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Gents, Here's a picture of my "go to" rifle. A G.A. Precision "Rock" in .308. It's a keeper and makes me look good...even when I'm not. Wes

Gents, Here's a picture of my "go to" rifle. A G.A. Precision "Rock" chambered in .308 Winchester. Scope is a Nightforce ATACR 4 x 16 with MOAR reticle. A perfect match of optics, rifle, and caliber, IMHO. Wes

Gents, My favorite .308 rifle is my G.A. Precision "Rock". Great rifle and a real tack driver.

Mike, I'll take it! Wes Howe

Trevor300WSM, Thanks for your less than gentlemanly response to my post. I agree, if this is just a hunting round, you'll probably never burn out the barrel of the 26 Nosler. On the other hand those that want to use it for F-class, etc. will burn out the bore IF they do any shooting and...

Gents, No one mentions projected barrel life. At those velocities I'll bet it sucks goggles... I think I'd put it in the "to much of a good thing" category. Wes

Gents, Condolences on the loss of a fine rifle. I'm in Salem Oregon area and will keep a look out for it. Wes

Gents, My M40A1 clone weighs 15.5 pounds with sling, Luppie MK IV M1, and loaded magazines. Just about perfect, IMHO. Wes

Gents, I use a Obermeyer 5R 1:10" twist and it shoots 155 scenars and 175 SMK's equally well. It likes 168's, but I don't and settled on 175's for most of my work. Think of it this way...worst case scenario your going to overstabilize the 155 Scenar using 1:10" twist. Wes

Gents, It may be a pierced primer OR if it's an older rifle the trigger may be gunked up with oil and debris and need to be flushed out with lighter fluid. Worst case is it may need to be dis-assembled and flushed. If you're not comfortable with this have a competent gunsmith do it... Wes

Gents, Personally, I'd say he's there. Load and start shooting. Have a ball. If accuracy drops off you can start again or re-barrel... Wes

SharpsNitro, Consider giving the .257 Roberts or the AI version a try. I'm playing with a 250/3000 AI, but you don't need a long action for that one... You've really covered the bases with your 280 AI. Unless you want to go bigger and try a .35 Whelan AI(not recommended in a featherweight...

Pathfinder, 6.5 X .284 ammo ships tomorrow. Will send tracking data for you... Wes

Pathfinder, Don't give up on the 6.5 X .284. It's a great cartridge. I plan on building another one of these days. I have the reamer, too. It sounds like that .300 of yours is a peach. Why not shoot it out buy a new tube and bolt with a .473" face and you'll be in business. That is, unless...

Pathfinder, Wes, here... The 6.5 X .284 earned the name "fag mag" because it does what the .300 WM does without the recoil. You will shoot the 6.5 better because of that simple fact. I shoot both and defer to the 6.5 X .284 as the better cartridge. Certainly more "user" friendly...;-) The...

Pathfinder(Joshua), Ammo goes out this week. You can use your magnum Rem 700, but you'll have to bush the bolt face and change the extractor OR get a new bolt(Pacific Precision/Dave Kiff). Both get expensive. My advice is to sell the .300 WM and buy an early Rem 700 in 30/06. It makes a...

Pathfinder, The 6.5 X .284 is a long action cartridge(2.98") vice 2.80" for the .308 short actions. Don't get hung up on the short action. I build my M40A1 on a long Rem 700 and it was a peach. The .284 CAN be loaded to 2.800", BUT you give up powder space and heavily compress loads. Therefore...

Pathfinder, I found my "go to load" for the 6.5 X .284 Norma(Winchester). It's a 142 grain SMK over 54.6 grains of H4831SC, a Federal 210M primer, and a Norma case. OAL is: 2.98" This is the best load I've found and gives a solid 2,950 FPS AND is easy on the bore(not a max load, but work up...

jbell, In all actuality my accuracy had dropped off starting at about 1,500 rounds. It was so-so at 2,000 and totally gone by the time I approached 2,500 rounds. In all honesty, I babied the barrel and never really heated it up. If I had there's no doubt my experience would have mirrored...

Pathfinder0311, I had a 6.5 X 284 built by Iron Brigade Armory on a true M40A1. It was the first they'd built and was marked "experimental". That rifle shot groups half the size of my .308 and often printed 1 1/4" five shot groups at 600 fired over my pack. It's a great rifle/cartridge...