gunman870
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I am certain this has probably been hashed out more times than anyone cares to acknowledge but I can't seem to find the specific answers I am looking for in scanning old forums so here it goes: I would like to build a Dasher and have reserved a place in line to have a barrel with a 7.5 twist made by Hart in NY. They have done quite a few barrels for me and I have always been pleased with their work so I will go to them again. I would like to use a Remington action. I have a couple on the shelf but just want to make sure I am not overlooking something silly. First, all I should need is a S/A with a normal .308 bolt face correct? The actions on my shelf have already been trued so they should be good to go. My second question if you will is when it comes to feeding this rifle. I would like to make this magazine fed. Most likely something on a badger type mag setup with ai mags. I have a few other rifles with systems like that and they seem to work quite well. Is there anything special I will need to do or buy to get the dasher to feed well? I have a few other br calibers but all on single shot actions so I have never tried to feed this short of case from a magazine. If it's any concern I'm going to be using a McMillan stock and can have it inlet for whatever I decide as far as bottom metal is concerned. Third, it appears there are sometimes ejection issues, are these resolved by going to a sako extractor so it's not wanting to pull to the bolt raceway as bad? Fourth, when discussing chamber dimensions, I know this can get particularly mottled with personal preferences and differences but I am looking to shoot 105's or 107's most likely, maybe upto 110's. From my reading it appears anything from about .104 freebore to .155 is going to work reasonably well. What say the experts? I am leaning more towards the .155 so I can keep the bullet up a little farther and not bury the bearing surface quite as bad. Any and all help is much appreciated. Thanks all. Roman.
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