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Squeaky

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  1. In response to Jerry 52, I'm sure such changes will, by their very nature, produce a more accurate rifle than a stock 700 ADL. Better stock, heavier barrel to minimize (or eliminate) barrel whip, and Timney triggers are great. My Rem 700 ADL is the first rifle I ever bought and I didn't know much about guns & scopes then. I just knew Remington was a good brand, the .30-06 is a classic cartridge, and it can be hand-loaded for just about anything using up to at least 220 gr. bullets. Without knowing any better, I got that thin barrel really hot a few times simply due to being excited an
  2. Geez .. just now noticed I misspelled "Good" in my title. Embarrassing.
  3. Hello: I wanted to pass an idea for a rifle project by you guys to see if it sounds ok or not. I have a Remington 700 ADL in .30-06 with a black nylon stock. I don't need it anymore ever since I inherited a beautiful Weatherby Mk.V Deluxe from an uncle in .30-06 too with a nice Burris scope. So ... I have an extra 700 long action. Hmmm ... I was thinking it'd be fun to take my Remington apart by a gunsmith for a project. I'd take the thin factory barrel off (that gets hot) and put a Shilen heavy varmint or bull barrel onto the action. I'm referring to their #7 or #8 contours. Re
  4. I just hope Trump gets a replacement that is conservative and abides by the Constitution. I heard Sotomayor's dissent recently and it was emotionally based and biased - not legally logical.
  5. Hi Guys: Just wondering what does it mean to blueprint an action? What's it for?
  6. Hey Guys: I'm still trying to get educated and gather all the details for a build I have in mind using a Boyd's Pro Varmint gunstock per earlier posts. First, I admit I'm choosing a Boyds stock simply because of price. I really like the McMillan A-4. However, the Boyds Pro Varmint stock looks like the McMillan A-5 and costs much less. I also already have a Pro Varmint stock for a heavy barrel 10/22 project so it'd be fun to have matching rifles. I think a Shilen #8 bull barrel is what I'll get. Anyway ... I want to use a Rem 700 short action receiver for a .308 rifle. Boyds offers many
  7. Hey Netpackrat: I'll be getting a Remington 700 short action receiver for .308 Winchester. Buds has the plain black ones for a good price with their "Pro-X" trigger. Might get a Timney trigger. I know everyone is going nuts about 6.5 Creedmore, but .308 is a proven round and is more readily available in my area. Federal Matchking 168gr. ammo will be used. Per my previous post, I can't decide between a Boyds Pro Varmint stock (because it looks tactical like a MacMillan A-5), or a Boyds Varmint Thumbhole stock - might be a bit more accurate and can accept a bull barrel according to t
  8. Hello: I am not a gunsmith nor am I well-versed in rifle building jargon. I have heard about bedding a rifle stock my whole life. More recently, I've heard about using pillars in a gunstock. I get the impression both are used to enhance the accuracy of a rifle. I'd like to ask just what exactly is bedding a gunstock all about? What does it do? When is it needed? What is used to "bed" a rifle? Also, what exactly are pillars for and what do they do? Where are they? Are both procedures needed - perhaps for redundancy? Are these costly procedures? Maybe this is unrelate
  9. Thanks for your responses so far guys. I just have a general idea of putting a 1" dia. bull barrel into Boyd's Pro Varmint or Varmint Thumbhole stock. I like the Pro Varmint stock because it looks like the MacMillan A-5 stock, but much less expensive. I suppose the thumbhole stock's ergonomics lends itself to being a bit more accurate. Figured I'd get a 26" 1:10 barrel chambered for .308 Win with a recessed crown, get a 700 short action receiver, maybe a Timney trigger, and have the barrel drilled & tapped for a scope base. Might get another SWFA fixed power MRAD scope with TPS rin
  10. Hello: I was just wondering if anyone has used a Boyd stock for a rifle build - particularly a .30 caliber build. I like the look of their Pro Varmint stock. As far as being "tacticool" goes, it's a less expensive alternative. Does it need to be bedded or pillared? How thick a barrel can it accept? Being a laminated wood stock, does it resist thermal changes well to maintain accuracy? Just wondering what you guys think. Of course, I'll contact Boyds too, but I figure you guys will be more objective. Thanks.
  11. Hey Everybody: There's a new gunsmith near my town who is setting a very good reputation for his custom builds. It's made me get the crazy idea to do a custom bolt .308 rifle. I have some questions since I've never done a build before, and I'm not totally sure yet about doing this project. So far, it sounds like a big money pit. Assuming I already have a barrel, a stock, an action, and maybe a new trigger too, where do you go from there to get it all assembled? What factors have to be considered? I'm thinking about using a Remington 700 SA action & bolt from Bud's (they cost le
  12. "This is my rifle, This is my gun. One is for shooting. One is for fun."
  13. Been buying Sig Sauer 9mm 124 gr. JHPs on sale this week. Watched several YouTube videos, and these appear to perform just as well as Federal HST rounds. Don't understand why the Federal HSTs cost so much - about twice as much as everything else. Heaven forbid I ever actually have to use my pistol for real, but I seriously doubt a bad guy cares if I'm firing Federal HSTs or not. Anything is going to hurt. Putting ballistics aside, I think Federal's HST packaging could be simplified and that would help drop the price.
