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Jeff

I can't wait to hear what you have to say as i wouldn't mind getting into long range shooting and to be able to do it on a reasonable budget as you have indicated would be excellent.

PM also sent.

Al

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Jeff...... the suspense... it has to be the 30-284W your talking about... I know it will be a 30cal, and to push the 175 30 cal to 3000fps this case has it about wrapped up!!

What are your thoughts on the 284W?

Am I close?? Or is it a big ol wildcat!!

The Baer stocks are nice. threw up between them and the ST1000 but I was after fancy wood, so teh ST1000 came outt he winner!

Cheers
AI

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Bobs first barrel was indeed a 13 twist. His latest is the 12 twist and IMO is not showing the consistancy of the earlier one. Both were made by Maddco. I was present when Bob did his final load developement with the first barrel and he went as far as 59 grains of 2209 and a BR2 with the 175s doing a tick over 3000 fps. His final load was just shy of this at 58.5 grains at just under the 3000 fps mark, but pressure and thus case life was better.

Tony Z.

a.JR,
Okay your at AUD$310 ... barrel and action and 'smithing to go.
Damn ... I'm interested in this build-up .... where's your secretary??
Might have to start copying/pasting this too!.
Cheers...
Con

Con,

Just wondering if you have included freight and the 5% International handling fee that those yankee shops sting us with

I reckon it would be more like $245 + $40 + $12 = $297 US so about $400 bucks $AUS Still cheap all the same

KY

Jeff,

Don't waver from your plans on this thread. Get the action thing happening. I will be very interested in hearing what you have to say on this matter. The only problem I see is that you will be possibly the only one on this forum that could do a 1,000yd light gun on a budget apart from some of us already doing our own gunsmithing. Kenny does good stock work with laminated timber and has built some good looking stocks for himself and a friend. Myself having a lathe and fitting my own barrels also helps with the machining side of things.

Cant wait to hear all the other stuff you have to offer. Keep up the good work.

ps. I hear Jonesy did a good job on re-chambering Bobs first barrel.

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JR, Great information you have provided. I will have to start looking to get the bits together.

Kenny, I would also be interested in hearing about how you go about making your own laminated stocks and possibly seeing a couple of pictures of them.

Al

Steven,

Kenny does good stock work with laminated timber and has built some good looking stocks for himself and a friend.

You just wanna borrow my new reamer don't ya tell em the truth now

JR
I would love to go into stock making full chat, I don't think it would feed my starving kids but time is the trouble atm , can you get me an 8th day in the week somehow I really liked you HG stock with the metal bits included in the sandwich, very impressed.......hmmmm now if I just made a mould and hmmmm......

al-bow

stock making is easy the simplest way is work off a centre line for your dimensions, ply makes it a little more difficult as it really is shit to work with due to the way the grain is layered. Especially when staining and clear coating as there always is some little flaw or void in it

The work is time consuming.....if you have plenty of time and a few basic tools.....have a go,

BUT, as JR said earlier.....it's all in the design, I sort of copied a few different styles into mine and produced a 'mongrel' Certainly 'bastardised' would be a better term than 'customised' anyway

I will upload some pics over the next few days as I am on dial up + crappy lines

aJR,
Above you mentioned "needing" a Nightforce 12-42x in the Fly ... why do you say that? Is it just to make weight?
Cheers...
Con