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I love those Ruger 77s

Brass is hard to get , Redding make a form & trim die, its easily made out of 7 MM Rem mag brass, form trim, & anneal & you are ready to go. 200 & 220 grain bullets work well , Speer & Hornady is what i use. A short magnum from the early 1960s.

Think about a 6.5x55 , 7mm/08 0r 7x57 light recoil & enough power.

Do not use a steel punch on the bottom metal, use a brass , copper , aluminum or even a hard plastic one when you remove it scrape away some of the bedding epoxy to give it a little clearance, when fitted up there should be about 2mm clearance between the bottom metal & the action, if you have...

I find PPU ammo ok but their powders burn a little dirty & their brass is as good as most US manufactures. In Australia it sells for about 1/3 the price of US ammo, S& B now load 375 H&H.

You could compare the 257 Roberts to a 6.5x55, needs a long action to work, bullets 85 grain to 140 grain light recoil & plenty ammo & brass avail& rifles still chambered for it.

Wonderful Ruger collection i have 6 77mk2s 1 Ruger American 7.62x39 & a NO1 in 303 British.

I do not know much about Bergara not a popular rifle in Australia Tikka good product but some plastic parts. Howa 1500s are great rifles , no plastic, lots of after market stocks & they are a better action than a Rem 700. Made in Japan quality & well priced i own 6 of them & 4 Weatherby...

Yes they are i worked as a mechanic at a mine site in the early 60s we had some of the first Toyotas 4x4 in to Australia they leaked oil from the engine side plate. good vehicles the only competition was Land Rover & they leaked also.

One simple test is to put a thin shim made out of a business card, punch a hole in it for the tang screw & cut it to shape put it under the rear tang & tighten it down see if that fixes the binding , in my opinion the stock spacer at the tang should not be tight in the hole & the screw not...

Not claiming to be an expert but as a Vietnam vet 2 tours 1968 to 1971 with the Aust army& a life time of hunting now at 78 years old this is how i see it. The 7.62 Nato ie 308 Win is too much power for an infantry mans rifle & 5.56 is not enough, a 6.5 Grendel or 6,8 SPC would be good but not...

Shit, Tug should get a job with The Australian DOD they thrive on over complicated solutions to easy decisions . may be his data is correct it makes my head spin looking at it,

Yes Bob, having shot a lot of ammo through both in my Army days & later in competitive IPSC i rank the Browning Highpower may be better than the M1911. shame about the 9 MM i am of the same opinion of the 9MM as you are of the 243 WIn. Would have been good in 9x21 or 10 MM Auto.

9x19 9mm pistol useless piece of shit & i hate Glocks. M1911 45 ACP best hand gun ever made.

Go for it , I have been shooting 180 grain copper bullets out of mine, made by a man in South Australia who trades as Atomic 29 , as well as 250 g Woodleigh most brass made out of Lapua 30/06. Barrel by Swan gunsmiths in Brisbane Aust. Reciever 1960 FN commercial ex 30/06, shoots 3 shots about...

I watched a u tube video from federal on reloading it there are 2 cases the premium one plated in side & out side & 1 only plated on the out side which is not recommended to be reloaded i think this technology is the future of small arms ammo. I think i will stay with old brass 60,000 psi ammo...

Maybe think about a 416 Taylor all the power you can handle with out excessive recoil will fit in a 30/06 length action with a mag bolt face, cheaper more available brass, neck up 338 WIN mag brass, Redding make dies , with a tapered expander button that makes case forming easy,its a good...

checker their AKs, but they import Palestinians by the plane load. any product with gun in its description is evil.

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Owning both a 270 WSM & a 7MM REM MAG both in Weatherby vanguards i do not think any animal could tell the difference, i tend to favor the WSM but the 7mm has a better bullet selection & factory ammo, the rifle in my avatar is the 270 WSM. may be think about a 6.8 Western, 6.5 PRC or a 7 mm PRC.

I have a friend with one in 9.3 its light & recoil is savage , my son has one in 6.5 PRC & 30/06 great rifles for the money, very popular in Australia. Rumour has Early models had a pressed fit bbl & now have screwed in bbl i do not know if that is the case.

The gov stupidity just goes on & on .

Easy to do, get a M98 FN a 30/06 or 270 Win is ideal, rebarrel it get a set of dies, make cases out of 30/06 or buy Bertram & Woodleigh 250 grain bullets, or win lotto & buy an original, I did it Barrel by Swan in Brisbane Aust shoots 3 shot Moa. PM me if you want to know more,

Gumpy you sound just like me! i have 2 light weight rifles a Tikka ultra lite in 6.5x55 stainless fluted & a HOWA 1500 carbon elevate 6.5CM both shoot = moa & are easy to carry.

Gee, rule 303 reducing the expander ball dia is easy spin it in a cordless drill & use 400 grit & finish with 800 or 1000 they are hard but it easy to reduce dia by .001 to .002 inch .

I have a number of BOYDS & Ruger factory laminated stocks in classic style & nutmeg colour, do not like thumbhole or the rainbow colour schemes. they are strong & water-resistant a much more appealing stock than the cheap injection molded ones, some i think are made out of liquorice the...

