Haven't fired any factory ammo through the rifle so couldn't point you toward any reliable good grouping ammo. I have always loaded my own ammo but at the same time I haven't fired a single round through any of my guns in 3 years thanks to work and the whole COVID bs

Absolutely, but with the current market I'm not sure how reloading compares to just buying ammo when you can find it. I haven't been keeping up with the trends for a couple years now. When I made the video the market had closed up considerably after the Obummer years. Now with the Bumbling Idiot in office and our economy completely out of control in what appears to be an unrecoverable flat spin I would be curious as to what savings there would be if any at all. But can you put a price on accuracy and self-satisfaction of loading your own ammo unless you are wanting to stockpile ammo quickly? I've gotten so busy with other projects and keeping up with saving myself money anyway I can that I have gotten away from loading long enough that I need to do a whole new cartridge workup for our 2 long range rifles so I can get what we have loaded. As for my handgun and semi-auto caliber rounds those never change and all my powder adjusters are all permanently set for those as any good loader has a powder adjustment insert for each caliber they load and for those precision long range guns of the same caliber you should have 1 for each gun since the odds of them shooting the same grains is extremely low.

@@ctu7070 I am not a Long Range shooter but I do like sub-minute rounds for my rifles!

Sorry it took me so long to get back to you on your question, but I obviously have the Hornady shell holders. However, I do have a few Lee shell holders that I received in a purchase of reloading equipment from a friend, but haven't needed to use them. I got them out today and tried them, they do fit, but the hole in the center is the same size on the bottom but tapers down to a smaller sized hole. This causes them to not allow the pin to travel through the hole to lock the case into the shell holder. I don't see why you couldn't make the hole bigger to allow the shell holder to slide over the pin so it will lock the case in the holder.

Short answer is yes

Thank you sir for whatever reason I couldn’t figure out how to install the shell holder, yes I’ll admit I was a idiot in the moment. Just got done trimming 100 pieces of 264 win mag and must say it was super consistent, got mine as new old stock and am happy I did.

I am unaware of any aftermarket triggers or trigger guards for the AB3. Your question actually got me curious, so I did a minor Google search and was unable to come up with any hits other than a spring replacement. I mean Timney makes a trigger replacement for the X-Bolt but not the A-Bolt. I'm kind of surprised that there isn't any options for a trigger replacement on this rifle as it has been out for several years starting with the A-Bolt, the A-Bolt II, and now the AB3. I guess other than these 2 parts being plastic the trigger is one of the best I've ever had on a rifle with its almost lack of creep and very crisp break. For this reason that the trigger is so good, maybe other trigger manufacturers figured they didn't want to make a metal version that could so easily be worse than what came stock.

@@ctu7070 I could only found a spring by Mcarbo and that was it. I really don't like the plastic but I guess if it works, why worry about it. I don't reload and have tried Hornady American WT and EDLX, and the AB3 seems to be more accurate with the WT than the EDLX. Have you tried the Accubonds? Randy Wakeman's video on the 270 showed great accuracy with the Accubonds. I don't reload, so will have to buy factory ammo. Thanks for the reply! Have a good one!

No they don't make any yet . I've even called browning

@@mackenziejones4890 I called them as well, and they didn’t seem interested in making a metal one.

Thanks for the questions. To be honest I don't have a clue how hard it is to change the bolt handle and whether you need a special tool or not. I haven't changed my bolt handle and without deciding to do so I have no clue if it is an easy procedure or not. I did try to do some research to see if I could find some aftermarket handles, so I could see if the sellers had an installation guide to get an idea how hard this change would be. Unfortunately all the aftermarket handles I was able to find the seller's websites didn't have an installation guide for me to look at. Sorry I couldn't give you a definitive answer to either of your questions at this time.

Thanks for pointing this out. I have had issues in the past with some videos being fine and others the sound cuts in and out or seems really quiet. I have been wanting to redo these videos since I now have a dedicated camera for doing my videos. Unfortunately I haven't had the time to put out any new content or redo any older videos that there are technical issues with. These last few months with work have been some serious trying times and I'm ready for things at work to go back to normal so I don't have to work what feels like around the clock.

