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My beloved late Uncle Frederick had a simular old original Browning BAR 30-06 that he had hunted with for over 40 years. He NEVER cleaned the bore, EVER! The only cleaning that rifle ever got was at least 15 years after he had owned it, once every few years when he would let his son and I check...

I would also suggest that you bring along a set of headspace gauges appropriate for the cartridges you are considering. It's something that I always check before purchasing any rifle, given the opportunity to do so. Of course I check headspace after the purchase, if I was unable to do so prior...

Not effective on Senators or Congressional Representatives as it only affects the brain.

And now Savage is set to release their Impulse line! Darn! That means at least 4 more rifles coming home, as soon as they are actually available. I'm on a couple dozen waiting list for the Impulse Big Game version in 30-06 & 6.5 Creedmoor, and the Predator version in 308 Win & 6.5 Creedmoor...

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You're not alone! I'd have to invest in California Closets for my wife to have room for as many pairs of shoes, as I have centerfire rifles!

I have far more than five different cartridge choices already. If I could only have five, they'd be: 223 Rem - Varmint to cull deer but, more importantly, as a starter for the grandkids! 6.5 Creedmoor - a quite capable medium game cartridge out to 500 yards, that the grandkids and wife can...

I've seen a nearly identical issue. Not saying this is what's happening to your rifle but, my buddy's rifle had a simular feed problem. It was almost unnoticeable but, he had a case seperate about a 1/2" from the case head. You had to look extremely closely to notice the edge of the seperated...

0.013" (13 thousandths of an inch) to get the go gauge to engage, is WAY over on headspace! Seekins will have to set back the barrel and recut the chamber (which will shorten the barrel by the amount they have to set it back to correct the chamber and correctly rethread the barrel), replace the...

The issue with the conventional Belted Magnum Headspace Gauges is that they headspace off the belt. That measurement is probably correct. The distance to the shoulder tapper datum in the chamber wouldn't show with conventional belted magnum headspace gauges. According to his once fired brass...

It seems your Hornady factory load brass is @ 0.18" (18 thousandths) under your datum measurement of your once-fired brass. Your once-fired brass datum is right-on for the SAMMI spec of 2.276" (2.196" to shoulder/body junction, plus 2.356" to shoulder/neck junction, equals 4.522", then ÷ 2...

Gonna be hard to beat that on a regular basis! Nice! The critters in your neck of the woods should be worried! 👍

Bob is correct, if your scope is nearly bottomed-out of elevation adjustment, it could be the inner scope tube has tension on it from touching the external scope tube (body) that relaxes as you adjust the elevation up enough to clear the side pressure. That would explain the sudden shift in...

Starting to seriously doubt "free"! Even here in the USA, it sure isn't feeling "free" lately!

Exactly! I like to maintain a tight cheekweld and keep my neck straight up. No cheating my head forward! That allows me to acquire moving targets quickly, judge level better on the fly and estimate range changes on moving targets, with my non-scope eye. In order to accomplish this, my scopes are...