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I would not use a zero freebore. If you provide a dummy round with a bullet as has been suggested, that will generate the proper freebore. My guess would be a fb of .030" to .050", depending on the bullet ogive, is what you will end up with. FWIW Steve Kostanich

While just about every rimfire action has a counterbored bolt face, there is one exception. That is the Rem. 540/541 series. With those actions the bolt face is flat, no counterbore, The barrel breech is counterbored for the cartridge rim to fit into. As such there is a possibility with just...

I agree with George U. I have made bullets on Sierra .810" 6mm jackets, and all were unpolished. I obtained the jackets in the early 90's. The 22 jackets looked the same. If the bullet measures .808 to .812 overall length, it is surely a Sierra. FWIW SteveKostanich

Dave 50, You are spot on about the original Leup. 36x scopes. I have 6 of them, and all have been perfect except one. That one simply is not crystal clear, and has been back to Leup. twice with no improvement. Two of them are the original friction focusing system on the very first version of...

Canuck, If you are serious about shooting formal BR, check what your rifle weighs without a scope/mount set up on it. The 10.5 max is what you want with a scope, that allows you to shoot in all 3 varmint classes. Subtact what your rifle weighs without the the scope from 168 oz. The difference...

RG You truly are a 25 cal guru. I have access to a 250 Ack. Imp. and 257 Robt. Imp. reamers, but have never been interested in fooling with them due to the type bullets available. Actually have a 25-06 Ack. reamer too. I think you are right about the 257 Robt. Ack being the best 25. Wont it...

RG The first rifle I ever build was a 25-06! Didn't" know a thing about BR shooting back then, it weighed 14 lbs. and was fairly accurate, or so I thought!!. For some reason I just wanted a 25 cal. Eventually found out about BR shooting, and was hooked. On your 25 project, can you get 25 cal...

Actually with the brass available today, there is no need to run a .262" neck in a PPC. That dimension was a result of the Sako brass that was first used to make PPC cases, the necks were too thin to go any larger. Had nothing to do with accuracy being better. FWIW Steve Kostanich

RG You mentioned Allen Bench in a post here. I knew him well, he was one of my mentors in my early years. He was generous to a fault, gave me a Pindell 30 cal point up die that makes very nice bullets, a Pat McMillan 22 barrel that had polygon rifling that shoots quite well, and a partially...

Recently did some testing of RL-7 in my 30BR. The powder was 40+ years old, and actually shot quite well. Shot 5 groups for score on a 100 yard score target. Got a 250, but no X count as the centers were too shot up to see the dot. Turns out to be a viable alternative to the no longer available...

Sam, It may be possible for a handy 'smith to simply fabricate a new front end on the original pin body. I have made several bolts for myself, and made the firing pin that way. The portion in front of the shoulder has the tip part threaded and Loctited into the main body. It is over size at...

Mark t, Mark B. didn't mention the Hunter Class barrel dimensions, which Bartlein barrels makes, 1.25" for 4" tapering to .75" at 26" A great alternative if you have a big weight problem. Can't remember Bartlein's # for the contour. FWIW Steve Kostanich

30BR and Reloader-7 Just did some testing with RL-7 in my 30BR, and I thought it looked pretty promising. Shot around five times on a 100 yd score target to get a 100 yd agg. Was a 250 with undetermined X count as the centers was so shot up the dot was gone on each bull. Tried 33.7 gr.,34.2...

Greg, Just guessing, but I would say it is a Heavy Varmint class short range BR rifle. may have been built back in the '70's, when the Slilen family owned the business. The stock is a Shilen laminate that they were making about that time. The bolt must be an after market piece, as Rem. bolts...

I have made bullets on Hines jackets. They shot very well. I wish they would make a run of .750" jackets. Up here in the NW several of us really liked the J-4 .750" jkts that are no longer available. A 64 gr. bullet on a .750" is perfect in a 14" twist. Since most short range bullets are now...

Re: post 228 I did not know that Tom Dickson passed. He was one of the finest craftsmen I ever have the pleasure to know. Everything Tom did was first class and usually a work of art, from rifles , to hot rod cars and radio control model airplanes. RIP Tom you were the best, and oh, a REALLY...

Thanks Speedy very good info! Steve

Just heard that Lapua is resuming production of 220 brass. Should be available in December. Guess they heard about the Alpha 6PPC brass, and maybe decided they better get back in production. If the Alpha brass is any good, why would you want to burn up components, and wear out barrels to get a...

Ed, I started short range BR in 1969, there were moving backer required then. I don't think there is a spec for how far the backer has to be from the record target. Check the NBRSA rule book to see what if any distance is required. Moving backers are not perfect. Sometimes double hits occur and...

I was just curising around the SAAMI website and noticed there is now a 22 ARC. What was interesting is the 22 ARC is not a necked down version of the 6 ARC. The 22 shows a headspace datum of 1.220 and a overall max case length of 1.525. The 6mm shows HS datum is 1..190 and overall case length...