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Hard to beat an -06 for an all around rifle.

257 roberts, 10 twist Shilen barrel, Belgian blued. 6.5x55 sm, 8.5 twist......284 win.....10 twist......just a few ideas. Ben

Plain 22-250 with lapua brass, 12 twist heavy bbl. smk's Varget powder, all else is inferior. If speed is that important, go to 223 wssm

X-rays can be emailed, however, a machinst level cannot...that said, there may be a level app for the I-phone by now. Ben

Roy, I've got a few amazingly straight bbls from Krieger. Superb product. Broughton bbls are also very straight, at least the dozen or so of them I've had in the lathe. Ben

I'm going to see how I can put a couple small springs in the edges of these blocks.

Good post Scott...and it hits home. I think I was about 15 when I made my first blackpowder cannon on a belt drive lathe at the farm. I didn't know how to sharpen a toolbit, but I picked up a book and figured it out.

The economy has hit guns I think finally. A lot of stuff at the Julia auction this weekend went really low. You should see some of the mausers that they had and how cheap they went. Some Griffin and Howe customs est at $8-10K went for <5k, and some of Duane Wiebe customs est $20-30k went for...

Not in the short term. Eventually, the minerals will deposit and interfere with heat transfer, but I'm sure the hope is they will have the fuel under control and switched back to FW by then.

The best advice I could give for someone that wanted to make a living as a gunsmith is to go get an education in sales and marketing. You'd starve to death building rifles for benchrest shooters...too many of them own lathes. Look at businesses like Ed Brown and GAP for profit margins...

Does anyone have any info or specs on a chambering 22 tsm?

I have a 30 BR, 30x47, 6.5x47 and 6.5x284 and I enjoy shooting them all. I recently started shooting the 6.5x47L at 100, 300 and 600 yards. Both my 6.5's are no turn (skim), but I find the 6.5x47 easier to shoot in a light gun. I do not have a 6BR to compare it to, but I would give it a double...

I thought this was the idea behind the 6.8 spc?

Give it to a gunsmith and have them check it. Just because it was hacked on, doesn't mean its trued, moreover, trued to what.

I don't think that's a bbl, Butch. Just a piece of HP tubing or something to practice on?

If your angles are right it breaks anyway. Just run a flatter top. Comes off like rotini.

http://web.mit.edu/2.670/www/Tutorials/Machining/lathe/Description.html This guide is ok, but a machinst manual would be better. Some people get excited about a chip breaker, but I never liked using one much, it makes resharpening more of a pita. A right turn facing tool, 60 deg threading and...

Thanks Eddie, glad you sorted it out. Maybe a spring belt tensioner would help?

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You guys talk tough...........