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What load are you running in the RUM? If you are not running a heavy high BC bullet in the RUM you really are not doing anything the 7mm isn't capable of matching if not coming very close. Pick which ever one you can shoot the best and more comfortable with.

If the lower class wants to make more money perhaps they should work hard, learn a skill and get a better job. Quit smoking the dope, put the beer bottle down and apply themselves. There are plenty of good paying jobs around that don't require a college education, just a good work ethic, and a clean piss test. Both of which, unfortunately, is hard to come by these days. Not all business owners are millionaires either, A lot of them struggle to keep the lights on just like the rest of us. Small business owners are probably the hardest working people on the planet, they don't have sick days or weekends its full time all the time and that's what it takes to fulfill the American Dream. Every big business out there started out as a small business and through hard work and smart business practices were able to be successful and grow and make money. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. No, we can't all be rich but we can all work hard for an honest wage and most of the time that requires starting at the bottom making minimum wage and working our way up to that. The problem today is everyone feels entitled to a wage that provides a comfortable living without having to work for it.

a 7mm mag will require around 24-28 moa to get to 1000 depending on bullet choice and velocity. With a 20moa rail you should be fine but if you wanted a little insurance you could always use Burris signature zee rings with the pos align inserts that have another available 20 moa available in 5 moa increments to use if you need it. That being said the only thing I would warn against the Nikon scopes is anything over 14 power generally has 1/8 minute adjustments. This makes dialing anything past 500 or so very challenging as you start getting into multiple revolutions of the turrets. I have a 6-18x40 buckmaster that I love but I hate the 1/8 adjustments.

You would probably be more than happy with the rifle basix Sav-1 then. I have a couple of those in some hunting rigs and I am very happy with them. The triggers break nice and clean and for the cost they are very hard to beat for a Savage. I really like their Ruger M77 triggers as well in fact, I prefer them over the Timney in a Ruger.

I have a number of Savages and I think I have tried just about every aftermarket trigger out there. The SSS is probably my favorite and you can find them from time to time over on Savage shooters forum fairly regular. My next favorite is probably the rifle basix. They make two different options and the Sav-1 is adjustable down to 2lbs and is a great trigger for a hunting rifle. They also make a Sav-2 that can be adjusted down to just over a pound I think and is more for benchrest type shooting. The latter probably being the most comparable to the Calvin Elite as far as feel goes.

For off the shelf quality, the Tikka is where it's at and if it were me I would pick up the T3 in 6.5x55. In a modern action, it will out perform the Creed and come real close to the 6.5-284 while not using any more powder than the Creed. High quality Lapua brass is cheap and easy to get and it will just plain shoot with a variety of different powders. It's probably one of the easiest cartridges to load for and will give you the half moa you are seeking and then some.

With my experience in the civil engineering side of things, I would bet the government owns more than enough "easement" or "Right-of-Way" along the border to construct just about anything they want. If anything a few temporary construction easements may be needed but those are generally cost free besides a recording fee at the proper county recorders office.

Go with a Sierra Game King, 65gr if your twist will allow it but the 55gr will work. Great bullets that will provide good ballistic performance as well as good terminal performance. Coues are not very big and only 10 or 12 inches wide through the vitals and I much rather a bullet that will expand or mushroom a bit and dump some energy rather than poke a small caliber hole. I have seen coyotes shot with Barnes bullets that ended up looking like swiss cheese before they finally died from exhaustion and blood loss. A Coues is not much bigger and will run a lot further.

That's really about it. The ability to simply fire form .270 brass and go. No need for trimming to length. performance wise you will be hard pressed to find any notable difference between them.

Yes, this is normally called the cream of wheat method as most of the time this is what people use for this process. I have done it in the past but have since moved to just fireforming cases as I do barrel break in. I like to break in with at least 50 rounds and I use a cheap bullet like a Hornady SST in the same weight that I am wanting to run pick a max load of the parent cartridge and go to the range. Accuracy is generally pretty good and when your done you have 50 fully formed cases to begin serious load development with. If you want more cases than 50 I generally load some more fireform loads and save them for when its time to clean the barrel and then fire two or three of them to foul the barrel with. Eventually, you end up with as many cases you want and not really wasting any barrel life.

