JockStalk

Sold. Thanks for interest 👍

On 2/19/2024 at 9:21 PM, JockStalk said:

Still here - brand new

Reduced to £250 posted

Still here - brand new

I’d been having niggles with a Remington 700 SPS in 243 for a few months. Nothing, I could really put my finger on. Just odd flyers that I couldn’t account for, beyond my own mistakes. And sometimes it was a right pain to extract after firing. 
Then a bit of a cabinet reshuffle, and I figured I might as well get the 243 rebarrelled, maybe change the chambering, and of course would be good to get someone who knows what they are about to see if that extraction thing could be improved. 
So off goes the gun to Ronin, with Andy kindly offering to check it over. I had two guns being shipped, and here were the first two outbound guns from a new RFD. So all four parties were delighted when the right guns arrived at the right places. See, easy. 
Immediately on unboxing Andy clearly saw the problem with the bolt not camming properly to extract the fired case. The bolt handle needed replacing, timing reset properly and (I am paraphrasing here) a bloody awful job done by the maker needed sorting. On removal of the bolt handle it was hardly connected to the bolt body at all, very little solder or whatever they brazed it on with. 
So that needed fixing, and the usual challenge sourcing replacement parts. Talking through the rebarrel options, I settled on a very nice 8 twist 6.5mm sassen barrel, R4 profile chambered in the obligatory 6.5 creedmoor, and as luck would have it Andy had one on the shelf. 
My Friday evening Remington bolt really got the treatment with not just the bolt handle and timing getting sorted, the bolt was completely remachined to true up the face and lugs. 
Once that was done, the barrel fitted at 25”, threaded for the mod and the barrelled action off to proof. Once back, the barrelled action and mod were sent on to Liquid Steel for Ceracoat in matt black. There’s probably a fancy name for the colour, but it’s matt black in my book. 
Then the existing bedding machined off the stock and the action bedded. A superb bedding job and the PSE Etac stock makes the whole outfit very usable and not too heavy to lug about. 
After last adjustments, it was on its way to me. 
Finally getting the Spuhr aesthetic rings on, US Optics B25 scope fitted and just needed the weather to play ball. 
I have not done any load development at all with it yet, but with a few slack handfuls of rounds that were in the safe, 143gr ELDx and 139gr lapuas, I was impressed that it was shooting 5 rounds at 200yards under 0.4MOA. I am not a great shot, to be honest I was under a fair bit of time pressure to get back home, so the range session was hardly ‘stress free’, the barrel is not settled in yet and the loads will need tuning to get the most out of it, but ‘out of the box’ it’s a credit to Andy, a superb job. 
A brilliant guy to work with, couldn’t be more helpful, and really chuffed with the outcome. 
Will update when I finally sort those loads! 
 

Would consider rem 700 rhs safety/ bottom bolt release light pull/ high quality trigger in px

Never mind flowers, nothing says it like a good mount 🙄

Sold! 
Vortex scope bubble level for 30mm tube. 
Good as new, unmarked. 
Took me ages to find a level spot on my desk as my OCD had to have the bubble centred. 
Use one of these and no one can call you a cant 😜

Needs a new home

19 hours ago, GarethM said:

Hi there, I will take them, can you PM me your details?

Gareth

Sorry - just seen this. Will do. 

One set left

One set left. 

As per title. All the inserts (zero, plus ten, minus ten) and torx key present. In very good condition. 
 

Medium height, Matt black, part number is 420588

great solid rings, no tube scratching! 
 

New they were £67 plus post per set, yours for £42 posted uk per set. 

Brand new, fitted to rifle and then removed. All parts as new. 
34mm rings, 38mm height, 147mm length. 0MOA. 
Bought direct from Spuhr last year, Cost £350 selling for £250 posted to UK address. 
Also advertised elsewhere. 

Still for sale?

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Anybody chopped a 25-06 down to 18”…..16”……

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Long action rem 25-06 bought new by me in 2019 then bedded into new McMillan hunters edge carbon stock with ultralight fill. Kwik klip floorplate and 4 round flush fit magazine. 24” Sporter weight barrel, 1 in 10 twist and screw cut 1/2” UNF. Took a while to find an 24” new rifle but it makes the most of the cartridge. Action fitted with weaver bases to suit most picatinny/ weaver base rings. Super with 100gr copper. All together a very light, accurate, mild recoiling and capable, package. Mod can come with it if required for additional £100. Unused wood stock comes with it, recoil pad has been nibbled by red squirrels that got into the attic. Ginger flippin terrorists.
Scope and mounts not included.
£835 to your RFD.

5 hours ago, Shuggy said:

I had an old Remington 700 VS, with a burnt out barrel, that was sitting in the cabinet doing nothing, and I had a similar itch for a ‘shorty’ that channelled the look of the DARPA XM-3 sniper rifle. I asked Neil McKillop to work his usual magic and this was the result. The first time out on the range, I think that I was annoying my spotter, as I kept hitting the spotting disc. Calibre is 0.308 and barrel length is 18”. Moderator is an Ase Utra BoreLock SL5i.

Nice - and quite pointy I’d imagine

That’s the kind of thing I had in mind. I guess 308 is the classic calibre for a short deer rifle. Any other calibres that are worth a look? I reload for 6.5, is there a 6.5 chambering that works well when chopped? 

If you ever get up to Aberdeenshire…..

I’ve an itch for a short pointy rifle that would be easy to lug about in the woods and handy in and out of the truck. 
Thinking 16” and 308 but open minded on calibre. 
Needs to stop reds up to 300m. 
Thoughts/ anything about? 

Sold / thanks 

Open to sensible offers by PM