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FrankR
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Reged: 02/01/04
Posts: 10224
Loc: Columbia, SC

Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep
12/28/10 10:38 PM

Part of my plan for this rifle is to pillar bed the action with the original steel bedding, plus epoxy bed the receiver, recoil lug and a couple of inches of the barrel past the chamber, free-float the rest of the barrel... check my Bubba crown job for grouping, recrown if necessary and then see what load the remaining length of barrel resonance likes.

I have a feeling the shorter barrel may be a little stiffer and more accurate than the full 24" length, but I won't know until I shoot it. I'll give up a few fps of velocity, but the loss of velocity isn't so bad on .30-06 ammunition.... maybe 20fps/inch of barrel loss - so maybe 30fps.... negligible as a percentage of an average lead load of 2700fps. It'll be interesting to see if a heavier or lighter bullet works in the shorter barrel. I'm sure plenty of folks have already figured this out, but I do love to prove things to myself so I (think I) understand them.

I guess I might get a little muzzle blast from the shorter barrel, but maybe it'll serve to keep the other shooters away from me at the range.

I really don't know why I'm doing this - except that I never had the means to experiment with this stuff as a kid and now I can, so I will. Heck, when I was a kid, any day I had the money to buy a box of .22 shorts or a box of shotgun shells, I was out the door and in the woods with whatever rifle or shotgun I had - and it really didn't matter if it was a nice firearm or a piece of junk, so long as it was in my hands. Now I can buy all the ammo and firearms I want, but I never get to the woods...... so I'll make up a reason.

This one will be very simple, not completely removed from it's roots, yet refined in a way only a hunter would appreciate - the rifle I would have built as a kid - if I could have had anything I wanted.

Frank

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Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	12/23/10 11:28 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	Oyaji_Jon	12/24/10 12:38 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	cmonty72	12/23/10 02:14 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	LandRaider	12/23/10 10:52 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	12/24/10 08:03 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	12/24/10 09:47 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	DamKia	12/27/10 02:28 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	LandRaider	12/24/10 04:36 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	12/24/10 05:30 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	KF6ZPL	12/24/10 05:47 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	Jim_Paget	12/27/10 01:09 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	12/27/10 09:41 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	LRJ4x4	12/27/10 11:20 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	cmonty72	12/28/10 11:12 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	LRJ4x4	12/28/10 11:27 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	fasteddy	12/28/10 02:57 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	12/28/10 10:38 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	Jim_Paget	12/29/10 08:30 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	12/29/10 02:51 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	Jim_Paget	12/29/10 09:41 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	12/30/10 06:39 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	12/30/10 04:22 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	Jim_Paget	12/30/10 05:15 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	Jim_Paget	12/30/10 08:10 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	01/02/11 05:45 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	12/30/10 06:06 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	Jim_Paget	01/03/11 05:07 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	01/03/11 10:30 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	Jim_Paget	01/03/11 11:20 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	kewlynx	01/04/11 12:46 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	hazy_daze	01/04/11 07:59 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	Jim_Paget	01/04/11 08:51 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	01/05/11 06:54 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	01/05/11 11:17 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	Jim_Paget	01/05/11 01:52 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	Jim_Paget	01/06/11 04:11 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	01/06/11 05:08 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	Jim_Paget	01/06/11 06:04 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	01/06/11 07:50 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	01/20/11 06:41 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	02/13/11 05:41 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	hazy_daze	02/13/11 06:00 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	02/13/11 06:23 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	LandRaider	02/13/11 08:10 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	02/13/11 08:34 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	cmonty72	02/15/11 01:24 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	02/20/11 06:03 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	02/28/11 05:51 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	03/12/11 05:49 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	03/25/11 07:56 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	stony-man	03/26/11 02:36 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	03/26/11 07:47 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	04/17/11 09:04 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	stony-man	04/18/11 12:10 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	06/03/11 07:36 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	fasteddy	06/03/11 08:27 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	06/03/11 08:40 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	06/05/11 09:18 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	LandRaider	06/05/11 02:33 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	06/05/11 02:53 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	fasteddy	06/05/11 03:48 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	06/05/11 07:01 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	06/23/11 04:21 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	06/25/11 07:45 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	jeepdriver	06/27/11 10:05 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	06/27/11 11:37 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	LandRaider	06/27/11 11:51 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	06/28/11 12:58 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	LandRaider	06/28/11 02:55 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	fasteddy	06/28/11 09:54 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	hazy_daze	06/29/11 01:56 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	fasteddy	06/29/11 04:23 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	jeepdriver	06/29/11 07:55 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	06/29/11 10:27 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	06/29/11 11:19 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	jeepdriver	07/01/11 10:26 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	07/02/11 03:58 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	07/16/11 09:41 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	08/04/11 08:44 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	Grasscat	08/05/11 12:34 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	08/05/11 03:24 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	fasteddy	08/05/11 10:18 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	08/06/11 07:12 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	fasteddy	08/07/11 11:47 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	08/07/11 08:54 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	kewlynx	08/09/11 01:08 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	08/09/11 08:24 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	fasteddy	08/08/11 09:06 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	11/19/11 09:01 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	fasteddy	11/19/11 07:31 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	11/19/11 08:28 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	87Montero	11/20/11 09:05 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	LandRaider	11/20/11 08:10 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	11/20/11 10:07 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	fasteddy	11/21/11 06:18 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	11/21/11 07:32 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	12/11/11 02:36 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	12/14/11 09:07 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	justice	12/15/11 11:18 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	12/16/11 06:13 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	LandRaider	12/16/11 02:12 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	kewlynx	12/18/11 09:14 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	FrankR	12/16/11 06:41 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	JohnnyBfromPeoria	12/16/11 01:40 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	hazy_daze	08/08/11 11:55 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	fasteddy	06/29/11 09:34 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	JohnnyBfromPeoria	06/29/11 02:35 AM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	LandRaider	01/04/11 07:57 PM
Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep	stony-man	12/24/10 12:34 AM

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