BarryinIN

In the dictionary next to "sleek":

Slowly but surely. No barrel yet. I do have some brass, some bullets, and a seating die is due to arrive romorrow. Brass is Lapua .260, and some Win .243 to open up using mandrels I ordered. Lapua is consistent, but supposedly heavy. The Winchester should be thinner and hold more powder. The only bullets I've ordered so far are some Berger 140 LR. I have most of a box of Hornady 140SP (I have a 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser) that I will load to fireform brass to the improved chamber. I keep reading that the .260 to .260 AI fireforming process has a strange trait of making good groups. I'm not sure if I'm glad I read that. I will probably get the one barrel that won't, then I'll be too worried about reloading the formed cases I'll never get around to shooting them. The seating die coming tomorrow is a Wilson chamber type (benchrest type). With the .260 AI being a wildcat, I found dies from the regular companies cost as much as the Wilson's and often quite a bit more. So...why not? I need to order a barrel wrench. It can be done without one: some drill or welding rod dropped in the barrel nut's grooves, engaged by a regular twelve point wrench- size 1-1/16 I think. But I think I'll use the proper tool this time, partially because I'm also ordering a new barrel nut (thats longer to engage more threads). A new recoil lug is needed too, but I'm having some trouble deciding. I can get them in the usual oversize thickness of .250"... or thicker, like .300" up to .500". I don't know if a super thick one would actually help, but I can't see how it would hurt. The thing is, I don't know how much space I'll have under the nut. How much determines how thick I can go. This may have to wait until I have the barrel and all in hand to do some measure-izing. And a Savage barrel swap goes quick because everything is out there, and seldom needs a gunsmith. Yeah, quick. Patience is a virtue.

Entertaining myself with numbers since the barrel isn't here.... Some ballistic apps seem a little unbelievable to me, but the one from Applied Ballistics seems pretty good and matches my guns pretty close. It is done by Berger Bullets' ballistician. These figures came from there The .308 load I've been using is about the best I can do for distance with a .308. It uses a Berger 185 "Juggernaut" bullet with a BC of .540 G1* and .283 G7* at 2610 fps. My plan for the .260AI is a Berger 140 LR (BC of .303 G7) at 2900. At 1000 yards, with a 10mph full value crosswind: .308/185: Drop 36.17 MOA Wind Drift: 6.48 MOA Remaining Velocity: 1264 fps .260AI/140: Drop 27.0 MOA Wind Drift 4.79 MOA Remaining Velocity: 1547 fps The .308 load goes transonic at 1141 yards The .260 goes transonic at 1409 yards. Shoot fire, I won't have to do anything but lie there and load the rifle! This will make it EASY! choke cough *G1 is the bullet profile that best matches bullets shaped like a .22LR solid. G7 is a closer match to most BTHP or BTSP bullets, especially the longer range designs. One might expect G7 would be the standard, but G1 gives a higher number, so naturally manufacturers use it.

Apache Gunworks http://apachegunworks.com/index.html He uses various barrels but mostly X-Caliber. His prices are so low they truthfully almost scared me off, but his work seems highly praised everywhere I looked.

I have this Savage .308 I haven't used much. I don't think I've shot it in two years. I've also had a desire for a rifle in .260 Remington since the early 90s when it was still the wildcat 6.5-08. So I quit putting it off and ordered a pre-fit "X-Caliber" barrel in .260 Ackley Improved. I went with the improved version since I can't see ever buying factory ammo for it, and might end up forming brass from 7mm-08 or .243. If I'm going to be messing around with that, I might as well blow the shoulder forward and gain a few fps. With 120-140 grain bullets, the AI version allegedly comes within 100 fps or less of the 6.5-284 that burns a lot more powder (and barrels). That puts it shooting 140s right at 2900-2950 fps, which seems to be a sweet spot for accuracy in the 6.5MMs. It seems to be one of the better AI'd cartridges. My plans for this will be long range shooting, particularly 1,000 yard F-Class. It won't be lugged over hill and dale, so I went with a hefty contour (1" at the muzzle) and 26" long. I hard a hard time choosing between 26" and 28", but went for the "shorter". Sometimes when you get too heavy, the rifle feels like it's going to drop over the front of the front rest. Wish me luck.

All you can ask.

Remington 700 stocks. Yes, still kind of surprising. And I'm still kind of curious, since not too many seem to be in use after a year. I have some questions. I passed on a decent price last Nov since no regular people had even seen one, and I had those questions. I have one coming tomorrow, so hopefully I can get some of those questions answered.

