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Wrong! The longer the jump to the lands the less pressure you have. Weatherby uses freebore to decrease pressure and increase velocity.

End of the story. I wasn't going back to Alaska for big browns and was just loning out my 458 win mag to people going for the big 5 in...

When I was a kid I had a 26 inch 22-250 in high school I was given a 26 inch custom barrel 270 win. I was a hand loader for both even...

So basically the 223 ARC is more like a Valkyrie with the ability to shoot over 75 grain bullets and it is only marginally faster than a...

Bolt face being really big for the overall bolt diameter and cracking bolts Statement from white oak “…We have built many rifles in...

Does anyone know why you can't run the 60,000 psi bolt gun loads through an AR? It seems to me that going with rifle length or even...

I would not have sent it back. It represents about 1% of the total surface area of the upper to barrel mating surface. Having a good...

You will be fine. I have never put a lot of value in lapping that surface as that dimension isn't that critical if the upper is in...

I'm a Texas and Oklahoma pig hunter AR man! :) Barrel length is free Horse Power. My two builds are 20 and 24 inch SS fluted barrels...

I've had two different scopes on my 458 win mag and it's got the modern Big Five each time while on loan. I originally went with the...

One of my favorite cheap rounds with my 9 twist 20 inch squirrel gun. I load to 5.56 2 pressures and the highest accuracy was right at...

It's like in military sniper school we shot 308's with 173 gr vld's. Not some 200, 220, or 240 grain. They just don't have enough...

This is only at 2800 fps With increased speed the numbers continue to go up into the yellow. The term clips is used for rifles like...

So back to the poster. I recommend 20 inch barrels with rifle length gas ports and match grade barrels. Stainless are nice for high...

My first question would be are those Chronographed? or is it some book load that uses a 24 inch barrel? It actually takes quality...