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Jim, Guess I ought to try the remaining Federal in my 2011 - it was NIB when I bought it on GunBroker, so naturally still has the OEM bbl. Thing is, it seems to like the same lot#s of SK Rifle Match & Lapua Center-X as my custom barrels do - but that's no reason not to give the Federal a...

jim1K - Wonder what chamber your bbl has? I tried three different lots of the UM22 from Midway in my rifles, and none of them liked it at all. Made me wish I had the $200 I spent on it back to invest in a good lot of SK Rifle or Pistol Match.

Reason I mentioned that was that in testing several brands & grades of ammo over the past few years, when I found a lot that shot well in one of my barrels, it nearly always shoots well in the others. Aside from the factory bbl on my Anschutz 2011, all are customs I've chambered with an Eley EPS...

That's kind of what I was afraid of Tim. Ah well, I've got a good enough supply to last me well into next year (I think), so will simply wait to see how things shake out. OTOH, I do try to make the Missouri State 600yd Prone matches at Bucksnort Range near Marshall, Mo. in October. A phone call...

I'm pretty new to fitting/chambering 22RF bbls - have done only five to this point, and they were all for bolt repeaters, not single shot BR rigs. They include 3 Kriegers, one Benchmark 3-groove & one Lilja titebore. Actions included Stiller 2500XR, Rem 40X & 40XB (old rifles sold by CMP), and...

I bought couple of these Mini bbl'd actions in 6.5 Grendel from Legacy - one with the std wt bbl, the other with their hvy bbl. Have yet to fire a single round of 6.5 Grendel ammo through either of them. I pulled the 6.5 bbl from the std wt model, and replaced it with a Bartlein 1-8tw 6mm bbl in...

I also called Clint for some test lots of Lapua Center-X last Friday. They weren't in their office or even at home when he answered, but still got the samples of the lots I was interested in shipped via UPS by Monday. Should have them here by Thursday - couldn't ask for better service than that.

Jerry's post makes me wonder what in the world I thought I was doing when I bought a couple of 22RF blanks & started in on them. Fortunately, I'm not shooting BR, but instead, built myself a couple of high-end repeaters for trainers & 22RF Precision Rifle steel matches. Started out with one of...

Never worked with a Vanguard, but have built several rifles on Howa 1500 actions, which are the same action with minor cosmetic differences. First off, every single one of the Howas I've worked with were purchased by myself as bbl'd actions; up until a little over a year ago, removing a factory...

Seems to me that the Dasher (or 6BR) would probably work just fine in a controlled feed M70, since there's no spring loaded plunger ejector pushing these short cases over against the inside of the front receiver ring during extraction. In one of those actions, with the blade-style ejector not...

A buddy got me started on the Bighorn TL2-SAs - he was going to build a Dasher on his, but changed his mind and went with a 6XC instead. Mostly because he already has a very nice Dasher on a M700, I guess. He did the same thing you did with AICS mags & machined himself a block out of black...

I had the ejection problem in my old ('73) push-feed M70 several years ago after having it barreled in 6 Dasher. Didn't get too involved in modifying the bolt nose because I was using it as a prone rifle in NRA conventional bullseye mid- & long-range prone matches. Once I realized it wasn't...

Well, rather than screw-up a very nice rifle, I sent it back with the customer with the explanation that I didn't have an appropriate action wrench to fit his M52. It had a fluted bbl in 25-06 that he wanted threaded for a suppressor, and I also felt the bbl was too light a contour to leave a...

Jeez - you guys are loads of help. Was in a heckuva hurry when I posted the question this morning, but still should've mentioned that the Cooper action measures 1.300" OD. That jangle anyone's memory as to another action with the same OD? Guess I could always contact Cooper - who knows? - they...

Anyone here ever had to change a bbl on a Cooper M52? Smaller than a M700, and I'm not sure how it compares to other actions that Brownells makes wrench tops for. Appreciate any tips, 'specially since this is a 3-lug action.

Yes, it has the features you described, and it's still unfired. No, it's not currently for sale. One of these days, I'm going to get the SAKO USA brass out and load up some Estes 65gr FB HPs, then take it out and find out how it shoots.

Oh great - I just purchased some Nosler Custom 280 Rem brass to fireform in a 280 AI chamber. I've weighed a few cases as just a quick check on consistency, and it came out with very little variation. I'll run some of it over the neck thickness variation gauge and see how it looks there. I was...

I bought one of the single shot 6PPC Sakos out of an estate a few years ago; it's NIB, and came with adjustable trigger & scope rings. Still haven't gotten around to shooting it, even though I was able to purchase a few hundred once-fired Sako PPC brass. I've recently seen photos of one of the...

Dittos on Farley - I saw an ad in a gun magazine or online just recently for these blanks.

I started out running Rem 7-1/2s in my 1st Dasher in 2004. With Varget & N150, they've been at least as good as any other primer, and better than most.