Thanks fellas. I need to pad the vise jaws since the gun stock sleeves have been discontinued and mine are wearing out. I'm thinking some heavy, soft leather. The most difficult part of the whole project was modifying the clamps. If I had done a better job on the vise handles, I might have been able...

My wife and I shoot at the range quite a bit. The Kids like to go with us (daughter and son-in-law). I usually bring back at least 3, sometimes 6, dirty rifles. My space for cleaning had enough room for 3 commercial gun stands. I got real bored during the spring blizzards and came up with a 4 statio...

Hi Jim, I'll take a run at this one based only on my experience. I'm really liking my 21st Century Lathe and turning tool. I use it with a Bosch i-Driver and I can turn up a storm. A few things about how I do it. First, I do not turn Hornet or Bee brass. I think it's too thin to begin with. If I stu...

$250 for "paperwork"?

I'd just send it back to Cooper for inspection first, then new barrel in the same caliber. I love mine and how can you go wrong with a "17 VarTarg"?

Manners not with-standing, you gotta give a guy two thumbs for a first post. I, for one, know what load I'm looking at.

I like them with side chargers so you don't have to chase brass all over the prairie. Shoot, left-hand charge and catch the brass with my right hand.

My 204R AR shoots as well as many of my bolt guns. It's a legit half MOA setup but it's not stock by any means. 24" heavy Shilen, ambi side charger and an adjustable gas block. I shoot it as a single shot most of the time by shutting down the gas block. I agree with Ramos that bolts guns genera...

I'd confirm that with Cooper now, but they would not send back my old one a year or 2 ago.

Same issue for me. I believe it's because they can't attest to the integrity of the used barrel on several fronts. They won't even give you back the old barrel because they don't know what it will be used for. That one kind of got my goat. I needed a new tomato stake.

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except for Lucy.......she's a killin, snugglin machine

Sadly, most of us don’t have targets known as “skippy”, “squeaks”, “sage rats” or “gophers”. We live in envy through the posts that show up this time of the year while we wait our turn. I live in prairie dog country but most of them are in city limits these days. I’m not sure which is worse, having ...

My "trick" was to get my wife shooting. She loves it, and she's deadly. Now I can pick up a Cooper now and then for her. I just snagged a nice 17 Mach IV and will tell her it's a baby VarTarg. She loves "her" VarTarg and now it will have a sibling to keep it company. http://i1359...

I built my own using the Shilen barrel/bolt combo. Rock River lower, side charging upper and adjustable gas block so I don't have to chase brass if I'm on a bench. It was more than the $1200 range you want but it shoots great.

I have a similar barrel and it handles 40 grain noslers just fine. 32 and 39 grain bullets should be no problem as well. I'm a huge fan of H322 and Benchmark in the 204. I shoot H322 in the AR with the noslers and results are remarkable.
Pick a safe starting load and work up to find the sweet spot.