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    Berger 175 OTM's. Jump or Jam?

    I shoot them in my remingtom 5r with about .040 jump. Groups are about 5/8 MOA. I also feed from the magazine. I have never tried to jam them.
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    New Lapua brass - need to do anything before firing?

    With new unfired brass I always run at least part way into my sizer die so that the expander ball in the die irons out any irregularities in the neck of the brass. You should be able to feel when the expander ball has entered the neck and then passes thru the neck on the up stroke of the ram...
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    Rifle Scopes SWFA SS 5-20 illuminated - Anyone buy one in last 6 months?

    I order mine at the end of Oct. and it came in 2 weeks ago.
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    Gunsmithing Removing a 700 barrel, what a biotch

    I soaked a remington barrel action in some PB Blaster for a couple of days and it came right off. I took a length of PVC pipe that was large enough on diameter for the reciever (minus the trigger) and long enough to cover the reciever up past the barrel joint and then glued a PVC cap on the...
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    Help with Remy 700 Accuracy issues

    Kind of hard to tell from the picture, but is the objetive bell (scope cover) touching the barrel. If it is touching, I would find a way to make some clearance. Either remove the cover or try some taller rings. This may be part of the problem.
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    Rifle Stock Texturing Tutorial

    Thanks for letting know about devcon plastic steel. I will go with marine tex.
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    Rifle Stock Texturing Tutorial

    Looks good. I think I'm going to give this a try on my Manners stock. I would think that Devcon plastic steel putty should work just as well as the marine tex. Thanks for the tutorial.
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    Rifle Scopes Would you bed this base? (pics)

    Now that the base is bedded you have one less thing to worry about. I bed all of my bases and ream or lap the rings for maxinum contact with the scope tube.
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    The Polished Turd

    Looks good to me. Be proud of your work.
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    Gunsmithing Bedding scope base

    Check out this video form LoneWolfUSMC 8541 Tactical. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoW5bHQqgis&list=SPABEFDD83DF9BA2A4 I applied bedding material to both the front and rear and then tightened the front but just used the rear screws as guides for the rear of the base, but did not tighten...
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    45 acp powder

    HP-38 or W231 I use 5.4 to 5.6 under a 200 gr. lead SWC, Federal or CCI standard LP primers, mixed brass. The load is more accurate than I can shoot it.
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    Which Lock-n-Load headspace bushing for 6.5 Creedmoor?

    No problem, your welcome.
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    Gunsmithing How to: composite stock and integrated adjustable cheek piece...

    Great write-up. You have give me enough information and encouragement to tackle this project on my HS stock. Your stock looks great.
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    Which Lock-n-Load headspace bushing for 6.5 Creedmoor?

    I looked it up on the SAAMI website. The headspace dimension is taken from a .400 diameter in the shoulder. So use the .400 diameter bushing.
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    Gunsmithing Savage 7mm Problems with pics - Help!

    Re: Savage 7mm Problems with pics - Help! It is kind of hard to tell from the pictures, but is the objective bell touching the rail. Also, looks like may be the power ring is touching the rail. If either one of these is happening, the I would try higher rings.
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    Remington model 700 SS 5r milspec

    Re: Remington model 700 SS 5r milspec My 5R .308 Winchester is .850 at the muzzle.