Recent content by lastoftheline

I started shooting with 8mm Mauser (and no, it was not in the German army) and have to say, I like it best of all. There are still bullet choices out there for you to take large (elk, bear -- its been done) and small game. Plus, you can just shoot precision with it like I do. Surplus ammo...

reading all of your posts makes we wanna get back out there and give it a try..... I could do 300m with 69gr hpbt, but i saw that federal loads some 77gr or 80 gr bullets. I have to check the coal, cause I am using an HK semi-auto sl8. might have to feed em one at a time. anyone else try it.....

hello,, i was wondering if anyone out there has done any silohuette shooting with a 223 rifle out to 500 yrds. I have in the past but only was able to knock'em down at 300 yrds before running out of ammo...... I was wondering if anyone could drop those rams at 500....what ammo did you use? I...

i picked up a douglas premium barrel in SS pretty much ready to go....i dont put to many rds through it though (250 in 7 months). accuracy is wonderful...

accuracy is great.... i have an hk usp tac and a g36 clone and they are both very accurate.... now this may be just because of the manufacturer and/or the barrel design... as for cleaning -- 5 minutes...10 minutes if i am tired. the rifling doenst have any lands and grooves in the traditional...

bases are burrie 2 piece dovetails. and the rings are millet extra high. with that set up, I have about 5mm of clearance between barrel and bell.

Go for it... I did. I took a 98k and rebarreled it...basically you could say I turned the action into a bench/ varmint gun. Went with a stainless steel Douglas premium in 8x57 with 1 in 10 twist, trued action, floated barrel, alum. block bedded stock, tmney trig, faster spring, and scoped it...