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Why in the hell would I not be using a rangefinder and kestral for shots that long? Clearly I put more thought into this than you did before firing off your mouth. Lets keep the discussion on the build and quit acting so butt hurt or has THR fallen to the armchair commandos as well?

This rifle was purpose built as a dual purpose long range hunting/target rifle hence why there are features characteristic of both types incorporated into its design. It was built with the intention of use out west where the potential for extremely long shots without an option to get closer...

Well its been awhile and I just finished up putting together my first dedicated long range build. After careful consideration, I came up with a bunch of criteria that it would have to fit in. It would have to be powerful enough to hunt with out to a minimum of 1000 yards, fit in a standard...

Got a chance to shoot a little today. Still severe vertical stringing. Horazontal spread was less than an inch at 100 yards but over 3 inches of vertical spread. As well as this thing is now bedded it only leaves one other possibility. The ammo. Currious, I pulled 10 bullets. First thing I...

Yours looks like it shoots great. I doubt mine will shoot that well with the pencil barrel. I finished glass bedding today. It has definately stiffened the barrel reciever junction immensely. I bedded the magazine latch into the stock and filled in the gap between the latch and the stock and...

Well the first attempt at glass bedding didnt go according to plan at all. Despite my best efforts in blocking off areas that shouldnt get bedding, material managed to get there. The worst was when material flowed under the e clip holding the magazine latch in place. It created a mechanical lock...

Just did the first coat of glass bedding. I bedded the barrel all the way from the mag well to where the barrel begins its straight taper to the muzzle. The rest will be free floated. Unfortunately, due to the arrangement of the trigger mechanism bedding the rear of the reciever, would be next...

Couple things I noticed. Due to the thin barrel, it flexes quite a bit even by hand. However it is not srictly due to the barrel weight itself. Ive seen pencil barrel tikkas in 30 cal centerfires with barrels almost as thin and they had nowhere near the flex this one has. I think due to the...

Well I did some test shots today. Results were not so good. Severe vertical stringing. Over 2 inches at 50 yards. Im gonna take a look at the factory stock and see where if any there are any pressure points in side it and go from there when I glass bed. I have a feeling I should bed the first...

Today I finished inletting the stock and re sealed it. All thats left to do is bed it. The issue with a magazine stems from the magazine well having excess clearance towards the rear and not quite enough at the top.. The magazine ejection spring cants the magazine at an upward angle making...

The Boyds stock got here today. I did take a bit of work to get it right but not as much as my mosin nagant project. First thing I discovered was that the safety cannot have any vertical play in it. If it does it will bind when you try to put it on safe. I could not get the rear stock screw very...

Boyds stock is on its way. Should be here tuesday. Cant wait to get to work on this little rifle and clean it up a bit.

Its no problem opening up the barrel channel for a heavier barrel. I just use a piece of doweling wrapped in sandpaper. Once I have enough clearance, just re-seal the barrel channel with some polyurethane. The classic and prarie hunter are more for factory barrel channels although they can be...

I have the prairie hunter on my mosin nagant. It is an extremely comfortable stock. Even more so than the featherweight thumbhole I have on my marlin 6.5x55 build. The thumbhole is better off the bags or bench but the prairie hunter is more comfortable in the field. Its probably my favorite...

I just checked back with boyds. They have a very limited number of nutmeg prairie hunters for the bmag. I just ordered one.

I just found out that PTG is making reamers and headspace gauges for the 17 wsm so if your still having issues it would be a simple matter to set the barrel back a few thousandths and recut the chamber if brass splitting and stuck cases are still an issue.

My local wal mart has a ton of them and apparently im the only one in my area with a 17 wsm so im buying them up as I can. All ive been able to find is the 25 grain rounds. I would like to get some 20 grainers to test as well.

Sorry for the double post. Try touching up the extractors with a file. If that doesnt work, call savage and order a new extractor and take a bore mop, coat it with the finest lapping compound you can get and polish the chamber. Be sure to plug the barrel so no compound makes it into the throat...

A bad batch of reamers would explain a lot of the proplems everybody seems to be reporting. Mine runs like a champ with no functioning issues. Just wish the trigger was better although it seems to be improving with use and a better stock. Would the bolt handle turn at all or is it locked in battery?

A bad batch of reamers would explain a lot of the proplems everybody seems to be reporting. Mine runs like a champ with no functioning issues. Just wish the trigger was better although it seems to be improving with use and a better stock. Would the bolt handle turn at all or is it locked in battery?