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Yeah, Bob - Jim and his wife Sally are turning into some pretty tough competitors. But you're no slouch - you did very well yourself!! I just posted the Iowa match 3 and 4 relay and match winner results on the Match Information and Results page. There were also 5 screamers shot during this...

We had conditions as good this match as they were bad a month ago. So everyone was trying to shoot screamers instead of just hoping to shoot a target without DQ'ing!! There were a few screamers shot, too. A lot of folks strive hard to shoot one screamer in their lifetime, but we had a couple...

Not too hard to fix I've had more than one of these come into my shop over the years when guys weren't careful enough when removing/replacing their trigger - they are actually quite easy to repair. You can drill and tap the receiver where the original stud broke off. I can't remember what size...

Should be a great Nationals! I'm impressed so far with how good a job Minnesota is doing on preparing for hosting their first IBS Nationals - I think they will put on a great match!! It looks like they have a great team up there who are handling things very well. I remember hearing a number of...

Haverkamp actions I do have a couple Haverkamp actions here and have barrels coming shortly. I will chamber the barrels in 6mm Dasher and am planning on doing some long range (up to 1000 yard) accuracy and match testing with them using standard twist and gain-twist barrels. After shooting and...

We opened our 2010 season with a pretty wild match! We had fairly windy conditions, which is quite normal for Iowa, but the winds we did have were very switchy, tricky, and hard to read. So consequently we had a lot of DQ's - one relay had everyone in that relay DQ. Oh, well - learn and go on -...

Lota of DQ's We had windy (normal for Iowa) conditions most of the day that were very tricky and caused many DQ's and larger than normal groups. Other than that it was a beautiful day!! :) I'll get some results posted tomorrow when I get in the shop and have time to get them together.

We had a great (but often wet!!) 2009 season, and the IBS Nationals that we hosted in September went extremely well. Hopefully our 2010 season will be a little drier than it's been the past year, and when we move to the new range later this summer we won't have to fight the river valley mud and...

Stick is a super guy - and does great work! You won't go wrong with him!! Gordy

Nice job, Chad! I know how difficult it can be to fit something into a stock that's designed for something else, which always requires figuring out the best compromises to have it come out looking good and working good at the same time. This is way more difficult than a lot of people realize -...

I don't know where, or if, anyone in Iowa is holding any F-class or position matches. We hold IBS 1000 yard benchrest matches by Pella. We will be sending out our spring newsletter to our shooters in the next week or so like we usually do, giving the dates and other range info to those who...

Glad you liked the video and the classes, JamieD. I really like to be able to help guys like you learn some accuracy gunsmithing techniques in my classes, and then go home and use what you've learned to set up your lathe and proceed to build an accurate rifle like you did! Glenn, I can send...

Justin, I think Al has some good thoughts on making a hunting rifle, especially a long range hunting rifle, as accurate as possible. I build and accurize a lot of hunting rifles and the majority of these guys want some serious accuracy. How I approach this bolt clearance issue will vary from...

I work on Nesika's a lot and think I can help you here. On most Nesika's, just grab the bolt body with one hand and the rear shroud with the other one. Turn the shroud clockwise just enough to get the striker to come out of it's detent (don't turn it the wrong way and have it drop down the...

Justin, I owe you some Excedrin for your headache, buddy!! :) I read your post here and wondered "where is he getting this from?" until I went back and read my post again. Then I had to laugh at myself because I can see where you got it from - about now I can hear my kids say "Duh, Dad!" :)...

I wish I knew how to link video to this forum - I have both Al and Lee on video competing at our 1000 yard matches, and it's just awesome watching these guys shoot. I use these videos as real-world examples in my long range shooting classes when I show and explain to guys what they need to...

Tighten a loose bolt for better accuracy! I've just read through this thread and saw where NesikaChad mentioned earlier that he does the math and comes to the conclusion that in practice a sloppy bolt really doesn't matter for accuracy. I build mostly 1000 yard and other extreme accuracy...

We have 2 new IBS 1000 Yard Agg records going right now - one in Light Gun and one in Heavy Gun. Both these were set at the Iowa 1000 Yard Club. We'll see if they are still standing at the end of the IBS season - if so, they will become official records then! Al Forbes set a new Iowa club...

I feel that one of the best methods out there for most people to understand and use is Greg Tannel's method of single pointing it in a lathe. He has videos on this that explain things very well - in fact I recommend these videos to the students who take my custom gunsmithing classes. His website...

It would be easiest to just replace the bolt head - easy to do on a Savage like that. It also works well to drill out the bad area and bush the bolt face to correct this if for some reason you want to save this bolt head, or if this would happen to another type rifle that isn't so easy to...