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    .243 what reamer

    If you travel around the internet, talk to people at matches, your gunsmith, etc…. you’ll find almost universally that “freebore” is defined by a cylindrical (parallel on the reamer print) section after the neck transition angle. If it transitions right into the the tapered portion of the...
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    .243 what reamer

    Common usage of the term “freebore” generally refers to a cylindrical section of the chamber just ahead of the neck transition. A SAAMI .243 has no cylinder and transitions right into the tapered throat therefore in common usage has zero freebore. Take the 25-06 and it has what is commonly...
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    .243 what reamer

    Zero. It (SAAMI 243) does have a 30° transition angle from neck to throat so it has near double the length that a more typical 45° angle would provide. In the .243 the 30° transition is ~.012” longer than it would be if it were 45°. Keep that in mind when comparing to someone else’s reamer that...
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    Truing/working over a Rem700 LA

    You might be able to afford the truing operations but you likely can’t afford or want to pay what the time would cost to “make it a silky smooth and butter action”. I do my own and no way would anyone want to pay for the time and handwork it takes to completely go through a Remington. To make it...
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    Rem 700 feed ramp question

    If it looks something like this and it’s new from the factory and never been touched then it’s something new the factory is doing. In the past the notch in the photo was always added after the fact to get proper feeding with non-blinder plate magazines.
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    AZ bans trail cameras

    The commission did indeed vote for a total ban on all trail cameras yesterday 06-11-2021. This is in addition to the previous ban on live cameras. All read prepared statements as to why they voted for the ban.
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    Arizona ban on trail cams

    The guy that had it stolen posted on social media to say thanks to all that helped ID the thieves.
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    Arizona ban on trail cams

    AZGFD has always operated as a separate entity, it was designed that way from the beginning to get rid of the political meddling from way back when. It’s been a good system.
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    Arizona ban on trail cams

    That is old news (2018), they previously banned the cell cams and have now voted to eliminate all cameras.
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