Recent content by high country

Lighter loaded .45 colt is my favorite round in mine. So much so that I bought a dedicated .45 colt barrel (as opposed to .45/.410). It is a 4.25 inch barrel, plus I have extended grips, so factor that in. The lighter loads have enough recoil to put a grin on your face, but I don't really have...

What can I say, sometime it is the simple answer... Hopefully my little lesson learned here will help someone else in the future - if something looks wrong in a barrel, maybe give it a good cleaning before suspecting the worst.

I would have bet money on it being a recessed nick based on the visual look at it. I was about to respond to your comment saying that, then thought to myself I better to verify that before I stick my foot (further) in my mouth. I felt around with a plastic pick, expecting it to catch on that...

Agreed, I will certainly be cordial and give them (another) chance to fix it. They have been pretty non-responsive/non-communicative, but did turn the barrel back around to me pretty quickly once they looked at it. A round wouldn't even chamber in the barrel the first time. No idea how that...

I am hoping to get an opinion on the chamber of a barrel that I got from McGowan barrels (stainless Howage 6mm ARC). When I first got it, the machining on the chamber was horrible, there were remnant metal chips left in the neck and obvious chatter left when I removed the chips. I returned it to...

It is nothing fancy, but the Barska 2.5x20 has 5.9" of eye relief. I have used it on a handy rifle, set far enough forward to leave the hammer clear but not "scout rifle" far forward. I'm not sure what quality of scope you are looking for, but I was pretty happy with the quality at that price...

Definitely post as you experiment with the 6ARC @kmw1954. I was also torn between 6ARC and 6BR for a 6mm bolt action build, and decided on 6 ARC. Waiting patienty for my barrel...

I stand corrected, sorry for the misstatement. I'm not an AK guy obviously, and my mistaken recollection was that it was not a rotating bolt. Oops.

It seems to me that one of the big advantages the AR has over most other semi auto designs is the front locking bolt, like a modern bolt action. The slop inherent in a bolt that locks at the rear puts AKs and traditional lever actions like the M92 or 336 at a disadvantage accuracy wise. There...

I am still going ahead with it. I am waiting on the barrel from McGowan then I will start focusing on it a bit more. Still need to order up the stock too, it has been a busy couple of weeks not much time to cogitate on recreational stuff. I picked up 100 Hornady 6mm ARC cases, each of which...

Is this that BCA upper? I should probably slug mine, that is good to know. I have never shot a group with mine, but that is good to know that it might shoot well with .308 bullets. Makes for some much more economic reloading. I thought I saw somewhere in their faqs that the barrels are .311...

Nice build! Liking all this 6mm ARC content, getting me excited for the parts I have on the way. Hopefully the manufacturers will take note and the support for the cartridge will keep growing.

Out of curiosity, what bullet are you using and what OAL where you loading to?

I use a lee trimmer with my drill press and trim to min SAAMI spec of 1.135". That way I can just trim mixed brass and it should all end the same length since no manufacturer should be making brass shorter than that. The lee trimmer on a drill is a slow but inexpensive option. I just do 50 or...

You don't need to do it every time, just the first time through a pile of mixed brass. Once they are all the same length they will pretty much stay that way. It is really the initial length variation from manufacturer to manufacturer that messes with the crimp.