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Larry, There isn't much more pain and aggravation involved than asking some questions in the forum. Either way I still size brass. Either way I still fireform. Either way I still have a chamber cut. Doing it right is no harder than doing it wrong here. This is a bench pistol with 20" heavy...

Let me just say that my initial idea for this case, the lowering of the neck/shoulder junction, was simply my guess at how to properly finish the neck shortening. However, with my limited experience in this area, I'm not so sure I am on the right track. So I would like to ask those with more...

Yeah, could it even be called a 30 Dasher since it is larger than a BR case? I was thinking of an all new name to designate the larger 0.500 body, and it's also a bit shorter. I don't know, it's not like I plan on the cartridge spreading and being used, it's just something to fit my needs. I...

I am taking the new Remington 30 AR case (which is not a 30 Remington BTW) and shortening it to 1.40" OAL. The case comes standard at 1.53" OAL. Technically, I could just trim 0.13" off the neck and have a case that works for 1.40" OAL. The neck would just be a shorter neck. I'm not sure what...

Case shoulders can be made longer by the process of fire-forming them in a longer chamber. What can one do if a case shoulder is needed to be made shorter? I am shortening the neck of a case by trimming it 0.130". After I trim the neck down, I would like to gain some of the neck that was lost...

Good point Jackie, I surely hear what you are saying. Turmite, I have got to do a lot more research in these machines in the last few days since I started this thread, and have begun to realize the risks that are involved with parts breakage. It adds a very different aspect that needs to be...

Wadebrown, I think you may be referring to handheld pointers with simple on/off buttons. This is a lab-style of laser. The safety features required to make it legal under the FDA could be built into it easily.

Well, the laser does not move. Someone would have to cross your lasers path. If the laser was a lower level than the head as it would be sitting on a bench, then it could be aimed out at a low level, and someone would have to bend or kneel down to get their eye within the beam. The beam would...

Yes exactly. The beam itself won't be able to be seen during daylight (though at night it would look like a lightsaber). You would first line it up from your shooting bench aimed right at the target like you say. Then you would have a general idea where the beam is, but you would be looking for...

Really? I could do that. For benchrest shooters, I would use a green laser with a large heatsink so that it could stay on for a long time while they walk their flags out. Most lasers that are available in the US are only 5mW. Not very visible in daylight. I have modules that are 100-200mW. This...

Thanks for more comments, guys. Butch, Sorry that it seemed like that. Your second answer provided some good points. The first message you posted just sort of left me wondering after the first line without any further explanation about what you had said, and then it seemed like it ended on a...

Thanks for the suggestions, Boyd. I have been signed up for classes for the machining and autoCAD program at my college campus. My first 3 classes for that program start in about 1 month. I have a few other classes I'm taking at the same time to finish up another degree, then I will be going...

Would you say that if you weren't being sarcastic? I was asking for advice because the logical place to typically ask for this kind of advice would be a machinists forum. But a common machinist doesn't produce rifle actions. That brings my logical choice of asking for advice here, where...

I know that what I'm proposing probably comes off as possibly foolish in a sense. The fact that I am coming on a firearm forum, asking for help selecting very expensive machines that I know nothing about. Then I have dreams of producing benchrest actions, but no one here knows me, so you...

I figured some fellows would find ways to bash this anyway they could. :D What I'm trying to figure out is, how can you merely say that used machines are bad, or that used machines cannot produce firearm actions with tight tolerances? You are attempting to cover every used machine available as...

Thanks. I already have Solidworks 2010 and Autodesk AutoCAD 2010. I am paying for all of the school. So, the 20K is reserved for the machines.

Here is the problem. Someone else is offering to fund the project. I was schooling previously for mechanical engineering, but they are offering to buy me the machines right now and get me headed towards this. I have a place to store the machines now as well. So, what it boils down to is this. I...

Right now, I am beginning college to learn the art of machine work. I have decided that I want to make firearm actions, and possibly work with barrels as well. For now, let's merely focus on the final goal being actions. I would begin my venture by starting with simple designs on items such as...

The 210F has been out for a while, and is built on a much larger action than the 220 (110) action. The new gun is the 220. It looks like no visitors here own one. :(

As some slug hunters may be aware, Savage recently released the model 220F, a 20ga bolt-gun based on the 110 action. http://www.savagearms.com/220f.htm Does anyone have this new gun and have grouping sessions to report on? I have seen reports from some of the usual Elmer Fudds in the slug...