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I always lap my scope rings, or use the Burris rings with plastic inserts. If nothing else then to prevent marring the scope tube...

I normally don't go for fancy, but I'm a sucker for a maple stock, and I couldn't resist these two beauties in two of my favorite...

I have heard from a well-know gunsmith who tried it that nitriding a bore works great, for awhile. However, Rather than a slow decline...

JMHO, but 150 gn mono at top speed is ideal for elk. Remember, with a mono, you don't "throw away" bullet weight upon impact, where...

Also not Steve, but hard to imagine that a 7mm 162gn mono at ~3000 fps is inadequate for elk.

Love me the .264WM, too. Nothing screams "classic" as loud as a Winchester M70 in .264WM.

For a big 7mm, 28 Nosler is the easy button: 1) the 28 Nos is shorter than the 7mm STW, so you have more room in the mag box; 2) 28 Nos...

I have a Miroku reproduction Winchester High Wall (I know the original questions was about Low Walls) in .325 WSM. Beautiful gun with a...

I wouldn't turn down a rifle because it is a two lug, and I love my two-lug Model 70s and Kimber Montanas, but I prefer a 3 lug action...