Recent content by Homer Oz

G'Day Fella's, Jacob Strass, FYI, another often over looked 6.5mm cartridge, is the 6.5 Remington Magnum? I am presently in the process of building one myself, based on a Rem, Model 7 action. This will be another lightweight mountain hunting rifle, and a companion to my custom (made by me)...

G'Day Fella's, Well it looks like you might be out of luck, if you didn't get a copy of this great book, as the last of the run of 100 books is now sold. With a bit of luck, another run may be contemplated but only time will tell? Doh! Homer

G'Day Fella's, Montana Rifleman, I have contemplated making up a couple of these barrel nuts for some of my Rem 700 rifles, for years now! Unfortunately, I've been a bit busy with other projects!!! I have seen that the barrel making business in Spain that Ed Shilen help set up, make just these...

G'Day Fella's, Thought some of you blokes might like to know that one of Australia's Best Gunsmiths, Mr W (Bill) Hambly-Clark Jnr has written a book! It's titled; "Centrefire Rifle Accuracy-Creating And Maintaining It" It has 475 pages and hundreds of colour photographs over it's 12 chapters...

G'Day Fella's, I Chase Coues, another option that I have a number of and I'm very happy with is; Welcome to High Tech Specialties These stock weigh in at 20 ounces out of the mould so add some weight for a recoil pad, bedding material and a coat of paint and there you...

G'Day Fella's, Bimbi40, the thing you need to remember about most AAC .300 Blackout rifles is, they generally have a 1 in 7" or 1 in 8" barrel twist! I recently done a dealer transfer on a new Rem 700 in AAC .300 Blackout, and it...

G'Day Fella's, SaskShooter, it would be interesting to find out what kind of Barrel Vice you have? As with many things, not all barrel vises are made equal! Some are only designed to remove barrels lightly set in bench rest actions, whilst there are a few well made barrel vises that are made...

G'Day Nick, Not sure if you can participate in IPSC "Practical Rifle" over there? That has to be the best Range Type practice you can get, for other competitions and hunting related situations!!! I've been participating in IPSC (Practical Pistol, Rifle & Seedgun)) , for over 30 years now and...

G'Day Fella's, Nick, I have No reservations about recommending a Remington 700 to anybody! But personally, I think the Best Hunting Rifle Buy on the market at present (at least in Australia), is the Howa Model 1500 bolt action rifle!!! Hope that helps Merry Christmas to all Doh! Homer

G'Day Mike .338, I think I own 7 various Remingtons (600, 673 & 700's) they all shoot but this, like yourself has only come about after Post Factory intervention! Probably the least effort has been with the 700 MLR in .338 Lapua Mag. Other than reducing the trigger pull to 2 1/2 Lbs and loading...

G'Day Fella's, As various others have already stated (and myself previously), I'm over the moon with the accuracy of my various current production Rem 700's! Because of this, I'm starting to wonder about some of the owners of Rem 700's that apparently "Don't Shoot". Maybe its their shooting...

G'Day Fella's, Grey Fox, I've been involved in the firearms industry here in Australia, for the last 15+ years. During that time I have noticed how Savage have continued to make forward leaps and bounds, on the other US firearm manufacturers. This has happened primarily, since Ron Coburn...

G'Day Fella's, Trickymisfit, sorry I was referring more toward the world in general, than Remington themselves! But I think Remington could look at how their centerfire rifles are assembled. Their manufacturing, tooling, methods and processes seem to be fine, it's just how (the staff are told...

G'Day Fella's, As Trickymissfit mentioned, not only have quality gone out the window with some products but also service! I put all of this down to direct effect of Globalisation!!! Doh! Homer

G'Day Fella's, I live in Canberra, the National Capital of Australia! Thats right, Sydney isn't our Capital, Canberra is!!! Great place to live and make a $, with great shooting ranges, varied small and Big Game Hunting 15 minutes from home. Also lots of Hunting as well as plenty of great Fresh...