As long as we're wrecking Mosins...

[Stradawhovious]

but breaking a tap in the bolt kinda of slowed my progress and pissed off my spirit

Whiskey fixes that.

[FJ540]

More turd polishing on the way, who will come out on top?

DO THE LASER!

hold that thought - we ran out of time in the machine shop last night

Shippy's gun is on deck for the next shop night.

[goett047]

Now i'm trying to figure out how long to cut the barrel

[OldmanFCSA]

Are you competitors allowing reloaded ammo with powder and charge weight tailored to barrel length?
If yes, I would cut to 22" max, 18" min, and handload a 7mm-08 or 308 powder, bullet combination.
A shorter barrel has been proven to reduce barrel whip, and minimize harmonics, but will reduce velocity.
As long as you are adding Muzzle Brakes, a threaded barrel weight similar to the BOSS System will allow for fine-tuning harmonics to a particular reload combination. Have Fun!

This is the first centerfire rifle I ever owned and reloaded for - it is capable of fine accuracy when loaded correctly.
I think I was using 48.0 grains of Hodgdon 4895 with a 150 grain Hornady bullet sized at 0.312"dia pushed about 2850 fps.
Do NOT use this loading without working up from 10% below for starters. You MUST slug your bore before using this bullet diameter.

[Shipyard]

More turd polishing on the way, who will come out on top?

DO THE LASER!

hold that thought - we ran out of time in the machine shop last night

Shippy's gun is on deck for the next shop night.

YAY!!!!!!!!

[Shipyard]

Now i'm trying to figure out how long to cut the barrel

legal: 16" from the bolt face to end of barrel. why leave any extra?

extra material is a capitalist waste. the proletariat will root out this blasphemy

[Shipyard]

Are you competitors allowing reloaded ammo with powder and charge weight tailored to barrel length?
If yes, I would cut to 22" max, 18" min, and handload a 7mm-08 or 308 powder, bullet combination.
A shorter barrel has been proven to reduce barrel whip, and minimize harmonics, but will reduce velocity.
This is the first centerfire rifle I ever owned and reloaded for - it is capable of fine accuracy when loaded correctly.
I think I was using 48.0 grains of Hodgdon 4895 with a 150 grain Hornady bullet sized at 0.312"dia pushed about 2850 fps.
Do NOT use this loading without working up from 10% below for starters. You MUST slug your bore before using this bullet diameter.

i think the point is slightly missed - it's not an accuracy or ballistics comp. that would be pointless on a rifle ofthis caliber (he he - see what i did there?)

the competition is to slap as much lipstick on that pig as possible....

i'm thinking of giving my pig collagen injections so there's that much more to work with

[OldmanFCSA]

I posted in wrong Topic - have asked a MOD to move it to correct Topic.

[Anokamnman]

I can't wait to start on my pig. Have to wait till after Christmas.

[goett047]

Are you competitors allowing reloaded ammo with powder and charge weight tailored to barrel length?
If yes, I would cut to 22" max, 18" min, and handload a 7mm-08 or 308 powder, bullet combination.
A shorter barrel has been proven to reduce barrel whip, and minimize harmonics, but will reduce velocity.
This is the first centerfire rifle I ever owned and reloaded for - it is capable of fine accuracy when loaded correctly.
I think I was using 48.0 grains of Hodgdon 4895 with a 150 grain Hornady bullet sized at 0.312"dia pushed about 2850 fps.
Do NOT use this loading without working up from 10% below for starters. You MUST slug your bore before using this bullet diameter.

i think the point is slightly missed - it's not an accuracy or ballistics comp. that would be pointless on a rifle ofthis caliber (he he - see what i did there?)

the competition is to slap as much lipstick on that pig as possible....

i'm thinking of giving my pig collagen injections so there's that much more to work with

More cushion for the pushin'

[goett047]

Or are we thinking double barrel...with bubba bolt linkage

[David]

I posted in wrong Topic - have asked a MOD to move it to correct Topic.

We can't really move individual posts like whole threads can be moved. It's do-able, but it requires copying, re-posting, and then changing the poster's name, which I can't do easily from my phone. Certainly willing to do that on a computer tomorrow, but it might be easier (and certainly faster) for you to just post again in the correct thread, and then I can delete this one for you.

[goett047]

I think I got most of metal work done...time to other some rails.

[goett047]

Ignore this picture

[FJ540]

Another one

Holly crap, you made it INVISIBLE!