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  1. Varminterror

    243 winchester

    How old is old? You've mentioned rifle weight as well as recoil, so I'm not sure what your limitation in ability might be. I know some "old" guys who shoot PRS and ELR matches, so I know "old" isn't a terribly descriptive term - but it's a very different game if you're not able to lift and move...
  2. Varminterror

    243 winchester

    However you choose to spend your money is your business, but you asked the question whether a 243win would survive for ELR competition as far as 2,000 yards - the answer might not be what you wanted to hear, but as you said, "it is what it is." If you want a 243win, out of subjective whimsy...
  3. Varminterror

    243 winchester

    243win, even pushing hard, will be sub-sonic around 1500, and holding on for another 500yrds just doesn't play out so hot for the little 6mm's. It's one of those "yeah, I hit 2,000yrds with my 243win.... those few times out of a bunch of shots... when the wind was down.... and the mirage was...
  4. Varminterror

    Once optimal seating depth is found.....

    Does your fired brass close back into your chamber? How does your fired brass measure vs. the actual headspace of your chamber?
  5. Varminterror

    For Those Shooting With A Front Bag Rest, Which One And How Snug?

    I’ve been walking that road for a long time, and I can’t even see the next exit sign ahead… That X bag can shoot small, but you’ll be stuck rocking in recoil, and resetting a lot. A rest or skipod and a solid rear bag will really help.
  6. Varminterror

    For Those Shooting With A Front Bag Rest, Which One And How Snug?

    A mechanically elevated rest like the Rock JR you mentioned elsewhere. The Bald Eagle and Sinclair rests are fantastic for the money, with less lash than the Caldwells, and greatly improved windage control. The Rock JR you had was about as basic as a machine rest can get, and the bag that comes...
  7. Varminterror

    For Those Shooting With A Front Bag Rest, Which One And How Snug?

    No. I've communicated with the OP via PM and another forum. He's having issues with losing his target in recoil, so the rifle isn't tracking on target the way it should. Largely, I'm not certain it what he's wanting can be delivered from any kind of X-bag. For the weight and size, upgrading to...
  8. Varminterror

    For Those Shooting With A Front Bag Rest, Which One And How Snug?

    For reference, by “front bag,” the OP is referring to this: Not a forend rest bag on a machine rest.
  9. Varminterror

    Bipod recommendations

    Harris bipods do well in PRS, most of the top 20 shooters any given year use Harris bipods. Atlas are great, but really don’t do anything the Harris doesn’t - and pan ends up being more of a pain than a pleasure. An ideal kit for PRS competition coast to coast would be a Harris BRMS plus a...
  10. Varminterror

    Seekins Havak Action Question

    Cerakote Elite is pretty commonly used inside actions - it's a slick and hard coating, if it's done well. I should have thought of that - you said it was built from a bare action, which means it would be from the later production of the original PH1's - these weren't available as a bare...
  11. Varminterror

    Defiance actions.

    Ryan Cheney's Light Class rifle is a 33XC built on a Defiance single shot action. I might not want a repeater action for the task, and I wouldn't open the bolt face larger to try to play with a Cheytac bolt face, but Ryan has been working that Defiance out in 33XC for a long time, with well...
  12. Varminterror

    Seekins Havak Action Question

    No. It's how they get away with using the same design for all of their actions, even the Aluminum bodied Slam and Element. The bolt lugs are locked into steel, not aluminum. So they get a light weight action but with the proofing strength of steel. Bat Machine is using a similar design in their...
  13. Varminterror

    Seekins Havak Action Question

    No, the breech block is their steel insert in the front of the action into which the bolt lugs lock. You can see in my photo of my original action above, there is the action, the bolt, and the breech block. Think of the Havak design much like an AR-15, such the action doesn’t necessarily have to...
  14. Varminterror

    Seekins Havak Action Question

    Glen came out with a new bolt design which converts the action to cock-on-open like other actions on the market, and upgrades to tool-less bolt takedown. They offer a free replacement for the original models with the cock-on-close action.
  15. Varminterror

    Seekins Havak Action Question

    If you can find one of the original PH1's with the McMillan stocks, I highly recommend them as a lightweight, precision hunting rifle.
  16. Varminterror

    Seekins Havak Action Question

    @Baron23 - Seekins is getting a chance to rectify the issue. There was nothing wrong with my original PH1 action, except that it was cock-on-close. I sent it in for the free bolt retrofit and they called to offer to replace the action, simply because it was going to need a new locator pin...
  17. Varminterror

    Anybody Shooting Handguns ELR?

    He really, REALLY isn’t. An unassigned receiver 1) can be built first as a pistol, and then 2) forever onward be built back and forth between pistol and rifle configurations. So absolutely, if an AR lower - the receiver - or any undesignated receiver, such as an M7 or R700 or clone, or Savage...
  18. Varminterror

    Range finder to replace Kilo2000

    Another Sig, might look into a 5k, I upgraded my 2200 to a 5k, very happy with it. Or you might check the Vortex, they’re also solid.
  19. Varminterror

    Anybody Shooting Handguns ELR?

    Maybe the dude faked the video, I don't know. But the math is what it is.
  20. Varminterror

    Anybody Shooting Handguns ELR?

    It’s just an unintuitive parlor trick - it works because it’s a big bullet with a (relatively) high BC, but it’s not how most folks expect it should work, so it seems outlandish. He pushes a little extra speed by seating long, but at the end of the day, he’s doing stuff more akin to BPCR...
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