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    Barrel Profile: Heavy for Hunters

    #4 bull sporter, works great with mag cartridges while still fitting in a traditional style stock......like a mcm htg....or manners T. Give me a #4 over a carbon wrapped any day......you are getting a much better barrel with all steel.
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    Which short action magnum?

    Haha.......anyone remember the 243/dtac days with h1000 and 29" barrels? I tried something similar with 260ai, imr7828ssc, and long barrels. Great results but recoil was so much worse than the little weenie 6mm nowadays.
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    Which short action magnum?

    My vote is 300wsm all the way. I use sorted winchester brass. Ern
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    Which short action magnum?

    Absolutely. Just like everyone being scared of bullet jump. Some of the most accurate ammo/rifle combos I have jump bullets over .100" Ern
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    M40A3/A5 Owners - Build Questions

    I opened shop since leaving GA Precision in 2015. I was co-located with Altus until recently. We both needed room to expand. I am still the contracted Altus rifle builder (have been since 2015)......but now work from my home shop with frequent visits to Altus for dropoff/pickup/etc. I am...
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    M40A3/A5 Owners - Build Questions

    Thank you for the kind words and recommendation. Ern
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    You send your barrel back because "It won't shoot" - first thing the maker does is.....

    For those who don't reload but want the best performance. I had a situation about two years ago..... Built a 338winmag for a guy......had to rent a reamer (saami spec). Customer was dead set on Barnes ammo, he sent in a box. Shot terrible 1.5-2" if I remember correctly. I ended up buying dies...
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    You send your barrel back because "It won't shoot" - first thing the maker does is.....

    To answer your question directly. When a customer reloads and still gets bad results the rifle comes back to me for full inspection, accuracy testing, and full warranty re-barrel if needed. But if a customer says.......I bought tons of remington core-lokts (or any other factory ammo) and the...
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    You send your barrel back because "It won't shoot" - first thing the maker does is.....

    Clones definitely shoot better.
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    You send your barrel back because "It won't shoot" - first thing the maker does is.....

    Hahaha......after they get out of the hospital and pick up the pieces my insurance agent can show them the QC sheet and factory ammo test fire casing logged with their order. Other than that, I guess we are both shit outta luck.....
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    You send your barrel back because "It won't shoot" - first thing the maker does is.....

    Absolutely, so I try my best to work with that. The best solution I have found is to get the customer to try a few basic trouble shooting things. Swap ammo, swap scope, swap shooter. Other than that.....send it back for full inspection and accuracy test (possible handloading). If it passes and...
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    You send your barrel back because "It won't shoot" - first thing the maker does is.....

    Given that M24s are 1moa rifles/118lr at best.......and its common that "off the shelf" 308win rifles shoot 1moa ish......you may be disappointed in your wishes.
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    You send your barrel back because "It won't shoot" - first thing the maker does is.....

    Indeed, in a perfect world, the chosen handloader would know what he is doing and the ammo maker would put out an excellent and consistent product. Along those lines the rifle builder and parts suppliers would be perfect too......thus problem avoided. Until then, I will stick to custom...
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    You send your barrel back because "It won't shoot" - first thing the maker does is.....

    Or the oldschool design Sierra Matchkings. They may not be the highest BC nowadays but man they sure are "set it and forget it"......very forgiving. Ern
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    You send your barrel back because "It won't shoot" - first thing the maker does is.....

    I would like to share my experience, from the builder side......I'll try not to MF companies/customers too much.......haha. Lately I have been battling 7prc accuracy issues. Customer bought Hornady "Match" ammo...... shot like dick......like 2"......lots of two close together than one out. I...
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    Accessories New Manners TCS Stock w/ Sikes, Double Dead shell, Mini Chassis

    Damn that was a good looking stock. Manners has came a long way with their all carbon shells. Ern
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    Shot a 6.5CM out of a 308

    I once fired a few 260rem down a 308 AR10. Funny thing, I cursed the piece of shit AR for not cycling good reloaded ammo......so I hand cycled a few more......then I realized I was a dumbassand grabbed the wrong rifle/ammo combo. One of the joys of building the same rifle configuration in...
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    What is the ideal SHTF optic?

    My SHTF (more like truck gun) setup is a A2 carry handle held on by nylock nuts then jam nutted. You absolutely need a cresent wrench to get that bastard off. Then a regular A2 post up front. Its always ON, doesn't need re-zero after a bump, doesn't need cleaned or treated any different than...
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    Anyone have info on CRB/Custom Rifle Barrels?

    Nah, those are just pre-release 6GT numbers........hahaha. Maybe GeorgeG long lost brother??? Ern
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    Anyone have info on CRB/Custom Rifle Barrels?

    So YOU are the guy rifle builders owe a swift kick in the nuts for leading newb shooters on about velocity expectations. If I only had a dollar for everytime I heard, "the rifle shoots great, just doesn't get the velocity I expected." Ern
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