Recent content by tkruger

Centralia

Enter me in the huskemaw scope contest

Just to bring a thread back from the dead....I purchase guns when i can get them for a deal, then I or a qualified smith (read: have someone who knows what the hell they are doing, ie not me) work on them into one hole wonders. The only rifle I have not had to F with are my Savage 16 in .308...

Groundhogs AND crows huh? well overkill is better than underkill. I will be contacting a smith here in the next week to discuss future plans with the rifle. I will probably just keep it a 300 win mag for now and start acquiring parts to build a 338 on a custom action. But I am going to go with...

Looking at the COAL of the 300 win mag vs the COAL of the 300 RUM, I would need to change the mag and modify the action anyway. Maybe instead of stopping a the 300 RUM I should just go to the 338 RUM so I can take advantage of the higher BC bullets. Does this sound like a better plan? I already...

I really appreciate the advice. trebark, what is the coal for your 300 RUM? I have thought about changing the chambering but I was wondering if the length of the RUM would be a problem. Would it create an issue requiring me to use the wyatt extended mag? I really do like the RUM cartridges...

I really hope I can use one of the gunsmiths from this site, at least then I know we have the same views on long range hunting. I am still in the process of learning so please bear with me. Is there any reason you would suggest a 26" barrel rather than a longer one?

So I was thinking a 1:10 twist for the barrel, what length of tube? I definitely want to get rid of that piece of Tupperware that is currently on the gun, but that can come later once I have the money to get a good one and have it pillar bedded. the main thing I am concerned with is the action...

It looks like the previous owner tried to "polish" the chamber with a reamer. I am open to suggestions.

I took my Rem700 chambered in 300 win mag to the range the other day and it has started to have some problems, bolt sticking, patterning instead of grouping that kind of thing. I took the rifle into a smith, He took a look into the chamber with his little scope thingy, cleaned it then took...

I will post pics once I get off of deployment. It is kinda hard to do that from the middle of the Bering Sea. They will be up after the 24th of April.

Well then about myself. I am 29, never married and I have 9 kids, 17hmr, .22lr, AR15 in 5.56 and 6.8spc, 25-06, .308 and .300Winmag of course there is one on the way also, the .338 edge I am building from a savage .338 long action. Though they are not real kids I pour enough money into...