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Yes, the 6.5 X 284 is as hard as you've heard. And I say that as a 6.5 X 284 shooter for many years. In competition 20+ round strings are hard on barrels and typically less than 1,000 rounds of guilt edged accuracy is maintained. I did have a barrel that looked like alligator skin for the first...

A few thoughts Note that these comments are not the complete be all of reloading, just some basic commentary. 1. Bullets - For long range the current king of the range is pretty much the 185 Berger. For mid range I go with the 155 Lapua Scenar which is just a personal quirk. 2. Brass -...

I've been ordering PTG reamers for years so that I have my own when my smiths retire. The last few reamers have been custom spec'd with full sets of pilots and gauges. Even have the drawings with my name on them as the design. Surprised the daylights out of my then smith when I first showed up...

Well, based of the 70 action, then the rear of the receiver is a little lower than the front of the receiver, thus the rear mount must be a little thicker to parallel the bore, this for a 0 minute scope mount. For a 20 minute set of mounts, the rear would be taller, and there would be an...

"Arguing the merits of a bad idea does not change the fact it is a bad idea." If a whole lot of very experienced folks tell you it's a potentially dangerous bad idea and you still argue the point, another saying applies: "You can't fix stupid".

Thanks for the replies guys. The plan is to rebuild a VS-SF for 300 yard reduced target F/TR, no turn neck using Lapua brass, throated for 40 gr bullets in a variation of an old .222 benchrest load. This has worked quite well in the past. The way the rifle is now, having received a...

I am looking for a professional precision gunsmith in the general Houston, Texas area. Within a half days drive or so. Proven track record of quality work. I'm loathe to ship anymore, while insurance covers losses and damage, it doesn't cover my time. Recommendations appreciated.

Sean - Your AR will be more than enough to get you started at reduced range matches of 600 yards and shorter. Not every location has the luxury of a 1,000 yard range and there are more reduced range matches than 1,000 yard matches. You'll need a bipod and a rear bag since you'll be shooting...

Just finished a .223 for 600 yard and in using a 1-8" twist 28" medium Palma taper, have a .308 in the works for 600 yards and out, with a 1-12" twist 28" medium Palma taper. IMO (based on personnal experience, others milage or velocity may vary) the extra 2" gains around 50-60 fps so if I hit...

Glenn - The Surgeon action would be a fine platform to build an F/TR rig from, no worries there. Likewise your NXS should work just fine too. I'm not a fan of extra long barrels, especially when one is not limited to a particular bullet like the old Sierra Palma 155 (#2155) which was only...

Jim, My experience with Norma 6.5 X 284 was [B]extremely[B] disappointing. The reject rate out of the box was about 80%. About 20% of the rejects were salvaged for load development by a lot of neck turning. The rest was bad enough that the necks would have been too thin for the chamber. Since...

About ten or fifteen years ago, Hakko scopes were being imported and billed as a tactical scope. Some of the actual working tactical crowd got ahold of a few test samples and wrung them out, and by wrung out I mean abused them. While everyone had favorable comments on the glass, they did not...

The original .284 was developed by Winchester and wildcatters decided it would be even better at 6.5mm (or .260) than the original .284 (or 7mm) and so the wildcat 6.5 X 284 came into existance. Some early examples of Winchester .284 brass were of extremely high quality, and current batches...

As Greg stated, the end use should determine which rifle to get. There are reasons competition stocks are built the way they are, they are easier to shoot accurately with the right features. You want a field rifle, get the LRPV. You want to get started in F class, get the F.

Butch - The barrel(s) in question are Lothar-Walther group B match program barrels. I've heard that they are in the 420 series and 17-4 but have not been able to reliably confirm the information and L-W hasn't exactly been forthcoming with the information which they apparently hold as...

Joel - Quick question, is the process good for a barrel similar to 420 stainless?

I use the swivel regardless of the leg style, and use a US Optics level that mounts on the rail to insure that the rifle is level for every shot. Also installed Terry Cross Pod Loc on every Harris bipod. Topped the rifles with the US Optics level that mounts on the rail. I do not attempt to...

Well, when you are initially working up the loads you should keep the chrono data for the velocities at all charge weights. That way you can back off a grain or two when checking out a new lot of powder, bullets, brass or primers and see how it compares to your original data. And it will give...

The 6mm BR doesn't have a lot of recoil to the Burris Signature Z rings should work just fine, and with the extra inserts you have a choice of slope. 20 minutes should work for 1,000, 10 minutes would work better for 300-600 yards. You'll need to figure the amount of travel your scope has...

Adjustability is always better than non-adjustability. Wouldn't put together a competition rifle without an adjustable butt plate anymore. Well, excepting a pure free recoil bench rifle.