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You don't have to do anything to these rifles, I just needed some projects to keep me out of trouble with the wife. I also needed to learn more about rifles, and the best way I know, from a little age, is to take it apart and see what makes it tick. I even retrofitted my300 Win Mag Vanguard's...

I don't have any experience with Boyds stocks, but I wanted something a little rougher than they come, because I wanted to make the stock my own shape with just a real good action inlet into it. This is why I used Richard's Microfit for mine. It was more work, but I found it very satisfying and...

Yes, Just wrap a dowel or similar round bar with 100 grit sand paper and start removing material. Only take a little at a time and re-fit the barreled action into the stock and see if it is floating yet. A good test is to wrap a dollar bill around the barrel and see how far it will slide up the...

Thanks! Was there something more specific you wanted me to tell you about my rifles? Mike!

If you would like to see my first stock build, which was another Vanguard, but a 300 Win Mag version, here is the link to that project. I think it has 199 pictures, so a lot of details in this one as far as pillar bedding and then glass bedding too. I took my first elk with this rifle. The only...

You would like to know more about mt Vanny in .243 huh? Well, here is a pictorial that will show you the steps from stock rifle to custom, including bedding and free floating the barrel. It is now more like a bench rest rifle than a hunting rifle, but when I want to hunt with it, I just put it...

Sweet! Nice group you got there... Sure feels good to walk downrange and see that doesn't it? Mike!

Speer 100Gr Hot Core over 38.5gr H4350 is my pet load for that result. Once I got the groups down to .31", which chronied at 2950-2975 fps, if memory serves me, I stopped looking for a better load. This is not a max load, but I would follow good loading procedures and work up to whatever load...

My heirloom rifle was a Remington Nylon 66 that my dad bought in 1970, after his hunting rifles had been stolen. He never bought another gun, and when he died, my mom gave the rifle to me. I was the only son, so mom thought it was only right for me to get it. I still have it, and no amount of...

Defcon, Nice stuff! Thanks for the vids. Mike!

Weatherby Nation There are a great bunch of guys on that site and even Mr. Weatherby and his son Dan the "Danimal" Weatherby frequently post to the forum too! Needless to say, they are a wealth of knowledge too. Just tell them Mikey! from Oregon sent ya! Mike! BTW, I have a Vanguard...

It isn't that we couldn't do that, but the flat drill site we go to is covered in shale rock, so I fear a ricochet from the .22 off of one of those hard flat rocks. It was just easier to turn around and find another spot. There are lots of places to shoot at 25 yards. It's the 100 yds and...

Since my dad was older when I was born and had heart troubles, we never got to do those typical father/son activities together. I always felt like I missed out on a bunch of stuff other kids in the neighborhood got to do. I was never taught to shoot or hunt or any of that cool dad stuff. I...

People say that you'll lose anywhere from 50 to 100 feet per second of velocity per inch of barrel reduction. I have a US model of 1917 30-06 that had a 20" barrel. I shortened it down to somewhere around 16.5". I chronied the bullets before and after. These were reloads, I loaded 10 of the same...

Just got home from shooting with my daughter. Great trip! She was so excited and happy to be out shooting with her daddy. Not one FTE or FTF in about 200 rounds. My daughter hadn't been shooting with me for a while. She has sure gotten better too. I guess that daisy BB gun has really taught...

I have never had any trouble with mine at all until yesterday. I think it was self induced, thinking back now to the last time I cleaned it when I put up the rifle. I think I may have straightened that wire thinking it must have gotten bent or something. I didn't realize that there was a method...

I was born and raised in southern California, but my daddy, a WWII Army vet, was raised in the northern panhandle of Texas. McLean to be exact. His momma chewed tabacky and smoked roll yer owns. When someone asked for a clean spoon at the dinner table once, she licked hers and handed it to them...

Hey... Slicker than snot, that worked. My extractor wire was straight. A slight tweaking and reassembly, then a test fire out the back door, shot the first shot, checked that bolt was clear, then rapid fired 5 more shots, all without a hitch. Thank you VERY MUCH! Funny thing... While...

I just found the sticky thread at rimfirecentral that you were talking about. Great info and an ingenious way to explain the proper alignment. Every Model 60 owner needs to know about this. My extractor wire was straight and flat. I have negotiated it back into place, so I guess another range...

Don't know what is going wrong. Never had a bit of trouble with my Marlin 60 rifle until today. Went out to the range with my daughter to just do some plinking and get some father/daughter time together this afternoon after work. To check the scope and see if it was still sighted in alright I...