can honestly answer Irish's question about how much I'm willing to pay by saying that I'm pretty satisfied with lots of Eley Match or Lapua Center-X that will consistently produce groups of 1 MOA at 200yds. I've never bought any Lapua X-Act, and am not likely to do so. No matter what the 22RF...
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    Wildcat Cartridges, What would you build?

    I've got reamers for 223AI, 22-250AI, 243AI, 250AI, & 280AI. Also reamers for 22 Grinch & 6RAT, along with 6.5-08 & 7-08 Improved 30*. Grinch & RAT are based on 6.5 Grendel; have done rifles for each on Howa Mini actions, along with another 22 Grinch on a Zermatt Origin that I'm liking quite a...
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    CZ 457

    I'm not just satisfied with the factory triggers on my 457 VPT & American, I'm very pleased with them. Was able to adjust the American's trigger down to 1-1/4lbs, and the VPT's to 1lb even - though I'm going to bump the VPT back up to around the same as the American's, as I've had a couple of...
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    Aero Precision Solus Bravo vs Tikka

    I recently bought a Zermatt Origin for a 22 Grinch build. If the Solus had been available with the Grendel/7.62x39 bolt head, I might've gone that route, if for no other reason than to get more experience with the Solus & different boltheads. The price advantage isn't as much of a factor because...
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    Remington Triggers

    Sadly, my experiences with the X-Mark triggers hasn't lead me to any better opinion of them than yours FuhQ. Not one of the Rem M700-based rifles I still have wears a Remington trigger. Target rifles have mostly Jewell HVRs, field rifles are set up with TTs. But then all the later, RR-prefix...
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    Aero Precision Solus Bravo vs Tikka

    My experience with Tikka is limited to exactly one rifle - a T3x Lite 223. I put a scope rail on it, mounted an Athlon Midas Tac, and started shooting various 223 handloads after zeroing the scope in an attempt to find a load that shot well. Came away somewhat disappointed, as none of the loads...
  14. flatland1

    Sub 2 moa at 437 yards

    I'd be pretty pleased with a group like that out of my Vudoo Three-60/Krieger from that distance. Well done!
  15. flatland1

    Zermatt RimX 22LR Review - Bartlein, Benchmark, GM, Krieger, Lilja

    Three of my four Vudoo repeaters - three Gen 1, one Three-60 - have Kriegers that I've chambered with the same PTG EPS reamer. The exception is one that was purchased as a bbl'd action with a 22" Bartlein Kukri, and VGW's RAVAGE chamber. All four are very good shooters, though nearly all the...
  16. flatland1

    Remington 700 SA .223 Wilde build

    I have a Brownells external action wrench with several 'tops' for different actions. What has worked for the Howa Mini is to use the Win M70 top with a short piece of fairly thick rubber sprayer hose slipped over the Mini action. As far as Howa actions go, with the older, pre-HACT trigger...
  17. flatland1

    Remington 700 SA .223 Wilde build

    The Howa Mini is smaller in diameter, as well as shorter than the 1500 series. Think Sako Vixen/L461 or CZ527...the mini is similar in size.
  18. flatland1

    Remington 700 SA .223 Wilde build

    There are probably a lot of actions that aren't popular enough to make it worthwhile for anyone to make a rear entry wrench for them. Howa Mini comes to mind. If anyone knows of a rear entry wrench for these little actions, I'd like to know about it.
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    What torque wrenches...?

    I torque action screws to 55 in/lbs on the front, and 50 in/lbs on the back. Always thought that was plenty...
  20. flatland1

    Remington 700 SA .223 Wilde build

    I didn't specify the freebore on the 223AI reamer I bought from PTG, but coincidentally, it's perfect for loading JLK or Berger 90VLDs to max mag length in poly AI magazines. I've shot several 1000yd 5-shot groups with two different 223AI rifles that measured 5", and managed a hit on a steel...
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