Recent content by Fire1

Sell a gun?!? :eek: That's crazy talk! ;) Especially when it comes to one of my Winchesters! This is one of those cases where it isn't so much about the value of the gun when I'm done with it. Well, the value to me doesn't have a dollar amount anyway. I would keep it the way it was if I...

Ok, thanks. Yeah, I was a bit surprised at how much new bottom metal costs! But, I don't really have a choice. They rifle doesn't have any now, it's a blind mag, so I'll have to buy something to convert it. That might be something to find later on ebay or gunbroker.

I guess the one thing I haven't been able to verify yet is that the only difference in the stocks for 2002 or later is that they are inletted for the one piece bottom metal. Can anyone speak to that? If that is the case, then it would seem that I could buy the post 2002 stock, a one piece...

I have a Model 70 that I dropped a few years back and cracked the stock. I slipped on some wet rocks while hunting. I was so mad! Anyway, I glued and pinned it and it works fine, but I've always wanted to replace the stock with something nicer. The rifle in question is a late 70's/early 80's pre...

This is a gun that a friend of mine dug out of his father's closet. Can anything be found out about it based on the serial number? Why on earth would someone chrome plate a MAS 36? Might this be some kind of presentation or ceremonial piece? He wants to shoot it, so I'm trying to get it...

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I'm pretty sure the whole thing was caused be me excessively resizing the brass. Yes, I am full length sizing these. I shot this same load a week ago and had none of these problems. My plan is to first cull all of my old brass. I have a bunch from when I was...

Yes, the chamber was dry and clean. It's not a fluted chamer. The rifle is a new Winchester M70. This only happened to two pieces of brass, out of the 10 shots I took today before I came home to pull the rest of my loads. Also I would think if the brass looked likethat prior to firing, then it...

Remington Brass. I'm not 100% sure of the age, but I think this was only the 3rd loading.

The two pieces of brass in the picture are from a 300 Win Mag load I shot today: 165gr Nosler Accubond, 78.5gr IMR 7828, Winchester LRM primer, LOA 3.39. This should be a mid-range load according to my Nosler book. Although, the book claimed this would go about 3110 FPS, and my Chrony clocked it...

No problem! I hope you enjoy your time out there. I hunted it for a few seasons before I (finally) got on a lease, so if you have any other questions give me a shout.

Have a look at TPWD public hunting area 607 in Robertson County. It is south east of Waco. There are plenty of squirrels there as well as pigs, and now that deer seson is over it won't be crowded. You can use a rifle there.

Thanks for all of the replies. Greg - I had actually thought about trying to move some of the metal back in there, but before I saw your post I wasn't sure that was such a good idea. Thanks for the diagram. For now my plan is to try to clean it up the best I can, and if that doesn't work...

I'm sooo PI$$ED! :mad: I slipped and fell on some wet rocks and and my nearly 20 year old Winchester M70 suffered some sustantial damage. This rifle is like an old friend and I've always taken good care of it, and now it has a cracked stock and some nasty damage to the end of the barrel. I'm...

I have an Aetec 2.8-10x on my AR-10 and have been very happy with it. It has spent quite a bit of time in the field and a lot of time on the range, with a total of about 1000 rounds shot. I got the scope dialed in the first day and haven't touched it since.

I think thast red dot above Austin is Ft Hood. I don't think you want to try any target practice there, lol. There is some National Forest land in east TX where you can shoot. I have done some shooting on a few occasions in the Davy Crocket forest. If you get an Annual Public Hunting permit, it...