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Congrats Jeff Hovis

The smaller diameter action will not hurt accuracy but just looks a little funny sometimes. You will need to barrel block a 1.450 barrel for a couple of reasons, one, it is very heavy for the action and two, it takes a lot of work to bed the action and relieve the barrel channel. Even if I used...

Pat, Tom Meredith is still hard at work. He painted a stock for my wife last fall, absolutely beautiful. TM Stockworks has a web site, just google it. Hovis

After the abuse that Meredith, Gammon and Aberegg gave me last weekend.......just call them Hovis'd Hovis

Congrats Dom....great shooting in tough conditions. Hovis

The Mike Ratigan version: 1. Hardened points on legs. 2. One piece bag 3. No uplift help spring 4. Has adjustable counter weight 5. I think the side bag tensioners are slightly different (at least from the original Neo design). Hovis

The farley is nice...the Seb NEO (especially the Mike Ratigan version) is better. And yes, I do have a farley (used to have two for over seven years) and have two NEO's since last fall. Hovis

I've been making short 22ppc's for over ten years. I use one of Jim's (JLC) dies, I highly recommend the investment. Jim, do you keep the reamers in stock or where is the best place for me to buy one like you provide. I don't know how many cases I have done (1000's) but the reamer is finally...

JRB, Fouling has never really seemed to get worse as the barreled aged and yes, the throat is eroding at a very rapid rate now. Up to the 4000 rd mark, it only moved about .001 per 400rds, so the pace has really picked up now. I spoke to a barrel maker this weekend and a couple of others who...

Boyd, The barrel makers could answer this question but you won't get one answer. Some seem to stress relieve twice and some once. Does it make a difference between cut and buttoned...maybe, I don't know. I think most say on their websites their process. Hovis

I got the barrel when buying a used gun. It came with a 6ppc barrel and a 22 waldog. The waldog had 2400 rds on it and shot very good. I put another 300 rds on it. I then had it rechambered to a 22 -.100 short and has had no further work done (no crowning, rechambering, etc). The 6ppc barrel...

I had a rifle destroyed in shipping. I had the rifle/action builder make out a estimate/receipt for cost of replacement. They paid the full amount (I had it insured for that amount) and reinbursed me for the shippting cost also. I don't remember if I got paid for the cost of insurance. Before...

There are a lot of good shooting barrels screwed off guns at 500-800 rds. But they are not normally tossed. They are kept and when the person gets his new barrels and they won't shoot, these older barrels make a reappearance because at that point, the chances of a barrel that stops shooting...

I'll have to agree that the only thing that actually shows a barrel quit shooting is the target. I've got barrels that look awesome inside, really straight and won't print a competitive group. Then on the other hand, I have a barrel with over 6000 rounds on it that will still print in the mid...

afrench, Bummer....I was counting barrels the other day. I have 12 barrels under the bed that were duds. I don't remember any of them not stabilizing though, just wouldn't group. Hovis

Tom, Didn't have anything in my PM, did have to clean it out though. Hovis

I'm going to make some assumptions here so correct me if I'm wrong. 1. It seems this barrel has been doing this all along and with two bullets. 2. You have used tony's method and have run the gauntlet with them so to speak. 3 - 3shot groups with a .6 or so spread between low to middle and...

afrench, I didn't elaborate more because I need more information. 1. Have you been shooting this load successfully in the past (no oblong holes) and this just cropped up? 2. What kind of powder are you using? 3. Neck Tension? 4. How did you go about finding the seating depth you have...

Thanks Tom, Are any of you west coast guys coming over for the Nationals? Hovis

Tom, Thanks for the info. I have not tried the columns with the LT32 yet, just not enough time. I used the column to win the 200yd LV at St Louis last fall, I just cannot seem to get it to group at 100yds. I have 2500-3000 left, I think it's a seating depth issue. A little help with where you...