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I'm back in the shop , setting up the mill to drill and bore the breach block hole . reading the text, it says drill at 3*. So I'm thinking tan. of 3* = .0524. .0524 x 2.5 (width of receiver) = .131" . If you measure the drawings figures 3-5, 3-7 and 3-8, you come up with roughly .05 total...

Thanks for responding Shortgrass. That sounds like good advice.

Hi fellas, I was reading an old thread about folks who built the DeHass vault #2 rifle. The forum said since it was an old thread to start a new one . I'm in the early steps of squaring up the receiver blank, and I was wondering if it as beneficial to single point the barrel thread or is it...

Thanks Shortgrass your last post answered a lot of my questions. I really don't want to hold the reamer in a tap wrench by hand. I'm thinking of buying my reamer and piloted center drill from Manson's so I'll probably get his reamer holder while I'm ordering. I was thinking last night at work...

Thanks for the advise folks, my spindle is too long to work through, unless I buy another backplate and make a spider that would align the barrel closer to the spindle nose, which I am considering. It's an L-1 spindle. As for the steady fingers they aren't the roller type but I suppose I could...

Thanks for the response fellas, I see I found someone who frequents the PM forum. I've read some of the debate over there on through the headstock vs. between centers chambering and it sometimes degrades into folks just bashing each other. I'm not trying to set up a situation like that here, I'm...

Hi fellas, I'm tooling up for my first rifle build and I've read the book "The complete guide to precision rifle barrel fitting" by John Hinnant. Mr Hinnant shows the reamer being held by hand in a home made wrench and being pushed by a dead center in the tail stock. There is a fella over on...

Thanks for the input acloco, sorry it took me so long to reply, my computer has been down for a couple of days. That is a very encouraging plug for this cartridge, the splat factor comment definitely got my attention! I only hunt chucks though so it may not be as dramatic. One of the things I...

Thanks HARPERC, I'll check that out as well, and I think I try some of the 105s in my .243 it's the time of year to belly up to the ule loading bench

Interesting J E, I always seem to prefer the heaviest bullet that makes any sense for what I'm doing. In the .243 I am using the 87 GR. V-max but am thinking of trying the 105 gr. A-max. I'm usually willing to trade a little velocity for the higher B.C. and for chucks I believe the 87s hold them...

Thanks fellas this is the kind of discussion I was trying to generate. HARPERC, I read in the Hornady manual that their test rifle had a 1 in 9" twist and it says that the 1 in 10" twist would not stabilize the 80 gr. v-max. J E, what your saying sounds logical, with more velocity the same...

Thanks for responding JE, I saw a reamer on Dave Manson's site but it was 22/.244 Ack Imp. It's not the way I want to go though I agree with your advise to stick with the 6mm Rem. go gauge. I'll check out PT&G.

Hi folks , I was wondering if anyone here is a fan of the 22/6mm. I'm considering it for my first attempt at cobbling together a bolt action rifle. I don't know when I'll get started on the project, trying to read up and tool up for it is time consuming. I'm in the process of reading "The...

You've gotten some good sugestions above to consider. I'd like to add my 2 cents. I'm abig fan of the 308 WIN It's my deer rifle of choice for so many reasons. Accuracy is the no. 1 reason. As far as scopes go, have you considered the sheperd? It has a duplex crosshair minus the lower leg that...

I just found this forum yesterday and haven't had much time to check it out yet. I've been hunting since I was a kid but never killed any thing over 480 yds. I'd like to get into long range deer hunting though. I don't have the gear save a leica 1200 yd. range finder so it will probably take me...