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And then another 50 for transfer/nics.

Thanks all. As far as barrel "life" I'm not all that concerned about it. I'm learning to chamber/thread my own barrels so the cost is somewhat cut by that. As far as speed, I want to be in the 3k neighborhood. In a 243Win it looks like I'll be within 50fps or so with the right powder and a 110SMK. I have 100 of these on the way to try out even though the rifle won't be ready for quite a while. The 110 requires a 7 twist because of it's design. It's not always a weight thing, it's more often a length thing. I appreciate all the feedback.

I've always wanted a 6" barreled 1911 in 357Sig. Just seemed so right for being so wrong. Feed issues are non-existent from all that I read. Bottle necked cartridges do well in 1911's apparently. Seems to me to be a great "pig gun" for those that are allowed that opportunity. Some day, I'll make one mine. Right now I have other callings.

I'll be building a regular old 243Win for my next shooter. I'm looking at the heavier weight bullets and wondering what direction I should go. The rifle will be a paper shooter at 300 with possibly a local comp or two and will go on steel to 1k once a year. I'll be running a 26" (+/- 1/2") 7 twist tube so I can handle the heavier bullets. Once I figure out a bullet I'll set the chamber up with my buddy and we'll get that all figured out. I'm hoping to get them to run just about 3k. I'm just going roundy-round on bullet choice so I figured let me defer to the experts (or at least more informed than myself) on the site. Any help is appreciated.

We do Blue Apron. It works for us. Different flavor profiles and pretty convenient. We shop at Whole Foods (for a variety of reasons) so it's not that much more expensive for us. We also have delivery from Fresh Direct. Again, it's just easier. The food delivery is for my wife on the nights she cooks. She works full time and wrangles two teenagers thru the crap that teenagers deal out. I cook mornings and two nights and go and gather stuff that day for the meal I'm preparing. I used to cook for a living so it's relatively easy for me to make something happen.

The barrel is fully rifled. I'm not dropping 100,000 dollars or more on a machine to rifle barrels. However... have at it... I'm good.

Correct. My retro-mod 243

This happened yesterday... 308 bolt face that will be a “resto-mod” .243 in a 40x stock with an M24 7twist Rock Creek tube. Will feed from the BDL bottom metal. Calvin 2 stage. Ill start another thread as it gets more real. Back to our regularly scheduled programming.

I got the reamer from JGS. My buddy recommended against the PTG. Good stuff but the JGS is better according to him. At this point, he's the boss. It was just over 170 to the door. Ordered Monday, here on Wednesday. No complaints. I will paint the stock myself. I have a bit of experience painting. Although not to Joe's skill level, I've done some motorcycle tins and have a good idea what it takes to do a decent job. I was mostly a flake and flame guy so flat camo will be a thing but I'll get it figured out. Thanks for the can specs. As always, much appreciated.

The reamer showed up yesterday. It's a 223Rem minimum SAAMI spec that I will throat for the 80's. To say that February can't get here fast enough is an understatement. Although Michigan in February... oy.

That will happen. Unfortunately not until February. With my job I can't bail until after the holidays and we're pretty busy thru January so February it is. I'll be grabbing some additional bits as well: Badger recoil lug and such. I'll update as the last couple of buts roll in and will answer any questions posed that I can.

Some pre-game photos.

Thanks. What's the best thread for supressor, in case I ever get to a free state?

Barrel is in’da heezy!!!

Yessir. Blueprinting the action Cutting the tenon, threading, chambering and crowning the barrel. Basically all the metalwork. I may send it out for Cerakote but am unsure. Also not 100% on adding a brake.

Hopefully this satisfies @Ray Ray for the moment.

ah-HAAAAA!! I see, said the blind man.

I kind of wish I understood the joke that I think is there Sorry, got busy working. Will post in the AM.

Reamer ordered today and on the way in the next few. I went with JGS as per my friend's recommendation. They seem like nice folks and quite willing to work with me in several different venues. I'm a complete newb to this stuff and went with his recommendation: Minimum SAAMI spec Live Pilot Oil grooves in the screw I'm looking forward to this little adventure.

It's fine.

I'll hopefully be able to document this build as it progresses. About 2 years ago I picked up a Remington 700 SPS Tactical in .223. 16.5" barrel (9 twist if it matters). It was a really fun little rifle and I enjoyed the hell out of it. I wound up upgrading some parts here and there but just couldn't get it to shoot as well as I would have liked. So, I pulled the barrel, cuz that's what you're supposed to do, right?? I've since gathered other parts and have sold a few things to make that happen. Where we sit: R700 S/A .223 bf---all stock McMillan A3/5 fully adjustable PTG AI pattern stealth bottom metal with a 10 round mag Weaver picatinny rail Harris bipod Vortex Viper HS/T 6-24 VMR-1 Rock Creek AMU/MTU 1/7 that I'll finish at 24-26" and thread for a brake. Barrel should be here today or tomorrow (11/20-21/17) The plan: I have a friend that has helped me with every phase possible in learning machine/metal work, that he can from a distance. He's located in Michigan. Licensed GS. Builds rifles on the side and works in a medical machine shop as his day job. He's offered to have me head out to MI to build this rifle with me, every phase. From truing the action to cutting the threads and chamber. He's very good at what he does and meticulous as hell. To say that I'm honored and thrilled is an understatement especially given that no one in NJ is willing to help a guy learn. I'm heading out there in the middle of February as it's my slow time at work and I'll only need the one day off. So there it is. I'll grab some pics of the components shortly and the barrel when it arrives. For ammo, I'll be loading up Sierra TMK 77's for the time being and looking to stock up on Berger 80.5 Fullbore's in the future. This will be a paper plinker to 300 for most of it's time outside and hopefully to 750 on steel at least once a year. I'm currently in love with small caliber rifles. I'm hoping to learn to work on them at home as well and am currently tooling up for that. It's a very frustrating yet rewarding part of the hobby.

Here's mine, if they come out with it in an "Alaskan" model at least: http://www.ruger.com/products/superRedhawkStandard/specSheets/5524.html

In reading your initial post it pretty much screams Raptor. Everything I've seen and heard they're great trucks. No diesel though, I don't believe.

If you're gonna do it "right" you need to weight sort the bullets and run them all thru an ogive checker and sort them that way as well. Then you can set your die for each lot of bullets. It's a lot of effort and unless your shooting benchrest of some sort to me, not worth it. Set your die. Sort by weight if you must. Load and shoot. I load and shoot. For my purposes I stopped weight sorting and such as it's not necessary for me to have fun. I have a 6.5x47L that puts 5 in a quarter sized hole at 100yds and that's good enough for me. Also, not a knock on this site in any way, but you may want to peruse AccurateShooter.com. The knowledge base on there is very broad and quite massive. Additionally, precision reloading is not an exercise in speed. Those guys spend hours loading 20-50 rounds. I started down that rabbit hole and had to stop and take a hard look at what I wanted to accomplish with my shooting. 1 hole, 10 shot groups are not that important to me. Having fun and shooting well is. Good luck.