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And, split the top plates. Enlarge the holes to allow some pivoting to somewhat follow the contour. Never had a factory barrels that...

A direct link to another legendary ICON :cool: - Guy was a great asset/emissary to bench-rest shooting! RG

that would be correct they grow roughly .020 in length when pointing

George had the Oven. Lowell sent his jackets to George. You can clean those up with hot water and citric acid or Lemmie Shine. Or just...

The bullet on the left is a sierra jacket...

The bullet jacket may have been annealed. Lowell Hottenstein did this 2014 when the 0.825 jackets he received appeared to be harder...

Gary was a smart, smart man and a heck of a gunsmith. He was also a true gentleman and a total class act. The World is a better...

R.I.P. Gary

Your experience is Gold. And I do my best to make good use of it. Thanks for sharing. Oliver.

Steve, as I hope it was clear that, for me, Allen was a very good mentor - unusually capable of constructive criticism - a GREAT...

Does this help? https://benchrest.com/forum/threads/bullet-making-originally-owned-by-stephen-perry.69927/

andre3k: Buying your core wire in 18" precut strips is pretty slick and will save you some hassle and time. But make sure your supplier...

G. Ulrich George I agree with you that some need not claim that only their system works. I apoligize if I read you wrong. With the...

Stephen, i totaly agree, but i would add quality jackets also. george

Stephen, i think i comended what you have done here a few lines ago.this is the most interesting thread that i have ever seen on here...