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Short and Loud: The 16 inch 308 Win Precision Rifle

February 13, 2015 Bill Marr 0

Short barreled 308 precision rifles are nothing new.  Even prior to the introduction of the DARPA XM3, 18.5″ 308s were in use with some forward thinking shooters.  GAP has marketed its popular 18.5″ 308, the […]

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16.5 Inch 308 Winchester Precision Rifle: Summary of a Short Rifle

November 4, 2014 Bill Marr 0

If you’ve been following Super Short Precision Rifles: Is there such thing as a 16.5″ .308 Tactical Bolt Action Rifle? and Short Rifle, Long Range: Testing our 16.5″ 308 Remington 700 out to 635 yards, you’re well aware […]

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Short Rifle, Long Range: Testing our 16.5″ 308 Remington 700 out to 635 yards

November 18, 2013 Bill Marr 0

Performance of our Remington 700 chambered in 308 Winchester that had its 1:10 twist #6 Shilen barrel cut to 16.5″ was impressive with factory ammunition at 100 yards (see “Super Short Precision Rifles: Is there […]

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Super Short Precision Rifles: Is there such thing as a 16.5″ .308 Tactical Bolt Action Rifle?

November 15, 2013 Bill Marr 0

We keep cutting barrels and they keep getting shorter! Life is a series of choices involving some sort of compromise- just like building a rifle.  When configuring a bolt action rifle, many compromises must be […]

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Bob Marvel Custom 1911 Classes

Gunsmithing
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Customizing the 1911: round butt Officer’s ACP conversion

1911 gunsmithing
November 1, 2016 0

Muzzle brake shock waves in the sand

Accessories
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“Blueprinting” (Truing) a Remington 700 Action

Gunsmithing
December 23, 2014 0

Installing a bead on a shotgun barrel

Gunsmithing
February 7, 2019 0
6.5 Creedmoor- Effect of Barrel Length on Velocity: Cutting up a Creedmoor!
223 Remington/ 5.56mm NATO barrel length and velocity: 26 inches to 6 inches
308 Winchester / 7.62x51mm NATO: Barrel Length versus Velocity (28" to 16.5")
Budget precision rifle: Customizing the Savage Axis
Building a 9mm Bolt Action Rifle
300 Winchester Magnum: How Does Barrel Length Change Velocity- A 16" 300 Win Mag?
223 Ackley Improved (223AI) loads and review: A better 223?
6 Creedmoor barrel length versus muzzle velocity (31 to 17 inches)
308 Winchester/ 7.62x51mm NATO Short barrel length and velocity- A six inch 308 bolt gun?
7mm Remington Magnum (7 Rem Mag) Barrel Length Versus Velocity

Kynshot recoil reduction stock for the Remington 870

Review: Tactical Rifle Operator with Paul Howe

Brownells/EOTech CQB T-Dot Review

Grizzly 4003G Gunsmith’s lathe chuck issue resolved


 

 

 

 

 

Review: Nightforce Competition 15-55×52

April 19, 2017 0

SHOCKING SHOCKWAVES: Rem TAC-14 v. Mossberg 590 SHOCKWAVE review, part 2

July 12, 2017 0

Back when Sears sold a Mauser: The J.C. Higgins Model 51

August 19, 2018 0

Review: Modular Driven Technologies (MDT) LSS Chassis for Savage Model 10

March 7, 2016 0

Review: Lithgow Arms LA102 Crossover Centerfire rifle

August 2, 2017 0

Easy cosmoline removal

February 4, 2018 0

Custom 1911 Project: Part 1- getting started

August 29, 2016 0

Building a custom Howa 1500 in 6.5 Creedmoor

November 1, 2017 0

Remington Model 4, 742, 7400 disassembly notes

December 15, 2019 0

3-Gun Rifle Build

November 24, 2012 0

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