I like Norrell, but have heard good things about Cerecoat. A look through the Brownell's catalog should turn up something....
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What is the best product to make that barrel and action black with? I want it to be permanent.
I like Norrell, but have heard good things about Cerecoat. A look through the Brownell's catalog should turn up something....
ron
Back on the subject I sighted mine in at fifty yards. My last three shots were at the very bottom of the bullseye. I went out to 100 yards and hit bullseye again but then the 25 grain was shooting high. I just shot it and will get the scope great at 100 yards the next time I go.
Good shootin !
Shows what can be expected. I wonder if the so-called fliers are due to light barrel getting to hot after 3 rounds. Doesn't seem logical but evidently the heavy barrel doesn't have this problem.
Boyd's has the stocks ready for the heavy barrel B-Mags.
Great, I ordered a regular b-mag stock and it came yesterday, was gonna open the channel up myself and cannot send it back, got the custom high gloss finish
don't think Boyds will take it back, but gonna call them tomorrow and ask. the only extra option I got was the high gloss finish, or it may be listed cheap in the for sale in the member classifieds :)
Thumbhole with the high gloss finish, looks sharp in the box :) sad thing is I ordered a carbide 3/4 round nose wood burr to run in my Router to get it close on the opening, and then sand the rest out
guess I have made worse $150 decisions in my life LOL it really isn't funny though
Ordered my heavy barrel stock from Boyd's today. $108.00 to the door. Will post pics for sure when it arrives.
One 'good' thing about the skinny bbl bMags is the abundance of factory stocks (for cheap) on the aftermarket. I have several to epoxy up, paint, etc and not worry about the resale value of the original bMag (whatever that might be!).
To me, it's all about having fun and my new SS bMag is a fantastic shooter, so, it allows me to play with the first model.....
Ya gotta have fun and remember in 100 years it ain't gonna matter ONE bit!
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Good job and you saved some money.
I just got home from the range where I shot the original and SS Heavy Barrel Bmags side by side. Both rifles are in Boyd's stocks with the barrels completely free floating and I was using 25gr ammo. Honestly, at 100 yards, you wouldn't be able to guess which group came from which gun. Both guns shot 5-shot groups >2" at 100 yards off bipods and rear bags. Not very impressive. If I had to choose I'd probably say the original shot a little better, but it also has more rounds thru it. I really feel the problem with the Bmag accuracy is ammo related. I have shot better groups with the original Bmag in the past(+or- 1" at 100 yards) and now I wish I kept track of the ammo lot numbers. I for one surely hope the .17 WSM isn't being produced on the same equipment as the nail gun charges. I'll get my hands on some 20gr ammo and do the same side by side comparison when time permits.
I do have to throw in one disclaimer though. A little hung over today and not my best day of shooting, but I was still able to shoot 1/2 MOA with my .223 LRPV with a Shilen barrel with factory Lapua ammo.
when I sanded out my thumbhole stock it also was slightly to the left and had to sand more on that side just like the sporter was.. I would have hoped Boyd's would have gotten that corrected by now
other that that all is good ( I hope ) off all next week and gonna do some shooting. hoping to see how the SS HB does at 100,200,300+ yards :) my BIL has 100 acres out his back door so I have some room
So I just picked up my HB bmag today and did some range testing with it and was able ti shoot 5 shot groups that were under the size of a dime consistently if I did my part. This is stock HB bmag in a POS savage synthetic stock, off a bipod. Good enough for me
1946 M99 300 Savage
2013 M111 LRH 300 WinMag
2012 MkII F .22 LR
2014 B-Mag .17 WSM
Here is one that I pulled the last shot on
1946 M99 300 Savage
2013 M111 LRH 300 WinMag
2012 MkII F .22 LR
2014 B-Mag .17 WSM
sending my HB B-mag to savage Tuesday for them to look at, it is throwing ammo everywhere. could barely hit a 4x4 piece of cardboard at 50 yards and it was all key holed, tried ammo from 3 different boxes and it was all the same. shot some of the same ammo in my original B-mag and it was a 1 to 1-1/2 in group at 100
not happy right now
Sorry to hear this! From what I could tell from the photos you did a great job of fitting the stock. I love the way the stainless looks against the wood! But these things need to shoot! Please keep us posted.
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