  14. When's a .50 BMG semi-auto pistol going to be made? One never knows when you'll need to defend yourself against a SCUD missile!
  15. Hello: I bought my first Glock today. It's a Glock 43 ( 9 mm ). It looks "tactical" with a black slide and FDE frame/body. As crazy as this sounds, I'm actually new to the 9 mm world. My experience with pistols has been with the good 'ole .45 1911. I got this Glock for concealed carry purposes because it fits my hands very well and it is so slim. Also, it is easier to strip & clean than a 1911, 9mm ammo is less expensive, and it shoots any kind of 9 mm ammo. My question is what type of 9 mm ammo might be best for self-defense. I've noticed there are 115, 124, and 147 (?) grain
  16. Respect for the dead is already being exercised, of course. There are no plans (as far as I know) to try to salvage any part of the Lexington out of respect for her dead. It is hoped the Navy will allow salvage of aircraft with the deal being planes like the Wildcat with kill markings will go to the Naval Air Museum. Others will be allowed to enter collections. Given their rareness and historical value, I assume these planes will not be flown again. They might not even be restored to flying condition at all. They might just be retrieved from the bottom, treated for corrosion, and disp
  17. Hey Everyone: I know many of you served in the Navy. I just wanted to share how folks are very excited at a model building website I visit because Paul Allen has found the remains of the U.S.S. Lexington (CV-2) that was sunk at the Battle of the Coral Sea. She's in three pieces, but things like deck guns are well preserved to such an extent that rifling can still be seen. However, folks are really going nuts over the relatively well preserved state of some of her aircraft in the debris field. These are very rare TBD Devastators, and early versions of the Dauntless dive bomber and Wildc
  18. Hello: I've learned how to use my mil scope to estimate range. I read Mr. Cleckner's book which has a formula (for yards): height of target (in inches) x 27.77, then divide by the number of mils filled by the target in your scope. I'll being using Federal .308 GMM 168gr. ammo. I understand how once you get a range estimate you then refer to a ballistics chart to see how much drop to compensate for. Obviously, the more distance, the more upward elevation you need to click into your scope. My question is how do you get a proper ballistics chart? What do I mean? Well ... for any given
  19. Hey Guys: I'm not trying to beat a dead horse, but I found an episode of NOVA on PBS from around 1986 or 1987. It is titled "Top Gun and Beyond." The issues it presents about aircraft design are still pertinent today, and to the prior posts. I found this totally by chance. I would have submitted it before if I'd known it'd been posted on YouTube. Putting the debate aside, it's got a lot of cool footage and it sure is a trip down memory lane for me. I agree with one guy's comment about how this is way before PBS got full-on liberal. Testosterone is no longer tolerated. Anywa
  20. My rifle is a Savage 10 FCP-K in .308 Winchester. I don't own anything semi-auto in .308.
  21. Per R&R's & GunFun's comments, I think I'll get Federal 210 primers whenever I get paid again. Perhaps the combination of their priming compound and RL-15 powder is better than combining CCI BR2s and RL-15 powder. OH! Just remembered I'll need to buy shells too. That's sort of important.
  22. I want to replicate the Federal GMM load with 168 gr. bullets. That seems to be what Sierra lists using RL-15 powder and 210M primers. I'm relieved to learn Federal 210 primers seem to work just as well for R&R. Those have been available. I was just curious to see if anyone likes CCI BR2 primers.
  23. Hi Guys: I know what GunFun said about shotgun primers is true so I feared perhaps the same applied to rifle primers too. I will be loading for a bolt rifle. Nothing semi-automatic. I am not a competition shooter. Just want tight groups like everyone else at 100 yards. Hopefully, clover leafs. Federal 210M primers are match primers. Would regular Federal 210 primers do just as well?
  24. Hi All: I have a possibly important safety question for reloading .308 shells. Is it wrong to use a different rifle primer than what a reloading recipe calls for? I want to follow Sierra's match load using their .308 168gr. MatchKing HPBT bullets and RL-15 powder per their reloading manual. Sierra lists Federal 210M primers as the primer to use. However, I haven't been able to find these primers anywhere - not even on-line - for a few years. I've been occasionally buying Federal GMM ammo in the meantime. Anyway ... other brands of primers have been available. I know CCI mak
  25. Hello: I have a dream of one day having a custom .308 bolt rifle built using a McMillan gunstock. I like their A-4 stock. It just looks cool. I really like straight, untapered barrels with recessed crowns. I appreciate the phenomenon of barrel harmonics and how thick, untapered barrels reduce or eliminate harmonics. There's heat absorption too. I figure a typical 1:10 twist will do fine. I've settled upon 168 gr. Federal GMM cartridges. However, when I visited Bartlein's and Shilen's websites I quickly became confused. A few straight barrels are listed, but I'm not sure which one t
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