Recent content by Gene DeLoney

So long Walt I first met Walt in October 1983 when he invited me to his home to see how he made bullets. He was set up in a small bedroom of his house in Phoenix and made bullets while we watched the World Series ball game on TV. I mentioned that he was watching TV and not looking at the...

So sad to hear the news! It was always a pleasure to shoot with John, no matter what the circumstances were, he always had a smile! Our prayers go out to his daughter and family members, and he will be missed by all of us. May he rest in peace!

Update on removing chamber burrs Some may frown on this and others may cheer but this is what I did and it works. Took a 4 inch long piece of 1/4 steel rod and turned the first 1 inch down to .224 and then cut a 2 degree angle on the nose to match the angle of my reamer, polished the cuts with...

Sorry Butch..........I didn't specify in the beginning but we are talking rim fire chambers....Gene

I am sure that some one besides me has encountered the small burrs present on the down wind side of the lands after reaming a chamber. Usually, it means that the reamer is getting dull and tend to smear a burr on the land in the throat but I have encountered this with new reamers and different...

Hi Landy.....If you can, go back to a post that I made on this forum entitled "barrel block location" and you can see that we both arrived at almost same configuration for an action block. I tried bedding the action to the block and that seemed to help accuracy. If you go down a little further...

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Any results for the Nationals yet? Thanks..Gene

Jackie you know there are 2 kinds of shooters when it comes to crossfires...……..those that have and those that are going to! At the 2017 Cactus I had placed 5th at 100 in Light Varmint and was running 3rd after 4 targets at 200 so all I needed was a sub half inch group to probably win the Grand...

Lt 31 Hi Jackie......The winner of the Light Varmint Grand at the 2017 Cactus was using 27.4 gr. of LT 31 and Berger Columns. Ask me how I know. If you don't feel like mixing up a batch of LT 31, about a grain more of Lt 32 works real good also. Gene

This post jogged my memory of a fellow shooter/ experimenter Don Jackson. If he told you something would or wouldn't work it was because he had tried it. He at one time cut the face of his Panda action with a 5 degree negative cone and cut the barrel shoulder to the same 5 degree positive...

Ruger 77 The Ruger 77 is made without a counterbore so the long Mauser style extractor can clear the barrel rear face. I think the original Mauser 98 was made this way and there may be others. I fit them with .010 clearance between the back of the barrel and the nose of the extractor. Gene

Face versus shower door Hey Jackie, I guess the arm might be better than your handsome face! About 3 years ago while visiting my daughter, I somehow managed to double up on my blood pressure meds at night and the next morning passed out in the bath room and tried to move a shower door with my...

Reminder Just a reminder that the inaugural Rimfire Benchrest match is scheduled for Saturday April 13 at Ben Avery. Competition starts at 12:00 noon with setup prior to that.

This afternoon I received a phone call from Matthew Perry, Steve's son, letting me know that Steve passed away yesterday from a sudden heart attack. Plans for services have not been made yet at this point. I will post more info as I receive it. Steve was a controversial figure in the benchrest...