Recent content by les strat

One can get into this sport WAY cheaper than that. There are plenty of new factory rifles (Savage, Ruger, Tika) that are under $800 and will allow folks to shoot out past 1000 without a custom barrel. And although I am a fan of not cheaping out on glass, there are lots of good scopes in the...

It's a good rifle. Not one I'd want to carry around hunting for any length of time. Good range rifle. I am partial to the Savages with the newer (2018+) Accustocks, which you can adjust cheek weld and LOP, plus it's aluminum bedded, and substantial, but not overly heavy. The Predator and...

I haven’t heard back from them in 3 days since I first emailed.

Used Viper PST, or you can find a new Gen 1 at blow out prices if you do some searching.

Any brake will reduce the recoil of 6.5 to negligible levels. It isn't bad at all without one, but you can stay on target better with a brake. Like others have said, if you're not reloading, 6.5 will give you a lot more factory ammo choices. Plus the fact that this round will be around a long...

LOL, I'd never sleep at night! Next time, I think I will stick to just looking down the barrel after cleaning to make sure there is nothing obvious, and calling it a day!

Exactly, especially on a rifle that I've spent a lot of time getting the way I wanted and easily allowed me to shoot to my best ability. I'm still learning and and working on my skills and reloads to get the best out of me and what I have.

I've never had a custom barrel, but know the tolerances are super tight, especially in the chamber/throat area. I actually read where one guy had one that was too short to even chamber factory ammo at SAAMI specs, which is typically shorter than reloads, and was shoving the bullet down into the...

Well ya know, 6.5CR barrel rifling is created with unicorn horns for supreme accuracy, lol. This rifle will continue to be a work in progress, and I am planning on putting a lot of rounds down range with this thing, so a new barrel will come eventually. Working up some ELDM loads as we speak...

LOL, not with this rifle (maybe before with an AK, IDK, haha). I'll have to pass on the offer!

Well, this was after my first cleaning since break-in, so maybe it won't shoot that now! I used a bore guide. I will admit I used a brass rod, but surely that kind of scratch couldn't come from a rod of way softer metal.

Hi all. Looking down my barrel with a new bore light last night, I noticed this abnormality just inside the muzzle of the barrel and about had a heart attack. It's on the top of the bore and crosses some of the rifling in a different direction. I had only eyed down the bore looking at a window...

If you can slip four or five $1 bills between the stock and barrel (not one bill that so many suggest), you are truly free-floating. If that's good, then I would bed the rifle and torque tune the action to the stock in increments as I mentioned earlier.

Have you tried torque tuning the stock back and forth between each screw in 5 ft lb increments to your torque spec? Worth a try in stead of cranking down one at a time.

Congrats on a great shot and kill! I look forward to the day I can expand my shooting abilities half that far in a hunt. Or at targets!