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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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USMC M40A5 Build- Part 3: Receiver Truing

Gunsmithing
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300 BLK load development: 125, 135, 175 and 220 SMK with H110 and IMR 4227

300 BLK
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Cut and crown a shotgun barrel

Gunsmithing
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Modular Driven Technologies (MDT) HS3 Chassis Review: Part 2 Shooting the MDT HS3 Chassis System

Precision Rifles
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Remington 870 3-Gun Competition Shotgun Conversion

Competition
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308 Winchester / 7.62x51mm NATO: Barrel Length versus Velocity (28" to 16.5")
Budget precision rifle: Customizing the Savage Axis
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
Howa 1500 Review
Completing an 80% 10/22 Select Fire LLC RAZOR Semiautomatic Receiver
Ruger American Rifle Predator 223 Review
USMC M40A5 Build- Part 1: Gathering the Parts
M24 Sniper Rifle Review
6.5 Creedmoor- Effects of Barrel Length on Velocity 2019

Review: TAC II Portable Two Position Wireless Turning Target System

6.5 Creedmoor H4895 reduced loads: 123 SMK and 142 SMK

Review: Shooting a Glock with Trijicon RMR red dot sight

The .300 WSM – – The End of History?


 

 

 

 

 

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Armscor M22 TCM BA Rifle Review

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MDT LSS XL shines during backcountry hunt in New Mexico

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224 VALKYRIE- Effect of barrel length on velocity

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Review: Ruger’s 10/22 Optic Ready Carbine

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3-Gun Rifle Build

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Custom Glock slide milling

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Rifle bedding: How to bed a match rifle

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Customizing a Mossberg MVP 5.56

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Porting a shotgun barrel with a milling machine

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