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I have an old Savage 110 30-06 that seems to only shoot really well on the first few shots. What are you all using to clean your barrels at the range that does not take long? I was thinking about making my own bore snake that is more absorbent so I don't need to keep pushing patches.

I see that I can get an un-fired savage 30-06 takeoff barrel for $85. It is a 22 inch barrel. Would it be worth the trouble? Is the factory barrel of good quality? Are they 2 MOA barrels?

I gained some more enlightenment today that I think is a very important topic for anyone who wants to partial size their brass instead of neck sizing. At this time I have never used a neck sizing die only because I do not own one. A while back I was instructed to partial size my brass as an...

I finally got it! The only thing I don't understand is why it does not include a shoulder piece to measure chamber headspace. The instructions say to fire a factory round and measure it. To me that is not an acceptable way to insure a precise measurement so I made my own shoulder attachment...

This little guy rolled out from under my tool box after putting the bolt back together on the Enfield. I definitely does no belong on the Enfield bolt but I can't for the life of me figure out what it goes to! Certainly one of you has seen one of these and could maybe help me find it's home!

This discussion has begun on a separate unrelated thread, but I feel like this deserves it's own thread as there is much knowledge for all to gain here. Without reliving all the history I will just get to the problem. I have 30-06 cases that were sized too sort by methods unorthodox and hasty...

I have a batch of brass I am using to work up loads/ladders after being full length sized. I want to partial size (neck bump) this brass. Will it create inconsistencies if I do so because the brass was fired with different charges/pressures? Should I fire form all the brass with the same...

My old 22 single six has no rifling that I can see. I can't see any lead. Just a black smooth barrel. Is it possible for it to be severely fouled and I just can't see it? I looked with a magnifying glass and a light and it looks to be gone.

Today I was going to just do a quick work up of IMR4350 behind Hornady's 180 gr. SST. I decided to kill two birds with one stone and got three as a bonus. I was shooting my Savage 30-06. I decided to try three seating depths to see what differences they would bring. Because I had some big...

I have watched quite a few videos and read all of my reloading handbooks and still do not feel like I have a definitive grasp on where to call it quits when working up loads to find a max load. I will be heading to the range later today to get a fresh start on working up loads for my Savage...

As I was repeatedly resizing a cartridge to come up with a custom fit die setting for my Savage I neglected to lube on one stroke too many and spent a good deal of the morning removing that cartridge from the die. My method was drilling, tapping and using a bolt and a socket as a spacer to pull...

I light of the recent shortage of reloaders (except Guffey) that know how datums work I will now dedicate this thread to the subject so that others (besides Guffey) might be enlightened and enter into the datum nation. da·tum ˈdādəm,ˈdadəm/ noun noun: datum; plural noun: data 1. a...

I am wondering how reliable Quick Load has been for those who have used it much. I am trying to work up some IMR 4350 for a 30-06. The maximum loads are all higher than what Quick Load tells me. I am finding that it's within about 50 fps with this powder so far. It seems like the IMR 4350...

I figured it might be better to just make a thread in here called this. I know not the best was to organize all of the history of what has been said and done. I will just add to this as we go. I really feel like there is much to be learned by my dilemmas! The gun being discussed is an 80's...

So, as some of you know, I shortened my Savage 30-06 chamber recently when I put a new bolt head on my gun. The quick fix was to shorten the shell holder which ended up .007" shorter. I resized some Nosler brass to fit and primed the cases with CCI200 primers. I loaded the brass with 53...

OK. I have 3 different primer stop pins (just now noticed) for my RCBS automatic feeder tube primer stufferator. All this time I have been using the same one for large rifle, large magnum rifle, large pistol and large magnum pistol primers. I found two other primer stop pins in a box and upon...

I have a very reliable batch of brass that finally lost one of it's members to a split neck. I do not own an annealing machine so I went ahead and annealed by twisting it back and forth with my fingers until the shoulder turned silver and dropped them in the water. Has anyone else done it...

And here I am again. :p I have been using my old RCBS cheapo case trimmer. As of late it has not topped other spending priorities. This trimmer will not trim 2 cases the same. The worst part is that the pilot opening the neck and leaving scratches around the inside of the neck. Am I...

Is it necessary to get every last bit of copper out of the bore? I saw a video where the guy, who was a veteran gunsmith, said that leaving some was OK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZZOE_pzjLA

I am getting ready to reassemble my new bolt head, spring, friction washer and retaining pin to my old bolt. The old bolt has an alignment pin that alugns the old bolt hed. Newer bolts do not have this feature. I have read where people are milling the pin out of the bolt to fit the new head...