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Budget precision rifle: Customizing the Savage Axis

May 2, 2016 Bill Marr 0

I’ve been having a blast with my Savage Axis HB.  As reported in Savage Axis HB Review: Sub MOA for sub $300?, the rifle shot sub MOA it’s first five shot group.  No small feat for a […]

Precision Rifles

308 Winchester 175 Sierra MatchKing and IMR 4064 load development

January 11, 2016 Bill Marr 0

308 Winchester load development with the Sierra 175 grain MatchKing (SMK) and IMR 4064 Powder. In this post, I’ll be developing a load for my M40A3 clone.  Built on a customized Remington 700 receiver, the […]

Precision Rifles

Sierra .30 Caliber/7.62MM 175 Grain HPBT Tipped MatchKing (TMK) Load Development and Review: 308 Winchester and Varget

June 28, 2015 Bill Marr 0

The .30 Caliber/7.62MM (.308) 175 Grain HPBT Sierra MatchKing (SMK) is the gold standard for 308 Winchester precision rifle shooters.  In January 2015, Sierra introduced a .30 Caliber/7.62MM (.308) 175 Grain HPBT Tipped MatchKing (TMK) […]

Precision Rifles

308 Winchester 175 Sierra MatchKing Ladder Test with Varget and IMR 4064

February 6, 2015 Bill Marr 0

I often utilize traditional methods to develop hand loads for my rifles.  Normally, I’ll load five rounds of a given charge in .3 grain increments for a given powder (some shooters load 3, or 6, for […]

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308 Winchester Load Development Part-2: 175-grain Sierra Matchking, Varget and Reloader 15

December 20, 2014 Bill Marr 0

22″ 308 Winchester Load Development Part-2. This the second trip to the range working up a load for my 308 Winchester.  On the first trip, I shot two, five-shot groups of each load.  While it […]

Precision Rifles

308 Winchester Load Development: 175-grain Sierra Matchking and Varget

December 13, 2014 Bill Marr 0

308 Winchester Load Development I headed to the range to do some load development for my custom Remington 700 chambered in 308 Winchester with a 22″ long barrel (my previous load was a NRA High […]

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Defiance Machine Stryker Ridge HTR action: Custom Remington 700 style reciever

Precision Rifles
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Brownells Gunsmith Conference and Career Fair

Gunsmithing
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Turning a sporter contour rifle barrel from a blank

Gunsmithing
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Removing stripped and sheared screws from a rifle

Gunsmithing
April 30, 2023 0

Cut and crown a rifle barrel without a lathe (11 degree target crown)

Precision Rifles
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Budget precision rifle: Customizing the Savage Axis
Ruger American Rifle Predator 223 Review
Charter Arms Pitbull .45 ACP Review
308 Winchester / 7.62x51mm NATO: Barrel Length versus Velocity (28" to 16.5")
6.5 Creedmoor- Effect of Barrel Length on Velocity: Cutting up a Creedmoor!
Howa 1500 barreled action review: Howa 1500 versus Remington 700
223 Remington/ 5.56mm NATO barrel length and velocity: 26 inches to 6 inches
Howa 1500 Review
USMC M40A5 Build- Part 1: Gathering the Parts
Review: Remington 700 SPS Varmint

6.5 Grendel loads in a Howa MINIACTION (6.5 Grendel load development)

TAC21 Review: 3.5 Years Later

6.5 Creedmoor load development: Hornady 147 ELD with H4350 and H4831SC

“Blueprinting” (Truing) a Remington 700 Action


 

 

 

 

 

Custom 1911 Project: Part 5- milling the slide for low mount sights

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Vais Muzzle Brake Installation

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Rebarrel a Remington 700 without a lathe: McGowen’s Remage barrel conversion

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340 Weatherby Magnum

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Savage B22 Precision Rimfire Rifle Review

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1911 Front sight Installation

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Surgeon 591 Action

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Installing Novak sights on a PPK /PPK CLONE

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Custom Remington 700 223 Wylde

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Building a Custom Bolt Action .223 Rifle with a Blackheart International Action

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