Recent content by John_from_Sudbury

Well I'm new so keep that in mind but..... I've been shooting the 75 gr V-max's with Varget (38 gr/CCI primers/2.6" OAL (this gives me ~1 caliber worth of bullet in the neck)/Rem brass/Lee collett neck sized to 0.002" smaller than loaded neck OD) from my plain .243 Rem 700 SPS Varmint and it's...

I'm pretty new too but I did this a few weeks back and my Lee FL sizer seems to work fine so I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents. As others said make REALLY small adjustments as you go. I had the rubber lock ring snugged so you can still turn the die a tiny bit at a time with a bit of resistance...

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Thanks for the input everyone, I think Buffalo Bob's method of basing everything on the trigger sounds like what my freind is going for. I'm hoping we'll finish up today or tomorrow so I can bring it home with me on Friday. Last time I was at the shop I okayed some other modification ideas he...

My brother-in-law's .270 WSM Vanguard was jamming some 140gr Nosler BT's into the rifling enough to pull bullets out of cases when seated at the book listed max magazine length (I forget what it is). Strange part was some of them jammed tight and some didn't seem to touch but there wasn't more...

Thanks for the tips Mr. Russo. I don't think we would be taking a whole lot of material off. My brother in law has been working on his (he wanted to do everything himself) and he didn't take much off at all and it seems fine (comfortable) to me. I would have just done that too but this gunsmith...

Hi everyone, I am a proud new owner of one of Mr. Russo's fine laminate A5-L stocks (thanks again!!) and I was wondering if some of you knowledgable shooters could give me some input on this. The barreled action and stock are being glass bedded by a guy I know from my local area with...