Recent content by hemiford

Could you possibly show a picture of the barrel channel, maybe with a ruler ? Thank you.

Precision Reloading, Bruno's, and Midway show Out Of Stock. Did it actually exist at some point ? Any word on how it is different from Magnum ?

Another word. Long barrels need to be big and heavy, no spindly lightweight stuff. So yes, it will be expensive to do it right. The lighter the barrel, the more vibration and tuning problems it will have. The barrel is a cannon, not a drinking straw. When was the last time you saw a lightweight...

If I was building a 257 Wby, I would use a barrel at least 36-in. I think a simple 7RM needs a 32-in barrel, and the 257Wby is even more overbore.

Another illustration of energy: If cartridge B has twice the powder as cartridge A, it will impart twice the energy to the bullet, not twice the velocity. If cartridges A and B both shoot the exact same bullet (same mass), than the bullet shot from B will have 1.41421 times the muzzle...

In my opinion, not enough attention is paid to Expansion Ratio. I think a better, more equal, way to compare external ballistics is: Powder Load / Barrel Volume where barrel volume = bore squared x barrel length x Pi/4 This gives results most shooters have not seen. As an example, comparing...

I need to correct my inaccuracy, the 6.5 Creed rifle my neighbor sold was a Kimber, not a Browning.

More good suggestions, Thanks guys. Haven't bought one yet. I wanted to look at a Weatherby Camilla but haven't seen one. I don't think she wants to get too involved with hunting. One fella made a good point, if she leaves, then I'm "stuck" with it. (Not really stuck). Savage is a possibility...

WYO, where did you find that list ? I'd like to print the whole thing.

Well I know there have been discussions on this. Here's my question: Can I generalize on what case capacity to use a 210 vs a 215 ? For example, use a 210 on a 30-06/270 case and smaller, use a 215 on a 7RM/300Win and larger ?? I know there may be other reasons to use a 215, such as shooting in...

Could you nitride the boltface, or the whole bolt for that matter, as a possible preventative cure for leaky primer pockets, boltface erosion ? ******** I had another thought, why couldn't put into the boltface surface a .060" thick disc of titanium, or something really hard. Drill out the...

Feenix, that's a great little video.

Amazingly, the thought did not cross my mind about fitting it to her LOP, etc. She does like my Marlin 30-30.

Well my thanks to all of you Gents, I guess I have enough info to chew on.

I can win points in other ways. I just don't want everything under the sun to turn into another GD project.