Spent thanksgiving in my uncles shop rebarreling my 10 FCP-HS from .308 to 6.5CM with a Shilen stainless select match 26" bull barrel. Learned a LOT through the process but was pleasantly surprised how easy the process was, and was surprised by the amount of (what appeared to be) steel blast media in the factory threads. Took it to the range with a couple boxes of Prime 130's for break in, a process that I've never performed in the past (i typically just clean a new rifle and then shoot until accuracy drops off before cleaning again), and printed multiple 3 shot groups just above 1/4" in diameter. Right or wrong, I shot 3 shots then cleaned, and repeated the process until I had 40 rounds down the tube. I was impressed to see that level of accuracy with factory ammo, and I'm a mediocre rifleman at best! We reloaded that Prime brass with 43 grains of H4350, primed with Federal 210's, topped with Berger 130 VLD's for a COAL of 2.775" but I haven't been back to the range to try the hand loads yet. I'm looking forward to learning more about reloading and working up a load for this rifle while working on my marksmanship. I suppose I'll put the .308 tube up for sale if there's any interest in it. If anyone has suggestions on a Houston based cerakote shop, I'm all ears! Anyway, here are a couple pictures, constructive criticism is always welcomed.

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