wow i have a light 308 and a bull 223 barrels i just got back from fitting!chamber polished with jb, jb polished both bores to smooth out the tooling marks and speed up break-in, dura zee alloy rings on factory rails, i have a separate forend for each barrel(my 500S&W has its own too) today i scored a box of flat head machine 1/4 -20 1/2 long screws with a 7/32 allen head so now i can accurately torque my forend screw with my inch-lb torque wrench. I think i found the perfect o-rings! they are a nice 1/8 thick high durometer rubber they are air conditioner seals from work! and they are orange! lol harder to loose. Scopes i have a 8-24x44 mildot on the 223 and a 3x10x44 euro 4a reticle on the 308 my loads i have 308 federal gold medal match brass that is one-fired full length re sized trimmed to spec deburred inside and out with primer pockets uniformed with a reamer powders varget imr 4895 bullets 168 grain barnes TSX and 165 and 150 flatbase spire-point speers these are to start with, for 223 i have all WCC milspec once fired, full-length sized primer crimp reamed out and trimmed to length and deburred inside and out, powders imr 4895, varget, AA2015, bullets 45,50 55 grain v-max 55gr nosler BT and 62-64 grain winchester hollowpoints 62 grain barnes tsx oh i am using a set of redding dies with taper crimp dies guys am i missing any thing before i start loading? I am wondering what to expect for groups am getting cabin fever to get out and shoot!
Dave