L Cazador

With nothing to eat but charred leftovers and the only water in little shallow pools with moss covered sludge, starvation and thirst? Pretty much statewide. And what you harvest becomes questionable. Hence, Game & Fish wants to know details of game that you harvest. Many questions.

You better shoot fast because the wind going to change before the bullet gets there!!! LOL!! It's a trigger pulling contest with the 6.5 Creed!

Short action or long action?? Where are you located?

Moving away from the rifling can produce higher velocity. This was Roy Weatherby's approach with long freebore producing higher velocity. Finding your relation of bullet to lands is best done by removing the firing pin assembly from the bolt and seating a bullet incrementally longer till it touches the lands. This is for bolt action firearms of course. Finding the "touch" for your rifle chamber is important from the standpoint of safety. Getting a bullet stuck while shooting a match or on a hunt can have drastic results and ruin that shooting experience! And no. Adding a suppressor is not plausible! Your bullet to lands measurement is not accurate or your load is too hot to begin with.

I use a SEB rest for the front and a heavy Edgewood rear bag for load work and initial sight in. I also deploy wind flags and a wind meter for all my load work and sight in work! Gotta love those guys that say "there's no wind at my range". How would you know without a wind flag?? Same guys that make that lucky shot at 500 yards without ever checking the wind. My final sight in is with what I will be using in the field. That's either a backpack or a bipod. There's always a lot of tweaking to be done! If you want to carry your lead sled with you out to field, yeah OK! I know a guy that deer hunts off a portable bench! No kidding!! Now that there's some funny stuff, I don't care who you are!!

Are they same lot number, 30 cal?

You have your terminology skewed. Case length is just that, length of case from base of case to end of neck or case length... COL is "cartridge overall length". That is " cartridge length from base of case to end of bullet". CBTO is cartridge base to ogive on bullet. And OAL is the sum of several components and not always a cartridge! OAL is an abused acronym! It could be used to measure the length of your boat, trailer, and truck pulling it, as in the overall length of the truck, boat, and trailer. As in the OAL of the three components. And yes you're die set up is totally scewed. If you live in tucson, I'll be glad to help you get your dies set up. Free! Don't feel bad most reloaders don't have a clue on how to set their dies up properly!

that's possible depending where you were at in relation to ogive to lands. Did you strip the bolt and measure lands to ogive?

Very good learning experience and very observant on your part!! There are only two ogives on the market. While Berger contends their hybrids are actually a blend of the two, secant and tangent, it's a tangent (I know Brian Litz is going to disagree with that! LOL) A secant ogive moves the nose of the bullet back from the lands while a tangent ogive moves it forward closer to the lands. A bullet seated closer to the lands can multiply the pressure exponentially! Over pressure puts needless wear and tear on the brass and your rifle's action! Start a new load. You may see the best load ever for that rifle! How do you tell secant from tangent? The secant has a sharp pointed nose where the tangent is more curved and gradual.

You're asking a very broad question. It's best to use that bullet's manufacturer's reloading data. Todays manufacturers all have reloading data available on the internet. There's no substitute for load testing in your rifle. What works in your buddy's rifle isn't going to work the same in your's. And don't think that you can substitute bullets in your old load either cause you can't find the old bullets you used to load in it!

Back in day when I was shooting competitive clays. Fit was the key. The difference between that 100 straight or the 98. Adjustable guns are the modern way to go for a near perfect fit! That AAAA+ wood and extra engraving on a Kolar or a Krieghoff isn't going to net extra birds!

Why do you question that? A bullet maker is rarely wrong about what they recommend. It is length not weight that is being stabilized.

Beautiful rifle! Great guy to do business with. Buy with confidence!

Great guy to deal with. Buy with confidence!

Where are you located?

Check out the Riton made here. For a $100 it's impressive. I've got Holosun, Burris, Vortex, and Sig. The Riton seems to outperform the others but don't know about longevity.

You cannot ship in that Ruger box only. No suggestion that there is a firearm inside is permitted. However you can ship in the Ruger box and then put that in another box. If you have a scope on your rifle it's best to remove it and bubble pack in another box. If you have to leave it on the rifle then you may want to buy a Plano SE scoped rifle case from Midway. They're about $40 and come in a cardboard box that you can use for shipping. Well worth the protection. UPS and Fed-Ex has recently changed their requirements. Check before you ship.

who did chamber?

Turnbull is the best if it involves an absolutely authentic restoration!

Regardless of what scope mounting system you buy, get your scope mounted correctly! Even the most expensive scope rings need to be lapped and fitted and scope bases need to bedded for proper fit!

Bad buffer spring.

What caliber and was that butt pad added and stock cut? Also 20 or 22 inch barrel? Also is original rear sight present? Depending on answers worth about $400-$600.

There will be plenty left at the post office when he ships in that flimsy flat rate box, LOL!!!

Weaver or Burris. Be sure to lap them.

A 9 twist better on brass? I've been shooting the 280A! since 1990. Always shot 165-170 weight bullets with 8 or 8.5 twist. Todays bullets are even longer and require 8-9 twist with 9 twist on the marginal side for best accuracy. I'm helping a friend put one together right and it'll be an 8 twist Brux on a Kelbly Atlas action. My advice to him was to buy Lapua 30/06 brass and neck down.