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  1. solidarmy

    Help with cheap 6.5 Grendel upper accuracy issues

    I recently purchased an 18 inch 6.5 Grendel complete upper from PSA. The fit and finish are good as well as reliability, however I can’t say the same for its accuracy. With Hornady Black 123 gr ELD I was getting about 3 MOA. Basic build info is CMMG lower receiver parts kit and a Viper Vortex...
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    Home made reload/work bench

    It's not very big, but it does fit in the space requirements, fills the need, and its inexpensive. All together I think I paid about $250 at Lowe's.
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    Gunsmithing What to do with my stock?

    So here is my dilemma, I got a new Bell and Carlson Medalist Varmint Stock for my Turkish Mauser 98, but it doesn’t exactly fit. I after buying it I was told the stock only fits the commercial Mausers and not the military ones. I really don’t want to waste a good stock, so do I send it to the...
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    Full length resizing issue

    I'm using a Lee single stage press and Lee Dies(full resizing). My process is something like this, first I grab 5 to 10 brass shoot them with Horndy One Shot, resize then tumble and so on. During my last batch of .223 I had several (5% to 10%) that would not easily pop out the primer, I didn't...
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    Can anyone educate me on this

    It's a Redfield rear sight off of a Sporterized 1903. Can anyone tell me the Model number or how much it is?
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    Sporterized M1903 pics

    Just wanted to share one of my current projects. This is a sporterized Remington 1903 my grandfather gave me. I used Krylon on the stock and Duracoated everything else. Next. is to get it drilled and taped for scope mounts.
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    Need help troubleshooting an issue

    I was at the range yesterday I only shot 50 rounds but of these 50 I had 3 failure to extract. I believe this was not do to a failure of the firearm but bad reloading. The extractor still had hold of the case but the case seemed stuck in the chamber, only after pounding the charging handle...
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    Need Help

    I need help identifying whether I am expecting to much from my rifle or I suck at shooting. Today I shot 50 rounds total in 10 groups of 5 rounds. All shots were prone from the bipod. Reloads were 155 AMax with 42Gr of Varget. Background information on the rifle - M1A scout sitting in a Troy...