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Anyone used this product on a Bolt Action? Was it applied to Bolt only or both Bolt and inside action on the bolt-way surfaces? Interested in other's experiences before I do it to my upcoming build. Die to budget constraints I'm using the stock bolt in an SPS Action and want to smooth...

Am doing my next build a little on the cheap. Going to re-use some items left over from previous builds. I will be building a long/heavy barreled .223 based on a Rem 700 action and using an H-S Precision Stock I took off a 5-R Milspec. Questions: How do those of you with Karsten's...

I'm in the midst of a new build. Taking my SPS-Tactical and re-barreling it to begin with. The barrel is going to be a 26" Benchmark . 223 in 1:7.5 twist with 5-C rifling. I have a tight budget for this build and as such will be "sharing" a high end scope with my .308 Tactical "Custom" so I've...

Time for me to put a new barrel on a .223 Remington Action. I figure if I'm going to do it I want to do it up brown. I want to get ALL I can get out of a 80 gr Berger VLD target bullet. Barrel will most likely be a 1:7.5 twist. What length? I'm leaning to 26" in an MTU profile. The...

If you had to pick ONE bullet for .308 and it had to do everything from putting meat in the freezer to target shooting at LR, what would that bullet be? I realize that different bullets excel in certain tasks yet fall short in others but what ONE bullet would do the the best job across the...

I've shot both in my rifle and can't seem to see any discernible difference between the two other than about .007"-.010" difference in base to ogive measurement. Both shoot well with the same charge weights giving me groups in the .250 MOA area on a regular basis. Neither one seems to have...

A few years ago I bought a Remington 5-R Milspec and shot the dickens out of it. Loved it. As time went on things started to get changed out. First the trigger assy. Then a new stock which I performed some minor mod's on. Didn't like the factory bolt so I replaced it with a PTG one piece...

I'm sure that everyone has encountered a poser or two in their lifetime. People who claim to have been what they never were. I recently ran into an individual who has made some pretty extreme claims. In listening to various conversations at the range he's claimed to have: Served "Four in...

I have an SKB 2-Rifle case that is too small for 2 rifles like mine and too large (by only a little) for only one. To give my rifle a nicer carry case without buying another one I decided to "re-foam" the SKB. Found a good supply of "Firm Charcoal" sheet foam and ordered a 1/3 sheet piece...

Lots of information floating around on this round. So far it's pretty much fact that the case is an FC, the Primer a FGMM 210 and the bullet a 175 SMK. Now for the powder. I've heard various comments that it's RL-15 but also have seen "documentation" that the powder is IMR-4064 and charge...

Have a couple of months yet before my rifle will have it's new barrel installed. It's a .308 and so far I have selected a 1:11 twist rate but am going back and forth on the barrel length. I keep going back and forth between 24" or 26". I want to make this the "ultimate" rifle for accuracy...

I need to shorten a 24" bbl on my .308 and the "flaw" I need to remove gives me a max finished length of 20". Should I stop there? Or go for the increasingly popular 18" length. I've heard some say that 20" is the shortest one should go with the .308 but others are touting the tactical...

I recently mounted a scope on a new SPS-Tactical and had instant problems. Couldn't get enough elevation zero at 100 yards. Also noticed that the windage adjustment gave me some weird movement of the reticle. First thought was "POS Scope". I centered the adjustments by rotating the scope...

My new SPS-Tactical needs a new scope. I already have one High End scope and it resides on my .308 so I'm looking for a good, practical scope for my SPS-Tac in .223 cal. Won't be shooting over 500 yards with most shooting at 300 yards. I have "senior citizen eyes" so I'd like a...

I just recently purchased a Remington SPS Tactical in .223 and wonder what a reasonable expectation for accuracy would be. Sub MOA? Sub 1/2 MOA? 1/4 MOA? Essentially the rifle is stock. I couldn't stand the Hogue "Rubber Ducky" or "Gumby" stock that came with it so I just mounted it in an...

I recently picked up a Remington SPS Tactical in .223. Right now I only have 55 gr FMJ-BT's from Montana Gold to load. Two questions. Anyone out there with a good suggested recipe for this rifle using the 55 grainers (with cannelure)? I have several different powders available with the...

Has anyone used these bullets in a .308 loading? A little heavier than the 168's, a little lighter than the 175's and an interesting "tail cone". I was able to pick up a fairly large supply of them and expect to use them in a Remington 5-R Milspec at ranges out to 1k. Interested in...

Anyone using this for .308? I've read a few posts where some love it and many hate it, complaining about pressure issues. This Monday I went to the range and shot 10 5-round loads using win brass, wolf primers, and a nosler 168 gr Custom Competition bullet in my 5R Milspec. Started at 46.8 gr...

I just received one of these bipods last Friday and took it to the range yesterday. (not my rifle but same "look" for installation) Yes!!! I'm now giving up all my "music stand" lightweights. No more Harris Bipods for me. Right off the bat I could see differences in my 300 yard...

Anyone else here use the Forster Bench Rest Seating Die? I just received the one I ordered with the goal of lowering the total indicated runout of my finished cartridges. Wow! What a difference. I'd been previously using a Redding Micrometer die but in order to get consistent TIR in the...