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I recently came into a Marlin MR7 in .270 the owner could never get it to group and we did some trading. The rifle is mostly a Winchester 70 with a Remington style barrel and a Ruger bolt handle. As I have no interest in .270 I decided to build it in 30-06. After tearing it apart I quickly...

Yeah it is my favorite caliber, accurate and lethal on deer or paper. If there is a "perfect" cartridge this would be my pick. It is not the barrel burner people claim, heck it doesn't even reach 3000fps with a 142gr bullet, If memory serves my pet load of 52gr of N165 behind a 143gr Bondstrike...

I spent this weekend putting this together Action - Mauser 98 Bruno Stock -Parker Hale Barrel - Krieger heavy 1:8 twist I chambered it in 6.5-284 using a custom reamer with a .294 neck I added a side safety Timney trigger adjusted to a clean 1lbs I topped it off with a 6-24x50 Arken Scope...

I have been a fan of the 6.5x55 for 30 years. Chambered in modern actions, with higher modern pressure loads, it really performs. The new Staball 6.5 powder really has made it shine for me. I have a couple built on commercial actions that hold their own with 6.5-284 Norma!

Finished up two old Mauser project builds today, no worries I would never tear apart war guns, these were just parts and pieces I have had laying around and a couple ole actions from a bygone era of my building rifles. The first one is in 6.5x55 Swede Built on a M98 Styer action Krieger 1:8...

I spent most of today working on improvements. I created a whole new die and it works even better than the previous. Added a cutout so it now goes over the belt. Added a taper Make the sizer a little tighter High polished the sizing area inside the die Pictures of the new design below

Yes, but there is a qualification, All these Belted Magnum cases are based on the 375 H&H case, so one die covers them all. For this to work on NON belted cases they would have to be made individually and case specific due to the multitude of different size cases in the world. In theory one die...

Yes, first size it as normal then run it through this die and it is good to go.

I will happily make you one this coming weekend, I like doing this stuff :)

So the story goes I bought a LOAD of 6.5-300 WBY Mag brass about half of it unfired, the other half fired. The new brass chambered as it should, the once fired brass (from someone else's rifle) would not. It had the bulge above the rim. I also have a .257 WBY mag that the brass is starting the...

Today was dismal! The best group I could get was like 6" at 100 yards. It did not like that bullet powder combo at all. I am going to try some N165 next, that is my go to powder when I am having issues. Labradar Crono had me from 3540 to 3600fps but it was all over the place

Finished my Savage 110 6.5-300 Weatherby build today. This rifle started life as a 30-06. The stock is a Savage Accustock I custom painted and baked with KG Gunkote I had to do a little machining on the receiver and added bottom metal and an extra length mag for seating these already long...

I finished the rifle up today. Cerakoted action and barrel, free floated barrel, glassed front lug and mounted the scope. The first Mossberg Patriot in 300WSM to my knowledge.

After the Savage AXIS build in 300WSM the "Smacksys" only one of its kind, my friend asked me to do the same to his .243 Mossberg Patriot. I dug around my pile of barrels and found a nice heavy profile .308 barrel that I chambered in 300wsm and threaded for the Mossberg (Same as a Savage) and...

The primary issue with Bond Strike is and always has been availability of component bullets for reloading. I bought a lifetime supply of the 143gr 6.5 Bond Strikes but the 180gr 30 cal are unobtanium. I just shot a big for SC doe this weekend with a 143gr BS out of a 26 Nosler. She turned off...

All great advice guys, thanks! You know something else I have noticed, I also own a 26 and 30 Nosler but the 28 Nosler has more felt recoil than either of the others. In fact the 28 is on par with my 300 Remington UltraMag. My friend said "That is just 7mm for ya" but never having shot any other...

Finally got the chance to harvest a doe with the 28 Nosler and the 154gr SST at about 125 yards behind the shoulder. I will be switching to a bonded bullet the deer was knocked off it's feet on impact and it looked like it was hit by a bazooka. Far to much meat loss with that bullet rifle...

WARNING THE LOAD DATA GIVEN BELOW IS NOT SAFE FOR MILITARY ACTIONS Made it to the range today to start tuning it up. Using Staball 6.5 powder, REM 9 1/2 MAG primers, and new WIN brass fully prepped. COAL was 3.000 for all rounds. I started with 44.5gr and worked all the way up to 48gr in .5...

Thought you guys might want to see a more traditional build. 6.5x55 Swed Mauser Built on a fully heat treated BRNO VZ24 Action (fully blueprinted) Hand carved and checkered Valero walnut stock (Made from a solid block!) JARD Trigger 1:8 twist GM barrel Topped it with Steel Leopold rings and a...

Taking it to the woods in the morning and see if I can get a deer. Taken it twice already in the evening but did not see anything, crossing my fingers for the morning hunt!