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Rimfire, especially benchrest /target rifles need very precise bedding, and always pillars. This abortion came in to me some time back, after it had been "professionally" bedded. This was done with acraglas, which is as much use as tits on a Boar. I machined it all out, { what didn't come off with my fingernail ] and found the action had simply been sat down on the crap, without any wood removed to allow for bedding. The action bent when the stock bolts were tightened. To the point the bolt was binding. Properly bedded with Devcon afterwards, it now shoots like it should.

Every company and their granny makes a "UK legal" straight pull. That description is all the guns are, and while they might fill the legal criteria, they certainly dont fit the usable working one. You know where to come.

Modern tumblers such as the LEM use pins designed for tumbling Gold. Cant see a jeweller putting up with material loss..... Cheshirelad......are you using Goat juice ? if so, you need to rinse the cases in panel wipe or thinners before you tumble them. The lubricant won't come off in the tumbler easily, and ends up discolouring the cases.

I have Dave, yes.

Had some time over the hols to get on with this chaps. I ditched the sierra bullet, as it was only just making contact with the neck, when touching the lands. No doubt I could make it work, but it will be jumping a long way. Used the Hornady ELDM 225 grain bullet, and 90.3 grains of RS80. This gives 5 shot groups of half an inch, and the bullet is touching the lands. Velocity of 2975 with an ES of 8 and an sd of 4 The node above it was more accurate at 100 yards, but the figures were starting to creep. I have no doubt I could have hit the next node up, the case isn't full, and there is no pressure, but thought that was good enough, and may preserve barrel life a tad. Decided to shoot it in the 1000 yards F class comp yesterday at diggle, in the "military" class [which is for braked rifles, off a bipod and bean bag ] Haven't shot F class in 10 years and thoroughly enjoyed it. The wind was quite twitchy, but I ended up with an 88.2 which I thought was quite respectable. I also hit the tennis balls twice during the blow off period. That sort of repeatable accuracy really does instill confidence. The gun has that feel, of a laser. Love it. Its a Sassen cut rifled 1-9" barrel at 30", holds no copper whatsoever, and shot right from round one.

Wrong way round. Sassen do all their own work. GB have no input into Sassen at all. Sassen deep gun drill for GB, that's all. I also believe that GB have supplied their own steel for drilling in the past . GB's rifling machine was one of the old border machines that wasn't in use, and the lads at GB meticulously restored it. There is no " Deal" or association between the two entirely separate companies. Sassen is part of a much bigger CNC/Engineering company .

Sassen make both button and cut rifled blanks completely in-house. Nothing is farmed out or outsourced. The cut rifling machines were reconditioned and installed from Scotland. The button rifling machines were there from the start. They have added a lot of new machinery, such as a very high tech honing machine specific to barrel making. I believe all they have done for GB, is deep gun drilling.

Fill your profile in to use sales please.

To "set back" successfully, you have to whip an entire chamber length off, before the fire cracking and burning have extended much past that distance, otherwise , if left too long, the first 9-12" of bore could be torched. Not much point in setting back into that , is there ? In some hot calibers, it might only be 300 rounds, or less. You need to use a barrel with a ridiculously long tenon too.

You reap what you sow. I've made the decision this Christmas, that my shop will no longer carry reloading supplies from next year, apart from stuff I need myself. Absolutely no point whatsoever is having thousands of pounds worth of stock, when folk are buying it abroad, or buying it from my local range at virtually trade price. This is because of footfall past their door. The money will be going into even more actions, barrels and stocks. The cut price whallers have no influence on that. Not a problem for my business. I'm established enough to change .Some of the small guys couldn't. Just remember when you buy a tub of powder from your local gunsmith, he may be relying on little scraps like that to survive. When he is no longer there, who will fix your guns ? It certainly won't be the price gougers.

Just about to start with my .300 chaps. Going to use RS80 and the new Sierra 200 grain SMK. Anyone got any data ? or a starting point ? I'm thinking both John's and Terry's data for 215/225 grain bullets will be perfectly safe with a 200 grainer. The new sierra has a bc just a couple of points shy of the berger 215, but its reasonable, and available.

There isn't one. 22-250 does not feed well from a 10 round magazine, as its a sharply tapered case. Either use a 5 rd or just put 6 in a 10 rd mag. No real cure.

Yes, dead simple.

No, according to an honest man. I'm one of the oldest cerakote users in the UK, and have seen many come and go. Corner cutting and incorrect use of the product, simply de values it, and gives it a bad name. I quite agree regarding painting vehicles, that's how I started, as a hobby. When you have a video with guys stating their paint has "chipped" you know, its gonna be the muppet show. If you are near Chris at Spartan James, go and see him. You will get a proper job done, at a price you couldn't set up and do it yourself for.

