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    OCW .....opinions?

    Dont get hung up on the tiny groups. Remember, you did an OCW test, not best group test. The purpose of an OCW is to find the charge range your rifle prefers. The 44.5 gr 1/2 inch group is nice but if you throw a charge 0.4 gr high or low, it becomes a 1 1/2 inch group and its ruined. Looking at...
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    208gr 300 WM speeds

    I'm using H1000 (76.2gr) with REM 9 1/2 Mag primers out of a 30 in barrel
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    208gr 300 WM speeds

    Shot a 1000yd match recently using 208 gr amax's out of my 300 win mag. It resulted in a come up of 24.25 moa. When I put this data in a ballistics program it said i was running about 2925 fps. Its a newly built rifle and I had never shot anything past 100 yds before and never chronographed my...
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    neck turning for 260?

    I have read about having to neck turn 260 cases that are sized up or down from 243, 7-08, and 308 (typically using high end brass i.e. Lapua, Nosler, Norma). I have also read that some have not had to turn necks at all, they just resize, load and fire with no problems (typically using Winchester...
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    brass question

    like I said, I cant justify buying lapua brass right now
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    brass question

    I measured the neck wall thickness of each case that I did in 4 spots with all winchester cases measuring .015 in thickness and all remington cases measuring .014 thick. I had the same line of thinking with the brass stretching and shrinking so it kind of baffled me when it all came out the same...
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    brass question

    I am trying to stock up on 260 rem brass. Problem is, all I can find is 7mm-08 and 243 from Remington and Winchester. So far I have 100 cases of 243 Winchester, 50 cases of 7mm-08 Winchester, 50 cases of 243 Remington, and 50 cases of 7mm-08 Remington. All of these cases have been resized to...
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    Rifle Scopes new precision guided weapon system

    Check this out, www.tracking-point.com
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    new precision guided weapon system

    Anybody seen this yet, www.tracking-point.com. Almost completely eliminates human error.
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    Gunsmithing Barrel Nut Torque

    Re: Barrel Nut Torque Is this barrel nut new or being reused from a previous build? If it is new, torque it to the recommended 30 lbs, unscrew and repeat 3 times and then tighten to the next hole. If it is an old reused nut, be careful. If you feel it wont continue tightening to the next...
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    .300wm - .300wsm

    Re: Loads for .300WM-.300WSM Need some help here, from someone with a load program. I finally got a decent load for my 300 win mag rifle, but I have no chrony or program to use. Using Rem virgin brass trimmed to 2.850 Rem 9 1/2 Mag primers 76.2 gr H-1000 powder 208 Amax bullets loaded .005...