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I had a Remington 513-T with a 16 power (I think) Unertal for many years. It also had a set of Redfield Olympic aperture sights. I bought it from my brother, had it for 20 years or so, and traded it back to him. I still have in my safe the first gun I ever owned. A single shot Remington Fieldmaster ...

Jack O’Conner shot almost everything on the planet with a .270. I, like Rick have had my model 70 featherweight for a long time. I would sell my blood before I sold that rifle. I have just shot deer, coyotes, antelope, and pigs with mine. I have a model 70 .338 that I shoot for elk. I like to...

Squatting Wolf, I shoot a .270. Brother a 7mm. Both work just fine. The ones in CA can die a little hard. We like to knock them right down. I don't know about Texas pigs.

When I remodeled my home I added two six foot closets in my office/reloading room. One of them holds my bench and all my reloading stuff. The other, my safe and all my fly fishing equipment. I like to work indoors on both of my obsessions. The temperature swings are just too severe to work in the ga...

CV32, That is one great picture

Skipper , I agree with Rick on the bench height. Mine is 39” to the top. I prefer to stand for most of my case prep and all of my press work. I have a separate table at 30 inches that I use to clean barrels and do some miscellaneous sitting chores at. A solid top as Gerry mentions is essentia...

Captec and Rick , Thanks. That is tempting. I looked at those two Coopers for an hour this morning. I was so close. I usually do not have that mush restraint, but I just could not pull the trigger. The new custom my brother just got a few weeks ago is nagging at me. I can get a good deal on the com...

Va varminter, No problem. I get an amazing deal on the Sako's. Just can't buy them if they won't make them.

doubleA , That is a beautiful rifle. Va Varminter , I can buy the Sako for a lot less than a Cooper. I just can't get one. My 75 Varmint has a better piece of wood than the Coopers I held today. It is no where near the the wood Double A has though. Thank you all for the replies. I went out this mor...

After waiting 6 months for a new Sako 85, I was informed this PM that it will be at least another two to three months. I can not wait that long. I have been thinking about a Cooper Montana Varminter. The only thing holding me back is the weight. My Sako 75 is 8 5/8 lbs. The Cooper is 7.25 lbs. I am ...

The amount of neck sizing is set by how much free float the bushing has. By screwing the top of the bushing retainer up or down the amount of sizing is adjusted. It is very simple.
Yes, it is very easy to see and measure the amount of sizing.

The solution to get rid of the expander ball on a Redding neck die is to buy a ball one caliber smaller. You can still use the decapping pin and not touch the inside of the neck. My 204 die uses a .17 ball. I use a Forster Co-Ax, so ram contamination is not an issue. When I still used a ram press, I...

goody523 , Probably to get the lube off. I tumble before anything on fired cases. I use just a little wax on the neck to neck size, none on the inside; I don’t run an expander anymore. I am very careful with my fired cases, out of the box, in the gun and back in the box. Just a quick wipe af...

22shooter, Did they have a bunch of them?

tmfisher57, Welcome tp the forum. Check your PM's.