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Vern: I don't know all the hows and whys. The shooters were shooting 308s FTR in a driving rain. FTR does not allow shooting under a cover, and they only stop if there is lighting. The barrels were either heavy Palma or straight 1.250" tubes from reputable manufactures. The dents were visable...

I would suggest you dry your barrel before shooting. Had a couple of customers who shot a match in the rain. The water drops in their barrels did not compress and left dents in their barrels. It ruined their barrels. I suggest folks cool their barrels with a blast of compressed nitrogen gas. It...

My 52 D My 52D was inherited from my great uncle. It has a 14 power Unertal scope and is in a straight walnut stock with a metal buttplate. The safety has never work correctly. Has a 2oz trigger and single shot magazine follower. The first time I saw the rifle was when my great uncle was...

For a 3/8", 1/2 hp carborated gearhead pump w/ bypass, 4.4 gpm @ 125 psi. I use Rustlic 255R cut 5:1. It is a semisynthetic, extreme pressure coolant lubricant. This is what the engineer at Rustlic recomended. It is a chlorine/water soluable. I have recycled and used the same coolant lubricant...

Get an FFL to get you one from Remington direct. The last I ordered came in a week or so. Nat Lambeth

Highpreasure flush system.... In my opinion you get what you pay for... High quality barrels are both expensive and timely to get. Reamers are also relatively expensive. The first book I ever read about chambering the author used Rigid Dark threading oil and a $2.00 plastic pump driven by an...

Benchrest central is a great forum. Formerly it was exclusively Bench Rest Shooters and topics. Wilbur graciously added the F-Class Forum option/thread. You will find more F-Class post on LongRange.com a forum dedicated to Match Rifle, Service Rifle, Palm Rifle, and the longrange prone shooters...

If you know what you are looking for you can order steel direct from a supplier and small quantities much less expensive than Brownells. Hot roll, or cold roll. 1018, 4130, 4140, 12L14, A1, 01, and Stainless, Aluminum, Brass in about any shape and thickness. Nat Lambeth

Get your self a PT&G .701 bolt body. It will require some fitting and the primary extraction may have to be adjusted. If not qualified get a good Savage Gunsmith to fit it. It wll be a world of difference. Nat Lambeth

I have chambered thousands of Savages with or without the nut. For 1.250" barrels I leave .020" of gap in front of the nut with the shoulder in front of the nut. You may have to make a wrench that wraps around the nut as Factory or Fred Moreo standard wrench will not fit down over the larger...

I have never done this but was told it will work. Make the die with 12L14 then heat treat. It will shrink during the heat treating process. I would suppose you would thread it with carbide after heat treating. Nat Lambeth

Staying super sonic at 1000 Michael: This is the reason most of the best FTR shooters shoot 185-210 grain, high BC, .308 bullets out of 30-34" .300/.308 bore, 1:10-1:12 twist barrels barrels. Just look at what Jeff Rorer, and James Crofts are shooting. These bullets may only start off at...

Yes, yesterday I was reaming a chamber using my JGS floating reamer holder. I bought it back in June 2004 and have chambered around 3000 chambers with it. I thought it was bullet proof no puns intended. The part that broke was where the set screw locks the reamer into the holder. A piece chipped...

284 Freebore I hightly recommend that you not seat the bullet bearing surface behind the neck shoulder juncture. The 180s are real long bullets and will not shoot well if you are trying to do a repeater in a short action. If memory serves me correctly I am throating .212-.220" freebore in the...

Call PT&G and order about 6 screws for each pilot diameters 1-4. They sent mine in little plactic baggies for a couple of dollars. While your ordering call Dave manson and order some e-clips too. Therre even harder to find in a chip pan. Nat Lambeth

Gunsmith vs Barrel being the problem... Tenring: The only time when I see another gunsmiths work is on rifles that are sent for evaluation, rebarrel or set back. Only occasionly do I see both poor threads and/or poor chambering job. Usually associated with impropper setup an/or machining...

All barrel makers have their ups and downs.... I have been rebarreling rifles since the early 1970's. I have seen some great barrel makers come and go. I have seen some come back better than ever. A few years ago I was using a well known barrel makers barrels and my customers were shooting...

What do King Salmon and Arab Terroist have in common? They both get nervous when the SEALS show up. Nat Lambeth

replacing your lathe motor Your Lathe is an import. That means it is a metric motor. I replaced my Grizzly lathe single phase motor with a 3 phase motor. I found it was easier not to change the sheeves and stay with a metric motor with the same foot print. There are NEMA metric motors...

Dave Kiff will soon be offering a few new tools. 1. A D1-4 Cat head 2. A D1-4 Action truing Jig 3. A piloted action tap for Savages, Remingtons, Winxchesters both in standared and plus .010" Nat Lambeth