I have 2 Bishop stocked M98 FN mausers from the 1960s. Man made Climate change is a con used by Governments to gain more control over people by fear & to make their buddies the renewable energy people rich using tax payer money.Now i have got that off my chest , back to plastic stocks. i love...

Have you tried to adjust it? or may be the trigger is different than a MK10 Interarms or zastava.

I was in a large gun shop the other day, one that sells every thing Tactical , big magazines plastic stocks ,muzzle breaks cammo gear .pink guns for girls ect , in the second hand rack there was a very good Intrerarms mk10 m98 mauser in 7x57 with a great walnut stock, the owner said, no one...

The Zastava M70 is a modern M98 copy , zastava bought the tooling from FN in the 1960s its a well built rifle, no castings all modern alloy steel, hammer forged bbls, a little rough on bolt operation but clean up . they are used for many custom M98 rifles , good adjustable trigger , much better...

As an aircraft engine mechanic. The hard facts are if the landing gear worked when the aircraft was new , & does not work now its been damaged or its a maintenance issue, some of these developing countries do not have the people with skills to maintain aircraft to the required level.

You have to ask how well do these airlines maintain their aircraft, do the bean counters try to cut costs?

Unfortunately the story about the vendor barrels on Ruger 77 tang safety models is true some oversized chambers & poor accuracy, not all, but some had this issue. Great looking rifles you would have to shoot one to know if it had this issue. i had 3, a 243 win, 7x57 & a 270 win, that i got...

Gee Tin Tin, I am I am envious that is a good looking rifle, great calibre too. I asked Santa for one in 6.5x55 but he said no. I have been too naughty . Have you got the 333 Jeffery finished yet?

I have a old model 22 Hornet Savage 340, in excellent condition , ugly rifle with an heavy trigger . but it shoots 5 shot .75 moa groups with speer 40 grain bullets & Win 296 powder good for a rifle with 1 action screw & a barrel band

I have just received some 158 grain speer 357 mag pistol bullets to try in my 350 rem mag i hope to load them to about 2000 fps this should be a lot nicer to shoot than full power ammo, will let you know how they go.

Howa has just announced a premium 1500 nice wood, black for end tip better bluing ect only seen pictures but some thing to consider i am a Howa , Weatherby Vanguard fan . they are well priced, well built & usually shoot 3 shot MOA. only plastic is mag follower.

Brass is easily made from 30/06 & its easy to swage down 338 projectiles to .330 & Woodleigh is back in business . a company in South Australia, Atomic 29 makes copper bullets for the 318 WR. i have used them with great success.

It depends if it is a factory sporter action ie FN , Zastava , Santa Barbra, Parker Hale ect with 2 screw holes in each receiver ring no thumb cut out & stripper clip guide. OR or a military action that some body has ground off the clip guide & drilled & tapped , some of these have odd shaped...

Rebel gun works in Brisbane Australia are showing M98 ZASTAVA extractors in stock , that will fit most M98 bolts . It is possable that the stupid Aust laws on terror will not allow them to export it ? WE bring in plane loads of Palestine potential terrorists every day, that the police have...

Check the firing pin protrusion it should be about 0.65 tho of an inch, with the bolt uncocked , bolt face to tip of pin . if that is ok its not the rifle providing head space is correct , may be the ammo that did not fire is short in headspace , on a controled round feed rifle the extractor may...

When you think about it in WW2 the Japs were the Enemy & China a friend now the roles are reversed, My father a veteran of the North Africa campaign & the Pacific, hated the Japs until the day he died. I have visited Pearl Harbour, i wonder what would the out come of WW2 would have been if the...

I have to ask why? & i enjoy USOG. U TUBE, a friend has a Swiss K31 beautiful rifle but i think i might get the bolt in the face.

About 18 mts ago I got caught up in the 318 thing built a rifle on a 30/06 Parker Hale M98 action , new old Bishop stock, Swan Barrel , made brass out of 30/06 with CH dies an easy process , used Woodleigh 250 grain bullets got 350 before the fire . Atomic 29 made a run of 180 grain copper...

I have 3 LKM70 Zastavas a 8x57, 6.5x55 & a 375 H&H they were a bit gritty on bolt operation but are easily smoothed up, great bluing & hammer forged bbls ,they have poorly finished stocks & chequering, the stocks are finished in a brown mud oil type finish . I reshaped & refinished the stocks...

Great rifles RUGER 77MK2 ,had a 35 Whelen built on a original 77 tang safety in a fit of lunacy sold it, now have a Ruger 77 mk2 350 Rem mag & have built a 9.3x62 on an FN M98 love the 9.3 mild recoil & thumps pigs like hit by lightning.

Thank you I have a bbl on order from Allan Swan, Stainless steel 1-9 twist i will ask him about feeding .

My 243 has about 3100 rounds through it with a lot of throat erosion so it needs a new bbl, i have a 6.5 CM & i have about 500 new 243 cases & the Ackley dies so i might give it a go.

Thank you for that info.

I hope Bob 35 W does not see this post. I am thinking about re barrelling my Howa 1500 243 WIN to 243 Ackley using a stainless 1-9 twist bbl i have a Redding die set in 243 imp 40 deg . My concern is that it may not feed well out of the mag, due to the reduced case taper & 40 deg shoulder . do...