Recent content by Craig Miller

I might be interested in the .270 ammo and bullets. Once you know what you have and what you want, message me. -Craig

If you are just basing on container volume, Port of Savannah is 4th in the US. If you look at total tonnage, however, it’s 15th. They have been doing a good job of steadily increasing the port’s capacity over the last few decades, however, to get it to where it is.

I own four suppressors: Rimfire (Dead Air Mask) Pistol only (SiCo Octane) Multipurpose (Liberty Mystic X) High volume (SiCo Saker 7.62) I have been researching the fifth which will be the precision rifle/lightweight hunting can for several months. The following advice is based on that research...

I’ve never used any .30 SSTs but I have used 95gr SSTs in .243Win, 123gr SSTs in 6.5G, and 130gr SSTs in .270Win. All have done an admirable job on whitetail. The 6.5G requires closer attention to bullet placement because of the combination of lower velocity and softer construction. If you want...

As far as I can tell, 7mm Blaser has never been chambered by any manufacturer of production rifles available in the US other than Blaser so there is no widespread demand. As such, I would not expect to randomly see it on any store shelves. In fact, the only place I have ever seen the ammo (other...

As GoosePilot says, it’s basically a near clone of the 7mm Blaser Magnum case. There are a few very, very small dimensional differences with the case. The real difference is the twist rate. Spec’ed twist rate for the 7PRC is 1:8” while the Blaser is 1:9.?”. (I can’t find an exact number in a...

Those who are saying “rebranded Marlin 336” are almost correct. It is actually a Glenfield 30. Glenfield was Marlin’s less expensive brand way back when. Fit and finish were not as good as the Marlins (mostly they weren’t polished to as high a standard before bluing) and wood was rather plain...

The military requirement was, at minimum, doubling of the barrel life over the M4. The M4 barrel is chrome lined and it’s life is spec’ed at 6,000 rounds. It has been stated that a barrel life over 12,000 rounds has been achieved with the new nitrided barrels. SIG says there is something...

A function of the Army’s requirement for a muzzle velocity of 3,000fps with their designed and manufactured penetrator projectile. They want Level IV armor penetration to a certain distance (which has not been published to my knowledge) and they calculated a required muzzle velocity for the...

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Per Vortex, it will be assembled in Wisconsin using American made glass and American machined aerospace aluminum housings. Some of the electronic components may come from overseas but the sources for those types of chips will, based on normal DOD contract terms, be US allies if not US...

Let’s back up to the very beginning and realize ALL of this has been ammo driven from the very start. 1) Based on engagement distances in Afghanistan, proliferation of cheap Level IV body armor among “potential near peer adversaries” (China and Russia), and age of current systems (mostly M249)...

I’m waiting to see more info from SIG about reloading the three part case past the “we’re working on it” they said at Outdoor Retailer. I’m really hoping it doesn’t require something out of the ordinary like a new press or something weird like that. I wouldn’t put that past SIG as another way...

To add to what 2buffalo said, any modern bolt action that can be chambered for a .300 Winchester Magnum (65k psi) can handle the bolt thrust from the .277 Fury (80k psi). If you know the physics and can do the math, the bolt thrust on a .300WM is approximately 11% MORE than the .277 Fury. That...

Please stop saying things that are demonstrably wrong. Please see the link in post #64 (directly above) for the civilian three piece case. Powder in the military loading is possibly proprietary to the military but that has nothing to do with the ability to reach 80k psi. SIG also sells an all...