Recent content by woodneagle

Boy oh boy, you guys and your hi-bred cartridges. That ain't me, but I did have Rem 700 action sent to Shilen Rifles to get it rebarreled from .243 AI to .22-250 Rem with an Alternut bull barrel. for a grand total of about $675.00 in June of 2022. The folks there were a joy to deal with at that...

Arken SH4J6-24X50 FFP MOA at $399 on sale for $299 The second one came today at 12 o'clock. That's 2 day service from New York! They gave me free shipping on the rings which should come tomorrow. I gave a 5 them star rating because of the great CS. The scope is a magnificent piece of optical...

I ordered a second one today. I spoke to doug who posted the original site info in post number 15. Nice fellow and welcomes our support. It's a great deal at $100 off. We'll see how it works at some point, but it may take a while with cold weather comin in? It's really not a hunting scope weigh...

I ordered the Arken SH4J6-24X50 FFP MOA at $399 on sale for $299 on Wednesday, and received it today, Monday. It is a MONSTER of a scope and will go on my .243 Custom rifle that weighs 9 lbs. I may get another for the .22-250 Shilen Alternut barreled action I just had built this summer. It also...

Thanks, just jon. I ordered this: Arken Optics SH4J 6-24x50mm FFP MOA VHR •Japanese Glass•Tracking Guaranteed: $299.99 free shipping

A newbie question, Will a can even have any effect on the sound from a bullet that's in the 3,000 FPS velocity range? What would the velocity be downgraded to with that short of a barrel? No one has addressed that thus far, but it was the first thing that came to mind for me. As far as bullets...

When I was a kid living in Chicago's North side, in the summers my mom would send me to the farm in Northern Indiana to stay with her parents, Grandpa and Gandma. It was 280 acres, where they raised corn, wheat and soy beans, a few horses, some pigs, at least one dairy cow and some chickens...

I just didn't feel comfortable doing that and compared to a Rem 700 barrel with a shoulder that needs to be clocked and spaced on a lathe, it does sound like setting the head space would be easy enough. It also seems like making the action a "change barrel rifle" would be easy enough as long as...

I would actually contact Shilen based on my experience with them as being knowledgable and helpful. Granted, there's nothing like first hand/second hand experience from a member, but I may not be able to test fire it for a while?

Just this past year I sent my 700 SA off to Shillen Barrels to have their Alternut, Extra Heavy A9 contour barrel in .22-250 installed. Total cost was $547 including free shipping. I'm no gunsmith, just a hobbiest with a lathe and a milling machine and no confidence. I can't verify the accuracy...

My second rifle was a Marlin 39A with the gold trigger. My neighbor's kid had one and I liked it growing up, so I wanted the same one. It's also a take down with one large screw so it will pack into a back pack for hiking. The action is not quite as smooth a my Henry .22 Win Mag, but it's very...

A 600 yd shot. Should you? Then would you? But then, could you? The GunData.org site show a 150 grn bullets drops 56" at 500 yds, Putting a bullet in a vital zone for a clean kill would be a challenge for most hunters, but having the rifle zeroed at 300 yds would help. You'd need a very steady...

A warm welcome from SE Michigan. Those rifles look amazing and perform equally well. Nice work! Pat

Why just buy another (used?) Mark V rifle and either get a smaller caliber OR strip the barrel off and rebarrel in the caliber of choice. I've never really understood the benefits of a switch barrel unless the action is some high end work of machining. I recently had a good Rem 700 action...

I just had a SA Rem 700 built into a MTD XRS chassis. Light weight, about 4 lbs and great adjustability. https://mdttac.com/xrs-chassis-system/