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  1. On 9/11/2018 at 1:53 PM, pc13 said:

    12 lb recoil spring with 4.2 titegroup and 180 fmj.  nice gun for limited, but just bought an STI and still waiting.  Wanted something newer and with the island barrel for better sight tracker...

     

    This exact load was ran in my P16-40 with great success. Montana Gold 180 Tmj.

  2. I built a x39 pistol upper once,  my first ever build. Was nothing but problems until the gopro revealed the bolt was short stroking due to a restricted gas port in the barrel. Opened her up about .020", adjustable gas block later and ran like a top. I suggest buying a complete upper. 

  3. 1 hour ago, BlueOvalBandit said:

    Have you ever looked down the barrel of your other savages? Mine all look like train tracks just like above. Savage rifling is notorious for tool chatter marks, though generally they still shoot well.

    Figured I'd give it a chance before slapping a prefit in it's place. My other Savages weren't noticeable to the naked eye, not like this. 

  4. I like where your intentions are at. Unfortunately, unless you already have a good amount of experience fitting parts, you will likely not save any money over a full custom. There will be parts you mess up and have to buy thrice (read safety), the headache that comes along with things not going as planned, in addition to learning things the hard way. This is assuming you haven't done this before. If you have, well, this probably wouldn't be a thread at all. 

     

    The real question is: For X amount of money, do you want a full custom build from a reputable smith, or would you prefer the experience that comes along with building your own, without as high a regard for quality in the finished product.

     

    Same price either way.

     

    One option offers holding someone else accountable if things aren't up to snuff, which isn't likely to begin with.

     

    The other option quite possibly ends up a $4k pile of paper weights in the shape of pistol parts.

     

  5. On ‎4‎/‎20‎/‎2017 at 7:26 AM, Lilmick said:

    I run the ghost holster, fortunately I haven't had this happen yet. But it does worry me between stages and when helping reset COF.

    Easy solution. The ONLY time that pistol is not LOCKED in the holster is during make ready, and the draw. You wont be moving during either of these instances, and the pistol should be locked in at all other times.

  6. On 5/18/2017 at 9:39 AM, tanks said:

    I got my VV 320 data from here. I make major PF with a 180 coated lead, 1.180 OAL using 4.9 grains of VV320 for my STI Edge. Now, I started at 4.5 grains (lower than the info I got here) and chronoed going up at 0.1 grain intervals.

     

    There are plenty of plated info here as well. I'd start half a grain below people's recommendations just to be safe and go up.

    Same gun,  same bullet,  same oal, 4.8 gr N320 making 170pf.

  7. 168/175gr Federal gold medal match will do the magic. I'd be surprised if twist were any less than 1:10.

     

    Once you start reloading, the 175  Sierra TMK + Varget/4064 will be your go to load, and I'm not rich either.

     

    Can't help you with info on the rifle, never heard of it.

     

    Break in: lots of voodoo. The science (from what I understand) is to get a good, consistent copper base layer in the tooling marks and imperfections in the barrel. Therefore, most recommend (with the caveat that there really isnt any one perfect method) a good cleaning prior to use, then running a patch after EACH shot for the first 5-10 firings, then every other shot from 11-20, every third shot from 21-30...So on and so forth.

     

    Others will chime in and say they've got a .2 moa barrel without nary a cleaning...

     

    Both are correct :)

     

    Depends on how methodical you want to be, I guess.

     

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