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I suggest you read Tony Boyer's and Mike Ratigan's books, as well as reading the Accurate shooter and Benchrest Central forums daily. Go to and observe and ask questions at some benchrest matches. You can learn on the Rem 700, but if you want to be competitive, you will need a bench rest...

I had my left thumb fixed about 25 or 30 years ago. The doctor sawed the end of my thumb off and replaced it with a rolled up tendon from that arm. I believe they have less primitive methods now. Any way it worked out great and healed quickly. Good luck with your thumb.

Voltaren works, it is an NSAID. I have used it. I have arthritis in my hands and back, everywhere actually. I have had my thumb joint repaired, a new ankle and a new hip and a foot "frozen" with screws. Go to the doctor and have him prescribe Celebrex. (or the generic celecoxib) to reduce the...

suggested loads No, do not load to min and pray, look here for suggested loads for the caliber that you are using. Start a little under and work up. The questions you are asking about bullet depth seating are dependent on your rifle, your bullet (may have to change depth with different lot of...

I agree with your only one point statement. It is the important point anyway. Of course, judging the wind and making the proper windage inputs is the toughest part of long range shooting. If I was better at it, I would hit more dogs. I am waiting fir the day a radar will dope the wind for me...

12L14 has a yield strength of 60,000 psi. It is just "mild steel", but we tapped all sorts of holes in it, and never had a problem with customers stripping threads. It was our go to material (primarily for it's free machining properties and its magnetic properties), and we used it for shafts...

I use a ballistics calculator on every shot when hunting prairie dogs. I use applied ballistics, with a Kestrel 5700 on a post with the vane, feeding my iphone. I have my phone mounted on my rotary table, in line with the gun barrel. I range the dog with my Lieca binoculars, and put the range in...

We used a lot of 12l14 in the manufacture of industrial magnetic brakes and clutches, and we welded a lot of shafts to rotors. Never had a weld fail. These units gave a "soft start", and never were subjected to the kind of shock loads or heavy loads of a maritime environment. I take Jackie at...

Missouri now has permitless carry, but I keep my Concealed Carry permit up to date so I can carry in many other states.

I suggest this instead of Moly. Powdered graphite, in a container with a lot of plastic balls, just dip the neck in it. https://www.redding-reloading.com/online-catalog/162-imperial-dry-neck-lube-convenience-pak

I believe that almost all forums have rules about negative comments to others and regarding vendors. Don't complain about vendors here, contact the vendor yourself or discuss with the forum owner/operator. There are no first amendment privileges on a private (or public) forum. It applies to...

I use the standard Giraud spring loaded inserts. I am not trying to fit some chamber, just reducing the length to a consistent number. I did not get one for 6PPC, I use my Wilson Trimmer for that. Only a couple hundred cases, so it's no big deal to do them by hand.

I don't know, but I suspect that they do.

Many companies make a profit center out of their shipping department, adding fees. UPS fees are dependent on weight and volume of the package. They offer discounts to companies that use their service, so what ever the company charges over their cost is profit. My son had a company making steel...

Google "ball detent torque limiter" you can buy them in all ratings from your local bearing/power transmission distributor.

If any of you machinists needs some more equipment, my son is selling some of his machinery. It is in St. Charles MO, a suburb of St. Louis, MO. https://stlouis.craigslist.org/tls/d/saint-charles-cnc-fadal-vmc-4020/7129291245.html...

I had cataract surgery about 5 years ago. I chose to have both eyes corrected for distance vision. I wear trifocal glasses with the upper portion having no correction (plain glass), the lowest portion for reading, and the middle is 1/2 the reading prescription which works well for my computer. I...

Here is a link to the You Tube video. https://youtu.be/grUdsTTRGl4

I have no experience with brittle old brass, but can relate a case of brass cracking. Our company was making brass air compressor relief valves ( allowed head pressure to bleed off when compressor stopped), and in some cases the brass shuttle was breaking. It turned out to be because of...

That 4" barrel will really be loud with a heavy load of 2400, and it will be a handful. For my Model 29, I generally load 16 gr of 2400 with a 240 gr lead bullet. Very, very accurate, and recoil is easy to handle.