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Really the only advantage is that it makes life easier being able to use the same equipment everyone else does and not have to be stuck buying left handed rifles that are harder to come by and generally cost more as well.

He's young. You can have him trained to shoot right handed pretty easy. Cover his eye and go shoot a lot. Soon it will just be muscle memory to shoulder and shoot right handed. Practice makes perfect and there will be no need to buy special rifles or equipment. Go get him an air soft rifle that you can mount a cheap throw away scope on and have him practice in the house. I'm sure a six year old would have a blast running around the house pretending to be some sort of Pirate sniper or something with a patch on his eye. Make it fun for him and it will work out.

I've got a Predator T-rex target stock in Red Laminate or I have factory birch stock with no barrel band that's been opened up for a heavy barrel. PM me if you're interested.

I have a used but in nice condition Boyds laminate stock for a Rem 700 long action ADL (blind magazine) in Royal Jarcanda laminate. I believe it is a Platinum model basic sporter stock. No bedding, and has a couple little scuff marks but nothing major. Asking $100 shipped to the lower 48.

Every Creedmoor I have ever loaded for has had a node right around the 41.5-42.0gr mark with the 140s and H4350. I generally seat bullets. .025" off the lands and find very good accuracy with very low SDs. Velocities range from 2750-2800+ depending on barrel length and components used.

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Definitely a commercial Mauser of some sort and definitely worth keeping. If it were me I would decide what caliber I wanted and build it. That action with a match grade barrel can shoot just as well if not better than anything else made today. I built a .280 Ackley on an old 98k Mauser with a Benchmark #3 barrel that shoots fantastic.

There is very little of this I disagree with but I have highlighted my favorite parts.

Looks like a large ring Mauser. Not sure what type or country of origin from those pictures, could even be a commercial Mauser by the looks of it but not sure. If you remove the front scope base there should be some more markings that will narrow things down a bit further. What you have is a sporterized Mauser, it was very common back in the 60s for importers to bring in military Mausers and sporterize them by installing a nice barrel, installing a traditional bolt handle and fitting them to a walnut stock then selling them as hunting rifles. You will need to get the chamber cast to determine what cartridge yours is chambered in exactly but they were commonly chambered in .30-06, 7X57 and 8mm. What you have for sure is a very solid platform for a custom build if you wanted to.

I don't have anything for a Ruger American.

Hey STOMP or anyone else shooting a 6.5 WSM...What's your overall catridge or round length in the 6.5 WSM? did you make it the same as the 270 WSM? Thanks. Ernesto C. When built on a short action I make it fit the magazine so probably very near what spec is for the .270WSM. When on a long action I seat them about .025" off the lands. Depending on the bullet used the OAL can vary quite a bit.

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ADL sporter/factory barrel channel.

You will probably need the highs.

Head to your nearest Sportsmans Warehouse. They should carry a set of 30mm Leupold rings that will work perfectly for a 30mm scope with a 50mm objective. They are a little pricey but they are solid steel and very well made. They are by far the best rings made for a Ruger rifle I have found.

I have never had any reliability issues with a Leupold scope and I think the glass is much better than the Nightforce personally. If you plan on treating your rifle like crap using it to clear brush or use it as a walking stick or farm implement like some people do then the Nightforce is the obvious choice. If you plan on taking care of your equipment and using it as intended then the Leupold is definitely the way to go.

IMR 4064 is a solid performer in the .30-06. 48-49gr with your choice of 165 class bullet should be good to go.

Use any app you want and make your own chart in any word or spreadsheet program and make it as simple or detailed as you want.

Really no accuracy advantage to speak of between the two. The biggest advantage of the 6.5WSM over the SAUM is you can find .270WSM brass or .300WSM brass pretty easy to form the cases with and you get a bit more velocity. The other advantage is that Dies are much cheaper for the WSM over the SAUM. The only real disadvantage is that you will have to turn the necks on the brass after resizing for best results so there is one extra step in your reloading process but you only have to do it once. As far as accuracy and performance though they are nearly identical. Here is the last 6.5WSM I finished up a couple months ago. As you can see it shoots just fine. This is a five shot group with 147 Hornadys at 3086fps.

This was a lucky year for us. I drew the Dec 31 tag, the wife and father in law drew 31 mule deer tags and my niece got the youth hunt for 28,31 & 32 for the 2nd year in a row.

They are a decent stock. I like them better than the B&C and less than the HS Precision. What I do like about them is that they provide a large area for the recoil lug so if you decide to use a heavy duty lug you still have plenty of room to get it in there and bed it properly.

The Shaw rifle is nothing more than a rebranded Savage. The only difference between it and the Savage is that they have gone nutless and simply shouldered one of their barrels up to the action. You can build a really nice custom Savage configured the way you want it with a better quality barrel yourself for right around the same price. I have messed with a couple shaw rifles and they do shoot and the Shaw barrels that I have owned in the past have also shot well.

Not sure how they would feed any better as they are the same case but yes you should be able to neck up 26 brass to 28 no problem. If anything you will have slightly less neck tension due to stretching out the neck from .264 to .284.

The last couple 7 mags that I worked up with the 168 class bullets liked to be pushed hard, 72-73gr of Retumbo. The 180s seem to have a good node right around the 70-71gr mark as well.