… all three kills were nearly identical: a .224″ entrance, Jell-O-lungs, and a modest exit hole…
There are several reasons you might want to outside neck turn, even if you don’t have a tight neck chamber. Probably the best reason is that neck turning is the “easy button” to producing excellent concentricity.
…Bullet selection would be from various 69-80.5grain bullets on hand, from Hornady, Berger, Sierra & ‘Swampworks’ line of custom JLKs… Then, I set out about seeing how fast a 75 JLK might go. Turns out, RL-33 yielded a whopping 4088 fps! That load showed…
…five shot groups all under a half inch and velocity in the mid 4300’s… Tim plucked two chucks off the same rock with his next two shots, at 605 yards…
…I found a minty looking used McMillan from off of a Remington Custom Shop 40XB KS for a very fair price. The stock arrived with composite pillars already installed and a nice looking bedding job that had previously been done…
Anytime you are getting a barrel that has already been fit and chambered for another action, and especially when getting a barrel custom fitted to a modified action, there is absolutely no guarantee that the barrel is going to fit or headspace properly on your action. You don’t need to be a ‘smith or a machinist to safely install a barrel like this, but you do need to have a complete grasp and understanding of barrel fitting and headspace etc.
A heavy varmint taper, fluted, Hart barrel, 28” long, chambered in .20 Dasher by Greg Tannel. Even though, I need another rifle like this one about like I need another hole in my head… I woke up one morning with no thoughts of needing or even wanting another rifle like this and went to bed that same night owning the barrel and making plans to use it…