Recent content by Ragnarnar

I’m having difficulty eliminating runout in the sizing process of my 7mm LRM. Normally I’m able to achieve sub one thousandth runout in my sizing operation on all my other cartridges fairly consistently, but this one has me stymied. I’ve gone down a couple different paths trying to figure it out...

I don't see any mention of how you clean your brass. I've gone back to using Walnut shell because it's been pointed out that the fine layer of carbon that gets removed by other stainless or ultrasonics actually helps SD/ES by keeping the bullets from sticking to the brass. I've also had to neck...

I wanna keep the 6mm theme going. 6 BRX Seriously though, great round. Double the life on the barrel, lapua brass and performance coming near the other bigger 6's with nearly 10 grains less less powder. You can do a 6 Dasher if you prefer, but the ease of fire forming the BRX makes it a winner...

I'm of the opinion you should send it back to your smith and have him open the neck up. The original spec on the 338 edge is a .371 neck diameter on the loaded round if I recall correctly. Unless you speced the reamer, have your smith make it right. Bench rest shooters run their necks at 1.5-2...

The hornady dies are awful. I was fortunate enough to be able to borrow my smiths dies to load a few rounds for the custom dies I had made. Failing that, I would have had my smith ream out a Forster ultra seating 284 win die to 7lrm and then punched the necks with an expander, loaded, fired...

Do it! I just got a chance to shoot mine last week, it's fantastic. Mine was done by TS customs. It's the lightest recoiling 7 magnum I've played shot; less than my father in laws custom 7 rem mag. That fat powder column must make a difference in the recoil impulse. I'm working with...

Travis Stevens at TS Customs 605 870 1567 Give him a call. I'm sure he'd be happy to tell you about it.

The guy I use for a gunsmith uses a defiance deviant for his PRS rifle. It's not the XM, just a regular one. When I floated the idea of using a deviant out there on one of my LRH builds he advocated against it. Apparently deviant has a tendency to spec their parts kinda close, which results in...

Two words and an acronym: Desert tech SRS Switch barrels from anything in a 308win class up to a 338lapua class. Just as accurate and repeatable as a standard rifle, if not more so. Lots of reputable smiths are doing the barrels now. Greg at primal rights is the man you wanna talk to. He's...

Not a doctor, but a drug enthusiast here. Acetazolamide has too many potential side effects for my liking, and as a diuretic it makes it difficult to hydrate, which is obviously important if exercising strenuously at altitude. And you need a doctors script to get it. Ibuprofen, which...

This is a joke, right?

I'm as serious as a heart attack, bud. And as funny as a stroke. I was curious if you thought it was actually Afghanistan against Taliban/HQN/whoever and official sources were just saying Iraq and ISIS. Which is what I said. (possible for OPSEC reasons or something) I've never seen any...

The story also states Iraq. Or are you suggesting they actually were in Afghanistan and they're just saying Iraq and ISIS?

Go find "sniper 101" on YouTube. It's literally 100+ videos about 20 minutes long on average on all things long range shooting. I recommend watching it all, at least once. Somewhere in the series Rex explains MOA/MRAD and how to range, compute and dial for long range firing solutions...

Do you already have the bartlein #3? If not, I'd go with a heavier profile, or see if bartlein will trade you. The issue becomes the threading at the end for your can or brake. A 3 won't have much meat on it at 26"+. You run the risk of trumpeting the muzzle if the brake gets torqued on too...