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I do have some experience with them -- currently shoot barrels by Shilen, McGowan, Douglass, Brux, Krieger, CBI, and a few others in that realm. One of the shilen's is the Ratchet rifling, in 6mm bore (243 win). It shoots as good or better than about any other barrel I've owned (low .2moa all day), which could be a lot of things so take it with a grain of salt. What it does for sure is clean up easier than any barrel I've ever owned, and I'm putting a healthy dose of 48ish grains of RL 25 down the bore each shot with a 105 Berger VLD. Never has copper fouling and patches out noticeably faster than anything else I shoot. It would be high on my list for any new build, and if I got another Shilen in a caliber they had it available in I'd get it for sure.

I'd highly recommend that model. With a few minutes of work an accutrigger can be tuned down to 1-1.5 lbs and is very clean, so that's a step up on most other models. I've shot a lot of factory savage barrels, had those that I had to work at to get .75moa with loading and a couple that have shot under .2moa. The good news is they are easy to replace at your kitchen table, as are the bolt parts so you can never go wrong buying one. Seen some good used prices and Cabela's now has a model 10 based rifle exclusive to them that retails for $419 or something - can't beat that in my opinion.

Just got this from Strongside Tactical and love it. Easy install, good feel, and no continuous rail on top (a plus for me). Even includes one 3 or 4" aluminum keymod rail section. I was debating this vs the helix among others, and this won as it saved me about $50. Weight is very similar...

+1 on this and first reply. 5.10 approach shoe (guide tennie) or their downhill Mtn bike shoes if you want ankle support. La sportiva, scarpa, and evolve also make similar shoes with the same rubber tech. I also wear these roofing on tin and they are the best I've found for that, but you'll go through a pair a year pretty easily if you wear them much. This plus wiping them down/hairspray would be like wearing Velcro shoes

I have a few of the medalists on savage guns and they are nice stocks, down have needed some work but always shot well and felt great after that work and bedding. It really adds a lot of $$ to go dbm, about as much as a new high end barrel or a great trigger plus a few hundred. If you want one though get it right away obviously. I have several and like them all, however none in the medalists and some have had great operational success and some have been a pain as far as feeding well. Haven't personally used the others but specs look good - don't know if you've looked at manners yet but I love the stocks I have from them, both in their standard and carbon shell. Should fall in a very similar price range and molded in finish is great. 100% support your decision to get into a new stock, should help out your accuracy and the guns ability to track well noticeably! Post some pics of the fun and groups once you've got it going

Springfield xdm 9mm, wolff 14# I believe, might be 16#, using factory 115FMJ loads (1250+/-fps). Standard slide, no other mods that should come into play.

I agree with 1 1/8 oz, definitely notice a difference there, while have never seen actual result differences between 7.5 or 8 or trap.

I've been swapping recoil springs on a couple pistols (1911, XD, beretta) to try and minimize the muzzle movement. I don't necessarily shoot these guns competitively regularly, but like the idea of a properly tuned spring rate, but also don't want to damage the gun with too light of a spring (is this possible). Is there a way to tell how light I can go before diminishing returns/long term potential for damage? Let me know if more info is needed, Thanks!

I've built a fair number of precision bolt rifles, and am currently working on my first home built AR. I learned after the first couple that you seldom actually save money over premium pre-built rigs, but... it ends exactly as you want and there is a pride of ownership. I'd go for it 100%

Maybe there is a better spot for this, but what is the advantage of an unweighted system vs one with weights? or vise versa?

I'd personally go 300 ultra over win mag, as it is a very capable and accurate round well past 1000, especially if you are loading for it. If you aren't hand loading maybe go with the 300 win. I've experienced lot of senderos, and more often than not I've seen them be able to get sub .5MOA at 100 yards, one even all the way down in the low .2's regularly with 5 shots (that was a 220 swift I believe). As with any mass produced rifle there is a chance something is off, and the throats are generally long as someone said so you may have to abandon the magazine and single load to get your best accuracy, which for steel has never bothered me. Then again, you may get lucky with some heavy Match Kings as they tolerate jump pretty well in my experience, also had some luck with the heavier Berger hybrid/otm with some longer jumping so I could use magazines for hunting rifles. I'd say absolutely go for it, maybe drop in a jewell or similar trigger, and worst case scenario you'll have a good platform (action, trigger, stock) to get a custom barrel on down the road for a good price it sounds like. Also I'd 100% get a brake on it, I have a 338 and put it Muscle Brake on, and I can shoot it all day with 300 grain bergers and never flinch. If you're shooting prone at all this style brake is also nice as it has no downward ports to get dust everywhere.

