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  1. flatland1

    Remington 700 SA .223 Wilde build

    Rob01 posted his reply while I was still typing mine. I agree with him - why screw around with trying to find a Rem bolt that will fit a M700 action when you can buy an Origin action & prefit bbl? I've been truing Rem actions and fitting/chambering barrels since 2005. They shot good enough to...
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    Remington 700 SA .223 Wilde build

    Chances of matching a Rem 700 action & Rem 700 bolt and coming up with correct headspace are perhaps a bit better than buying a bbl'd action and a custom bolt from someone like PTG. Their custom bolts are made with extra metal on the backside of the lugs, and have to be dialed-in and cut on a...
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    Lightest accurate bolt action?

    I had always intended to try a T1x, but could never find them in stock at my usual wholesale jobbers back when I was buying the CZs. And after I had re-barreled the two 457s mentioned above, I lost interest in buying one. But it looks for sure that you've found pretty much exactly what you were...
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    Lightest accurate bolt action?

    I was really impressed with the design features, reliability, and shape/proportions of the stock of the CZ457 American I bought back in 2017. I'd read so much about these rifles having good accuracy that I was really disappointed with mine, having shot it with several lots and grades of SK &...
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    Chrony data question

    Don't know if this helps or is irrelevant, but this past weekend, I took three rifles with custom barrels out after I'd had the scopes & barrels off all three to CeraKote the bbls. 1st rifle was a Rim-X with a Green Mountain bbl purchased as an 1.20" straight blank, sent out to be contoured, and...
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    DeLane Development Group Rimfire Ventures

    Coincidentally, first time I've seen any posts from Mike for quite some time, and I called VGW for the 1st time in a long time today to ask about magazine follower mods to promote smoother feeding with flatnosed Eley Match ammo, and got a very helpful & friendly reply - like always. I keep...
  7. flatland1

    Anschutz 1712

    I'd gotten burned on three online purchases of expensive used collectable Browning, Kimber & Cooper rifles early last winter, and had just about decided to say to heck with buying used 22RF rifles online. Was going to call ANA, send them a copy of my ffl, then buy a new 1712 w/Anschutz North...
  8. flatland1

    Factory .223 Bolt Gun Decision

    I really like my Howa Mini rifles, but that cheesy plastic DBM sucks. Didn't used to be a problem, just order in Jefferson Outdoors or DIP aluminum DBM. But then you're still stuck with the grossly overpriced Howa plastic mags. I will say that none of the factory mags of my five Mini rifles has...
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    DeLane Development Group Rimfire Ventures

    On a right-handed action, the right side in the bolt is the extractor, while the left side piece is called a "pusher" or tensioner - its purpose is to keep the shell pushed over to the right to keep the rim under the extractor hook. This is the case with all the Vudoo & Rem 40X RF actions. My...
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    DeLane Development Group Rimfire Ventures

    Dittos to both of Rob01's above posts. I bought a Gen 1 action in 2017 and did the barrel work myself, with the aid of Mike's tenon drawing - no problems with headspace. 2nd & 3rd Gen 1s I bought were bbl'd actions direct from VGW; 22" Bartlein Kukri I left alone, but the ACE 18" Ranch balanced...
  11. flatland1

    DeLane Development Group Rimfire Ventures

    I'm not surprised at the $700 price tag for a re-barrel job. I've been buying Bartlein & Krieger barrels for my little one-man gunsmithing business since I started in 2005 - and even with the small discount they give someone like me who usually orders no more than a dozen blanks per year, the...
  12. flatland1

    Gunsmithing Bedding Manners Stock Questions

    I like to glue the pillars in a day or so before I do the action bedding, and for that reason and that it's so easy to mix a small amount of epoxy for the pillars, I usually use J-B Weld on the pillars, and then come back with Marine Tex for the action. I used to use Devcon #10110 steel putty...
  13. flatland1

    NEW From Zermatt Arms - RimX Actions

    I've been waiting for some cooler weather for what feels like forever since receiving the GM bbl back from Mike Manzella. I bought a couple of 1.20" dia straight CM bbls from GM on 10/5/2020, intending to find someone with a CNC lathe to contour them. Set them aside when other projects came up...
  14. flatland1

    NEW From Zermatt Arms - RimX Actions

    I've used several Krieger 22RF bbls on Vudoo & other actions, with consistently excellent results. I'm far from the only guy who likes them - just ask jelrod what he thinks of them.
  15. flatland1

    Converting a Ruger American ranch to 6mm arc?

    I've never noticed any difference between 6.5 Grendel & 7.62x39 boltface depth of the Howa Mini rifles I've bought & used to build custom rifles on, but then this is the 1st time I've ever seen it mentioned anywhere. And since I chamber a custom barrel to the depth that gives me correct...
  16. flatland1

    Rimfire Rifle Photos Thread

    Very classy Cooper Cowpokey - I like the figure in the buttstock a lot. If it shoots as good as it looks, you're going to be thrilled with it!
  17. flatland1

    Vudoo V-22 Repeater vs V-22 "Three 60" Repeater

    After owning & shooting several 2-lug Gen 1 V22s since 2017, it took me some time to adjust to the 3-lug Three 60's shorter arc bolt lift to the point where I wasn't banging the bolt against the upper limit of its travel when opening the bolt. It's all good now, and when it comes down to it, I...
  18. flatland1

    DeLane Development Group Rimfire Ventures

    Gtar - if it's the original barrel, you might contact VGW with the rifle's s/n to see if they can look it up in their records to tell you what bbl they used to put it together. Or simply take it out of the chassis and look for a small, uppercase letter stamped at the bbl's 6:00, an inch or so...
  19. flatland1

    NEW From Zermatt Arms - RimX Actions

    I bought two CM straight 1.20" dia, 27" long 22RF blanks from Green Mountain about 2yrs ago. I intended to use the taper attachment that came with a Precision Matthews 14x40 lathe to contour them, but that turned out not to be a practical route, so they just sat in the shop for a year or so...
  20. flatland1

    NEW From Zermatt Arms - RimX Actions

    The brick of R50 I have is a couple of years old IIRC, and the lube on it isn't as greasy as SK/Lapua, more like Eley Match, but just a little different, perhaps not quite as thick as some of the black box I have that's 3-4yrs old.
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