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The push feed model 70 action is equal to or superior as a donor action to the Remington 700 action for a custom build. The action is forged and has a superior recoil lug and a flat bottom for more bedding surface. The downside is that the Remington has many more aftermarket stock, bottom metal...

The decline of the Winchester model 70's reputation was cataclysmic in 1964. Winchester fans abandoned the new model 70 in droves because of its design change and drop in QC. The design change was brought about to drop the price of production to compete with the Remington 700. The PF 70's are...

Your reloads can be much more taylored to your particular rifle than any factory ammo. In addition to component selection and charge weight you control seating depth, neck tension and case dimension relationship to the barrels chamber. Those all can contribute accuracy performance.

I'd go with the .243. Factory ammo is widely available in a variety of flavors. The recoil differential is significant to a lot of highly skilled competition shooters so I would consider that. The .243 is hard on barrels but only at hot load levels. You can reload it down if that is a...

Remington QC was one of the first things jettisoned when it was acquired by Cerebus/Freedom Group.

There may be some members of this forum that can provide some info. Take a look on shotgunworld.com forum also. Good luck

My guess is that 10% of reloaders of 6.5mm,7mm and .30 cal. bullets consume 70% of the production. The order of criteria for bullet selection by that group is a balance between accuracy, price and terminal performance. As I said that is a guess but I imagine that is Hornady's target market.

I will be happy if the terminal performance on game of the ELD-X bullets delivers as promised while retaining the accuracy of the Amax. The Amax is light on construction and prone to jacket separation in my experience.

The BT's expand rapidly and I have seen them shed their jackets in 100-150# whitetail at terminal velocities as low as 2300 fps. They had devastating wound channels beginning in the first inch and a half of entry. They are a killer with a good shot placement but I wouldn't choose a shoulder...

The bullets will get thoroughly tested by shooters who burn up barrels on ranges regularly. The Amax bullet has a very good rep for a cheap bullet in the calibers and weight ranges offered in these new bullets. If they are an improvement over the Amax the price will be accepted without a hitch...

Just a thought, since you are not dubious about .223 and wind at this point, look at a .222. The king of .22 caliber accuracy out to 300 yards for decades. It takes a lot to shoot out a .222 barrel so buying a used one isn't quite the crap shoot buying a used 22-250 or 220 Swift is. They are...

My stock is a monte carlo model with a closed cell dense expanded rubber pad. The stock is much more preferable than the Remington synthetic stock my friend has. So much so ,that he replaced his Remington with the SPeed Feed standard field stock. I agree about the cheesy grip cap. Of course...

Speed Feed makes a synthetic but stock that is a good quality synthetic stock. I have had one on my duck gun for 15 years. Head and shoulders above the other synthetics I have seen.

I stand corrected so far as single loading many CRFs. A Swede and a Gewehr 98 left me with an incomplete education on the issue.

If you observe a CRF bolt engage the rear of a cartridge, the extractor captures the rim of the cartridge and maintains a level to the action travel of it into the chamber without the bullet deflecting off of the feed ramp. To illustrate the difference take a fired case and load it in the...