mikegideon

  Looks like he fat fingered that one into senseless gibberish  :rofl:

  I doubt it. Since it headspaces on the belt instead of the shoulder, headspace isn't really going to change. Naturally, it pushes back into the bolt face when the case blows out. But, a sized case should headspace the same as loaded ammo.   BTW: I have an X bolt in .243. My favorite bolt gun.

  That's what I was thinking. I would think that it's worth having a smith declare it dead, and then trade it off with the dreaded salvage title. I think the gun is unsafe right now. Not good to just trade it off without full disclosure, even though that's probably what happened to my buddy.

  I can't either. Does the model 70 have matching serial numbers on the barrel and receiver? I'm certain that Bubba was involved somehow. Just don't know if it was a half assed barrel swap or what yet. I gave the gun back to my buddy, so I'm not able to look at it. It's a regular claw extractor (i think), with an ejector like an AR. Not familiar with push feed.   Do you know of a good smith? I don't know if it can survive Bubba again. :) I guess we're talking receiver replacement as a worst case. 

  Yeah. I gathered the process went like that. Gonna take a real live gunsmith. At least the finish reamer is in stock at midway for 120 bucks. No way I would attempt anything like this, but it helps to know the tooling is available.

It's excessive headspace. Yes, I'm aware that it spaces on the belt. Bolt closes just fine. Won't extract a live round, but will fire. It's a factory barrel. Not an ammo problem. It was this stuff...

I took in a buddy's Winchester Model 70 because he was having a problem sighting it in. Long story short, that problem was due to a set of windage adjustable rings (cheesy ones at that) that required a good bore sighter to install. Once the gun was bore sighted, I took it over to Stones River so I could sight it in.   The gun hit real close to the center of the target at 25 yards on the first shot. As I was bumping it in, I noticed that it wouldn't extract a live round, but worked fine after it was fired. I probably should have stopped right there. Anyway, I finally looked at the fired brass. It was nickel plated, and had a bright ring right above the belt, maybe 1/16" wide. Looked like the case was stretching. The shoulder was being pushed as much as 1/8" or more. I didn't have any measuring tools.   The origin of the gun is unknown. I guess the first question should be... Who's the best gunsmith out there to headspace a Model 70? From what I've read, it involves a finish reamer. The gun lives in Murfreesboro.   Comments? What am I missing?   EDIT: Forgot to add... 7mm Remington Magnum

  Yeah. You do hold the world record for stuck .223 cases in sizing dies :)

My Lee single stage press is cast iron. I don't really use it anymore except for a rare bullet pull. It's stout enough to do all the heavy stuff. I use a Coax for all my single stage loading. You won't see this very often. 101 reviews, 100 five star and 1 four star.   http://www.midwayusa.com/product/265719/

  Celebrity, and that invisible sign on my forehead. I can fill a city bus with them in a couple of hours. :)

Is that one of them Chinese pistols?

  Have you seen her picture? Here in Tennessee? On a friggin gun board? Z may be broke, but he's damn sure famous. And anybody that accuses him of anything is automatically famous too. Z doesn't need any money if she can get paid to be illiterate on National TV.

There's some good news in all of this. You can't beat a G19, even if it is a little bigger.

  No. I honestly believe Z should have walked, based on the law and the evidence. Jesse and all the other clowns just got my attention. 

  Just don't use him to legislate gun rights. After that, they can lock him up and pound those flabby buns 'til the cows come home. I'll bet he screams like a girl, like he did on the 911 tape.

  It WAS a gun rights issue. George got way more support than he may have deserved because of it. Look at the date on this...   http://www.nraila.org/legislation/state-legislation/2013/11/alert!-floridas-stand-your-ground-law-stood-its-ground-against-attack.aspx

  I don't care. I like real guns better. I had a bunch... until that tragic boating accident.

Good score. It's on my list too. My list just always seems to be bigger than my wallet. 

  He was slow giving you all the information. and you were slow making your final decision because of it. Don't lose one minute of sleep over it.

I like Becker knives. Haven't become a proud owner yet, but I probably will.

  No. But since AA uses that barrel on some of their rifles, I figure they are using AA bolts. AA offers 2 different ones. I just picked the heavy use because there's only like 15 bucks difference in price.

I don't think Lee makes anything that flat out doesn't work.

Just a heads up...   After doing quite a bit of reading, I ordered an extra bolt last night. Some of that reading came from Bill Alexander himself. Since the Grendel is wound up tight in terms of bolt thrust, it's easier than most to break a bolt. It's also NOT a standard 7.62 x 39 bolt. Alexander Arms makes the only bolts that are designed and tested for the caliber. As with all things from AA, it can (and usually wiil) be a long lead time item. It's probably the main reason that barrels take so long.   In a nutshell, if you break a bolt, your rifle is gonna be down until AA get's around to sending you one. The hard use bolt is 93 bucks. It's well worth it to me to have a spare on order.   http://www.shopalexanderarms.com/Bolts_and_Extractors-6.5_Grendel_Hard-Use_Bolt_Assembly.html

Idiots

They set neck tension