Recent content by DandT

The 243 WHITE EXPRESS is a round that I designed and developed back in 1994. It is based on the full length 444 Marlin necked down to 6mm with minimum body taper and a 40 degree shoulder angle... I am currently shooting a bull barreled Remington 700 chambered in the 243 WHITE EXPRESS...

I build 20-25 rifles a year in the calibers you mentioned as well as many other stitch barrel guns and calibers and I personally prefer to pillar and epoxy bed the action but allow the barrel to be fully free-floated. This offers the greatest accuracy advantage as there is no barrel contct with...

If I were to shoot elk out to as far as 700 yards, I would probably opt for the 338 RUM... Even if you hunt bear, the 338 would be perfect for that as well. Even for deer at long-range, the 338 would be hard to beat for that as well... Yes, the 7mm would probably be more than adequate but...

Great shooting and a very good story to boot. Thank you for sharing.... D&T

When I lived in Kokomo MS. where we had a 1,300 yard range that use to be an old abandoned air strip where they use to land crop dusting planes many years earlier. It was only 18 feet wide but just as clean as a golf course and as flat as a pancake. You just can't imagine how bad I miss that...

Are you able to touch the lands or is the free bore length to great? Have you tested the accuracy both with and without the brake?

My first thought would be possible throat erossion but with you being able to put 2-shots 1/2" apart and then blow the third one out, it makes me wonder. It would help knowing the number of rounds fired down the bore. How does the crown look? Are all raised lands square and sharp? How many...

I have built a lot of rifles chambered for the 257 Weatherby and in every instance, the barrels were a 1-10" twist. I believe the bullet you are wanting to shoot will give you very good accuracy with a 10-twist barrel even though a 12-twist may give you a little higher velocity.... D&T

Sir, I drilled and tapped the barrel for a 1/4-28 screw and the forend is both epoxy and pillar bedded up to the attaching screw with the rest of the forend being free floated... This gun, like most H&R's do seem to shoot best when the front rest is directly in the center between the...

Sir, the forend is designed to "ride the bags". That piece on the forward edge of the forend is just a block of walnut that I sat under it to take the picture.... D&T

This is a picture on an H&R that I fully customized and rebuilt. here is a list of specs on the gun - The gun itself is an H&R Ultra... The barrel is a 1.062" diameter stainless steel bull barrel from Green Mountain / 21" in length / chambered in 22 lr. MATCH... The barrel was made by what...

ltr308, thank you Sir... The 140 gr. A-MAX "WILL" open up on a deer at 1,000 yards if you punch high on the front shoulder as I have used the same caliber/velocity/barrel twist rate as you... We finally decided to go with the Hornady 95 gr. V-MAX bullets in 1-10" twist barrels a couple...

huntinfool18 - no Sir, I do not have any pictures of bullet damage at these long ranges. Most bullets enter the size of a #2 pencil and exit about the size of a golf ball. We only shoot high on the front shoulder though, if that makes any difference.... davewilson - yes Sir, "taper bedding"...

Thank you Sir... Here is a spec list on the gun - Remington 700 short action, completelt blue-printed and set up as a single shot... The trigger is a Jewell and has been adjusted to a glass breaking 6 ounces... The stock is a McMillan Tooley MBR fiberglass stock. The action has been...

This is one of our rifles that we use for shooting deer out to and in excess of 1,000 yards... I'll give a list of specifics on how we accomplish successful and consistant hits on deer at long-range if your interested on how we do it. Gotta run for now cause it's supper time.... D&T