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Greg, be aware that most recievers being sleeved are heavily turned/ground for a better bond with the epoxy used for the sleeve.

They are. Only the XB-BR series recievers recieved special attention. Good shootin' :) -Al

I guess you lost me with that one......

I make my weight systems much like Mike Ezell describes. A piece of tubing (copper or aluminum) appropriate to the size of copper tungsten rod is used and a front cap made. The cap holds a rubber bumper. That tube assy gets epoxied into the stock. The weight bar is drilled and tapped 1/4-20 and...

Garret, by your measurements, it sounds like you've got the necks turned correctly. Also, it sounds like the head space is correct. Since you're not seeing any marks from the rifling on the bullets, it's hard to tell where the seating depth is. That can be big issue for accuracy. Once you...

youngtg: The best bet is to get new brass for your barrel and turn the necks on that from the start. While many of us can in fact swap brass around from barrel to barrel in these BR guns, that's a situation where the same reamer is being used and there's much more control of...

It will be as concentric as the chamber is. If you're checking the necks for runout after firing, make sure that the case is extracted and ejected easily. A strong ejector can slap the neck against the receiver and give neck readings that are a fake out. Obviously, this depends on the ejector...

Thanks for the link...works fine.

It's not much of a conundrum. The Shilen triggers have a small tension pin that protrudes below the rear cross pin holes. When using them in a hanger, you simply need to make two small relief notches so these pins will clear. If someone tried real hard, they might be able to stretch this tweak...

I have several Shilen Competition triggers and they are very good. They've  always been available. -Al

Balance on a BR gun is an often overlooked but important factor. Steve's suggestion is solid. -Al

From purely an accuracy stand point, a well done Rem or clone is going to be fine. But that's not the whole story. Custom actions offer more options for ease of operation and convenience. A coned bolt for easy feeding, trigger hangers for easy trigger maintainence and adjustment, bolt...

On factory rifles, neck turning may or may not show improvements....depends on the individual chamber. At most with a factory chamber, a light clean up cut that catches 50 to 75% of the neck is all I ever do. Remember that all neck turning does is to minimize the wall thickness variation of...

Mike Bryant may be able to help you. https://bryantcustom.com/

Dr Tim, my ultrasonic cleaner gets used a lot...great for triggers. Just finished tweaking a Jewell BR and it's going in next. Plop, plop, fizz, fizz. ;)

Yes he is. So is 'boltfluter' (Paul). Both do excellent work. -Al

Lee, that's some great advice. :) -Al

Respectfully, if you've never made conventional jacketed bullets before...this .228 deal is not where you want to start out. I'm not sure who the "scientists" are you are consulting with or what the aim of the project is? Sometimes the best way forward is to back out gracefully. Good...

Doc, I did this on my Panda....works slick! (pun intended). 👍 Thanks for the tip. Good shootin' :) -Al

At one of my local stores, all primers are 15% off. Hopefully, a sign of better times ahead. -Al