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    Gunsmithing barrel work after cerakoat?

    Everyone I ever did needed to be refinished. Last one only had minor marks where the spider touched it. This stuff is nowhere as near as forgiving as bluing or park when it comes to scuffing and abrasion from tools and holders.
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    Gunsmithing How short is too short

    found this Short Rifle, Long Range: Testing our 16.5? 308 Remington 700 out to 635 yards | Rifleshooter.com
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    Gunsmithing Cerakote coming off

    yep. I've been spraying the stuff for 5 or six years. Get a tight fitting bolt and bolt nose recess and the edges wear off pretty fast.
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    Gunsmithing Will fluting a FN SPR A1 hurt the accuracy?

    It came like that- I am sure they did I've fluted two barrels with success, but none were hammer forged.
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    Gunsmithing Will fluting a FN SPR A1 hurt the accuracy?

    I had an A3G that was fluted and shot 1/4 MOA at 200
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    Gunsmithing Reamer holder I found...

    Lots of different views on how bores are dialed in and how reamers are held. I normally use a GTR Tooling fixed reamer holder Gre'-Tan Rifles I used to (and sometimes still do, depending on the conditions) use a Manson floater, which looks similar to what you linked to: DAVE MANSON PRECISION...
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    Sidearms & Scatterguns Colt USMC .45 CQB Any thoughts?

    LMAO- I couldn't walk for two days...
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    Gunsmithing Threading a shotgun barrel for choke tubes with a lathe.?

    I found this- it shows what the tap and reamer look like Choke tube installation | Rifleshooter.com
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    Gunsmithing Threading a shotgun barrel for choke tubes with a lathe.?

    I've backbored and done choke tubes by hand and on a lathe. Its fairly straight forward and far more forgiving then rifle work. The Kuhnhausen book has a few set ups towards the rear THE REMINGTON 870 & M1100/M11-87 SHOTGUNS - A SHOP MANUAL | Brownells You can drive the barrel or the reamer...
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    Sidearms & Scatterguns Colt USMC .45 CQB Any thoughts?

    I was too cheap to buy one- in fact I waited for another Sergeant to leave so I could buy his blues used- I sold those to someone else when I left.
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    223 AI loads for 69, 77 and 80 SMKs with RL15

    Hi, I have fire formed my Lapua brass and now want to work up some loads. FYI its a Stiller action, Bartlein 23.73" bbl, AICS 2.0 and Sworoski Z6I 3-18 with the little turret thing. I have 69 SMK, 77 SMK, 80 SMK, and 77 Scener-Ls, but I only have a pound of Varget. I am basically stuck with...
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    Sidearms & Scatterguns Colt USMC .45 CQB Any thoughts?

    I shot one of these at SHOT Show media day last year. I liked it a lot. I spoke to the dude at Colt who designed it about the broken frames, et al and he told me all the problems were addressed of. I guess he would have said that no matter what For a fact- I also know of a very well...
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    Gunsmithing Learning gunsmithing/machining, which gun to start out on?

    Here is what I would do: go to summitt gun broker (http://www.summitgunbroker.com/) and buy a trade in 870 Police (or an older 870 Magnum from the pre police gun days). The 870P is sprung differently, the top of the receiver has a milled rib, the trigger guard is compressed metal and they come...
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    Gunsmithing Learning gunsmithing/machining, which gun to start out on?

    I do this for fun, not a job, but I started out with shotguns, Ghost ring sights, then back boring, forcing cones, choke tubes... That lead to pistol sights, heines, lo mount Novaks, etc... Now I am building rifles. I think the rifles are the most reward because you have immediate feedback...
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    Gunsmithing short action cartridge not ejecting well in long action???

    Do you just extend the notch on the ejector to do this? I am assuming those you a Remington style ejector?
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    Gunsmithing My first rifle build

    He has a clean area for the lug to seat on this way.
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    Kaboom at Manatee today!

    Wow. Glad everyone is safe. It only takes a minute to forget to do something and injure yourself
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    Gunsmithing Need some ar tool

    I like using starter roll pin punches like these: ROLL PIN STARTER PUNCHES | Brownells The longer ones are more likely to bend or break. Roll pin holders are cool, but not as important ROLL PIN HOLDERS | Brownells
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    Catastrophic Failure

    Exactly. It would work for a belted magnum though....
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    Stiller Predator Receiver question

    The rear of the stiller isn't cut down like a Remington. They sell their own bases that have additional dowel pins in them (at least mine came that way). You could use two R700 front bases (from a 2 piece set) of you are in a bind.
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