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    Getting a new barrel, what else to do at the same time?

    I'm having a new barrel put on a rem 700. The action is going to get trued, barrel installed, and muzzle threaded locally. The reamer is the serengeti 30-06 from ptg and barrel is stainless bartlien. It's going in a hs precision 026 and I plan to bed it myself. Anything else I should do...
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    New barrel worth the money?

    Summary: have pencil barrel rem 700 in a nice stock with decent scope. I can shoot right around 1moa depending on the load. I have ocw'd my heart out and can't get it any better. The group size opens up quickly once the barrel gets hot. I asked here and a few people who seem to have a clue...
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    Large change in accuracy with barrel temp

    I have noticed a change in accuracy based on shooting in the sun or shade so Today I shot two different loads both in the sun and in the shade while evaluating differences in brass. Loads are all identical except for two different lots of brass. All components from the same containers, same...
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    Rifle Scopes Is a $$ scope worth the money?

    I was going to get a mk6 to replace a swfa ss(10x). Is it worth the cost? I would buy it at the fed/mil price, but even that is a big number. I've never shot the same gun back to back with such drastically different scopes. The gun shoots barely under 1 moa now and a nearby range I use...
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    Comparison: lee loader vs press

    I had asked some questions a few months ago when I started reloading rifle ammo for the purpose of better accuracy. I started with a lee loader just to try out the load development process. When I fessed up in my thread about the lee loader of course everybody jumped on that as the cause of...
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    What caused a change in group size?

    In the picture below. Left target is 2 weeks ago, right one is today. I didn't change anything. I shot some of my "standardization" ammo, it was still under 1 moa with no change from previous performance(ie. tells me the gun hasn't changed). Conditions were same temp, same range, and...
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    OCW and load input

    Gun is factory stock remington 30-06, skinny barrel and all. Switched to imr 4895 and 175 smk. I started in the range the interweb says is a good approximation of M72 ammo(which shoots good in my gun) and found a decently wide range centered around 46.6 gr. I have a range available that...
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    Rifle Scopes Leupold turrets

    Even leupold's website doesn't have a clear description of their available m5 turrets. B2 is the pinch version? C2 is the very short turret with 0 stop? Does it lock? I don't see a button or anything in the pictures I can find? Never seen them in person... I see reviews of the...
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    Lake city brass sizing and primer crimps

    Stupid question time. I'm new to reloading. I have a large quantity of lake city m72 brass that has all been fired in my gun. About 3% of the m72 brass is hard to chamber. Hard meaning slight resistance when closing the bolt. The cases are not too long. The rounds fired from these cases...
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    Is this the best my gun can do?

    Gun: Dick's special Remington 700 adl with pencil thin 30-06 barrel. It's in a nice hs precision stock. I started reloading primarily to save money so I could shoot lots more. I've done ocw with two powders and two bullets. Tried 6 kinds of factory ammo. I reliably get 1-1.25 moa with...
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    Reducing ES and SD

    I loaded once fired LC match brass with 175smk, imr4895(47.0gr), and federal magnum primers. I chronoed five of my reloads and the results were in the mid 2500fps range with 119 spread and sd of 45! I shot four m72 rounds (1961 lot) and they were around 2520 with spread of 24 and sd of 10...
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    Duplicating m72 ammo

    I'm trying to duplicate(or improve) the performance of m72 ammo using imr 4895, smk 175, federal 215, and once fired m72 brass. The m72 consistently shoots 1moa for me but is $$$ and hard to find. Gun is a box stock 700 with skinny barrel in a nice stock. I loaded up some rounds from 46.6...
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    Gunsmithing Flush cup installation

    I want to install flush cups on the side of a pst-026 stock. It has an adjustable cheek rest that appears scientifically placed to exactly where it's in the way. I want the rear cup as high as possible so the rifle naturally sits sideways on my back with a backpack style sling. Can...
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    Same powder, different lots

    See picture below. New and old refers to different lot numbers of rl-19 powder. Previous ocw test with "old" lot showed no poi shift anywhere in the high 55 to low 56 grain charge. I was shooting 55.8 and tested these since the weather is getting cooler and I'm nearly out of the "old" lot of...
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    Barrel heat mirage

    I often have 0 wind when shooting and barrel heat will rise straight up and significantly distort/blur the entire field of view. I draped a t-shirt over the barrel yesterday and that worked well but is a bit impractical. I can't shoot less or slower. I've seen things that look like a slat...
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    Do I have to quit reloading for the same reason I started?

    In the picture below, the group labeled "3" is from the OCW I did a couple weeks ago. The charge 0.4gr above and below it was a nearly identical group and barely any POI change so I went with it. I loaded some more and shot it last weekend and got 3 shot groups around 1.5moa. I loaded some...
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    Anybody used imr 4007 ssc?

    Buying lots of pounds, just want to check before I get a bunch of it. Will go in 30-06. I'm using rl19 with great results now if that helps.
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    Prone vs bench shooting

    I'm no world class shooter. I shot some groups for load development last week prone. The groups were better than I normally shoot, but being load development I attributed it to a good load. I shot the same best two loads again today, the only change being they were shot from a bench, and the...
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    Mixing powder

    Mixing different lots of the same powder to make it as homogeneous as possible. I've been told many do it? Doesn't seem unreasonable but I know nothing.
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    Powder choices?

    I've just started reloading(30-06). I'm looking for a 1000rd quantity of supplies to be consistent and work on my skill(shooting and reloading). My local store only has small amounts of 1lb cans, is very expensive($30-36/lb), and I would have to take 1lb cans from different lots. So I'm...
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