Leeman

Original post says it has a TSE adaptor, presumably the same as the old Neilson adaptor which allows the bolt lugs to lock into that, rather than the barrel itself

Hi Tom, BBT went tits up some time ago, the proprietor was by all accounts a strange individual.

Mine arrived a couple of days ago from the link posted above by ColinBR, thanks for posting that £500.00 for the device incl postage, £112.00 VAT. Took about 4 weeks from ordering as it seemed to have been in a distribution centre en route to the airport for over a week. A shooting friend also brought one to the range on Sunday that he bought from Amazon, paid a few quid less than mine. Maybe you can pay the duty up front with the purchase price for a discount?

You will have to check with the gunsmith who fitted the barrel, what reamer he used or what is stamped on the barrel, as the cartridge designation?

Nick, Whatever foxy has in stock! Seriously, I wouldn't recommend using a CCI standard small rifle primer in the 6BR as you may increase the chances of blanking and piercing the primers, I've seen it happen enough to know that small rifle magnum primers with their thicker cup are the way to go, especially if you are using a factory action and bolt that has not had the firing pin bushed. Now I'm sure there are those that get away with the standard small rifle primer in their rifles, but why risk it when it is a relatively common occurrence? I'm sure Brian has some S & B small rifle magnum primers in stock which I will be trying when my stock of CCI450's is exhausted.

Your case measurements can't be correct. If P2 (the case diameter at the shoulder) was bigger than at the extraction groove (P1) the case would be wedged in tight. Maybe you have those numbers transposed? My Shehane fired cases measure .4860 at he shoulder and .5005 just above the extraction groove. A standard .284 would be .475 at the shoulder.

N160/N555 would be a better fit. I use N160 in the 6x47 Lapua with 107SMK

Have you read the post from English Rifleman?

I think he means if it's not a Joe West stock, don't send it to Joe West for finishing.

Quadlite action

Hi Mate, You shooting this Sunday? I'll bring them along if so.

Hi Stu, No worries, just let me know and I'll bring to the range.

Hi Stu, Yes, still here.

Unless you have the exact same comparator the dimension is meaningless. Unless there is another way of measuring cartridge base to ogive I am not aware of. As Garyw says, best way is to give a couple of dummy rounds to the gunsmith and hope he is able to measure and replicate that dimension. Keep another dummy round to check yourself if he screws up.

I don't shoot the 6XC but it's very close neighbour the 6 x 47 Lapua and I'd echo what John HM has said, N160 is what I use with 107SMK. N560 will also work but I got a few hang fires with certain primers. I've also used N550 but I think probably a bit fast burning for that case and bore diameter with the heavier bullets. Probably N555 would also be ideal.

Black, Old English, small, not been mounted Includes screws. £25.00 plus post

20 MOA slope, picatinny style, suits Savage short actions or similar using same hole spacing centres Includes wrench & screws £25.00 plus post

Sinclair cleaning rod guide suits Remington, or similar rifles using .695 bolt diameter. Includes O ring chamber snout suitable for .308 case diameter chambers (6br/6.5x47, 6.5 Creedmoor etc), plus a few spare O rings. Also rear guide to centralise cleaning rod in barrel, currently sized to suit Bore Tech 6mm rods. £25.00 plus post

Pack of 12 Dewey bore brushes 8-32 male thread £25.00 plus post

'Greg West (Virginia) used to make custom stocks too not sure if he is still alive but his F Class stock was simple and very elegant in design (I have one in Cherry Laminate) - it tracks well and is very stable' He is very much dead, drank himself into the ground from what Richard Franklin (Richards Custom rifles) told me owning a lot of people, myself included, riflestocks or refunds. Richard Franklin designed a lot of stocks, many very similar and when he retired he sold the rights to make the stocks to Greg West. Greg did one for me, a 008 Bag rider, which may be the one you refer to and then defaulted on the second. I had communicated with Richard previously and he helped me sort out another from the next company he licensed, Shurley brothers, who I think have got out of the stock making business. But you're right, I still have the two (West & Shurley) and they track very well and I think look very good. I also 'designed' my own based on a lengthened Macmillan original Benchrest stock and an Aussie prone Neilson back end, duplicated in forest camo laminate by a guy I knew in Brisbane, which also tracks great despite the back end being slightly offset like a lot of prone stocks tend to be. The other low rider stock you are probably thinking of is Precision rifle & tool, but I think they also have stopped making riflestocks.

I also vote for the RCBS, I've been using mine for around six months, no issues so far. I wouldn't call it top end, that would have to be the Primal Rights I did have the Lee unit that Re-Pete refers to but it only lasted a year before self destruction

I prefer to use full length bushing dies, mostly Whidden, Wilson or Redding, the former as they manufacturer for a few 'wildcat' calibres. I can't say one is better than the others, matching the die to the chambering reamer used is more important. If you're buying factory, probably won't be an issue for you as the chamber is likely to be on the larger size, no bad thing in my experience as long as the base is not overlay large (can lose primer pockets) and almost guaranteed that any off the shelf sizing die will work. If you're buying a custom rifle beware, in case a 'minimum' chamber reamer may have been used which will only work with custom dies, which may be time consuming and more expensive to acquire.

Something like this, although that seems overly complex. I just made a 3" wide plate about six inches long x 1/2 inch thick and found a forend adaptor for the rail to fix it through https://www.brownells.co.uk/epages/UK.sf/en_GB/?ViewAction=FacetedSearchProducts&SearchString=forend+benchrest+adpator&ICShowAllFacets=1 I'm assuming you're using some sort of front rest, most will use an owl ear bag 2.5 - 3" wide, but if not you may be using a bipod which can normally fit direct to the rail under the forearm.

You may need a bag rider on the forend to stop it rolling around somewhat in the rest, if it still is in the original prone stock, but other than that a classic combination

Thanks for the tip, found it a bit easier using those narrow tubes to apply the paint than daubing on the paint using a Q tip