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    Gunsmithing Did I just buy a new stock?

    I have a Manners MCS-T. I should have bought an MCS-TA. Shoulda coulda woulda and all that. A year ago I put on one of those cheesy Karsten cheekpieces and came to regret it. So looking around the pile of used junk I found a stock that I used to have on a Highpower match rifle. It had a...
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    Gunsmithing Dayton OH, gunsmith recommendation

    Need recommendation for a good riflesmith to inlet/fit a PTG bottom metal to a Manners MCS-T that was inletted and bedded for the Howa 1500 factory bottom metal. I live in Miami county, so anywhere in Miami, Montgomery, Clark, Greene, Darke counties will do. My usual smith is backlogged...
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    Gunsmithing PTG's Howa bottom metal

    Despite what is claimed in Midway's product description: PTG Trigger Guard AICS Detachable Box Mag Howa 1500 Weatherby Vanguard, this is NOT a drop in (or even close) product. My 1500 is bedded in a Manners MCS-T (the std Howa floorplate is bedded to perfection) and the PTG unit did not even...
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    Advanced Marksmanship And now for the sling side of things

    Berger2011_SW_Nationals - YouTube Cadillac Practice - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bPRBYKAsxc
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    I'm starting to get it

    After 15 years of shooting highpower, this scope shooting off a bipod is starting to come together. Went today to the local NRA mid range prone match (conventional and F class) and shot my Howa 1500 on the F class targets at 3/5/6. Score didn't matter. I went to get solid zeros for all three...
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    General question re ammo management during comps

    One thing I noticed from watching videos of various matches and training courses is that shooters leave the bolt open and remove the magazine from a bolt action rifle before leaving a firing position and moving to the next. It seems they do this even between firing positions within the same...
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    Howa 1500 before and after

    Before Howa 1500 heavy barreled action in .308 Winchester. Bell & Carlson Medalist stock. 9-13" Harris bipod with standard feet. Bushnell 10X40 mildot scope with MOA adjustments. After Howa 1500 heavy barreled action in .308 Winchester. Manners MCS-T stock in Coyote Brown. 6-9" Harris...
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    Gunsmithing Howa stock options

    I need a new stock and don't want low-end stuff like Bell & Carlson or Axiom. Besides Manners and McMillan, who else makes hand-laminated composite stocks for them? Are there any metal chassis stocks worth considering? Thanks.