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    Suppressors Suppressor use for 223 Rem bolt gun: 1/2-28 to 5/8-24 adapter?

    This is the solution. You already have a modular can system - utilize it, and don’t add more interfaces that are possible sources of mis-alignment or failure.
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    Help me pick a pistol for suppressor.

    The S&W Victory SW22 is affordable and a total tack-driver. It is available threaded. Much easier take-down than the Ruger.
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    Gunsmithing Rechambering 223 bolt gun to 223 Wylde?

    What are you trying to accomplish? Wylde chambers are only subtly different than a standard .223, and you aren’t going to notice a lick of difference. If you have freebore issues, running a piloted freebore reamer in there would be a much better solution than a Wylde reamer. And yes, HS gauges...
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    Gunsmithing button rifle barrel mystery.. anyone want to weigh in

    I agree; sounds like they are doing a great job to make sure you have a good tube. You should post up the barrel maker... although I assume it’s “brand X” ;-)
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    Gunsmithing Crowning issue

    Yup, 5/8-24 is pretty small for that bore. It probably had some residual stress in it, and belled out at the muzzle when you threaded it. Chop it and thread it to the largest diameter that you can (at least 0.750”), and check the bore before/after with gauge pins. It’s worth owning + and - plug...
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    Accuracy expectations with 22

    That’s about it. FWIW, I settled on SK Pistol Match for the CZ 455 in the stable. It’s quite accurate, affordable, and has a great BC. I can reach 400yd without holdover, which I can’t do with most other ammo. I tried 50-100rd each of at least a dozen kinds of ammo when making that selection...
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    Gunsmithing Remage out of a factory rem barrel?

    Right. Paying for any machine work on a barrel kills the idea of a Rem-age.
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    Gunsmithing Reticle Leveling - Advice Needed

    Getting the reticle level to the rifle doesn’t really matter. Just eyeball it, or use the feeler gauge stack. For guns that get shot from a sling, I level them while in the sling position, since that often produces a natural cant. For a scope mount or chassis system with integrated level...
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    Gunsmithing And Yet Another Thread on Threading and Methodology

    One nice thing about feeding in with the cross-slide is that you can use the DRO to check DOC. Or, you can set the cross-slide to 90 and then use the dial with no trig conversion. I don't care about that, because I do it this way: 1) Cut the relief 2) Touch the threading tool off the OD, and...
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    Gunsmithing Short Barrel Caliber Decision Help

    How long are we talking? What ranges are you ahooting? 6.5 is going to beat .308 ballistically at any barrel length. Unless energy is a factor, go 6.5.
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    Gunsmithing ITAR Upcoming Changes

    Thanks, Steve.... I'd skipped right to the definition and not read the beginning. Doing a little poking around, I'd missed the news last fall that small arms are to be removed entirely from ITAR. That would be fantastic, and downright rational.
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    Gunsmithing ITAR Upcoming Changes

    This doesn’t help most of us at all. Assembling an AR would be “gunsmithing”, but threading a muzzle or barrel tenon would be manufacturing. So, almost all gunsmiths will still need to pay the ITAR fee.
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    Gunsmithing Switch barrel without nut?

    Even if you pin the lug and have the barrel wring-fit with the lug... it’s going to move around without the threads being torqued down.
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    Gunsmithing Switch barrel without nut?

    That wouldn’t put any tension on the threads. You need a solid lockup or your headspace will change and the barrel will shift under recoil.
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    Gunsmithing Switch barrel without nut?

    Some custom smiths will save your receiver measurements and make you a barrel without taking the action to fit it. It requires a little more advanced metrology than just running the reamer in until a the go-gauge fits, but it’s not that hard. Certainly, you can swap barrels until the cows come...
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    Gunsmithing What would cause a horizontal spread in a barrel

    This. Sounds like a bedding or maybe scope issue.
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    Gunsmithing Feed issue - Bolt not picking up round

    The height issues above are the typical problem. However, if that doesn’t resolve it, check bolt travel. I’ve seen this happen when the bolt doesn’t go rearward quite far enough to always get full engagement of the rounds in the mag. Ensure there’s a gap between the case head and bolt when the...
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    Gunsmithing Who does Ionbond on NFA items?

    We are an 02/07 and I can confirm that anyone can gunsmith NFA items. They may choose not to, but it’s clearly legal.
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    Gunsmithing Full-profile threading insert suggestions

    Interesting, thanks for the info. I have some Warner partial-profile and Iscar full-profile stuff that just showed up with UPS. I’ll cut some threads on a junk barrel and see how it goes before I set up the AR10 that’s in the queue for a muzzle thread job. EDIT: In case anyone finds this in the...
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    Gunsmithing ARC Nucleus Savage prefit question

    Bingo. Obviously Ted knows his stuff, but to make this a little clearer for the non-gunsmith/engineer/machinist: take a Savage barrel with a 3A interference fit OD of 1.0625” (the spec is 2A as defined above, but a good gunsmith with your action in hand would shoot for just under that number. A...
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