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    .223 vs 5.56 brass

    built a m-forgery/spr-ish last year is there a difference in .223 brass and 5.56, specifically lake city? if so what? is brass interchangeable? how does one distinguish difference (LC brass)?
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    Suppressors new 1911 wants trigger group

    for now i want to drop in a trigger group. any suggestions? yes i know its not like a smith job. its what i want till i can buy the tools and do it my self. the new addition is a springy loaded champion lightweight 2 tone
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    Gunsmithing inleting A2 for Badger DBM ?s

    I bought a used mcm A2 for a steal owner said it had a short action rem 700 in it When trial fitting badger dbm (tight corners) it appears I need to mill out some material towards forend at front of box approximately 1/8 inch, along with corners Anyone familiar with this? Am I heading in...
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    Gunsmithing wylde vs standard chamber (tight)

    looking for info re: 1st gas gun build (ar-?).223 custom barrel if i only feed a gas gun hand loads then why wouldn't i want a tight chamber. i'm looking for ultimate accuracy and don't plan on ever feeding it milspec or surplus or any factory ammo i'm thinking; if wylde is so accurate why...
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    Gunsmithing .223 barrel opinions for new build, short barrel ?

    building a .223 on stiller action thinking about going short 21" maybe shorter, straight taper to .925 chance are wont shoot past 500y planning on loading 70 amax 1 in 8 any reason to go shorter? or not? say 18" why are barrels always in even number legnth? why not 19" wylde or...
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    Rifle Scopes ring?

    sure all rings arent created equal. im in process of new build and find myself questioning the necessity of high dollar rings. i haven't heard about ring failure i have BO max 50's now sure it over kill on .308 but i got them cheap i'm building a.223 im not a professional. so why not the...
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    Range Report data extrapolation?

    if i gave you bullet weight bc come ups for 100 200 300 400 yards temp humidity barometer does any one have program/excel sheet that will extrapolate bullet speed fps and come ups for greater distances
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    Gunsmithing filing metal on mossy 500

    bought it here few years ago it has road rash story has it some one drove off with it on car...... i'm finally getting around to do some work on it and want smooth out the rash, give her a coat of paint. Rash is to deep for sand paper. What grade file should i look for? What shape...
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    Rifle Scopes lupy 4.5 x14 IV ?'s

    i have 2 of them unfortunately fine duplex. in lieu of buying new scope/s: does anyone change reticle to mil-dot? front focal plane (ffp) preferable. i'd like to change to M1 knobs, who stocks them? is it user serviceable? do m1 knobs have better zero stop than standard? any pros/cons?
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    Suppressors can devlopment ?

    machinist friend of mine and I are interested in developing our our own can for .308. how does one go about it legally? im interested in theory harmonics, sound suppression, poi, accuracy plus i'd like to see any arm chair designs
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    Advanced Marksmanship cleaning of the range rust....

    haven't shot in about 9 months needless to say less than stellar performance. nothing felt fluid. sight picture looks like i drank 20 cups of coffee.......... there is a pistol error chart 7 o'clock is jerking 12 o'clock breaking wrist up. i recall seeing similar for rifle so if one...
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    .308 case capacity lapua, hornaday

    what is the case capacity of lapua .308? what is the case capacity of hornaday .308? i have my data for hornaday 43.7 re 15. 178 amax, pmc primer. trying to get the same performance with lapua brass.