The Gun Thread

[fortsbest]

I bought a 10mm last week. Damn that bastard has some power.
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I can't imagine it's a comfortable gun to shoot.

 

[fortsbest]

Well I’m diving into the reloading arena. There’s no 7WSM or 280AI ammo to be had

Anyone with pointers or advice?

I started a few year back. Not sure how far along the path you are yet, but here's some thoughts.
Good calipers are a must. Get Hornady's OAL measuring gauges to go with them.
Start with a good single stage or turret press. Redding T7 or something similar is great.
Get good dies once, don't pay for crap several times. Hornady dies are good, higher levels of Redding dies are better.
Load manuals are a good start, but to get the most out of reloading in your rifles, get a good chronograph.

Just a few to start. I'd be glad to talk more if you wanted to call me about it.

 

[UncleMilti]

I started a few year back. Not sure how far along the path you are yet, but here's some thoughts.
Good calipers are a must. Get Hornady's OAL measuring gauges to go with them.
Start with a good single stage or turret press. Redding T7 or something similar is great.
Get good dies once, don't pay for crap several times. Hornady dies are good, higher levels of Redding dies are better.
Load manuals are a good start, but to get the most out of reloading in your rifles, get a good chronograph.

Just a few to start. I'd be glad to talk more if you wanted to call me about it.

I started gathering stuff not long after I posted that question. Picked up a LabRadar, Forster press, and the dies. No issues with 280 AI brass, I’m just shooting 280 Rem and fire forming it. Been reloading it, still tweaking quite a bit with that caliber.

No such luck on 7WSM. No brass anywhere, and Gun Broker and the like are out in left field on old stock ammo.

 

[fortsbest]

I shoot standard stuff for the time being. 6.5 Creedmore and Grendel, although I'm think about 6.5 PRC. 223 and 308, 7 RM although I'm really liking the information on the 7 PRC. It may be my next build. Like I said, powder and primers are the hard things to find, although powder is getting petter.

 

[fortsbest]

This was my last build BTW. My first ever high end custom bolt gun. Details:
6.5 Creedmore
Impact Precision action
Trigger Tech 2 stage trigger
Bartlein carbon fiber barrel
XLR chassis with an MDT butt stock
NF NX8 2.5-20 scope on Seekins rings.

 

[shoop]

Offered to buy my wife a nice rifle. She only wanted a bolt action .22. I drew the line at single shot. She got one with a 10 round mag.

she is thrifty in ways that allow me to spend money so I don’t mind but good lord.

 

[gp_cowpolk]

 

[bbgun]

dumbass

 

[Cotton]

dumbass

Dumbass.

 

[jsmith6919]

dumbass

That gun isn't loaded and has no mag in it

 

[Cotton]

That gun isn't loaded and has no mag in it

Quite true, but he is still a dumbass for not checking it.

 

[UncleMilti]

This was my last build BTW. My first ever high end custom bolt gun. Details:
6.5 Creedmore
Impact Precision action
Trigger Tech 2 stage trigger
Bartlein carbon fiber barrel
XLR chassis with an MDT butt stock
NF NX8 2.5-20 scope on Seekins rings.

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I’m building a 6.5 PRC right now. CF Bartlein barrel, Manners EH1, and going out on a limb and trying the Mack Brothers action.

 

[fortsbest]

I’m building a 6.5 PRC right now. CF Bartlein barrel, Manners EH1, and going out on a limb and trying the Mack Brothers action.

Hadn't heard about that one. If I build another this year, it'll be a 7PRC. I want to see how brass availability gets though. Otherwise I may settle for a 6.5 PRC. Will likely use a Terminus 3 lug, 60 degree throw action if I do.

 

[bbgun]

Cotton's kind of gal

 

[Cotton]

Cotton's kind of gal

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She must be left-handed, otherwise that is a stupid way to carry a gun.

 

[gp_cowpolk]

Cotton's kind of gal

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That would be a better picture if she was in the Beer wine and Booze section

 

[gp_cowpolk]

She must be left-handed, otherwise that is a stupid way to carry a gun.

Wallet in left pocket she is left handed My wife wears a holster with hers

 

[Cotton]

Wallet in left pocket she is left handed My wife wears a holster with hers

Good call. Still stupid to carry open. All that does it make you the first person shot at if something goes down.

 

[bbgun]

 

[NoDak]

Starve the red states?

From North Dakota all the way down to Texas, from both oil and agriculture/cattle I think they'd do just fine on their own. The blue states have all the money? Riiiiiiight.

Keith Olbermann gets crazier and more stupid every passing year.