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    Gunsmithing How to handle this problem?

    Two years ago, a local(Los Angeles) smith built me a 7 wsm. He came recommended and a few people I knew shot his guns with success. He was cheaper than having it done by RD precision and took significantly less time. I supplied an RD precision brake to be installed at the time the gun was...
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    Some 1400 yards hits on video

    The video isn't the best due to the lighting conditions and the shape of my target but this is a 16"x20" target in the Northern LA county desert. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYrVZ2am6mA
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    Giraud users

    I almost feel silly posting this because the end result was so simple it didn't cross my mind. If you're like me, you have five or six or more shell holders and three to five cutters and it gets to be a chore figuring out where to keep them. I am a woodworker and was going to make a cool little...
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    Made some 2000 yard hits today with 7wsm

    Some friends and I put up a target today in the Ca desert at 2050 yards. Didn't think I was going to have much luck at that distance but it didn't do too badly 3-5'x2' pieces of steel we welded together. Six shots in about 18" of vert, the wind was murder. 85 MOA with 2 left to give in my NF...
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    What would cause a load to do this?

    I have a pet 7wsm load that shoots the lights out. However in new brass, it pops out of the chamber looking perfect and in once fired brass the bolts gets stiff on the extraction part of the upstroke and there are pressure signs on the case head. Shoots about the same either way and at the same...
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    Gunsmithing Tikka question

    Is there any reason I can't rebarrel a Tikka and add a real recoil lug at the same time? Would there be any way (or need) to pin it? I have a 308 and it's such a great shoot and the action is so nice and smooth that I'd like to rebarrel in 243.
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    Gunsmithing How to deal with this action stress issue

    I recently bought a gun here on the Hide, a Surgeon action in a Manners T5 with a Manners chassis. I have had it a week or so and pulled the barreled action out tonight. I started by loosening the front action screw and the barrel and front of the action moved about 3/8" or more as I loosened...
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    Flat type rear bag?

    I followed a link a while back to someone who sold a flat type rear back, maybe 8"x8" and an inch thick or so. For the life of me I can't find this again, anyone have a clue what I am referring to?
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    How to reach Seekins?

    I've been trying to reach them by phone and email for two weeks now. Phone goes straight to VM and the emails are getting bounced back. Anyone else have any luck?
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    Gunsmithing Fixing this action issue

    I had my 7wsm put together on a Defiance action yesterday. The Bolt nose was .675 and .680 taken 90* apart. The smith cut the counterbore at .690. The bolt will not close on the brass because the extractor sticks out of the bore diameter too far when going over the case head and there isn't room...
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    Big Props for Manners stocks and Tom Manners

    I had ordered my second Manners stock a while back and as it got closer, I had some issues with my barrel arrival time and had to switch barrels. I called Tom and Al and they knocked out the switch for me even though the channel had already been cut. A few weeks passed and I had an issue with...
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    Gunsmithing Tikka Barrel threads-metric?

    Trying to set up to get one re barreled and I don't know if these are metric or not. I would assume so being from Finland. Any ideas?
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    300 WM or 7MM?

    I'd like to start building a new rifle and really am not ready to get up to .338. I regularly shoot to about 1300 yards now with my .308 and am contemplating setting up a mile target. All things considered, which of these two calibers would you choose for this task? Recoil isn't really too...
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    Oops! Used LR primers when I should have used LP

    Made up 200 rounds of medium pressure .45 ACP tonight and didn't notice until I was done that I had some large rifle primers slipped into my stack of large pistol and I had used them. Looking back they seemed to seat a with a little more difficulty. It's plinking stuff, should I run it? They are...
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    Chargemaster needs minimum weight for auto disp?

    I have been using a plastic Lyman funnel pan on my Chargemaster and noticed last night that the auto dispense wasn't working. I pulled out the stock metal pan and noticed it weighed more than double what the plastic pan did. When I used the metal pan, the auto dispense works fine. The plastic...
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    Bullet OAL on SMK 77gr .223

    Does anyone have a 77 gr .223 SMK that they can measure the BULLET dimension for me please? Google and a site search aren't netting me anything. I bought a bunch of Amax's only to find they won't fit in my magazine. Thanks.
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    What reduction to expect in a shorter barrel?

    If I have a given velocity in a reloading manual for say, a 24" barrel, is there a formula for reducing this per inch? I'm shooting out of a 22 7/8" barrel and would like to know where the baseline is for getting started with a new load against what the manual shows.
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