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 […]
One of the best parts of writing about guns is the exposure to new products. Some are great, some work well, and some need a little bit of improvement. A couple of years ago Ultimatum […]
The Tikka T3/T3X is a great action to build a custom rifle on. They tend to be straight, have a decent factory trigger and don’t have a separate M700-style recoil lug. As an added bonus, […]
6.5 Creedmoor loads: 107 SMK IMR 8208 XBR and 142 SMK Superformance 6.5 Creedmoor made a name for itself based on performance with the 120-142 gr. class bullets. Unlike older cartridges such as the 308 […]
A look at how rifle barrels speed up: Measuring the increase of muzzle velocity in new barrels Seasoned shooters and barrel makers will often tell you new rifle barrels speed up. Normally they say something […]
7mm Remington Magnum load development: 197 gr and 183 gr Sierra MatchKings (SMK) In the days before the current 6.5mm craze, cartridges with a “metric” bullet size in the name never really caught on in […]
It’s a good time to be a rifleman. The level of innovation in the precision rifle market is at fever pitch. Twenty years ago, a rifleman could select a wood or fiberglass stock or a […]
Schmidt & Bender 5-25×56 PM II SFP Review For Police and Military use, the Schmidt & Bender PM II Police Marksman is considered the gold standard of extreme use rifle optics. The majority of high end […]
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 […]
Over the past two decades in the sport I’ve learned short barrel precision rifles shoot well and look cool. Most of the short rifles I’ve built were 16″ barrel 308 Winchesters. Always looking for something […]
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