The pilots are numbered on their faces 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 15, 19 and correlate to common popular caliber sizes of .223, 6mm/.243, .270, 7mm, .30, .38, and 45. The one issue I have with the number is the only way to distinguish between the #6 & #9 is to compare them side by side or to measure with a caliper. I really wish they would have numbered them with a line under the 6 & 9 for easy reference. If you're needing to trim a different caliber than these you can purchase separate pilots to fit your needs. I hope this helps and if you have any other questions, I will do my best to answer them.

@@ctu7070 thank you for the prompt response. I wish the numbers meant something.

Glad you liked it

Hell ya! I bought 2 of the battery combo kits and got the router (free) with one and the belt sander (free) with the other. I plan on getting the XTR 5 tool combo in the future.

I would actually buy the battery combo kit for $149 which comes with the fast charger and (2) 4 amp-hour batters and then you can get the jigsaw for free. This will get you a second charger counting the one in the 5 tool XTR combo kit, plus it will save you almost $70 dollars. To get the battery combo kit at the $149 it looks like you will have to buy it by November 17th.

Thanks. Ya it would be nice if they did, but it is pretty straight forward how to install it once you watch a video where someone has done it before.

Glad to hear your left ear enjoyed it.....lol I was doing a lot of videos with a knockoff GoPro hooked directly into my laptop and sometimes I would get good audio and sometimes I wouldn't. I noticed a video I did today with my Canon EOS 90D with a Rode video mic attached that the audio is better, but only comes through on the right headphone. Gonna have to look into why this is happening when I am recording in 1080p all audio should be in stereo.

Happy to help

Very nice score!!!!

Thanks for letting me know about the audio issue. I will be doing a new video with better audio.

Thanks for letting me know about the audio issue. I will be doing a replacement video with better audio.

Awesome...I couldn't believe they didn't have one yet, but like the guy said they aren't on the website and if you find them in the store you're lucky since they are brand new, but thank you for sharing that video.

Thanks for explaining that and I can't wait to test that feature out to see how well it works

No problem man, if you're on Facebook kobalt has a great community group page.

Thank you. I intend to keep uploading and thanks for the suggestion of using FollowSM.com. I will look into that.

Tony ND thank you for your questions. Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, but I currently have a video loading that will hopefully answer your questions. If you have anymore questions about the rifle or anything else you would like to know more about ask away and I will do my best to answer any questions you may have.

I shoot 162gr Hornady SST with 59.1gr of IMR 4831. I came up with this load by doing an optimal weight charge (OCW) work up after I did a complete barrel break-in by shooting 1 round and then running a brush through the barrel using solvent and 3-5 dry patches for the first 5 rounds and then after every 5 rounds after that I ran just 1 patch with solvent and 3-5 dry patches through the barrel until I had fired 50 rounds. I then continued to fire rounds until I reached copper equilibrium inside the barrel and was able to determine this by using my chronograph through the whole process. You will notice through this process that your velocities will level off and be pretty consistent. Now it was time to do my OCW and if you're not familiar with that process you can check it out here optimalchargeweight.embarqspace.com/ocw-instructions/4529817134 - I didn't like the idea of using the group closest to the bullseye because it didn't seem to make sense to me when that group had the largest group and the largest extreme spread, but I did notice something of my 6 groups that made more sense since I was looking for my barrel harmonics. What I noticed was there were 3 groups that were on the same plane in the same quadrant of the target that I could literally lay the groups directly on top of each other, so I chose the powder charge in the middle. This gives me wiggle room if my charges are slightly higher or lower than what I am loading for. I have since played around with headspacing (making sure they are all the same) and bullet seating depth and I have always used a bullet concentricity tool to eliminate bullet runout and I am currently shooting between .3 - .5" groups all day long. I still need to dip into neck turning to see if I can tighten those groups up some more, but only time will tell.