Recent content by Carl

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    Spend my Bonus - Part Deux

    I would do #1, quickly find a load that's good enough, then purchase sufficient quantities of those components to last the life of the barrel.
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    Refurbished phones

    https://swappa.com/ I've probably bought a dozen over the years second hand through Swappa for myself, family, and friends. I usually look for current year models that have enough discount to make it worthwhile. There's money to be saved if you're willing to sort through them.
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    Powders question

    Yes, factories have access to powders reloaders don't. With the group size disparity, are you shooting enough rounds to be confident you aren't just seeing noise in the data? Different powders certainly can change precision. There should be a number of powders available that would be good...
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    Tikka vs Bergara

    Tikka w/steel barrel for me.
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    Maven, Leupold, Trijicon, NF

    I have both the RS1.2 and the NX8 4-32 on rifles. Both good, I prefer the Mil-C on the NX8 for NRL Hunter, and the Maven reticle for actual hunting, and the scopes are distributed accordingly. I’ve used most Leupolds and the Tenmile, and personally prefer what I’ve got.
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    6.5 CM as a hunting cartridge... why?

    No doubt. You have more with your 22 Creedmoor/Atip combination?
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    6.5 CM as a hunting cartridge... why?

    Why would you take such offense at minor incremental improvements in case design from almost two decades ago?
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    Bozeman: is it really that bad anymore?

    Is it downtown or something? Bozeman rents aren’t low, but that seems like quite the outlier to me.
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    6.5 CM as a hunting cartridge... why?

    I’ve gone back and forth between that route, and selling the barrel and replacing with a custom. The cost difference isn’t much.
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    6.5 CM as a hunting cartridge... why?

    One is on my short list. Most likely will do it on a Tikka but could rebarrel a Seekins 6 Creedmoor once I’m done with the 6mm barrel.
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    trick my rifle...

    I’d probably start with: - a raised soft recoil pad, vertical grip module, carve out the stock a little so the barrel floats better, and a trigger spring if I couldn’t get near 1.5 lbs without one. Next step: - a scope I trust for dialing, with a matching reticle and good mounts. Next step...
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    Gunwerks

    Kirby built my first custom, a 6.5x284 around 2004. Didn’t really have the money to jump into that end of the pool correctly, but I jumped anyway. I can’t believe how many questions I emailed him, he was remarkably patient.
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    Gunwerks

    There’s been some epic shopping sprees at our local toy store by the well heeled, and I’m no stranger to spending on guns. Even if I had all the money, I’d build what I want vs Gunwerks. Not hating, I just want the control to spec everything just so. I’d probably consider a lathe…
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    Gunwerks

    It certainly gets more than its share of air time. I'm not inherently against it, but the percentage of those who are putting in the work to make good outcomes highly probable is quite small. Federal was using 1000 yard performance on elk as a point of note in their recent release, and the...
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    Gunwerks

    Gunwerks clearly gets a nice multiple on their products due to excellent branding targeting customers who are willing to pay to have the wheat sorted from the chaff for them. I think many of their products and ideas are pretty decent. Their ideal customers are the opposite of rifle geeks...
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