Recent content by Txhillbilly

Well there are X's, but they are pretty much the same color as the background on the screen. I could barely see them. After not getting a response from Arken after I've sent them 2 emails, I've got better places to spend my money. I ordered one of the closeout Burris XTR II 5-25x50 scopes from...

There wasn't any X's on my screen.

The only issue that I have with Arken is their Customer Service SUCKS. I bought a EP5 for one of my precision 22's and was told that their 1 pc scope mount was low profile instead of a high profile like an AR uses. It isn't low profile. So, since you can't call them, I sent them an email asking...

I spent several decades shooting factory action rifles with good results, then started the semi - custom route using Savage action's. Since I shoot LH, they were the easiest / cheapest I could find. I've put together over a dozen of them over the years, and have used almost every brand of custom...

Athlon makes a pretty good scope. I bought a Gen 1 Midas BTR and Ares BTR just to compare them against my Sightron SIII scopes. While they aren't equal to my Sightron's, they track well, the glass is good / not great, and I do like the reticle's better than the Sightron offerings. For the money...

I found the copperhead in the photo pretty easy. Been around them my whole life, and have learned to notice them. I've got a huge Bull snake that lives on my property. It's the only snake that has ever scared the crap out of me, I was mowing the fence line on my zero turn mower and it come...

I've got three ARC action's - Nucleus, Nucleus 2.0, and an Archimedes. They all have TT special or diamond trigger's on them, and I've never had a single issue with them, but I know guy's that have put TT, Bix n Andy and Timney trigger's on several custom action's that needed to be worked over...

Barrel and the trigger are top of my list.

I know that, but I just won't justify paying their prices when I can shoot Hornady & Sierra bullet's for near half as much with almost the same accuracy. Once Berger's got over $.50 a bullet, I decided I didn't need to shoot them anymore. The 2k that I bought when I decided to build my 25CM were...

Other than the 135gr Berger bullet's that I shoot in the new 25CM that I built a while back, I have given up on paying the almost double the price on Berger bullets from just a couple years ago. I haven't hunted in several years because the cost isn't worth it to me anymore. I can drive to the...

Making cases? The 25 CM is as simple as changing a neck bushing, and running 6.5 CM brass thru it. Necking down .007" isn't what I call making cases. Load data is simple, Look at 6.5 CM data and adjust accordingly.

I like the Woox Exactus chassis, but there are a couple things that could be improved. (1) The picatinny rail on the butt stock is useless to 99.9% of shooter's that I know, and if you shoot with a rear bag it will tear it up. I removed the rail and fabricated a piece of wood to replace it. (2)...

I built my 22 CM back in 2019, and have enjoyed it since the first shot. I went with an ARC Nucleus action, a 20" X-Caliber 1-7 twist barrel, Trigger Tech Diamond trigger, and a KRG Bravo chassis. I mainly shoot 75gr ELD-M bullets out of it. For brass, I neck down Starline 6mm CM brass. I've...

So you're wanting to pay a gunsmith to install a pre-fit barrel on your action? IMO, that's just wasting a lot of money and time for something that you can do in just a few minutes with a couple tools / gauges. That's the whole thing about pre-fit barrel's, they are a DIY thing that eliminates...

Mine is 20", but I also shoot suppressed so it ends up being 29".