Add a .38 Super barrel, magazine, and recoil spring and you'll have a two-caliber gun. Maybe three- some Supers will chamber 9x23. A friend bought a 9mm 1911-type a few years ago with the intention of saving money on ammo. At the time, I laughed at his justification for buying it. Times changed, and he's probably saved a bunch of money. He hasn't said anything to rub that in my face, so I hope he's forgotten. I should pass as along that although his is an SA, for best function he found he has to use the magazines Springfield Armory (or Rob Leatham, depending in where you hear or read it) designed for 9mm 1911-types. These have the added "feed ramp" of a piece of the magazine body bent over the top front. Metalform made them originally, maybe others now. If you have trouble, try those before doing anything besides giving it to me. I know Brownell's has them

It was Range Day at SHOT. Or day before range day Industry day. Or something. Regardless, SHOT is starting, and reports are drifting in. First, the IWI X95, which is the upgraded/slightly more compact Tavor. The most interesting part for many will be the magazine release, which is a standard-type button actuated by the trigger finger like an AR rather than a lever/paddle. https://lauraburgessmarketing.wordpress.com/2016/01/18/the-highly-anticipated-tavor-x95-from-iwi-us-launches-at-the-2016-shot-show/ Then from the expected to a surprise, a Kimber revolver! A .357 Mag six-shot that's roughly J-frame size, and unique styled though maybe not as much as the LCR Ruger. http://www.gunsandammo.com/shot-show-2016/first-look-kimber-k6s-revolver/ Kimber also has a 9mm Micro. The previous Micro was a mini-1911 style in .380. Now it's (IMO) size - appropriate for the 9mm. Aimpoint: A 6x magnifier. Remington: Model 7 in stainless. When asked about the R51, people are getting a sigh, and a "Summer, they told us to say". Nighthawk: Working on HiPowers. This will be of interest to a few, very few, but to us few...Awesome! https://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/nighthawk-hi-power-review-shot-show-2016/ Smith & Wesson: A new .22 auto pistol called the Victory. It resembles the Ruger bolt-within -the-receiver design, but with a squared receiver and bolt. Quick(ish) change barrels. Volquartsen already has barrels for it. http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Category4_750001_750051_804153_-1_757752_757751_image Colt: Just alterations to the 1911, including a "competition - ready " model for $899 retail, but they are pushing a dual recoil spring system, which is probably worthless in addition to completely unnecessary. Just my opinion They have named their stripped down AR in case anyone was worried. I wasn't, until I saw the name, and now I'm worried (the "Expanse"). The important thing is its only $699 retail. Lots of AR pistols all over the range. Lots of arm brace thingys too. There's an Uzi with an arm brace. Hmm.

Would you believe, no? You?

OK, I missed the first couple of days, but here you go: https://1950.springfield-armory.com/#.VpEbHMYPGeA.facebook

I missed the date yesterday, but the M-1 Garand was adopted by the U.S Army on Jan 9, 1936. All hail!

Yeah, Gunbroker vanished too. But you can still get...oh, never mind. Don't get me started.

G-Man can breathe again.

I haven't looked, but I heard it was back up late yesterday.

http://tribunist.com/news/youtube-shuts-down-most-popular-gun-channel-hickok45-video/?utm_source=LRD

Get it? Silent-SR...Silent-sir...silencer. Those scamps. http://beta.ruger.com/micros/silent-sr/index.html?r=y Retail is a (too high IMO) $449.

Just FYI. I'm hearing real world prices in the area are $429 (gun shops) to $439 (big box outdoor stores). New owners seemed very pleased...but haven't fired a shot yet.

Yeah, it seems to me they have about 37 lines of 9mms now. From what I've seen so far, they could have dropped a couple with the introduction of this one. Trigger is supposed to be very nice. Retail is something like $579, but I think real world price is meant to be a Glock-competitive $400 or so.

In 9mm and, because you can't have an American Pistol without it, .45ACP. http://beta.ruger.com/products/rugerAmericanPistol/models.html

Cool looking tools. I've been seeing this advertised often lately: http://www.gerbergear.com/Multi-Tools/Solid-State/Short-Stack_31-002997N

Me too. I rarely venture out of the reloading section, but that's the place for that.

Ahh, you're a member there also.

I read within the last couple of days that Colt was set to emerge from Chap 11 by the end of the year. How, I don't know. I do know they were sending ARs out with no furniture. The claim was for you to customize, but others said it was because suppliers wouldn't let them have any. The result was a nicely priced Colt AR you could buy the furniture you wanted for...like many people do anyway. How they are going from that to clearing bankruptcy in a week is beyond me.

I read someone say it was made out bigger than catching the Ma Barker gang and Rosenberg spies.