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  1. 11-27-2012, 10:02 PM #41
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    Heat treating

    As promised. Here is the finished rifle.

    Attachment 54735

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    She weighs in at a mere 13.5 pounds.

    I have only taken her out twice and I am very happy. I'm still working up a load and I am working on a better set of dies to load the 80 and 90 grain projectiles she will be shooting. I swage my own 224 bullets so the sky is the limit.

    Attachment 54737

    Not bad for a bullet under the weight I'm looking for!! The best group of my life to date. I have a lot to learn, and Steve, the guy that helped me with the rifle, is helping me shoot this rifle to all it worth.

    All in all, the time I spent working on this barrel was well spent. I don't regret it for a second. I'm already looking to the future to do a 308 barrel for another 700.
    "The right of the people to keep and bear...arms shall not be infringed. A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country..." (James Madison, I Annals of Congress 434 [June 8, 1789])


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  2. 11-28-2012, 08:02 PM #42
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    Sweetness!
    And it will likely get better!
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  3. 11-29-2012, 10:45 AM #43
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    Outstanding! This really should be a Sticky here, maybe with a slight title change?
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  4. 11-29-2012, 08:30 PM #44
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    I have to say I am impressed also.

    You can now call yourself a true "gunmaker."

    What you have done is no small accomplishment!

    Well Done Sir!

    Randy
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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check