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This thread is 8 years old. I doubt the OP is still trying to figure out how to measure his Sako.

28 tpi m70 I just recently rebarreled one of the new Portugal made model 70s from a .243 to a 35 Rem. It had the 28 tpi 1.062 thread on it. It also has about a 42 degree cone and an extractor slot. I also could not find any drawings of this and just has to take barrel and action measurements to...

I got my New Hermes from a local trophy shop that had retired it in favor of new technology. It was stored in a garage and had a damaged stylus, but I got it for $100 with 4 complete letter sets and I was able to fix the stylus myself so it was a good deal. It works great. I use it to engrave...

I agree that a lathe and a K&M would work fine. I was referring to using a lathe with just standard lathe bits and single point cutting the necks and not using a purchased neck turner. Some guys seem to have worked out a good process with the single point method and it must work for them or they...

I have turned quite a few necks on my lathe with mandrels I made, but I much prefer to use a hand held neck turning tool with a shellholder that adapts to a battery powered drill. I find it faster, more accurate and just a lot simpler.

I have a PMA and it works fine. I was a little skeptical of the moving mandrel idea but I heard a lot of good reviews about it and tried one. The mandrel is easy to adjust and once locked in place it doesn't move. There are some good youtube videos showing how it works. I just did batches of...

April 1st?

I have seen it done before I used to race motorcycles and the racing organization has a website and forum. The lack of civility and quantity of people acting like idiots led the moderators to completely start over and only allow you to register in your real name. They knew who you were because...

When I was first really starting to use my lathe I bought the Lathe Learnin DVDs from Precisionmeasure.com. It was about 8 hrs of instruction for $125. I thought they were very good.