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What about the bolt, do you have that already?

Been about a month and a half. Curious, any update on this?

Some of my wife's friends have told me that you can apply and it's just a matter of time, even if you've never had a permit. But I vaguely remember them saying you may need to take some type of test/questioner. My son was just asking about wild boar as he also had some in Kagoshima when I wasn't there and he's going back next month to visit...he didn't know our cousin shot the wild boar...he has a long rifle, not a shotgun, but I think the family has had it for years going back even before the war. Welcome to the boards here. I just got myself a Dillon press through Brian Enos.

Bay area here also, welcome!

I've been told it's not actually that hard to get a rifle in Japan. My cousin lives in Kagoshima and killed a wild boar for New Years about 20 years ago...not sure what type of firearm he used, but it was a rifle. I have a set of Nikon binoculars that once belonged to my wife's Grandfather to spot birds in Kagoshima also...so I think several of the family are hunters. I did live in Japan for about 5 years once upon a time...and had a friend in Tokyo that had an old Japanese revolver of some type that he said belonged to his Father. Evidently that was legal to own also. For the most part people don't have firearms in Japan.

Well, after much pondering I decided to go with the XL650. My primary reason was that I wanted the auto-indexing and ability to have the powder check. Those seem like good safety, although I do trust myself to pay attention while loading, it just can't hurt to have more precaution that the 650 provides. I honestly don't really need the extra volume and/or speed, so my decision wasn't based on that in any way. Just seems like a small price to pay for the convenience of what the 650 offers. I think it's fair to say we all get to make that decision for ourselves. I only ordered one caliber, 308 to start, with the case feeder, which I didn't really need...but again, it's a convenience that is nice to have. I just bought 400 pieces of once fired Lake City National Match brass (once fired) which I will start with. Next month I'll add .223/5.56 conversion, dies, priming quick change, and possibly powder check. I'll also be adding 45ACP, but haven't finished my pistol yet. Those will be the primary calibers I'll be reloading.

Why don't you post some pictures of one that you've done so he can see how to do it? A picture is worth a thousand words. The OP said he had the bushing, and could use it on a 5" build if it wouldn't work for the 4-1/2". I got the impression he had a 4-1/2" kart barrel/bushing.

I think it depends on your slide. If there's enough material in the nose of the slide, it would be possible to cut 1/2" off, and recess the nose for the bushing. OTOH, Maybe you can just get a 4-1/2" slide and cut your dust cover back. I've always been under the impression that the rear of the dust cover, which the recoil spring guide rests against, needs to be milled back a tad. The recoil spring is different, AFAIK. I have never done it, the others here might be able to offer better advice. Think it through before you mill anything, IMO.

I experienced this on Linux using Firefox.

One of the better shooters in my club just put together a 6mm rifle, wasn't Creedmoor though, I believe it was 6mm BR. He had a variety of loads last month, about .2 grain difference trying to dial it in. One of the groups were almost on top of each other, he was only shooting 3 shots per group. He was getting 2800-2900 fps as I recall.

Ah, didn't think about that...

Doug, I'll be watching this closely. I was reading that the head of the case was intentionally exactly the same as the 308 so that it could use existing actions. Anyway, I'm interested in this as I have a Rem 700 blank that I plan to mill and had been planning to make it 308, but since the bolt/action are exactly the same for the 6mm Creedmoor I'm interested in how your rifle works out. With the understanding that you're putting it on a semi-automatic action...maybe I'll just try a barrel on a LR-308 myself... What is the advantage over the 6.5mm Creedmore? (fps ?)

That sounds cool, so it's only a barrel change? Must use the same mags also. Do you need a different buffer? Or just use an adjustable gas block?