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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.- Carl
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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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...- Carl
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- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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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?
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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
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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How important is it?
I've only ever seen it happen yards downrange, never a few inches from the muzzle. I'd speculate it takes some time at high rpm before the bullet can spin itself into a full failure.- Carl
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- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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Silencers, barrel length and cartridges
Definitely depends on the can, most Thunderbeasts are pretty tolerant but if I recall the Dominus has more restrictions than the rest. My next hunting focused barrel will be in the 17-18" range I believe. I've "hunted" with a 24" barrel and 9" can. Crazy long, but it was a rancher style hunt...- Carl
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- Forum: Gear, Gear Deals & Gear Talk
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What is your ideal, long range target rifle build?
If I ever decide to make the time in June to shoot the Nightforce ELR, I would need to build something and I think it'd come down to the 7 PRCW or 7 PRC. 180 Berger's seem the most likely to please by reputation, but I'd be open to seeing how the 184 Berger, 180 and 190 Hornady, or 183 Sierra... -
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What is your ideal, long range target rifle build?
1000 yd paper punching is a pretty mature competition space (1000 yd benchrest) and the latest nationals equipment list I saw shows 6 BRA as the most popular option with 6 Dasher a close second. Berger and Vapor Trail bullets are both well represented. PRS competition I'm much more personally...
