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I've done some testing at 1000 with RL17 out of three 284 bbls. - a 28" PacNor 3-groove, and 30" Bartlein & Kriegers. The 30" bbls. will give over 2900fps with moly'd Berger or JLK 180s using RL17. The PacNor is the only one of the three that really shoots well with S175MKs; it does real well...

I have to agree with papapaul on the Atlas statement - I have an old one out in the shop that's relatively well-equipped. I wanted to use it for easy jobs like boring out recoil lugs while my heavy 13x40 is tied up with a barrel dialed in, but even after I added a Phase II QC toolpost & live...

Man, Fitch, 500ft./lbs. is waaay too much torque. Maybe that's the value Howa uses to torque their factory barrels onto their 1500 actions - I've never managed to break one loose, even with a 3' cheater over the handle on my Brownells action wrench. I'd be very concerned about damaging the...

Butch, That's a work of art! Hope your grandson appreciates all the work that went into it. Dennis

There are a number of match rifle rear sights - PNW, RPA, Phoenix, Warner - to name a few. These are designed for target shooting; they're too bulky & delicate for hunting use. Accuracy with a good set of match irons on paper bullseye targets would probably astound most shooters who're...

One of my BAT 3Ls was purchased without the integral recoil lug, and it has the same machined flat on the bottom of the action as your SV. I've asked about it, and been told by a friend in Phoenix whose opinion I trust that there are several HP shooters out there using the 3L w/o lug with...

adamsgt & old #7 - the bonus features (installed DRO, QC toolpost, taper attachment, collet closer) were what convinced me to go with the PM lathe. However, the main reason I was looking at this machine to begin with was that it appeared nearly identical to my Jet 13x40. It seemed logical to go...

old#7 - I bought a heavy (just over a ton) Jet 13x40 four years ago and moved it into my attached 3-car garage/shop. I helped Dad form & pour the slabs for the floor in this garage, so I know they're only 4"-5" thick; we used steel mesh for reinforcement, which is much lighter than rebar. I had...

So far, the shortest bbl. on any of my BR/Dasher/6x47/6XCs is a 28" Bartlein 7.8-tw. in 6XC. The others are all std. or hvy Palma contours finished at 30". Some are used with iron sights; some are shot only with scopes. When I borescope them after mild initial cleaning, when I find copper...

I bought a 6" 3-jaw Buck BVC adjust-tru from Enco last month while they were running a sale on them. $420 for the chuck +$160 for the backplate, free freight= $580. The BVC is priced quite a bit lower than Buck's ATSC series chucks, is made of semi-steel, and has only one pinion. My BVC is one...

Mike, I built myself a heavy, sturdy tripod several years ago out of square steel tubing. We were shooting BPCRS, and needed very stable scope stands to spot for each other. A few of the guys laid out $$$ for new surveyor's tripods, but it looked like a good project, so I got out the chop saw...

buffalobob - I've got one of the Swiss Wild RFs here - tried to sell it on e-bay a year or so ago for the widow of a friend, but didn't get any serious bids. I don't see them listed on DEUTSCHE OPTIK's website now, and don't recall what they were selling for 10+yrs. ago when he bought it. I'm...

I've got three SIII 6-24x50 LRs & a SIII 8-32x56 LR on several of my LR rifles, and have compared them side-by-side with NF NXS scopes. IMHO, the optical quality is at least the equal of the NF. Though I've owned the SIIIs for a little less than a year now, their accuracy, tracking, &...

After going through a lot of case prep work for various rifles & cartridges for across the course HP, LR HP, point-blank BR, & LR BR, I gotta put my money on the point that Jerry was trying to make. I've shot fully-prepped stuff vs. out-of-the-box brass (though in most cases what I started out...

I bought one of Sightron's SIII 8-32x56 LRD scopes last spring to use on a BAT 3LL in 284Win. Was impressed enough with it (including a couple of direct comparisons to NF BR & NXS scopes) to purchase 3 more of the SIIIs - all were 6-24x50s, since the 8-32s are hard to find. While I haven't shot...

More than a few American shooters are using 6BR or its improved variations - such as the 6 Dasher - at 1000yds. with notable success. I doubt there's any more suitable cartridge(s) for 600yds/600m than these. Not only is their accuracy top-notch, but barrel life is excellent, recoil is nearly...

I've had a 2000+lbs. 13x40 lathe in my garage since Dec. '05. It took several months for it to settle in enough to remain level (as checked with a Stairett 98-8) for more than a couple of weeks. After that, I'd check it with the level mid-spring & mid-fall, and for the first couple of years...

I seem to recall quite a few of the guys here seem to like the Kelbly trigger in their rf 40Xs. Only thing there is that I don't know whether it's available with a bolt stop or safety.

These tube guns are hot stuff - especially for those of us used to shooting the AR platform in HP matches. Take any round action that fits and put it into one of these sleeves, and you're increasing the action's rigidity - just like back in the days when many BR shooters were doing the same...

I've seen many comments on several shooting websites by shooters who've been unable to get satisfaction out of scopes with side focus. They all talk about the situation as it were an 'either/or' deal, where they can use the SF knob to get rid of parallax, or for a sharp image, but not both at...