Recent content by DownhillFromHere

There is no sense in hanging a $300 (Atlas) - $800 (CKye-pod) bipod off a sling stud. The stud will far and away be the weak link. If you want to use the stud, get a new Harris or find a used one (avoid knock-offs, even flimsier than the sling stud), replace the tension knob with a Pod-Loc, and...

Yeah, I didn't think about loading magazines with extensions on them. I'm fortunate that my particular Vudoo reliably feeds from my two (discontinued) 15-round mags, which of course have buttons to depress the followers for all rounds loaded. I can relate to the value of a tool to assist...

There was a guy on my match squad this past weekend who timed out on first two stages because of feeding issues with his Vudoo. I asked him how he was loading his magazines. Puzzled, he said he just pushed down the side button and dropped in the cartridges. Sigh. Exactly opposite of what Paul...

@Geno C. - Given your cited expertise in ELR, would you say the 3rd-gen Razor 6-36x56 is decent for what OP wants to do? If there's a better choice for him, I'd like to know what that is and why, since I led him to order the Razor from EuroOptic and maybe he can return the Razor unopened for...

@jdip23 , you don't make any mention of how much experience you have with precision rifles (or any other discipline/firearm platform). So - assuming you're just starting out, a couple of observations. I'm coming at this from over 60 years of shooting about anything that expels something from a...

Awesome. I think you'll be happy. If not, it's easy to sell these scopes. Interestingly, I found my gen-3 Razor's magnification range to be a limiting factor at CLOSE range. I had one on my Vudoo .22LR. In two matches, there were stages where I needed to do holdovers inside 100 yards. If I...

My experience shooting a mile is limited. I've done it a few times with a 6.5CM when it was wearing the ZCO 5-27x56. I could definitely see hits on white-painted steel. I could usually see splash in dirt around the plate. A more powerful scope could be useful in this application. I haven't run...

You've had several good recommendations here. With that said - the gen-3 Vortex Razor 6-36x56 is arguably the best value available today. I have three of them. I also have a ZCO 5-27x56, which you may recognize as one of the top-tier scopes. These and others (Zeiss, Burris, Nightforce, I think...

Sigh. Rifle is zeroed at 50 yards. Or 100. Or whatever. Whether the scope is mounted on a flat rail or 50MOA rail, the zero is 50 yards and elevation is calculated from that zero. The rail angle has nothing whatsoever to do with that elevation - all it does is add its angle to the scope's upper...

If OP is only going to 200 yards, 8 mils or 25 MOA of "up" from a 50-yard zero is all that's needed - which pretty much any half-decent scope, let alone a good scope, is going to provide mounted on a flat rail. Do.Not.Shim. Unless a shim is manufactured with tight tolerance to match the contour...

As usual, @spife7980 speaks truth. It's the blanket statement "[a]ny 223. Cci made the 400s for light loads" to which I object. I did "try reading a reloading book." Multiples. Plus powder vendor web sites. My old Speer manual specifically delineates between CCI400 and 450 based on powder and...

I had a Tikka Varmint in .223 that would flatten and crater CCI 400s with the mildest loads - mild enough to get carbon soot down the case body. But they never pierced. CCI 450s would flatten with moderate loads. I can speculate why that rifle was such a pita wrt handloads but I don't know for...

I inadvertently loaded a small batch of .223s with CCI 450s instead of the usual CCI400 (75ELDM and IMR 8208XBR). No real significant change... slightly higher SD. I speculated in my earlier post that small case capacity might contribute to difficulty achieving low ES/SD. Slightly rethinking...

I appreciate your taking the time to specify "clean ethical kill." I quit hunting years ago, as have quite a few of the guys I used to hunt with (those still on the sunny side of the ground). We'd rather just watch 'em fly or mosey around. I realized 30+ years ago that it was the shooting skill...

I took a quick look at the 3.3-18 Burris XTRIII offerings at EuroOptic. Looks like they're on sale for $1000. You state that's about double your budget. Ok, you might look at the Athlon Midas Tac 6-24x50, which is just over $500. I strongly suggest you CALL @gr8fuldoug at CameralandNY about this...