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    Gunsmithing How much camming is needed?

    I picked up a new SPS last week and finally got around to stripping it down and truing the action. I did not even really clean up the lug abutments and did not have to touch the bolt lugs at all other than lapping. When I got through I realized that the bolt handle pretty far away from the...
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    Gunsmithing Got a ring in a chamber, choices?

    I chambered up a 300 Win mag for a buddy a couple day ago. Screwed it all together and started break in with some factory ammo. I had a pretty bad ring on the case, never had one before. It was not ejecting cases, so I decided I would fix it. Stuck it back in the lathe and set it back.080...
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    I need a small light weight tripod for my range

    finder to use when shooting prone. Any ideas?
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    Rifle Scopes IOR Valdada repair?

    I have a 35mm tubed IOR Valdada that was sold as a SHOT show sample. How can I get this scope repaired? The focus is moving when the rifle recoils, causing me to have to refocus before each shot.
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    Rifle Scopes hensoldt lighted reticule help

    I am sitting in a deer stand and got curious how to turn the lighted reticule on? On my old victory you pulled out on the knob, like nightforce. No luck with that.
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    Gunsmithing mcmillan 50 BMG barrel torque??

    How the hell are you supposed to twist this barrel off? What is this thing torqued to? I guess I will be making an around the action wrench to grab the recoil lug Sunday, my internal wrench does not seem to be the ticket.
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    Gunsmithing JB weld strength on bolt threads?

    I made an internal action wrench today. I had intended to cut a square 1/2 inch hole and use a 1/2 inch pull handle to twist the action off. Well I screwed that up. So I drilled out the end of the wrench and threaded if for a 7/8 bolt. Then I JB welded the bolt into the wrench. How mech...
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    Wifes 2010 deer slayer 25x284 and my 338/06

    I did not build her a rifle this year like normal since I was sick but I got Don Geraci to do this 25x284 for her. Nesika action Jewel trigger Mcmillan Stock Kreiger Barrel zeiss conquest Talleys Here is my 338/06 I finally got well enough to finish, nothing all that special 7 lbs scoped...
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    Best field balistic solution?

    I have been using exbal for several years and have had great luck using it. I had it installed on my everyday phone and on an extra smartphone I kept around. Both my phones have finally crapped out. Looks like I am going to be going with a droid. I hear the new droid program is great, but I...
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    Gunsmithing Def. Edge bolt stop tips

    Anybody have any tips on how to keep from breaking the 1/16th drill bit for drilling the pivot pin hole when you punch through the bottom of the action? Other than my breaking a couple of bits I like this modification.
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    forward ignition?

    Any information out there? Opinions as to feasibility in a .50BMG wildcat? Any sources for the flash tubes, or dimensions?
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    Gunsmithing What material for bolt sleeves?

    I have been using old barrels to make my bushings but got to thinking maybe something harder would be better. What material are yall using? Does anyone split the bushings and then bore the inside diameter on the mill?
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    Gunsmithing Boltface true?

    I was trueing an action today when it occured to me, what does it matter so long as the blotface is true. Why would anything else matter so long as you are getting decent lug contact and the boltface is true? Why wouldn't a remington that had the lugs lapped and the boltface trued to the...
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    Range Report What is the furthest you have shot your whisper?

    I never had enough elevation in my scope to get very far until recently. I have made some hits on a 6MOA 800 yard target but never had a decent aiming point. I walked it into the target one time when it was very dusty. I am thinking about doing some plinking on my 600 yard target and just...
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    416 barret brass quality??+ other ????s

    I am thinking about building a 375/ 416 barret, possibly improved. Just kinda running this around in my head right this moment, but unless someone gives me some info that is going to change my mind, I am going to start ordering stuff pretty quick. Other than the pain in the butt of building my...
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    Gunsmithing Larger profile bottom metal?

    I bought a mcmillan general purpose stock off the classifieds here or another site (can't remember where I bought it) a long time ago. I sat it on the shelf for a while then decided to build a 270 win with a rem 700 action and use the stock. When I was fitting everything up I realized that the...
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    Gunsmithing Ceracote on a bolt?

    Okay first thanks for all the help you guys have given me thus far. Even though I am just a hobby gunsmith I still want to do as good a job as I possibly can, yall have been a big help. Okay can you ceracote bolts? Does it stick or scratch off, will it gum up the works? I kryloned one once...
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    Gunsmithing Bedding question...not how to, but

    what am I doing wrong?? I have been having great results from most of the guns I have been bedding out of the 20 or 30 I have done I have 4 or 5 that stick in my mind as not being quite right. All of the "bad" bedding jobs I did were on aluminum bedding block stocks. They either had a touch of...
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    Gunsmithing Cerakote spray gun?

    I have been thinking about starting to use cerakote any opinions on this spray gun for a beginner? I was thinking that hplv or is it lphv was the way to go, will this work or will there be too much waste?
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    classy looking canted bases?

    I have a 30/06 AI built on a Nesika in a mcmillan camo stock that is about the purtiest gun I have ever owned. I took it long range shooting yesterday and know I have to have some different bases. I was using the bottom of the scope as my aiming point (about 30MOA) and also dialing 12 MOA. It...