You'll never look back after getting good glass, whereas you may end up spending more if the pst doesn't live up to your expectations. They are great scopes but not in the same league as razor glass in clarity (daytime and especially low light) or eye box forgiveness at higher magnifications. As long as you can deal with razor weight and have the budget I'd go that way with no hesitation.

I have razor glass as well, very happy with it but heavy. I didn't think the vx6 was nearly that much - got that 3-18 from Cabela's last year on sale for under $1,200. A step up but not a huge step up from the pst price tag. For $2k there are way better scopes out there I agree.

I have both PST in 4-24x50 sfp and HS LR in 3-12x40mm ffp I believe. They are both ok for the money, and I'd take the pst over the other for features alone, but both lack a bit in glass clarity and forgiveness in eye relief. I would say my sightron S3's easily beat them, and sightron is coming around with better feature sets on their scopes and they aren't too far off PST price points. My newer mid range scopes have been VX-6, and the 3-18x44 is an awesome scope for many uses, as is the new 4-24. Incredible eye relief across the board, crystal clear, and Leupold has recently impressed me with great customer service. My turrets on one vx-6 are the only part of the scope I'm not in love with, they are a little "soft" on the clicks, but seem to track true and hold 0 despite that.

How far are you planning on shooting this rig? With the Viper seems like you wouldn't necessarily need the 20 MOA mount unless you're really pushing 500/600 yards, but I understand if you just want to so you don't have any regrets. Love all my EGW mounts, have about 8 and they are a great company. Recommend the upgraded/hardened screws though as I've stripped a couple of the cheaper allen heads even with a torque wrench.

I've been thinking of picking one of these up, please report back with any updates concerning more or less problems you encounter by adding lube, more shooting/heavier loads, adjusting extractor or changing the cmore mount. Thanks!

Seems to be pretty effective!

Since I'm a tinkerer, I'd go for the 700. You can modify every part of it easily with dozens of options (and at your kitchen table with simple tools if you get a Rem Nut for headspacing the new barrel). They generally shoot well and for a few hundred $$ at a time you can make it into a bench quality gun if you ever head that route.

Part of it was to give myself something to do, I just enjoy tinkering on guns. Also like the option of shooting lighter trap loads more reliably although I haven't ever had many problems just sticking with the Remington Heavy Loads (1 1/8oz 3 dram I think). Assuming it's a $600-$800 part, but just wanted to check in anybody knew of a source. Numrich sells the standard bolt as well, but couldn't find the speed variant. My local gunshop has the 28" model ported with extended chokes and speedbolt for $1800, which is tempting...

I got one of the voodoo tactical double bags to fit my long gun and it will hold a 60" gun inside with good protection. I fit two full sized bolt guns, a pistol, mags, binoculars, bipods and rangefinder in mine regularly, along with eyes and ears a few boxes of ammo. That's a heavy load, but it's built incredibly well. Definitely has the tactical look, which isn't my favorite necessarily, but at the time it was the only case I ran into that would fit my big bolt gun with 33" of barrel and brake.

Personally I'd go for a 6x as well, shooting 340 yards on a 10" plate I know I'd prefer 6 over 4x magnification, assuming the glass is good enough to use it and eye relief doesn't go out the window. I've never looked through any primary arms optics, but have used quite a few Vortex models with overall good results for the price. Not sure if it's in your price range but Burris has some decent 1-6x models as well.

Have a Vinci and have been thinking about trying to add a speedbolt to it, but have been struggling finding one I can buy. Have searched on here and it seems like some out there have found a way to buy one. My question is does anyone know where I could order one of these, and how easy is the swap? About how much do the speedbolts go for?? Thanks

Maybe McGowan or CBI. They'll build;d anything to your specs if you're willing to wait a handful of months. I have one of each in different calibers and they both shoot.

I would have to respectfully disagree with this, as I have regularly shot them well over 600 yards, even holding 1/4 MOA for several hundred yards more. That being said, they may not perform well in any given setup whereas in the next one they will shoot lights out. I've seen this with bullets from almost every manufacturer, just don't want to see the OP rule out a great bullet used by many before trying it. OP - with a 24" barrel you're in much better shape than I thought and should be able to hit the 1k, don't get me wrong it will be a challenge but you're set up well to do it.