Hobbit

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Hobbit

Thank you

Will you need to modify the mag or will it feed fine?

apologies but what is the MC? 

I am sorry to hear that - very poor behaviour indeed! I am glad is "semi" worked out for you

Did this get resolved - I bought a couple of bipods and brakes from them in 2019 - good kit but not cool if they were taking orders when they knew they were going bust

On 8/15/2018 at 5:24 PM, baldie said:

Hmm...

Been chewing this one over for some time.

1. Looking at the SAAMI spec, the maximum OAL will just go into a AX double stack mag, though it would require modification to the follower. 

2. It will runs similar speeds with same bullet weights as a creedmoor, but the CM will need 28" and the PRC around 22"

3. Only trouble is that Hornady make the brass. The CM brass is renowned for getting trashed at top end loads/speeds.

Personally, I think it would be better built on a magnum long action , to make better use of seating depths. It would feed from an AI .300wm mag.

Sod it, i'll get a reamer.

Man's gotta have a hobby. ?

Baldie

I see that Lapua is now doing 6.5PRC brass. I have an AI AXMC with barrels, bolts and mags for both .308 and 300  win mag.

Based on what you are saying (as an AI gunsmith) if I was interested in a 6.5PRC barrel then I would be better using the win mag mags rather than cramming the 6.5PRC into the short action mags (which I just measures at a  a shade over 3"s) - would there be feed issues in this case?

On a related not - if I wanted a 300 Norma then I would just get the 338 lap bolt and mags presumably?

Thank you 

apologies - this is a 300 win mag die and I'll be keeping it - thanks to Stiffy for spotting

Excellent point - The box say 6.5 CM  but couldn't figure out how i bought two and I was going mad. eyes not what they were

its a 300 win mag and I'll keep it - apologies!

An unused 6.5 Creedmoor Redding Competition bushing neck sizing die

I appear to have acquired two - the one in use is to the right of the picture purely to illustrate my poor stock keeping

£95 posted RMSD

An unused 6.5 Creedmoor Redding Competition bushing neck sizing die

I appear to have acquired two - the one in use is to the right of the picture purely to illustrate my poor stock keeping

£95 posted RMSD

Thank you - I have looked them up but it looks like the fitting is proprietary to the MPA RAT chassis. Do they have a version that fits to picatinny as per an AI AX or AR hand guard??

Thank you - who are MPA?

Much obliged Mark

I have also just sent you an email on my penultimate order - no drama - I have found one of the dies I ordered

thanks

James

Mark

Thank you for this - good to speak 

photos sent

james

Hello all

I have a Phoenix / Fortmeier bipod and I have managed to lose the screw (and importantly whatever it screws into) that is used to tighten the bipod onto the spigot.

The following is a picture of said screw being tightened from an excellent article by Vnce Bottomly in targetshooter

In the article Vince Suggest that, rather than an allen key operated bolt, a hand operated locking lever so i acquired one and a hand wheel type as well as the replacement bolt (see below) and then realised that I was missing whatever it is that the bolt/lever/wheel screws into!

Does anyone know what this is and how i can get hold of one??

Many thanks for any suggestions

Cheers

The scope is now sold

A few more photos

For sale my Nightforce NXS 8-32x56 in very good condition

• Boxed with original instruction booklet and reticle booklet
• Original Nightforce bikini covers and aftermarket butler creek flip-up covers
• More precise 0.125 MOA click adjustment similar to benchrest version
• illuminated NP-R1 reticle in 2nd FP but with MOA spacing at 22 power for ranging - see photos
• Very light use and only minor marking, no ring marks - see photos

£875 posted

A great photo

I am reading Steve Houghton's "The British Sniper" at the moment, a Christmas present.

https://www.swiftandboldpublishing.co.uk/the-british-sniper-a-century-of-evolution/

It covers the SMLE rifles through to the AI AW's via the No.4 T and then L42

There is an interview with a NI deployed Marine from 1972 who explains that the No.4 was being replaced by the L42 at that very time '72 and both still existed in his company.

The book covers in detail the kit and tactics and the forces behind their development, key personalities and first person anecdotes / diary entries as well..A great book if you like that sort of thing.

Bob

Your very welcome

I would also point out that March got me the replacement bolts free of charge (zero chance of that with Beretta) and I now have used a little loctite give that once it is set there is rarely a need to move it. Fitting it was very simple - although the plastic on it has a slightly more matt finish than my older TRG so not a perfect match but no odds to me.

You can see adjustment potential of the KRG stock here. Not a great photo but what I had on the phone. The shiny thing is the shooting shed bag rider - very stable and easy to remove.

I have the KRG stock fitted on on my TRG that I got from Gary at March scopes. It was half the price of a SAKO folder.

I think it is a beautifully built bit of kit with excellent adjustment, good weight and the folder works well and makes cleaning easy without losing your set up. The one thing I would say is that you need to be careful to keep the cheek piece thumb wheel tight because if it comes out you can loose it - I lost the bolt once which was annoying although March got me two as replacements inside a week from TRG - would not expect that from beretta but could be being unfair. So a really well made bit of kit that performs well but needs sensible care and is not "trench warfare tactical", a bit like my BAT VR action.

hope that helps

The TRG was my first grown up rifle and I really like it but I do object to the pricing policy of Beretta on TRG accessories like the stock , mags and bipod etc. I got the rifle as a 2nd hand package off this website with the bipod but I now use an atlas adapter with picatinney and either an atlas or a Dolphin F/FTR bipod depending on what shooting I am doing.

Having picked up a AI AXMC in 300 WM for HME compliant long range I pimped the TRG up a bit with a 28 " proof bull barrel and shooting shed bag rider alongside the KRG stock at atlas adapter. No stalking rifle I accept and perhaps not one for the purist but it puts a smile on my face. Will try to put a photo up.

I use the 162 eld-X in my blaser 7x64 with RS62

its only a 23 inch barrel and I get 2750 in warm load - am on hols at the mo but will look it up - jump is 20 thou

Terry - very helpful - Thanks

i picked up my No.4 mk2 on Saturday - it was regulated by Fultons and then had a Criterion barrel fitted by Richard at Devizes I believe. Not a great collectible but less excuses for me on the shooting front. The limiting factor was very much me - not used to iron sights, sling shooting and brass butt plates (I need better technique or more than a t-shirt - have a decent bruise on my shoulder after 70 rounds) so can't comment on accuracy until I bench it or just get better.

I bought both the fultons and the HPS PPU case/174SMK based ammo. I did not use the o ring this time and was surprised at the case growth (65 though using a Hornady head space / cartridge comparator gauge!) - does this sound normal?

i'll give my lee collet a polish and use that. Might bump the shoulder a though or so with a Redding body die too. Will then magneto speed the results and post them.