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Might be worth having a fiddle with a car body fibreglass repair kit. This should provide a degree of flex and hold under tension/compression at the repair joint. Only a few quid and you can find them on eBay etc as I would imagine places like Halfords are closed at the mo. You’ve certainly got plenty of time to fine tune your repair technique at the moment too 😊

Don’t you go and wear that ultrasonic out before I pick it up..... 😁

Pops, you have a pm on WhatsApp

Thanks for the replies folks. Gungrinner, must admit I’ve had a look at the trigger kits and find myself tempted. Looks like they’ve impressed you. Did you see much difference in the trigger afterwards and was it a simple job like he claims?

No worries thanks for the interest

Just counted the threads. I make it 9 threads over half an inch. That’s 5/8 x 18 Just to confirm, it fits my Howa 1500 in 6.5 creedmoor

The bridge unit has 5/8 UNF cast into it (see photo) I believe Howa varmint barrels are 5/8 x 24, I know it fits mine but after that you’ve exhausted my engineering know how 😁 Any good?

For sale is my Wildcat Evolution with a 6.5 baffle set and 5/8 unf bridge. Used on my Howa 6.5 creedmoor for about 12 months and had somewhere between 900 to 1200 rounds through it (I lost count 2 or 3 Bisley trips ago)! I perfect condition, stripped and cleaned after every outing and always assembled with copper slip grease. I’m looking for £140 but open to offers and you’ll need the slot on your FAC of course. Face to face near to where I live, Nuneaton, Kingsbury range or at Bisley about once each month. Alternatively, I guess RFD to RFD with negotiation.

Stumbled over gunbloke on eBay earlier. On the face of it, good product range and good prices. Does anyone have any experience of buying and using his muzzle brakes?

+1 on Warne mounts. I have them on my 6.5CM and my .223. Also +1 on the Sightron SIII which I think are great value. That being said, I have a Vortex Diamondback on my .223 which I assembled as a 300 yard plinker that shoots out to 1000 yards in favourable conditions.

Sound advice RCBS make some good stuff. I’ve been reloading for years now, not to win competitions, but simply to enjoy shooting well and I still use the first press I bought, a Lee single stage. I think Lee make some good equipment and imho, they are underrated. I started with the Lee start up kit (can’t remember what they call it) which I bought from Henry Krank. It served me well and helped my confidence in my technique grow. Within a year I’d moved to RCBS for my beam scale which has proved a great piece of kit. The Lee powder thrower is variable and can’t be relied on tone precise at every throw, but I supplement that with an RCBS trickler I’ve had for years too. I tend towards Redding dies now as they seem more repeatable in my experience but still use the Lee dies for my trusty .303’s and K31. If you are serious about competition then spend a bit more as rh suggests, but don’t dismiss Lee because they’re cheaper. A Ford Escort will still get you from A to B but maybe not in as much style, comfort and reliability as a Lexus 🙂

Pete, looks like I mis-read you, apologies. I can be a grumpy bar steward some times..... For what it’s worth, Popsbengo has described my approach pretty much. I use the same bullet for 10 measurements, usually for at least two sets of 10, fresh bullet for each 10. I use the Hornady comparator insert. I usually get about a tolerance of 3 thou +/- though. Based on Pops technique, that might be the comparator insert effect. Still friends.....?

Exactly Pops. Same as I do. Repeatability being the thing......

With care..... probably the same way in which you’re trying to say what I’ve done is worthless.

Ok, so seating depth established using one of those Hornady things and digital callipers. 3 data sets of 10 measurements with a fresh bullet in each set of 10 established a mean value. Spread of 3 thou in values across the data sets. Load development started at 30 thou off based on that mean value giving a mean of 0.75 moa at 100 yards over 3 sets of 5 shot groups. Same mean group size at 20 thou off, mean of 0.55 moa at 10 thou off. Happy with that but a friend mentioned he saw a difference by setting his to 8 thou off in his Tikka, so thought I’d give it a go. Different day and only 2 sets of 5 shots this time set to 8 thou off based on original data gave me a mean group size of 0.3moa. I observed seating depth varying from 7 thou off to 10 thou off based on the original data sets mean seating depth when loading the last 10 rounds used for the final two 5 shot groups at the nominal 8 thou setting. This reflected the 3 thou variance I saw originally when establishing the starting point. Think I’ve been pretty thorough and recognise it’s a point in time. It worked. Will it continue to work? On going observation will tell.

