Lol ya the savage can be picky.. mine likes 168 grain... absolute tack driver... I always forget about tikka. I miss my tikka. It was everything...
Rusting I can believe... my buddy had all those issues in one rifle.. I think I got One from their better years.. action and barrel are from 71'....
what kind of issues other than maybe accuracy have you had? Thank you Sir. I hope it shoots well.
[ATTACH] Believe it of not, after the tape test, the bolt appears headspaced! There is even tension when closing the bolt on the case without...
Absolutely!
Picked up a lightly used bolt from eBay (of all places) for 70 bucks. Found nice bottom metal for a detachable mag for 50. Decided, thanks to...
That is one sharp lookin remmy!
It does work. The real trick to them is to shoot a group, then mark where you have it mounted, then move it forward or backward a little bit at a...
Hopefully you can peg one this year. You are correct. It has become very boring... no challenge at all. But! They still need to be culled. :) If...
Ill be rebarreling and headspacing it myself. It is a pretty straight forward job and one of my good friends is does custom rifles for people on...
Even if I find a bolt, will I not effectivly have to remove and replace the barrel in order to headspace the new bolt? That is, if the new bolt is...
Thank you Sir! The stainless seems to attract the deer in my area.. haha. I miss hunting where you have to be quiet, hidden and generally...
in regards to working on projects for myself, no, my time has no value. This is what I do to keep sanity. I have other rifles that fill my need,...
I am really leaning towards an -06 catridge of some sort. I like the 25-06 because it shoots wicked flat, but the 30-06 is cheap to shoot. The...
Ill be reloading by the beggining of next year. I am fortunate enough to have a Grandpa who is heavy into reloading and is wanting to get me...
41 Mag: I appreciate you taking the time to write up your post! Im not looking for any sort of laser accuracy out of my rifle, I would be...
I see what you mean. The only real reason I would do it in .308 is because it is a caliber I am very comfortable with. Plus ammo is cheap :D The...
Hmm.. Ill definitely do some reading on it. Appreciate your input sir! I'm in no rush on it, just laying out all the possibilities.
I hadn't considered it actually. Pretty solid caliber?
Highly unfamiliar with that caliber but ill do some digging on it. Thanks Sir!
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