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Forgot to mention wind flags. There are some really nice ones out there and you can spend some serious money. I elected to make six from a pattern featured in Precision Shooting magazine a few years ago. They work fine for me. I am not an early riser, so I frequently come to a shoot and find so...

If you like the base on your Bald Eagle front rest, you might consider getting one of Butch Lambert's Shadetree Engineering joystick tops for it. It is a popular option and less expensive than some others. I have no complaints about mine. Edgewood bags are beautifully made and you can't go...

Thanks. I think I'm going to like this rifle. I haven't shot it yet, but I have 100 new Federal Premium brass and a bunch of different bullets and powders to try. The leade, bore and crown look really good. The forend was hard up against the barrel on the right side for about an inch ahead of...

Wilbur, Hopefully, this shooting community who all so much care about and respect you, can help sustain you until the day that you and Judy meet again in a better place. Thank you for all you have done, and hopefully will continue to do, for all of us and our sport. Peter Magoon

I purchased this rifle "just because". I wanted something I could call my "stalking rifle". I quickly found that the bore guides I had on hand didn't work very well. I made one out of a used case and 11/32" brass tubing. Just drill out the primer hole, insert the tubing as far as it will go, and...

I checked out the PVA John Hancock. Fine looking rifle and not a bad price. In the 6mm Creedmoor, it uses a 1 in 7 inch twist. That should stabilize all commonly available bullets. Neither the 6 or the 6.5 will have objectionable recoil for most shooters. If you elect to use a brake, consider...

There is a thread from 2016 - "Scope rings...high vs offset" that may be useful.

The Savage Desert Tactical in 6mm Creedmoor comes with a 1 in 7.5" twist rate. I believe that will stabilize some bullets up to 115 grains, depending on length. Yes, the 6 will likely erode a barrel faster than the 6.5, but a whole lot less than a .243 Winchester due to the shoulder angle and...

A lady I work with has wireless cameras all over her property. I guess she's paranoid about intruders. Her phone is always going off due to a package delivery or the squirrels messing with a camera. She has one of those ring doorbell things too. I wonder if she's considered that burglers could...

I have a Savage Desert Tactical in 6mm Creedmoor. It's about 9.5 pounds with scope. Shooting Federal match ammo with 105 Bergers, I am pleased at how little recoil it has. I have no experience with the 6.5 Creedmoor but I shoot several rifles in .260 Remington and recoil is not bad, but I'd much...

You mean cost? I have a 40XBR in 6x47 Remington that would do nicely for groundhogs if coyotes hadn't eaten the last of them. There were never that many in New Hampshire anyway. Soil is too gravely and rocky. Vermont was covered with them when I was a kid, but then forests and corn fields...

That was my point. And the general reduced complexity which "should" reduce the chance of something malfunctioning. In the classifieds here, you'll note quite a few "locked down" fixed powers for sale. I have one expensive variable, a Nightforce 12-42x56. I have a Leupold 45X with a dot and a...

Less variables (pun partially intended).

Watch eBay. I got a Lee Six hunter benchrest stock that fits a short action 700 for 100 bucks. It was brand new.

I bought a box and pick them up and move them once in a while to get at my Bergers. But seriously, I was going to try them in my hunter gun but might move that project up in the queue if you get some encouraging responses.

I found my new Norma 6 PPC cases to be about .010 short on headspace. I seated bullets hard into the lands and used a reduced load of 27.5 grains LT-32. The cases filled out nicely and the loads even shot well. I have not yet tried them with more normal competition loads of say 28.5 grains LT-32.

Anyone have one? Like it? Hate it? What does it like or hate? I bought one just for grins, but haven't scoped it yet. Might not get to shoot it until spring. I do have a Rifle Basix 4 oz. trigger on the way.

I have seen multiple admonitions never to adjust the sear on a Remington trigger, so I haven't attempted it. If I can't get an acceptable pull I buy a new trigger. I am hugely uncomfortable adjusting pre-accutrigger Savage triggers, either stock or aftermarket. They seem like overly complex...

I had heard that the most common scenario for Remington trigger failure was to engage the safety, pull hard on the trigger, then push the safety off and it would release the sear. I have always tested my Remington triggers that way and never had one release. I have adjusted most of my Remington...

Why worry about things beyond our control? If the other side gains a majority, they'll just have another opportunity to discredit themselves.