Yeah bergers can be a bit finicky but I have seen them shoot really well with lots of jump. You might also try the hybrids or the new elite hunters they just come out with with better results than the Vlds. I finished up a Ruger in 6.5-06 Ackley just before I did yours and it shot the hybrids really well with just about any powder and charge I put through it and the Ruger's have a notoriously short mag length.

Great write up! It looks like that is coming along nicely. In the 6.5-06 Ackley that I built I had much better accuracy after I turned about .002" off the necks and switched to Magnum primers.That seemed to fix the flyer problem for me. The load I settled on was 57.5gr of H4831 and a CCI magnum primers with 140 bergers at mag length. Velocity is right at 3175fps with this load.

proprecisionrifles.com Paul does some fantastic work and is very quick on the turn around.

They don't need to when they have the 6.5x55. In a modern action like the Tikka the 6.5 swede is a very capable cartridge. The old Mauser actions severely limited the potential of this cartridge with velocities topping out in the 2700fps range. With modern powders and actions, velocities of 2800-2900 is pretty easily done in the 6.5x55 and Lapua brass is cheap. The 6.5x55 will do anything the Creed will and very very close to anything the 6.5-284 will while being much easier on barrels and more efficient. It's very easy to load for, stupid accurate and looked over way to often in my opinion.

Anything from savage or tikka out of the box is very hard to beat.

The wife wanted to hunt Mule deer this year down in 30B. We had fun, seen a lot of deer and passed on a bunch of smaller bucks every day but just couldn't close the deal on one we wanted to hang on the wall.

Do all the numbers match? Value is always more when numbers match. Floor plate bolt handle and receiver should all have matching serial #. Can you show us the proof stamps on the front ring of the reciever? Looks to be a large ring German 98k at first look. Also looks like the stock has been sporterized somewhat. You can pick these up in similar condition at pawn shops for right around $200 but like anything its worth what you can get for it. This would make a great starting point for a custom rifle though.

With the amount and cost of opening the bolt face and modifying or replacing the extractor it may be a better decision to sell what you have and buy a magnum if a magnum is what you have to have. Truth be told the ol 06 will kill anything the big magnums will. It may not have a cool factor and it may not be sleek and sexy but there is a reason it has been around for over a hundred years. It just works. If you want to upgrade and get a bit more performance while your at it the 6.5-06 Ackley or .280 Ackley would work really well on that action and bolt face. Rugers are very easy to re-barrel and straight forward. Down side to the Ruger is there is not a lot of options for stocks out there. You are pretty much stuck with a Boyds or Houge. As far as smiths go I can help you out there if you are interested shoot me a PM and we can talk about it.

What model exactly are you looking at? If this one of the newer models with the detachable mag the .22-250 and .308 are one in the same.

Nice Job Jeff! Congrats to the girls as well.

Just like the title says. I have a new in box nutmeg laminate stock for a Remington model 788 Short action. The stock has been out of the box long enough to realize I messed up and ordered the short action instead of the long action. Asking $100 shipped to the lower 48 or trade for a stock inlet for a Winchester model 70 long action. Cross posted so the first PM by time stamp wins.

Sold pending funds.

This is why I do not own a scope with exposed turrets and why I never recommend them. I have heard of this happening way too many times.

Sounds to me like you need to bump the shoulder. Only need to move it .002 to chamber properly. Neck sizing can be done with a full length die as well just back it out a half turn. Most of the time you can get away with just neck sizing for a few firings before having to bump the shoulder but if you are running a stiff load it may require bumping each time. By bumping it a couple thousandths you are not over working brass as you would be with full length sizing.

I don't have the shooter app to compare it to. I did however, compare it to the Berger online calculator which is what I used in the past and it did tighten the numbers up from that a bit. The Berger calc always got me close within a couple clicks at most ranges but it doesn't account for twist rate, spin drift, aerodynamic jump or any of those other small variables that the applied ballistics app does. With the online calc I would always guess at what the actual temp would be for the range that day and use absolute pressure. The AB App pulls all that info from the nearest weather station automatically so you have accurate atmospherics. That works out nicely as the nearest weather station is only about 2 miles Northeast from our local range.