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Merry Christmas to all, and best wishes for a Happy & Prosperous New Year!

I've tried Fastenal for several sizes of metric screws, and have had some success with them. Have to agree - Anschutz is unbelievably high-priced on replacement screws.

The last I heard, there weren't going to be any 5Lb. jugs available in this latest shipment of RL17. I'm still waiting a call or e-mail from PV when they receive their next shipment - and hoping they're not so buried in orders that they won't have time to do that. I like RL17 in my 284s, but...

I installed a Newall C80 3-axis DRO on my vertical mill just a few months after getting it set up in the shop, and have found it to be indespensible. I was so impressed with it that a year later, I bought another C80 for my 13x40 lathe. I invested in the 2nd C80 simply because of the experience...

I fired several rounds through a McMillan 50 BMG a few years ago, and still remember how the brake's backblast flipped the bill of my cap up. If it hadn't been for the clamping action of the muffs I was wearing, I believe it would've blown the cap off at each shot. OTOH, I recently installed a...

I kinda wish Rem. had taken the 20 cal. route instead of going with the 17 FB, but since they didn't, I've got a new PTG 20 VarTarg reamer, and am just waiting on a couple of .204" bbls. from Bartlein. Bought a Rem 700 CDL Limited in 17FB, pulled the fluted SS OEM bbl. and sent it to Bartlein so...

Jonny, Sightron's SIII 6-24x50 is available with either a 1/4 min. dot or mil dot reticle, and has 100 MOA of internal adjustment, which should meet your needs. I see them listed for sale from $777 to $820 from various vendors. For shooting at the std. NRA LR target's bull, the dot reticle would...

I'm sure the Palma rifle's action is drilled & tapped for scope bases; it's built on their target action, and they're all drilled & tapped.

I've bought four of Robertson's prone stocks for my own use, and Wayne's got it right - Ian & Kelly send out a plastic 35mm film cannister with pigment to match the stock's gel coat color. I use a 5 min. clear epoxy and mix in a very small amount of the pigment, then spread it on the area to be...

Barrel extensions are loc-tited on - it will likely require heat to get it off. The next concern would be the gas port location & diameter, and whether it will result in excessive port pressure with powders suitable for the improved case's slightly greater case capacity. It seems like using...

I tried 35.3grs. of RL17 with a moly'd Tubb 115 in one of my 30" bbl. Dashers - got only 2771fps. The barrel was clean & cold - I'd expect perhaps as much as another 40fps out of a barrel that'd been fired with several moly'd rounds previous to this one shot; could be another 50fps with a R7-1/2...

I had Randy Gregory chamber a couple of .236" bore 8-twist Kriegers for the Dasher using Grant Ubl's reamer set, which supposedly had a .274" no-turn neck, .173" leade, and .1583" throat. Both those barrels will handle a half-grain more Varget or N150 than any of the barrels I've chambered with...

I will agree with several of the other guys that a DRO on a lathe is somewhat of an extravagance, but after getting used to having a 3-axis Newall C80 on my mill, I wanted a DRO for the lathe. Even though my lathe is only 3yrs. old and the dials are very accurate, the DRO helps me keep track of...

RL17 should do fine in your 6x47 - it's pretty good in mine, though it's going to take some load tuning to get it shooting as good as N160 with Tubb 115s. It doesn't appear that I'll get quite as much velocity with RL17 as some of the early testers did, but it's still going to beat N160 by...

If Mobil has indeed discontinued Omega, then their Sigma cutting oil will work in its place. I've used both with good results - the only reason I bought a pail of Omega in the first place was because Mobil's product guide showed it has roughly twice the amount of sulphur content as Sigma. Our...

I just shot one of CRC's LR weekends out at Byers this past weekend. There were several well-known Palma shooters there, as CRC has the State Fullbore Prone Championships scheduled for this coming weekend, and they were taking advantage of the opportunity to get in some shooting at 1000 a week...

Larry, I've got a 250 Ackley Improved - maybe 4007 will work in it? I haven't had a whole lot of success with it in any of the other cartridges I've tested it in, including a 6 Dasher & 6x47L. Naturally, I bought an 8lb. jug of 4007 instead of being more cautious and trying just a pound of it.

I tried 4007SSC in a 6 HAGAR with 87s and found it much too slow for that cartridge, which is very similar in shape & proportion to the 223. Ergo, I wouldn't waste much time or energy testing it in a 223.

Jerry, Thanks for sharing the 284 data - 2800fps is about as fast as I've been able to go with Berger & JLK 180s. Looks like I may have to share my meager supply of RL17 between the 6x47s & 284s - and I just bought another 8lb. jug of H4831...

Lynn..... I loaded one round of Dasher ammo with RL17 this evening. Used a Wolf SRM primer, 35.3grs. of RL17, and a moly'd DTAC 115 seated to jump around .020". Out of a clean, cold 30" Krieger .236" bore 8-twist bbl., it chrono'd 2771fps on an overcast 77*F day. The way I see it, you might get...