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  1. barrysuperhawk

    Lightest scope with Christmas tree reticle?

    I am looking for the lightest scope I can find, that meets a couple of criteria. It's pretty ridiculous when my scope feels like it weighs more than the whole rest of the gun, LOL. My basic idea is to make the lightest possible rifle that I can. So, this will be going on a carbon fiber barrel...
  2. barrysuperhawk

    How much variance in case weight is too much?

    Ive been loading fmj blasting rounds for 308 for a while, but I need to make a batch of more accurate rounds now. Since all of my brass is range or Gunshow pickup, finding enough of the same head stamp to even make a box of 50 is a challenge. So, making the wild assumption that I could...
  3. barrysuperhawk

    Finally joined the cool crowd

    Been lurking on here for a while and have never posted much even after I signed up because I was always here to learn rather than to spout off about things... But now I can spout off, because I just joined the cool guys club, I just stuck my whole head in the kool-aid jug just to get the full...
  4. barrysuperhawk

    300 Win Mag, new reloader, advice?

    A good friend of mine just had a Winchester 300 win mag rifle given to him by his dad. When he went to look at ammo, the sticker shock bout killed him and his first call to me was "teach me to reload". So, we have him set up with a single stage press, dies and goodies are on the way, as is a...
  5. barrysuperhawk

    Considering a FN PBR

    A local shop has a .308 FN PBR, 18" with the brake on the wall and I am trying to talk myself into or out of it. Currently I shoot 3 gun and high-power, but I would like to find some type of match to shoot scoped rifle. My home range only goes to 200Y, but I am hoping if I can find a rifle...
  6. barrysuperhawk

    Gunsmithing Adding detachable mag to a SAKO action

    I hope my google-fu is weak but I haven't found what I am looking for. I have a .308 rifle that is built off of a Sako action and I would like to add a detachable magazine to it. I haven't found any Sako kits, so plan B is to figure out what existing magazine conversion kits are closest to...