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Starting Over on Gear
Exactly what the insurance folks said. I will be avoiding it!- Crash87
- Post #54
- Forum: Backpack Hunting
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Starting Over on Gear
Yup the dollars add up quick when you start looking at the specialty gear! So far Mystery Ranch Beartooth and Mule, Atlas Apex snowshoes, Katadyn water pump and bag, replaced the MSR Universal stove...getting there! Will do a list of what all I replace.- Crash87
- Post #52
- Forum: Backpack Hunting
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Starting Over on Gear
Guilty!! Never realized how much stuff I just never used until it was stolen. I kept going back to the same stuff that worked over and over again but would not toss what was marginal.- Crash87
- Post #50
- Forum: Backpack Hunting
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Remington 700 Build
I have never had to. Since metal is only moved from the faces the bolt geometry has always remained intact. -
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Which gun coating?
Brownells Aluma-Hyde II epoxy works great. No baking. Use the sealer as a final coat. All you need to do is touch it up as you go but it resists marks pretty good. -
Remington 700 Build
Thanks! Each rifle is a labor of love trying to coax the accuracy out of it. -
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Remington 700 Build
While not my 700 build, my time waiting for the bottom metal was spent building this 6.5 Creedmoor and putting a paint job on it. -
Remington 700 Build
I apologise for missing your real question. I thought you meant build time but now think it was length of the barrel. The blank comes in at 28 inches and it is recommended to cut an inch off each end to remove machine marks. This barrel ended up at 25.5" -
Remington 700 Build
Moving on to chambering. Cutting the chamber requires that same attention to detail and setup as well as a good reamer. I used a Manson reamer for this one but have used Clymer before also. This cut also involves headspacing the chamber to safe standards. Which reminds me I should go over... -
Remington 700 Build
Not sure about tougher! I like my 7mm08 mauser build which is a 5 contour and fun to carry. For elk I seem stuck on the 338 Win Mag though. -
Remington 700 Build
With the action trued I move on to the barrel machining. This involves mounting the barrel blank through the headstock and dialing it in for a true turn. I have a four screw chuck on the other end of the headstock and use two dial indicators with caliber specific range rods to get it as close... -
Remington 700 Build
In the parts pictured above you see the receiver with a mandrel and an action truing sleeve. The mandrel is mounted between centers and the outside of the truing sleeve is, well, trued so that the receiver can then be placed in the chuck to precisely machine the receiver face and lugs as well... -
Remington 700 Build
Hi! Yup, like to use heavy barrels on 338s as they seem to tame harmonics better...could also be because I have more strength than brains and like a heavier rifle on the 338 for recoil/control. Rifles normally take a couple days of machining, a good day to bed the barrel/recoil lug/receiver... -
Remington 700 Build
Team - if you saw my thread over on backpack hunting it was about getting suggestions for gear after my whole rig was ripped off on the way home from Colorado last fall. In there I relayed I was building a rifle to replace the ones stolen and was asked to post a thread on it. I will try over... -
Starting Over on Gear
Team - I am starting a thread on building the 338 WM replacement rifle. It is over on the firearms- Crash87
- Post #47
- Forum: Backpack Hunting
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Which Caliber?
Agree! I built a 7mm08 on an old mauser and it is fun to shoot! -
Leupold SX-4 Pro Guide 15-45x65 Spotter(?)
Hi! How did the pro guide work for you last fall? -
Hogue Stocks
The Hogue stocks I have used all came in without bends. Brownells and Midway are my normal sources. Most errors I see on these stocks are where the recoil lug is not centered correctly and drives the barrel into the side of the stock channel. I have seen pillar-bedded models with slightly...
