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    The new Athlon Ares BTR G3 2.5-15x50, initials, and ongoing thoughts.

    I was curious to do a comparison with my Ares BTR G3 2.5-15 and my new March DFP 1.5-15x42 so I did one this morning. Keep in mind this March was a tad less than $3000 and this Ares can be had for less than $600 now that it's been out a while. Here's my opinions; Let's start with the turrets...
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    Maggie’s What's Your View II

    A bull visiting the drinker which is near my airgun range. I have rocks behind each spinner so no projectiles leave my property. It's almost dark so it's tough to make out the targets.
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    6 ARC Longevity

    22" barrel, I get 95 SMK at 2924 fps out of my 6mmFatRat which is an AI'd 6.5G Lapua case. I've used 105's and the juice isn't worth the squeeze when compared. Mainly it's surprising how much tamer the recoil impulse is and no different in wind drift because slightly less BC but going faster...
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    Is the .17HMR really much better than .22LR for varmints?

    I reloaded for 5.7x28 for a while and it was a PITA for these reasons; #1 only a 10th of grain over charge would blow primers and a little below max pressure would shorten case life a lot. That meant measuring every powder charge to being almost perfect and a slower load. #2 the darn cases...
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    Is the .17HMR really much better than .22LR for varmints?

    Darn, wouldn't you know it!
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    Is the .17HMR really much better than .22LR for varmints?

    I can see why the Hornet based cartridges would be a tougher one to get to feed but one based off 221FB should be easy to do, especially the AI version since it's almost a straight case. If they would design the action to take a chamber bevel at the end of the barrel that would solve a lot of...
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    New scope for a western hunt?

    It does feel that way sometimes. Had a IOR go down during a match, and a March 5-42 that had poor IQ at 42x. Had a Bushnell 8-32 AO with lash go back, a Bushnell 6-18 quit, a USO 3.2-17 with just about the worst IQ that I've seen, a S&B 3-20 which had to be sent back twice, and I'm sure more...
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    Rifle Scopes March 5-42 Gen 2 PRS Edition – FML-WBR or FML-MT? Seeking feedback from those who've switched from tree reticles

    Seems PRS shooters have become super efficient at dialing fast and refining economy of motion! I would have, well did, time out on occasion if I dialed the whole stage. As it was back then I'd hold over much of the time unless it was a fixed distance. I never won a bigger match but I got 2nd a...
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    Is the .17HMR really much better than .22LR for varmints?

    If I was made of money I'd buy a Anschutz 1727F in 17 hmr just because I like that action so much. The cartridge not near as. I shot a crow at est 160-170 yards with a Ruger 17 hmr and it flew off even though it looked like a halfway decent hit. Probably a low hit but not much oomph left out...
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    Is the .17HMR really much better than .22LR for varmints?

    If there ever was a nifty centerfire varmint cartridge when considering these - low recoil, flat trajectory, ease of hand loading, common components, high precision, low barrel heat per rounds shot in succession, and long barrel life, it'd have to be 20 Vartarg or the AI version. These based off...
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    Is the .17HMR really much better than .22LR for varmints?

    I've been bothering him for years about this subject. This is something that's missing in the varmint world as far as repeaters go. I'm sure it's a low demand thing so not much money to be made. However they'd still sell decently.
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    Is the .17HMR really much better than .22LR for varmints?

    Yeah on that, and a few more reasons I sold my 17's, well except for my A17.
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    Is the .17HMR really much better than .22LR for varmints?

    Oh how I wish my CZ 527 in 20VT AI had 10 round mags that fed those 32 grainers, going 3760 fps, perfectly. Or someone, you know like that dude of former Vudoo fame, would make us a super short custom action, and custom mags, for short cartridges. There's few guns left that I really would...
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    New scope for a western hunt?

    I sold a friend one of my SWFA 3-15's six months before what I'm about to say had happened. He had been shooting as I rounded the corner and he's giving me a miffed look. Another friend standing close to him says hey his turret came off in his hand and sure enough it had broke off! I said the...
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    New scope for a western hunt?

    I used to have the NXS 2.5-10x24 on my AR for years. Not a bad scope but not great either, worth the money to me, maybe at first, then the years went by. IQ not that good, no parallax adjustment, BDC, and other things that I wasn't enthused about. It didn't break so there's that. I found the...
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