Cheers folks. Quick update after a bit more load development. Achieved a 0.3moa 100 yard group with the 77g TMK’s now using the max load of RS52 and 8 thou off. Seems to be consistent so far but didn’t take my chrono so not sure of speed but probably around 2700. Just need to try out a bit further now. Got a slot on stickledown next week for my 6.5 CM - might take the 223 along and go for the 1000 yards.

Hi Folks, Been shooting 77g TMK’s through my 1:8 twist 223 rifle for a few months now with generally good results. Consistently about 0.75 moa out to 500 yards. I get the odd flyer and the even rarer tighter group with the greatest variable being me of course! Velocity around 2650 FPS. I’ve been toying with going for the 69g TMK’s as an alternative as I ever really only shoot this rifle at 500 yards maximum range and wondered if they might stabilise a little more readily or sufficiently to tighten the group up a bit. What experience do others have with these bullets? Worth playing with? I know they’re not big money but if folks have a poor experience with them, I’d rather try something else or stick with what I’ve got. Alternatively, any other good options based on real world experience and which reflects my set up and range that’s worth trying? Oh, it’s a 24” barrel by the way.

Kingsbury is great when you can get on Trigger and imho, worth persevering with ODRC if you want any hope of shooting there with any hope of regularity.... cancellations notwithstanding. Their new training officer is a good bloke and I think some new blood coming into the club is starting to have a positive impact but these things take time. A few of us now make regular trips to Bisley as it’s such a pleasure to shoot there. If you join the NRA and also hold a safe shooters card..... ODRC will help with this one, you’d be welcome to join us and share range and petrol costs.

Spot on!

If you’re near to Warwick Trigger, try the Jaguar Rifle Club. They have a rimfire range in Coventry I believe and shoot at Bisley and Kingsbury too. I’m not a member but hear they’re a friendly bunch. Alternative might be Warwickshire Armourers. ODRC are not necessarily always the best option. I believe the calibre restriction is now lifted by the way.

Absolutely Pops. I don’t think Landmarc do themselves any favours but nevertheless, they are operating to their contractual obligations. People often focus on the wrong guys when apportioning blame and those at the front of house often take the stick, believe me I know, I work in the world of PFI, a sector which sees its fair share of mud slinging when really, a lot of that mud should be sticking to other stakeholders within the arrangements rather than the appointed contractor quite often stuck in the middle. A contractor, in this instance, Landmarc, will always only work to their contract, their entire efforts will be focussed on compliance with that and any statutory or mandatory i.e. standing orders, obligations they hold, because quite simply their client (DIO) won’t care how well they do any nice to have additional works, which more than likely they won’t receive income for. They, the DIO, will always measure their (Landmarc’s) performance and hold them to account based upon the content of their contract and that alone. Frustrating, but that’s how it works. The poor old Range Wardens, are only doing what they are told, but I think they do enjoy their grumpy reputation if I’m honest...🙂

Not used the cleaner but have the oil. Seems fine to me, a fairly generic light oil I guess.

Leaning on an open door there Ralph! I was there too and live locally so was only mildly irritated but can sympathise with your annoyance. Range standing orders demand no shooting if standing water and, being generous, I would guess that the warden made a final check that morning, although it would have been fairly obvious the night before I would have thought. Cancellation seems to be the default position just lately though I must admit, most it would seem through last minute attendance by the military on the B range.

This is the link to the weight system in the states https://midatlanticrimfireseries.wordpress.com/2019/03/01/review-weight-system-for-krg-chassis-by-raven-rock/

I use a simple bag too but have a monopod fitted to a Picantinny rail on the lower stock. I flit between the two using the folded monopod as a crude “bag rider” depending on the ground condition at the time. This works for me but then I’m not trying to win competitions, just shoot well. The cheek piece is solid once set but I recommend you fit something to get the right height set each time. I use some 303 case necks fitted onto the riser posts that I’ve trimmed to the right height, that way I just drop the cheek piece in and it finds the correct setting each time. Others use o rings. I also filled my stock with lead. Out of the box it is quite light weight and I’m used to shooting heavy rifles. I used some strips of roof lead in the fore end, just locating in the cavity and fixed a simple aluminium plate where the spigot mount goes to keep them from inching out under recoil. I also filled the grip cavity with lead shot. Added about 2 lbs in total. There’s a guy in the states making brass fore end inserts for the Bravo stock, a google search will find him, these fix into the stock using the bolts that come with the stock and look really good. From memory though, he wants something like $50 for them + postage.