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commander faschisto wrote:Jus' wonnerin'....who's going to make the barrels for this baby after WC and Gunny give birth to it? Am I correct in assuming that this "safari-grade" Thumper will basically be a re-barreled/-bolted AR-10 platform? I'm dreaming of a 325gr Barnes Buster coming out the tube at 3000....oh, baby; oh, baby....sorry....I need some private time now...
Hoot wrote:Say Tim. I have this 24 inch SS DPMS LR308 bull barrel in .260 Rem. Ballpark figure, what would a fellow be looking at cost wise to have it re-bored to .452 and chambered to the 450LM? Not that my budget includes any Safaris. Just curious...
As a .260 barrel, so far, it has not met my expectations for accuracy. Still more load workup to be done in .260, but if it turns out to be MOA at best, I might consider retasking it. It obviously has a rifle length gas system port though.
My 260 bolt action is in a different league altogether. A total waste of time on the local 100 yd range. You can only self-gratulate so much for one ragged hole groups with many different loads, including the ones that only yield 1 to 1.5 MOA .260 barrel on the LAR-8 platform. Was hoping for a somewhat similar results to the .260 bolt action. My LAR-8 platform, with its .308 barrel shoots in the .3-.5 MOA range at 100 yards with select loads, so I know it's not the platform. Like I said, still more load testing to do though. Always keeping my options open. Kinda wish I had gone with the 6.5 Creedmoor instead of the .260, but already had all the reloading components from my bolt action and got a fantastic deal on the 260 barrel. The Creedmoor has gotten repeated rave reviews for it's inherent accuracy in an AR10 class of rifle. Hindsight is always 20-20, but my wallet is shortsighted
Hoot
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