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You can find factory ammo that is too tight for your chamber as well. And trying a round in the chamber does not mean the whole box of ammo is going to fit and function. Another reason to reload and to learn how to set your dies properly with a headspace and COAL guage. A .001" crush fit is not going to prevent ammo from being chambered but it will prevent brush from opening the bolt.

It's real simple, you don't push the shoulder back at all and you let the brass stretch to .001" over chamber dimension. Brass stretches on every shot and sizing and bumping the shoulder back so the bolt will close easily is the usual SOP. You need a headspace measuring tool to do this accurately but the old trial and error works as well. Remove your firing pin assembly also for an accurate measurement. We're talking bolt actions here.

I have a trigger assembly with the long arm safety that will prevent the bolt from opening. PM me for details and pics.

The older Remington trigger has a safety with a bolt lock. The safety lever extends into the action and prevents the bolt from opening with the safety on. Due to a lawsuit this was changed where the bolt could be opened while the safety is on. You could search for an older Walker trigger with the long safety and replace the one you currently have or just replace the safety. IF you're a reloader you can remedy the bolt opening by making your ammo tighter for your chamber.

I can't help but ask if anyone else has had problems selling stuff lately? Wow I mean trying to get a price that I'm asking is impossible! It seems you literally have to give away reloading stuff and forget about selling guns you're lucky to get anywhere near what you're asking? Should we blame this on Trump too, LOL?!! Do we need another Democrat in office, ugggh! Can't believe I said that! Sorry but I'm feeling very sick right now!!

Saguaro you have a good point. We're going through a generation change and the guns that are being bought today are $300-500 firearms. Anything higher is just not justifiable for our younger generation. I think the reloading thing is also generation change. The craze of the 6.5 Creed is all about grabbing a box of ammo off the shelf that shoots pretty decent in a fairly inexpensive rifle so why reload. Every body has good points. Thanks for the feed back. I especially like the one about selling it for what you told the wife you paid for it, LOL!

I agree with what Levers says. Barrel appears to be replaced. Shotgun butt indicating a replacement stock. Looks like replacement barrel too! Worth what a guy wants to spend on it.

Plus one on Szweda. He is the best in Arizona but the wait can be long. His checkering and finish is impeccable!!

The finicky part about reloading any caliber is the bullet. Berger has had so many complaints about their VLD (secant ogive) bullets that they have gone to a more reloader friendly hybrid ogive, a combination of a tangent ogive and secant ogive. Hornady is soon to follow as their ELD bullets can be hard to tune. That extra ballistic coefficient advantage doesn't matter when your can't achieve a consistent group or hit what you're shooting at! My two centavos!

I've been shooting benchrest since 1975 and I've been blending powders for most of that tenure. It's nothing that I would recommend to the average reloader. You need to know your burn rates and then you need to do a lot of experimenting to arrive at a safe load. With that said there isn't a 6.5 Creedmoor that will outshoot a 7/08 or a 260. When you consider the far superior powder capacity of the 7/08 and 260 it's a no-brainer. Are there some drawbacks like brass stretching etc., yes but that doesn't make the 6.5 CM superior. Hornady designed the 6.5 CM to sell ammo not reloading components. If I wanted more velocity and superior ballistics to shoot at a grand, I would be shooting my 6.5/284 Shehane instead of trying to blend powders for a 6.5 cartridge based on my old 300 Savage case! Next wives' tale is the 6.5 PRC. It's going to launch a 142gr. bullet to the moon. LOL!!

Not impressive and nothing I've never done with a 6.5/284 Shehane. Don't you think that is a pretty wimpy barrel for this caliber?

Jon Trammel in Breckenridge,Texas does it all. Excellent accuracy smith, phone:254-559-3455. When you fireform seat the bullets well into the lands and work with the bottom load in your reloading book for a standard 22/250. Do two fireforms before working on full loads. I found best accuracy in mine seated into lands at .010". Again I was shooting single shot.

My experience with Nosler brass is that it is going to be .002"-.004" thicker on one side of the neck than the other. And Lapua brass as of late is no better. Production has sped up in recent years due to consumer demand. And guess what, some quality specs that were never allowed to pass, are now passing. Some folks are certainly going to be happy with "minute of deer" shooting quality and just load their brass out of the box. For me, neck turning and developing the absolute best quality ammo I can shoot is number one in my book. I've been neck turning since 1975 and I believe there isn't a rifle cartridge that doesn't benefit from neck turning! By the way some Nosler brass is being made in Nevada by Nosler. Nosler bought the old 'silver state armory' manufacturing plant.

