Recent content by mikekelly

Re: $2,500 Outfitted Antelope or Black Bear Hunt Giveaway Contest - Redbone Outfitter "Enter Me In The Redbone Outfitting Contest".

What state(s) do you hunt big game in most often? Utaw What is your primary long range hunting cartridge? .308 -------------------------------------- Regarding your primary long range hunting cartridge choice above: Do you use factory ammunition? No If so, which brand and load...

I live in Nova Scotia. I will send my rifle anywhere in the country to get quality work. I know out west there are some good Gunsmiths, I know some but they only work on pistols. Here in the east, there is not one gunsmith I would trust with any of my guns. I have been to 4 different smiths...

I posted a couple of days ago about a rifle I had built that I couldn’t get to shoot. A Rem 700 with a Mike Rock Barrel and an A5 MacMillan stock in .308 cal. I have over $3000 invested and I am not very impressed with the results. In order to get the scope to zero I had to shim the rear...

I had a very accurate factory rifle (rem. 700 LA) in .270win. After years of shooting it had to be rebarrled. I decided to go the hole 9 yards and build a precision rifle. Following is a list of components I used for a rebuild this hunting rifle into a precision .308win rifle. -Mike Rock 5R...

I have had HS & a MacMillan stocks and was very satisfied with them all. They were well built and comfortable. I had to bed the HS stocks to get the best accuracy, the MacMillan I bedded but it made no difference in accuracy. I have only seen one B&C and it was quite easy to bend the...

I bought a Mike Rock barrel blank with 5R rifling. I put it on a Rem 700 L.A. Now I want to turn it down to about the dimensions of the Rem. varmint barrels. It is only slightly smaller than the diameter of the original blank. My Gunsmith says I shouldn't do that. He says he will not...