Recent content by jeeper80

I shot high power for quite a few years until my vision started going. I shot a model 70 that was built up by a fellow on the east coast. It had a 26" fluted Hart barrel and with a scope mounted, it would shoot ragged one hole groups with 168MK loads using Winchester brass, 42grs of 4064 and a...

I've been out of it for a while but several years ago I bought short chambered Douglas barrels that fit up and shot excellently. As I state in my previous post, final headspacing was done with a hand turned finish reamer with an extension. Douglas also made available barrels that were long...

You can also purchase threaded finish short chambered barrels. These barrels are normally cut with a chamber a few thousandths short. You can rent a finish reamer with extension and headspace gauges to accomplish final headspacing. But really, there is nothing better than to have a good...

How much case protrudes beyond the chamber end is pretty much specific to the action type.

Probably the best thing to do would be to send the rifle back to Remington and let them be the ones to determine the status of the rifle.

I've read elsewhere of .308's being fired through .270's. It amazes me that people walk away uninjured from such incidents. It's a real tribute to the tremendous strength and design of the Remington 700. This comes from a Winchester 70 fan.

I used to be a competitive highpower shooter. My favorite load was 42.0 grains of IMR 4064 in a Winchester case with a Sierra 168 Matchking and a Remington 9 1/2 primer. My loading routine was to charge the primed cases with powder then visually check powder level in all the cases as they sat...

All true. Most threaded and pre-chambered barrels are made to fit every action of that rifletype/ model so guess what, the threads may fit loosely on your rifle. Further, a custom barrel fitter will ensure that the locking lugs are bearing properly and true the bolt face and receiver face. It...

Instead of replacing just the barrel or receiver, they may have opted to just exchange for an already assembled barrel and action.

Well that was pretty fast and glad you took that route instead of trying to fix it yourself. If it's an obvious factory defect, the factory should take care of it.

Jet machinery is made in Taiwan and most of the Grizzly items are Chinese made. Taiwan made machinery is generally regarded as being of better quality. Grizzly makes it a point to highlight their higher quality Taiwan produced machines in their catalog. I have a 17" Grizzly drill press...

I've done barrel work on a 13x40 and I feel it's a perfect size for the average barrel job. Be sure to get a 4 jaw chuck and a good set of measuring instruments. Next thing you know, you'll "need" a milling machine.:D

A good gunsmith or even Douglas should have no problem fitting a new barrel to your rifle. Parker Hale and Mark X Mausers are commercial versions of the 98 Mauser so barrels and options are plentiful. I've fit a number of barrels to Mauser 98 type rifles and they are among the easiest to...

I had a can of old Hodgdon 870 that turned sort of a rusty brown color and appeared to be deteriorating. I flushed it down the toilet