I’ve written quite a bit about short barrelled precision rifles. On this blog, I’ve built a variety of 308 Winchester, 223 Remington, 243 Winchester, 338 Lapua and 6.5 Creedmoor rifles with barrels in the 16-17 […]
When I reviewed the Ruger American Rifle, I mentioned that it was a “mixed bag” firearm that had “good bones”. The good bones are the 3-lug action with reasonable bolt lift in a rifle that […]
The Howa 1500 action offers a lot of potential for the precision rifle shooter. While appearing externally similar to the Remington 700, further inspection finds many differences including a flat bottom receiver, M16 type extractor […]
The 6mm Benchrest (6mm BR or 6BR) is a nifty cartridge. The combination of a low recoil impulse and excellent performance at the 600 yard line have earned it a great reputation among the target […]
Game changer? Sierra’s new 6mm 110 grain MatchKing #1575 When Sierra Bullets introduced the new 6mm (.243″) 110 grain MatchKing (SMK) a few weeks ago the 6mm shooting community was excited. With an advertised G1 […]
This is a custom Remington 700 precision rifle I built with my friend. It is a collection of old and new parts. New parts purchased were a Remington 700 Left-Hand short action receiver with .308 bolt […]
When I posted How to taper a rifle barrel, I had worked on a barrel that had been previously chambered. Normally, if someone was tapering a barrel, it would be an unturned blank that has not […]
In this post I’ll be turning a straight taper on a rifle barrel. The barrel is an unturned (straight 1.250″ diameter) gunsmith blank. A straight taper is the easiest taper to cut on a barrel. […]
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 […]
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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