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Primal Rights CPS primer seater
Use it for retaining compound in the shop for close fitting parts on shafts, steel inserts for bolt lugs in aluminum actions...good stuff but takes at least 450 degrees to begin softening.- bluegrassdan
- Post #45
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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Primal Rights CPS primer seater
Well, if it is a brand new receiver that already had 8-40 screw holes, that presents a problem. You can go up to a #12 hole and make custom solid inserts, lock them in with a TIG bead, machine it back smooth, re drill and re tap back to 8-40 and move on (only after telling the customer you...- bluegrassdan
- Post #43
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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Primal Rights CPS primer seater
That is the truth. I missed an issue with a chambering job and it did not show up until I was about to hand it over to my customer. He asked me to fire a few rounds and make a modified case for his OAL gauge. One round was fine, the next two showed some odd ridges in the case. I knew I chipped a...- bluegrassdan
- Post #37
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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GUNWERKS
If I remember right, they do all of their own barrels in house.- bluegrassdan
- Post #96
- Forum: Firearms
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Input on damaged rifling
OK, understand now. Ruger #1's are great rifles, but re barreling one can be challenging (that's machinist code for "this is going to cost you a LOT of money") for sure. Well, that sucks that it went south like that. I am floored, yet not really surprised by what others would let out of their...- bluegrassdan
- Post #54
- Forum: Firearms
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Input on damaged rifling
My shooting team mate has a Savage model 12 in .308, barrel is dark, rough as hell but will clean a 1000 yard F class target with boring regularity if he does his job right. Pisses off a lot of guys he beats that have $7K sunk into their rifles, they just cant see how a rack grade Savage can...- bluegrassdan
- Post #52
- Forum: Firearms
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Input on damaged rifling
Oh crap, that is NOT good. Not to sound like captain obvious or sounding like I am questioning you intelligence, but can I ask why you would have a centerfire barrel re bored instead of just replacing the barrel? I can understand boring and re-lining a rimfire barrel, but having a barrel re...- bluegrassdan
- Post #51
- Forum: Firearms
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Input on damaged rifling
Wow, that's a LOT of fouling right there. Has it been taken back to bare steel to see what's under all of that?- bluegrassdan
- Post #48
- Forum: Firearms
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Input on damaged rifling
To be honest, I would have been pretty skeptical that it would shoot. I have seen some bad barrels, this one is in the top 5 for sure. But, and this is the gods honest truth, I tell my customers to go shoot it before making any decisions. That applies to throating chambers, glass bedding...- bluegrassdan
- Post #40
- Forum: Firearms
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Input on damaged rifling
Probably the single largest source of questions we get is from customers who get a bore scope and think that every barrel is supposed to be mirror shiny and perfect from chamber to bore. Just not the case, especially in factory production rifles.- bluegrassdan
- Post #37
- Forum: Firearms
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EMERGENCY!!! Returning to the dream of one hunting rifle…
I just finished this one for a 2026 Moose hunt in Canada. The scope will be swapped out for one that is meant for hunting, this Arken is heavy as a cinder block and got put on a 22 competition rifle instead.- bluegrassdan
- Post #79
- Forum: Firearms
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Building your own stock
This was a winter project and is still in the finishing stages. All in about 70 hours worth of inletting and shaping from a slab of Black Cherry I had. Walnut is waaaaaay easier to work with as it is harder and grabbing it in the vise to hold it does not leave any marks. This was more of a...- bluegrassdan
- Post #13
- Forum: Firearms
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GUNWERKS
Well, that kind of depends on your idea of "worth" doesn't it? I build rifles for my customers that I would put up there with the best of them, but I could not justify charging a customer $13k for a bolt rifle for hunting and still sleep at night (unless it had a museum quality hand made walnut...- bluegrassdan
- Post #79
- Forum: Firearms
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Newfoundland Moose
I was thinking either sex is fine with me, I hunt to fill the freezer, a bull rack is just a bonus. I have walked in my knee high rubber boots, not something I really like to do as they suck for walking more than a couple hundred yards. So have been looking at options. My brother said it was...- bluegrassdan
- Post #23
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Newfoundland Moose
I have a hunt scheduled in the Deer lake/Southwest Pond area in Late September 2026. This is my first Moose hunt and I am looking for any advice really. My brother has been with this guide several times and has his ideas about what works and what does not. I am interested in hearing about what...- bluegrassdan
- Post #21
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