I have one in 6.5 Creedmoor. Bought it at Cabelas in December for $319 plus tax. Got a Savage $100 Visa reward on it which brought the price to $219! Shoots in the 2's, average .230" out of the box with a Leup 6.5X20 scope. Stock trigger set at just a shade under two pounds. Shooting neck turned Lapua brass with small rifle primer. I think it will do better with a better stock. So I ordered a thumbhole laminate from Boyds that I will pillar and glass bed. I'd say that's darn good shooting for a factory rifle.

Very well said! It will do everything the bigger cases will do with less powder, longer barrel life, less recoil, and better brass life. The short action thing is in your head if that what you like. Difference between a short action and long action is one inch! If that's too heavy or you can't manage the longer bolt throw than it's a plus. It's shiny new nickle!

How deep were those Bergers seated into the case? The one print I've seen showed a throat (W measurement on the print) of 2.1067- that was measured from the rear of the case as the 'datum'? If you want to specify a longer throat how is that accomplished? (Curiosity is getting the best of me). Is the smith taking a dummy round for measurements and then reamer the chamber and then ream a longer throat? I always buy the reamer myself and send a dummy round in with my order for the reamer. I also discuss what I want to accomplish with the cartridge with my reamer designer. When you receive your reamer check it out against the blueprint. If everything meets your specs, you give the reamer to your gunsmith. The one time I let my gunsmith order the reamer something got lost in the translation. Whoever does your reamer will also supply you with print. If they don't ask for one.

I've had experience with both the 22/250AI and the 6mmAI. Both had feeding problems with feeding that big square 40 degree shoulder cartridge. I found that a long action worked better for both cartridges and shooting single shot eliminated those feeding problems. I would give the 6mmAI the edge especially if you're going to shoot the 90's. The slow burning powders needed to propel those long heavy bullets really take up the volume in the case. A 7 twist is what I shot with the 90 grain Bergers. Be sure the reamer has the necessary throat length to shoot heavys otherwise you'll be sinking those long bullets way past the shoulder/neck junction and occupying valuable powder capacity. I used a reamer in both with a .120" freebore. Krieger still buys the best barrel steel on the market so I would choose their barrel over the other two. Having shot many years out of a south Texas blind, I never found a need for a repeater. A single shot always did the job!

Nominal bullet diameter for the 38 super is .356" but you can do .357" with some careful loads. I shoot .357" jacketed XTP for hunting with 7,0 grains of 800X and that's a pretty stout load.

You don't need to true that action and it has the recoil lug built in so you don't need a custom lug. I've done hundreds of rebarrels for my firearms and others. A custom barrel will make an improvement. I recommend Krieger. Send the barreled action to Krieger and have them spin a new barrel on. Another place to try is Gre-Tan gunsmithing in Colorado. Greg does an awesome job on just about any brand of firearm. His number is 970-878-5421.

That light ring mark from a lapped ring is easily removable from your scope finish with 0000 steel wool and WD40. Not necessary to use paint. Before lapping rings bed the bases with JB weld.

Buy a one piece stainless bolt from Pacific tool&guage. They are excellent. You can sell your old bolt. You could use the old firing pin assembly as long as you plan on shooting large primers in the Creedmoor. Your gunsmith can fit the new bolt to your new barrel. Buy a Krieger. You will also need to change the mag box, follower, and spring on your 700. Feed rails should work with the Creedmoor. When you're done you will have a very accurate rifle that will shoot much better than any factory rifle out there. Selling your rifle and then buying a factory rifle will be a cheaper way to go but that will depend on what you expect accuracy wise.

I agree!! This was started by the Humane Society so don't support that organization either!!

You have a head diameter issue with your Hornady brass. Measure head diameter of Nosler brass and Hornady brass. I think you'll find head diameter on Hornady is bigger.

Shoe polish, carnauba wax, Pam cooking spray, and grease all will work as a release agent. Plug any holes with modeling clay and remove the trigger assembly so you don't get any bedding compound in the trigger. Mask the stock with painting tape to eliminate contact with bedding compound. The amount of clean up work is directly related to amount of prep work that you do! Been doing bedding and glue in for over 40 years and it's not a complicated thing.