Recent content by Unega Waya

Yeah it’ll only be hunting cartridge for me, maybe some long practice eventually. Okay, I’ll have to get in touch with him. Thank you for the suggestion! It’s certainly captured my attention that’s for sure. The ability to shoot cheaper 308 ammo most of the year, and then once hunting season...

Oh HAPPY day! You sir are awesome, and just made my day a lot better. I've been researching a lot and apparently its a legitimate thing, with the only issue being occasional hard extraction, but that's not even across the board. lol I'm back on then, just going to have to be careful how hot the...

Yeah, I hear ya, it’s surprised me how weighty this one feels. Unfortunately budget limits how many I can get, and then I’d still have to wait for the ATF to finally release it from jail, which ain’t a fast process by any means.

No not yet, was getting around to that point but now that I’m having to change calibers I’m back to square one. Something around 7mm might work, but I’m trying to figure out if I might be better off just saving for a long action and then going to something like a 300 win mag. I’ve got a lot to...

Just talked with savage customer service, they stated only the stealth tactical model uses the large shank in 308, unless you go with one of the heavier bench rest type rifles. Which means I’m now stuck looking for a different caliber. Bummer.

Hmm I might get lucky then since this is a heavy barrel tactical version then. I’ll have to check later. Otherwise yeah I’m going to be looking for a new caliber since I’ve already sunk money into the chassis etc. Not a horrible thing I guess because the whole point of this build was to gain...

Thanks for the advice on Proof barrels, I was unaware they made Savage prefit stuff. You have me worried now, was unaware of a possible shank issue when converting to a short mag. Please school me on this, I’m a lot less knowledgeable about it then I’d like to be. My hope was that by staying in...

For me it would be a QD mount, but 86alaskan just worried me with his comment about small vs large shank. I might be back to the drawing board, need to do some more research first.

Thanks a million! That’s actually exactly what I was hoping for in the 300 wsm. I haven’t bought the reloading equipment yet, but it’s certainly on the list. Lol more ideas then money at the moment.

With a 210?! Wow, didn’t realize you could still get that kind of velocity out of a 22 in barrel. Now I’m really starting to get excited, this ought to be a fantastic hunting machine. Thanks for the advice!

Thanks everyone for the advice, it’s certainly steered me in one direction. It’s pretty nice when you get confirmation that all your internet schooling was actually correct and you were on the right track. Still getting parts together so it might be awhile, but I’ll post an update when I finally...

Yeah, I’ve had the long barrel whacking every hanging branch experience, it wasn’t fun. That’s actually why I’m dealing with adding the weight of the folding adaptor, that way it’s just the length of my action and barrel to contend with. And of course off hand shots are possible, but this build...

So in doing research I’m thinking a 22 in, medium sporter with greater then a .750 diameter. Was looking at X-caliber barrels, anyone heard anything about them? I’m unfamiliar with them, but they have a truck ton of options to play with. http://www.x-caliber.net/savage-pre-fit

Haven’t measured it but it’s about an inch or less added on the adaptor. So you’re recommending going as light as possible with the thread size being the limiting factor?

Went through this delimma when I was choosing what to carry in predator country, ended up with a short barrel Ruger Blackhawk in 45 colt. Why 45 colt instead of 44 mag? Because I have a spare cylinder and can practice with much cheaper 45 acp ammo. In response to ammo, it’s because unlike...