Recent content by Clint M

I agree with above post, most of your accuracy on a hunting rifle type setup will come from the barrel. I would go as light as possible, even mimic commercial setups in the cartridge you choose as far as contour, and barrel length. Mcmillan makes the best stock I know of, they work, they are a...

The problem with max or over max loads in most rifles will show up first by eroding your boltface. Unless you have had the firing pin bushed, or a custom bolt/gun that was built to run with higher pressures in mind you will pop primers because of the excessive tolerance between firing pin and...

As for federal brass it's good stuff on weight etc, but sucks hind ti& thru the primer pockets. If I were worried over .10" trim length on loading accuracy I would start with better brass or sure, Lapua is pretty much plug and play, it's well worth the money for accuracy purposes, however you...

Would be nice to know what you are planning to build ? Previous poster touched on a good subject reamer.... If I were building a custom rifle I would know the reamer specs I wanted to use and either purchase or rent that reamer myself, take it to gunsmith. The wrong reamer will cause problems...

First decide which action you like better. If you prefer controlled round feed over push feed or the other way around, as mention for punching paper (and non dangerous game) either will work just fine. I prefer Remington, and I guess am a 700 fanboy to some extent while keeping my head on my...

I'm not sure as far as the action goes, if it were me I would purchase a used 700 beater (and look for an older one a little research here might go a long way) and send the gunsmith the entire rifle for him to use, and send you parts back if removed. I would also tell the gunsmith the barrel...

I have a good buddy who loves Savage rifles, and he seems like he has done well with the as the rifle itself is built well, and accuracy seems to be good as well. I just don't care for the Savage, I am used to Remington 700, I reckon if I owned a Savage first I would say the same thing and...

I have own/owned both in several rifles and 30-06 or 308 are fine cartridges that allow the hunter/user to hunt anything pretty much in the US, maybe for dangerous game I would pick something with more umphh. They are nearly the same cartridge as far as end use goes, but as has been mentioned...

I had a Tikka T3 stainless in 223, I have no complaints others than the long action. Is the Tikka T3 in 223 still being built on the 30-06/300 win mag length actions ? As far as a nice cheap lightweight 223, walmart has 700 adl type black synthetic stock for $279, I can't see going wrong with...

At this tie researching long range target is all about 7mm bullets, and the 7mm shehane do some research before biting off a big chunk of anything. The 6.5x284 eats barrels you will need a new barrel in less than 1,000 rounds. If I were setting up a personal long range target rifle to shoot non...

It's cheaper in the end to just buy a custom than to mess with truing etc. One custom action will ruin that gal forever it looks like, however keep in mind custom actions come with the same problems mind you not near as often, but to often you hear/read of customers receiving expensive custom...

The large part of finding accuracy in a rifle is a bullet weight/type, and it looks like you have found that in the 40grv-max, but double check to make sure the bullet weight etc. All you should have to do now is look up load data for the cartridge, and pick a suitable powder, maybe search a...

One more thing to keep in mind is Tikka uses one action length for all chambers so a 223 rem will be sporting a 30-06/300 win mag action length. This is a major drawback for me, however I understand it may not bother others in the least. I have researched the TC some, however I have a TC Icon...

greg don't take my post the wrong way I didn't mean to imply that you lack any skills, and the reason I would never do that is you should see some of the things I have done in my life. I hope you get a good scope in return !!

I also suggest returning it to remington, because you will probably need a barrel in the least, and you will get a correctly chambered tomato stake in the least. As well as others have mentioned Remington will get to see their problem, and the other side of that is once the gun smith starts...