Successfully ? That video has more holes in it than a gorgonzola.

DIY ? No. Not unless you have access to a clean, dry aluminium oxide blaster, and an oven large enough, that will run at 300 degrees, plus soaking tanks etc. Not really sure who would be near you ? Maybe Chris at Spartan refinishing ? Or Jay at Tactical coatings ? I'm in Barnsley, which is nowhere near you.

Politics is a circle. The extreme left sits just to the side of the extreme right. The description is just different. IE Socialism, or National Socialism. If you want to just slide in Communism/marxism, between the two, it will just about fit. What truly makes me weep, is that people will willingly forget, and turn a blind eye to what people like Corbyn have done through history, usually to their own people. People who are anti -Semitic, or will happily pose for photo's with every terrorist group going, SHOULD ring alarm bells in any sane person's mind. If you need a cup of "wakethf uckup" turn on the history channel and watch one of the many Auschwitz docs. The snowflakes can be forgiven for not remembering that Labour bankrupted this country , 9 years ago. They were still in short trousers. Just as they did in the last two or three governments they ran. Same old story, labour throw the money away, and the tories have to be the bad guys by settling the accounts again [Austerity ] Guess what ? The slate is clean, and the country now has a chance to start again, Dont let it be with Labour. It will be very interesting to see what happens in Barnsley. [ my home ] Staunchly labour for at least 70 years. The town never has had a penny to scratch its collective arse with. All the old miners are dying, and the town is overrun with immigrants. I've always found it truly amazing that people are still stupid enough to keep voting in a party that has done nothing for them, and never will...."Because me Dad voted for them" Whilst locals won't vote Tory, they WILL vote Brexit party [Barnsley wanted it badly ] and the sitting labour MP voted against brexit. Personally, I think tomorrow will bring the biggest Bitchslapping in modern times. People without a doubt, are going to show the politicians what happens, when you ignore a democratic vote.

Those feed lips are too tight at the front, and possibly too tight at the back. The round could possible sit higher in the mag by lip manipulation. AI didn't make any mag to work in a detachable bottom metal, they were designed purely for their own stocks, and the fault lies with the DBM manufacturers if the mags are loose. It won't be a Tier one DBM....they dont make one. Tape works, stick on furry velcro works better. The mag would also sit tighter and rattle less, if the locking catch is altered to make it fit further up in the action. If you have more than 1-1.5 mm of vertical play in the fitted mag....its too loose.

You won't have the wrong mag length, there is 1/8" difference, and a short one wouldn't latch in a CIP length stock.

One thing i've noticed Dan, is that they shoot very quickly. Far better speeds than other barrels.

There is a price difference obviously. Cut rifled blanks are currently on lower lead times, which is why I generally use them more these days. Both are excellent barrels. Have I noticed any accuracy difference between the two ? No, not in the shooting styles i frequent. Some people want button, some cut. Regarding supply, yes, sassen will only supply the trade, basically because they dont want to upset their trade, bona fide gunsmith customers. It also gives them the surety, that the barrel has been fitted, by someone who knows what they are doing, and will actually proof test the thing. Not so with a garden shed merchant. Reamer manufacturers are of the same mind here. Plus the fact, the police do not like to see non RFD's buying chamber reamers, for the same reasons. A friend imported a reamer from the states [non rfd ] and the police visited him, wanting to know exactly why he wanted it. Its a simple matter of economics. A customer turns up with a blank, and the gunsmith loses the profit on that item. I will fit customer supplied blanks [only if its a decent brand ], but I won't guarantee the blank. Why should the gunsmith ? He hasn't made any money on it. Buy a Sassen blank with confidence, they really are good barrels. I've just replaced a .300 win mag border cut barrel on a rifle I built and proofed in 2011. Its had over 3500 rounds down it, and only just gone. I've fitted another Sassen to it.

Require an awful lot of smoothing out, to function nicely.

I did the initial accuracy testing on several of the bore sizes, and have used them ever since. They are the equal of any barrel made anywhere, and have a better internal finish than any of them. The tend to shoot straight away, and are very good to work with. While I always love to see someone winning such as Dan, and his most excellent achievements, I always find it laughable that people will only seem to take notice of a barrel, once someone wins an F class comp with one. I've used Sassen/Border barrels for many years. Set british records with them, and had countless numbers of major customer wins with them. Accuracy International have used them for years , with the enviable reputation for repeatable accuracy , their rifles have. Buy one with confidence, its an excellent, British made product.

Neither. They feed from my 6mmBr converted AICS mags. Some of the yanks have messed about altering lips on the polymer .223 mags, but the 6mm conversion works far better.

I'll find some prices out for you today Paddy, haven't had chance yet.