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I know this is a very old thread…. But it’s always the craze! Looking / listening/ reading. 6.5 x284 was THE GUN to build. 7 yrs ago. It rocks… premium brass retumbo= go fast! Flattened deer with ease. Then came the short action shemans… walk over the prc like tyson. Now it’s this and then that...

Debates are just that! What caliber? Action Barrel? Stock? Trigger? Factory? Custom? Scopes? They all have information to sift through. What fits my shooting style best? I’m thankful for this site for all the above. Men like Roy Weatheby... Parker Ackley.... Rich Sherman, hell remember the...

Tagging in... Having a 1/8 twist screwed to axiom, ag adjustable, trigger tech, Hawkins, here shortly. What would be the best bullet to get running with to chase Montana Mulies? Thanks in advance.

Putting together a 6.5 ss.... called them .... not impressed at all! But hell everyone has a bad day. Then I dig deeper into the design and thought “ this thing may be slick as glass, but field stripping on a rock will require more than my boot lace” to many moving parts for me to get to...

Thanks to all for the info!looks like I will be on track with the Wyatt’s center feed extended.

Lancetkenyon- Roger that. I’d like to give her a little more gas and stay in a short action platform. The card is twitching in my wallet. The bottom metal is my only ? I did a creedmoor last year, and it shoots great in a savage short. I’m just not “ loving “ it. Hence the new project.

Thank you for all the replies so far! I guess I should clarify the purpose: I am currently running a deviant, kreiger 5 flutted, manners eh-1, hs metal, trigger tech 2#. 6.5 x284. Atac f-1 4x16. Love the rig and I have no problems pushing 140 vlds at 3125. Basically I would like to duplicate...

Hello All- So I am currently looking to put together a new rifle in the 6.5 SS, and Am looking for any advice and assistance please. My initial thoughts are a Curtis Axiom, Brux #4 fluted at 24, stock a carbon fiber something/ composite, Trigger tech, and HS DBM. That being said.... is anybody...

Great article! Thank you for proven based perspective... be it at a build/ load, or field performance level. Well done!

Hmmm.... I honestly believe glass is so subjective. Old man eyes bought a vx3 in 94 and was like WOW! I can honestly say I’ve never been behind a S&B but looked through most of the rest. Swarovski doesn’t give me a wow above my atac, vortex lrh hd, or tract. I will say that that tracking and...

Ok so I have a one off custom for my daughter with a 26 bartlien that shoots sub MOA with factory ammo. I tuned a round of 127. Lrx for that gun... money! With my build I thought let's see what these 135 Bergers do..... it's seriously a monster! I'm tuning factory barrels to over3k with 140...

Added.... that velocity was off my Lab radar... during load development my chrono was 30 fps off.

Decided to do a home mod myself as I bring a old 3 base lathe to life. Savage 110 accustock striped.... glove fit bedded, criterion 24" barrel and tried but, bolt body from a lightweight hunter( I just like the flutes ) extended bolt handle. 10 th off lands hit my second node right at max! 49.9...

+1 on the retumbo! Per a request to greyfox several years ago on this topic..... I have had exceptional results with lapua, retumbo, 215m’s, and Berger 140’s in several rifles. The cut rifle barrels seem to work well with less jump in my findings. I recently have been digging into rel 26 in the...