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    A must for the corporate sniper...

    Re: A must for the corporate sniper... sweet
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    Making a Ghillie

    Re: Making a Ghillie just dont end up like my buddy who thought he was going to build something badass and end up with a 20+ pound suit... i think he went a wee bit overboard with the burlap...
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    Gunsmithing 270 to 300WM conversion

    Re: 270 to 300WM conversion +1 on the .30-06. if this is for long hikes, would this be ahunting rifle? nothing on this continent that an '06 can't take down. i know a .300wm performs a little better, but at most reasonable hunting distances, the difference is negligible. (of course all...
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    Gunsmithing Bedding with Marine Tex Question

    Re: Bedding with Marine Tex Question as others have said, i just use my fingernails after removing the tape and it chips off just fine. i peel the tape off after its set a while, but is still pliable enough to come off easily.
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    Gunsmithing Bedding a SPS Varmint????

    Re: Bedding a SPS Varmint???? if you've never bedded one, by all means, practice on it. if you can only get a few bucks for it, its worth the practice to you. you dont want to drop a few hundred bucks on a stock and screw up the bedding on it and ruin the expensive stock. its not difficult...
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    Gunsmithing Totally awesome barreling and action truing system

    Re: Totally awesome barreling and action truing system wow great job man, thats very cool
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    Storing your Bolt Action

    Re: Storing your Bolt Action i use snap caps or just hold the trigger as i close the bolt, decocks the spring just fine but its just for peace of mind, i dont think it really matters.
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    Best Accuracy - Glass or Pillar Bedding?

    Re: Best Accuracy - Glass or Pillar Bedding? do both, even when your stock has al bedding blocks...
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    Udate*Pelican 1750 w/ custom cut foam weekend proj

    Re: New Pelican 1750 with custom cut foam weekend proj awesome. thanks man for the great idea and writeup
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    Gunsmithing Trigger pull

    Re: Trigger pull i shoot around 3lbs in my hunting rifles. ive gone as low as 2 lbs. i love them all, but with gloves on the 2lber was really really light
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    H-S Precision stocks - to bed or not???

    Re: H-S Precision stocks - to bed or not??? read this, its titled "all stocks need pillars, even stocks with bedding blocks" http://erniethegunsmith.com/catalog/i186.html
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    Wipe out bore cleaner

    Re: Wipe out bore cleaner thanks engine, that is pretty slick
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    These are SICK!!

    Re: These are SICK!! nobody better lay a finger on my butterfinger nice man those are badarse looking
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    Gunsmithing first attempt at pillar bedding w Al block in B&C

    Re: first attempt at pillar bedding w Al block in B&C sorry for no updates. of course, with my projects, it didn't go just perfect so i busted it out, came out w/o trouble. but i didn't put enough epoxy for the first inch in front of the recoil lug recess. so... roughed up the epoxy in...
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    Gunsmithing first attempt at pillar bedding w Al block in B&C

    Re: first attempt at pillar bedding w Al block in B&C mike, to answer your question as to why, honestly, its because of what i read on ernie the gunsmith's site. even with the bedding block, that does not guarantee perfect fit between the action and the block. he does a much better job of...
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    Gunsmithing Skim Bed Before or After Cerakote

    Re: Skim Bed Before or After Cerakote i'd say after. adding a layer may affect the perfect fit of your bedding job. even if its just slight.
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    Gunsmithing remington DBM, feed rails, and after market stocks

    Re: remington DBM, feed rails, and after market stocks i just got my first b&c alaskan and the bedding compound is actually curing right now. the forearm is a little flimsier than i was hoping for with the full length block. my current tupperware stock shifts impact points when i attach my...
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    Gunsmithing remington DBM, feed rails, and after market stocks

    Re: remington DBM, feed rails, and after market stocks i'm in the same boat as you, not necessarily wanting to do a build, but i would like to replace my factory plastic stock. looksl ike the b&c alaskanII will work with the dbm, but stocky's is out of stock at the moment. i will probably...
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    Gunsmithing first attempt at pillar bedding w Al block in B&C

    ok folks, this is only my 2nd attempt at bedding a rifle, hopefully it will go better than my first attemp here's the progress so far..... Got my rem700 in .338RUM, and picked up an alaskan II stock from B&C. this stock has the aluminum block in the stock. after reading around, i decided to...
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    Gunsmithing Pillar bedding a aluminum blocked (bedded) stock??

    Re: Pillar bedding a aluminum blocked (bedded) sto midway's site is currently down, so i can't see which stock you bought. but take a look at this, found on another thread in the bolt rifle forum http://erniethegunsmith.com/catalog/i186.html looks reasonable to me, and i'm going to try it...