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A 243 AI in a 3.6" box would make my heart hurt thinking about all the gas left on the table...
I'm bettin' you could sell that 243 brass and buy an equal amount of 25/06 brass and make yourself a dandy 6/06.
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is the 6/06 more of a barrel eater than the .243 or 25/06?
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Thanks for the input guys. I've shot some 105 amax test loads out of it a while back. I'll have to go dig through my pile of targets and play with it some more. If I remember right, it will only take a little playing with to make her sing. Rat-holing some money away for a new stock and scope.
Proverbs 12:27 The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.
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Is this project for sale yet
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Not yet... It might be when I need to make a tuition payment next year though!
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Don't worry about tuition payments! Just be an idiot like me and let the gov't pay it for you! That way you don't have to worry now and can kick yourself in the ass 5 years from now when they start sending you bills in the mail!
But really, pay every single cent you can afford to now. I wish I would have done it. Same with my wife. I'm going to croak when we start getting her loan bills in the mail too.
Proverbs 12:27 The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.
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Dangit yall got me cranking fast twist 243AIs out like wild. Just did another today. Yall need to keep it under wraps that 243s will kill stuff or I am never gonna get any time to build myself another.
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Nice work Eddy! That thing should be a shoota'!
Who's barrel? Throating?
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Little hike today...
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Can't wait to start shooting mine after we get a little nicer weather and I don't have as much work. Just got the scope back from leupold last week after they installed the M1 turret and a couple of weeks ago had Karl flute and put a new shifter handle on my bolt. Boy this thing feels nice.
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Rock barrel. My reamer will feed jammed 115s so long as a wyatts extended box is used. I think it would be pretty dang close to jamming, feeding 105s with the factory box.
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I have quietly browsed the building and chatter of this whole sporter with the lime pad, btw looks better chopped down now, and had to put on hold a 257 roy project for something similar. My long actions are not seeing light as the newly purchased 700 plain vanilla 243 gets looked at quiet often. You are a bad influence! Now if I could find brass and powder somewhere local...
What does it mean when the primers fall out of the case?
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Rock barrel. My reamer will feed jammed 115s so long as a wyatts extended box is used. I think it would be pretty dang close to jamming, feeding 105s with the factory box. Sweet. I might have to send you this action sometime with a Wyatt's box.... I'd like to shoot 115s with the next tube.
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For some strange reason 243AIs float my boat, but so does the straight 243. I sure dig building them sporter weight then hammering stuff a ways out there. My nephews little gun has been getting out there a good bit lately. I have been teaching him to crank on them scope knobs for a few years now. He just got himself a smart phone and has been going to town with "Shooter" It won't be long before he is ready to go solo on a long range animal. I am thinking maybe a 600 yard antelope would be a good warm up for him. If I find some tags I am gonna try and make it happen.
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Yep 243ai are very fun and smack animals! 243ai/95grVLD
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Nice buck Andy! You can bet I'll be toting my 243 after deer this year...
Eddy, I love that rifle your nephew built! He did a great job....grin
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For some strange reason 243AIs float my boat, but so does the straight 243. I sure dig building them sporter weight then hammering stuff a ways out there. My nephews little gun has been getting out there a good bit lately. I have been teaching him to crank on them scope knobs for a few years now. He just got himself a smart phone and has been going to town with "Shooter" It won't be long before he is ready to go solo on a long range animal. I am thinking maybe a 600 yard antelope would be a good warm up for him. If I find some tags I am gonna try and make it happen. What are the specs on your nephew's rifle?
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Trued 700 10 t Schillen dupe of rem mr. Pillar bedded in a McM. Put a of green luepy with a cds. He has been putting it to good use.
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Trued 700 10 t Schillen dupe of rem mr. Pillar bedded in a McM. Put a of green luepy with a cds. He has been putting it to good use. I could see myself with a twin of that one.
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Trued 700 10 t Schillen dupe of rem mr. Pillar bedded in a McM. Put a of green luepy with a cds. He has been putting it to good use. I could see myself with a twin of that one. I could send that one to ya. He is going to build himself a 6.5x284 in the off season
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