brickeyee
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One of the things we used to do at one of my previous employers was use opponents equipment in testing US equipment. Everything from guns to radar...

Cutting metric threads on a US pitched lathe has the same problem. You really need change gears in some different sizes than usual to pull it off. ...

Years ago we had to install a larger vibration table. The older 1050s model (even with upgraded control and drive electronics) just could not...

4x to 6x is a little low for longer range varmints. I have it down to a lot of setup, one shot, one dead varmint. Maybe wait a few hours to see...

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I can still call them up, give them the serial number of my Panda action, and have a new barrel in a few weeks. I screw the barrel on and...

It is a huge amount of work, and they rarely come out all that much better than the Libby Canned Pumpkin. Even some of the cooking magazines give...

And then you have to poke around the ITAR rules from the State Department. Most of our sporting scopes are not 'Defense Items.' But it takes a...

Call up Kelbly's and see what they can do for you. Panda actions are easily altered and even a new bolt can be obtained.

What varmints and ranges? Caliber? 6 mm makes for some really nice BC bullets for longer range critters. While for pure target use I avoid...

I would have tended towards larger thread (lower TPI) in aluminum. Fine threads in aluminum are often not al that strong. 1/4-20 would likely...

A chamber casting in Cerrosafe is the way to determine neck diameter. The variation in the metals shrinkage and expansion after pouring and...

And when neck tuning the final cut should not take off more than about 0.0005 in. It leaves a better finish.

There are a couple of companies making neck thickness sorting tools using a dial indicator. Use a 'tenths indicator' (1/10,000 in graduations) for...

The slingshot rest work very well.