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I have a 24 inch 1-7 proof sendero contour barrel blank and am looking for a 8 twist 22 cal or an 8.4 or 9 twist 284 blank. Has to be sendero contour and 24 inch. Would sell the barrel for $700 shipped as well.

I have been considering the 240 gr for my 340 wby. Following this

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I picked up some ULAs and think I may have a few I do not need. I may regret this but I have a ULA in 260 built by Melvin Forbes that was built in 1993 for sale. The rifle was in storage for some time and the stock was refinished by Melvin a while back. Barrel was clean when I got it and not...

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I have 8 boxes of factory 150 grain PowerPoint ammo for sale. Collect it or shoot it. Pretty good condition, see pics. I can take more if anyone wants to see more.$525 shipped

mine is on an origin. The action fits like a glove. I still haven't sent the barrel out to get chambered yet though. I filed the stock's ejection port to match the Origin action.

I think I am leaning towards bedding the tang and lug only. I have 3 of them. One is still on my bench for a bighorn build but I have shot the other two a bit in a 308 and 223ai. Both shot as good as when the rifles were in chassis. The lug area is pretty generously cut so that was the only...

The rifle still weighs 9lbs without a stock? that seems heavy for a proof barreled gun. Are you running a heavy scope and suppressor?

Not sure what you mean by the .200 line? problem spot is right above where a .420 shoulder gauge hits. Like right at the shoulder/body junction. looking in the die, it looks like there is a machine mark visible. Gun is an older forbes ULA. Fired brass doesn't show any odd marks.

I just tried to bump the shoulders on some once fired 284 brass and if I set the die low enough to bump 0.002 it creates a raised sharp edge on the shoulder body junction. You can catch a fingernail on it. It seems like it is hard to size too. If I back off a hair it doesn't bump the shoulder...