Recent content by Choupique

Id use a 270 grain cup and core bullet. Core lock, interlock, federal blue box, etc.

Theres no reason to buy a heavy suppressor in 2026 for a hunting rifle. There are ao many featherweight options that work great. Heavy suppressors are for fighting wars.

Because itll shoot really good and wreck all of your plans. Nope. Dont do it. When you buy a donor the FIRST thing you do is unscrew the barrel.

Never shoot the donor!!!!

Rebarrel it to 338 win mag Or..... leave it a .300 win mag and cut it down to minimum length and screw a nomad LTiXC on the end of it. That would be a super cool rifle. Just dont shoot it without the can on it!

Anything with a stock on it. Recoil aside, it keeps the butt from slipping when you lean it up in the corner. My .22 has a plastic buttplate and it will be replaced with a thin rubber one when I find one that fits.

I wasnt aware that is a potential issue. Ive never gotten after mine with a hammer or anything, but I cant get anything to move much with the safety on, aside from twisting the whole bolt and shroud and everything a tiny bit. Good to know for future endeavors though. I never really paid...

As far as I know, timney is the only maker now. Mine looks very similar to this but doesnt have the screw in the center. I dont know who made it mine. Its 2 position, up cams the hammer back and locks the bolt, down is fire. Its an excellent safety. I have this timney one in the box for...

I like the low clearance flag safeties. Plenty room for a scope but maintains the bolt lock and firing pin block.

Do this. Not horribly expensice and a serious quality of life improvement

Using an aperture for the rear sight helps a lot with less than perfect vision. I dont remember the name of the effect, but it makes your eyesight clearer. With good eyes, 100 yards with an aperture sight (or as we call it a peep sight) is easy. I l love shooting an M1 garand, the old military...

Whew, thank God. Ive been trying to stay away from here for the health and safety of my bank account. Beautiful shotgun.

I dont have any dangerous game rifles. That said, I do have several rifles with irons. I vastly prefer aperture style rear sights to notches. I find them much more accurate and faster than notch sights. US military rifles have used aperture style sights since I believe the 1903 rifles.

Add dead air LTi XC to that as well. Larger and exceptionally quiet. Xeno system is great. Other than the price, the suppressor market is incredible right now.

They make a lot of sense. I have an OCM5 and it is amazing, albeit a specialty suppressor that isnt universal. I strongly suspect as others have said that OP was using a low quality steel suppressor. My experiences have been the total opposite, and I dont ever plan to hunt without one again...