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    Toasted my 260...........New barrel is on!

    Almost 3K, but not quite. 2,864 rounds was where I came to the conclusion that it was toast, I had been fighting the sporadic wild fliers for about 75 rounds before that and the velocity was steadily going away. 6brshooter is correct, it's an XLR cheek riser held in place with two 2 1/4"...
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    Toasted my 260...........New barrel is on!

    Well the local guy called me late Saturday and asked if I wanted to drop the barrel and action off then because he was going to be out of town for the first part of the week, so I ran it over to him. He does this just as a way to pass time during his retirement, so he only takes on minimal work...
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    Toasted my 260...........New barrel is on!

    Whackin' this one off to 20" as well, but I'm going to give a local guy the job. Chad does beautiful work, but doubling the cost by the time I pay shipping there and back just isn't feasible.
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    Toasted my 260...........New barrel is on!

    Oh believe me, I am one lucky SOB when it comes to a supportive wife. She had some help from a few of my friends finding the barrel, but she was ready to order me a Krieger blank if she couldn't find the AAC. One of my friends found it and she snagged it up and had it shipped to where I work as...
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    Toasted my 260...........New barrel is on!

    It looks like I got lucky as hell, my wife (of all people) found another AAC 260 barrel and bought it for me as a birthday gift. I'll have her back up and running within the next couple weeks instead of a few months, which means I can still make a few matches this summer.
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    Woody's Designated Marksman Match Sponsored By DPMS October 25th Series Finale

    Dave, I'll send you a PM but my spot can be given to someone on the wait list. I'm not going to make the match since my 260 shit the bed. I did manage to find another AAC prefit, so it looks like I'll at least make 2 trips up there for the next 2 matches.
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    Gunsmithing Relatively quick, quality, trustworthy, smith to cut/thread/crown?

    Sent my 260 to Chad for the same thing, plus install the barrel (AAC prefit barrel) and it was out of his shop and headed back home in 2 days. The LRI crew is top notch and deliver outstanding work.
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    Removing Cerakote

    Walnut isn't going to be abrasive enough to do the job. Aluminum Oxide or Garnet media will take it off, but you'll need some patience if the parts were prepped correctly.
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    Toasted my 260...........New barrel is on!

    Thanks for the suggeztions, staying with the 260 does sound like the logical thing to do here. I may do just that since I have good bit of brass already and am stocked up on powder, hell I might even be able to find Amax's again before I get her back up and running. As for continuing to run...
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    Toasted my 260...........New barrel is on!

    Thank God for jump tolerant bullets..........and nitriding.
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    Toasted my 260...........New barrel is on!

    Been getting some weird fliers lately that I couldn't explain, tried reworking my go-to load by changing seating depth/powder charge/etc all to no avail. In the middle of this I started losing primer pockets on my RP brass (8x fired) so I had to switch over to WIN 243 brass and start my loads...
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    Night Vision Now u c him now u dont

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    Loads for .260 /.243/ 6.5x47/6.5 Creedmoor

    Did a little more work this past weekend with R17 and 140 Hornady BTHP's. The gun seems to like the combo, but it's finicky with the 243 brass until it's fireformed to the chamber. Picking up a good bit of case capacity and blowing the new brass out to fit really make it shine. I found some...
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    Who / Which method of using stainless steel tumbling media is best?

    Honest answer, I don't know for sure. It sounds as though they are tumbling, somewhat, while they are in the drums but not being tossed around as they would if there were baffles on the drum to help pull them up as the drum spins. I can say that using hot water/dawn/lemishine leaves me with...
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    Who / Which method of using stainless steel tumbling media is best?

    You don't have to spend $200-$300 to get set up unless you just want too. I don't do 250 pieces of brass at a time, more like 80-100 at the most as I try to keep my brass as close to ready to load as possible. I picked up one of the dual drum tumblers from HF Dual Drum Rotary Rock Tumbler ...
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    Case capacity of New vs Once Fired brass

    It pays to surf the classifieds sometimes while eating lunch http://www.snipershide.com/shooting/snipers-hide-px-looking-trade/246678-250-winchester-243-brass-100-lapua-243-a.html
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    Case capacity of New vs Once Fired brass

    Stupid question most likely, but I'm going to ask this anyways. I have had to switch over to forming Winchester 243 brass into 260 since my RP brass is worn out. I had a great working load with 42gr R17 in the RP brass with 140's, so I backed down to 40gr in the newly formed 243 brass and...
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    Anyone buy from Palmetto State Armory

    Refuse to deal with them, personally. (Flame suit on) I live close enough to drive to one of their retail locations when I can justify the gas for the amount of stuff I'm buying, but haven't stepped foot in there in well over a year. When I have close to $1500 worth of shit laying on the...
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    6.5Creed/260 Rem and Alliant 2000MR

    I've been tempted to try 2000MR in my 260, just wasn't sure if it would be worth the time and effort. I've been using H4350 in RP brass, but my primer pockets have started to give up and I'm running low on that powder. R17 in WIN 243 brass with Hornady 140 BTHP's is showing some promise really...
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    PSA... Bad seller.. Deebow1.. FAKE ATLAS.

    Asshole needs a public flogging. It sucks you got burned like that, but it's definitely not the norm around here. I'm always on here buying/selling/trading something and have yet to have a deal go sour, granted the most expensive thing I've bought was a new 6-24 PST. Shit happens, but there's no...
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