Bill Leeper

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Does it again! Bill installed the 1-8 #3 PacNor, faced the receiver/bolt face/lugs, and worked over the trigger. Today I finally got a chance to at least get this .223 started with load development and with 69 gr Sierra HP BT match bullets and a dab of Varget it does well for three shots. In all fairness I was prone on a snow bank over bipods with my right fist acting as rear bag.

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Another nice rifle...

I love my 300WSM built by Mr. Leeper, it's my favorite rifle. The only problem I have with it is that it virtually covers all my shooting and hunting needs, which leaves me wondering what else I can get him to build me?:p
 
Bill did my first custom rifle in 2002....a Sako L579 action I had gotten from Guntech, a stainless PacNor in 7mm-08 Ackley and a McMillan in the Sako Hunter pattern. It shot factory 140 CoreLoct's under an inch fireforming. It was a sub 3/4 MOA rifle with handloads.This was my first truly accurate rifle and I was impressed.
It was subsequently rechambered to 284 Win and sold...it's out there somewhere....
 
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I own a rifle Leeper built (it is in my avatar) for RickF who sold it to Rackmastr, who sold it to Mur, who sold it to me. It is a Stainless Model 70 with a Pacnor barrel and Bansner stock in .284 Winchester. If I hold the gun right it will keep three 140gr TTSX's under 0.5" and around the .25" mark everytime. It is only slightly "worse" with Partitions and Ballistic Tips.
That all fine a dandy, but this rifle in factory form was meant to be a 22-250 and Bill made this thing feed the cantankerous .284 like greased hogs. I love that gun.
 
So what is it with Leeper and tack-driving 223's? :)

He put my bolt on the "correct" side, and it is a bunch uglier!
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Chuck, you know this already, but go straight to the 75 A-Max. Really nice accuracy, my 8 twist loves it! It also goos up a coyote, just about as much as the 50 V-max even at the significantly reduced velocities.
 
Heck, I swoon myself! Thanks for the kind words , guys. In truth, I am one of a whole bunch of Canadian tradesmen who do OK. I suspect it's hard to make a 223 shoot real bad.
I was concerned about the bolt handle on Chuck's rifle, but, when I held it up and looked in the mirror, it looked OK so I sent it off.
Left handed rifles can be confusing for the gunsmith. Especially if that gunsmith leans toward confusion as his normal state.
On Winchester Model 70's, I just mark the barrel at BDC and use that as my reference when I make the extractor cut. Once, when doing a left handed rifle for some poor misfit, I set the barrel up as usual and did a heck of a nice job cutting that extractor cut. I screwed the barrel in and cinched it up tight. I was some shocked when the darn bolt wouldn't even start to close! I was even more shocked when I looked in and the extractor slot was missing! Of course, closer examination showed it not to be missing; just misplaced. Wrong side. Yeah, that Leeper, he's real smart! Regards, Bill.
 
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