First, I got my second die set from WTC (first was 50 BMG, now 375 CT) and this thread is not about the dies per se, but rather about WTC recs to NOT use water soluble lubes (most of them including RCBS) because they can cause rust inside the die. They recommend STP oil additive +/- dilution with 20% 30 weight motor oil (because STP is so thick). I've been using this and it works great but this is the first time in my 30+ years reloading that I came across this suggestion. Would 90 weight gearbox oil work too? Because I have leftover of that from my motorcycle maintenance days.

Next, for (occasional) primer pocket cleaning, I used to use the RCBS wire thingies, but a while back I just started using a PP uniformer set at factory specs. It doesn't engage the brass of the PP, but it does clean the carbon down to a uniform depth very nicely, and I don't worry about it gouging the sides or going too deep.

Maybe I'm late to the party on one or both of these things. Opinions and experiences invited.

I’ve got a blank for sale:

Barlein 6.5mm 5R Barrel Blank
1-8 twist
Medium Palma
Blank is 25” long

$375 obo shipped or
face to face in Central Texas

Long time member here but haven’t been real active lately as I don’t really shoot matches anymore.
-Adam

WTS turn-key varmint rig in excellent condition: Volquartsen 17 WSM with carbon barrel, carbon fiber stock, 4 mags, Badger rings, S&B Classic Mildot 4-16 (heavy rings marks from the Tenaebrex cover install), 3550 rounds of various ammo (2900 rounds of AE 20gr Tipped Varmint, 250 rounds of 25gr Win Varmint HE, 500 rounds of Hornady 20gr VMAX).
Price - $3750 shipped to FFL
Trades - NONE
Terms - NOT SPLITTING UP PACKAGE
Payment - cash, USPS MO, cashier’s check (it will need to clear first)

100 pieces of once fired Lapua brass $85 shipped
100 pieces of once fired Norma brass $35 shipped
200 pieces of once fired Hornady brass $35shipped per 100 pieces
100 Pieces of once fired Hornady 300 win mag brass $65 shipped.

Recently picked up an OCL Polonium and am a fan, aside from all the salty hot lead in my face. Currently have been using it on a 16" barrel with a mid length gas system and a .750 low-profile gas block. In general I should be able to use a can on it for most of the ranges and what I go to, but I imagine there might some times I'll run it without the can on it. The Riflespeed AGB looks cooler and I like the idea of the adjustability without a tool. If I've read correctly on some other posts here aside form the AGB I'd likely need a straight gas tube as well, which they sell. The other option would be a Superlative AGB, which a few friends have recommended, though there's a lot of hand guard for the accompanying tool to go down past (and I half assume it'll get lost at some point.)

Anything else I should have in mind in choosing between the two of them, or is there any other option I should check out?

I have 2500 Berger 6mm 105 hybrids for sale. They are in boxes of 500 and are all the same lot.
$200 per box of 500 shipped or face to face in Central Texas.

Thanks,
Adam L

New Zealand Navy ship caught fire and sank in the Pacific Ocean
New Zealand’s navy has suffered its first peacetime ship loss since World War II when the $100 million multi-role support vessel HMNZS Manawanui ran aground off the southern coast of Upolu Island, Samoa, caught fire and eventually sank—triggering an environmental disaster in the process.
With all 75 passengers and crew evacuated, the vessel’s loss brings fresh scrutiny to the leadership under its openly lesbian commanding officer, Commander Yvonne Gray.
The Manawanui, originally built in Norway and repurposed for New Zealand’s Royal Navy with a substantial $103 million investment, was conducting a seabed survey mission when it hit a reef, according to maritime news outlet gCaptain.

Another consequence of DEI hiring initiatives?
NZ Navy’s HMNZS Manawanui has run aground off the coast of Samoa during a reef survey. All 75 crew and passengers safely evacuated, but the vessel caught fire and has sunk. Rescue operations were conducted by Samoan emergency… pic.twitter.com/TqyOJACZWv
— The Based Dude (@thebaseddude) October 5, 2024

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Onboard were not only sailors but also civilian scientists and foreign personnel.
During a high-stakes nighttime evacuation, the crew was forced to abandon ship under perilous conditions, with life rafts tossed in violent seas and some occupants scrambling to reach shore through rough waters.
Three crew members required medical attention, with one for a dislocated shoulder and another for a back injury.

Any of you guys into dirtbikes? I’m looking at getting my 12yr old son his first bike. He was on a friends farm last week and picked it up pretty quick on a small pit bike. I could use some guidance though and have a a lot of questions.

Anybody flying around the disaster AO in fixed wing ultralight airplanes? Doing recon/scout/messenger/light pax duty?

2 seat Quicksilver can be maybe available. Radio comms problematic, but please advise.

$1450 shipped

Had a MPA 22LR in it. Decided to go a different route.

Some scuffs from competition use but works perfectly. Internal weights and competition side rail kit with 4 Gray Ops steel inserts and 2 aluminum inserts. Also has but stock weight. The side rails are awesome by the way.
REM 700 SA Right hand
Bipod not included.
$900 shipped

Factory built Vudoo 360 barreled action cerakoted in green. About 800rds down the barrel. Shoots lights out. Full transparency I bought a lot of Norma 22lr ammo and the case rim thickness is a little too thick for this setup and you have to cycle the bolt harder than I'd like with that ammo. I am not interested in buying a bunch of new 22lr ammo to figure out what works best, so I'm going to let it go.

- Ace MTU barrel, threaded, 22"
- EC tuner
- 20 MOA rail
- 1x L3i Elite 10rd magazine w/height adjustable mag catch
- 3x Vudoo 10rd polymer mags

asking $1799

https://geissele.com/hurricane-relief-drive.html

Just got this Geissele email and I wanted to share this with everyone here who didn't get the email. Geissele is helping Samaritan's Purse charitable organization raise money for the hurricane victims and 100% of the money raised is going to charity! Geissele is also giving away 10 of their rifles and they created donation packages that give you rifle raffle tickets AND a free Geissele AR15 trigger! It's a win/win all around, and it's a pretty great deal if you want to help donate money to the hurricane victims and get a new trigger for your rifle.

A $20 donation gets you 1 ticket for the rifle raffle, a free Geissele hat, and free bottle of of ALG Go-Juice

A $100 donation gets you 5 tickets for the rifle raffle and a free Geissele SSA trigger

A $160 donation gets you 8 tickets for the rifle raffle and a free Geissele SSA-E trigger

A $200 donation gets you 10 tickets for the rifle raffle and a free Geissele SSA-EX trigger

The most important part is that 100% of the funds raised goes directly to Samaritan's Purse to help the hurricane victims! Right now it sounds like Geissele and Samaritan's Purse are doing more to help the hurricane victims than FEMA, so please donate if you're able to! This fundraising drive ends October 11th, which is this Friday.

A while back, I decided that I wanted to go with barrels that would stand up to hard use a bit better than the run of the mill Ballistic Advantage or Roscoe type barrels and decided to go with Criterion.

I went with a 14.5 Core to run with a 10x scope, a 13.9 Core to run with an ACOG and a 12.5 Hybrid to run with a red dot and suppressed. The 12.5 gets the hardest use.

I don't handload anymore and when hunting for ammo, I look for a bang for the buck. I've run 77gr Razor Core, AAC 77gr and some other upper quality heavy rounds. I've also run 55gr V-Max from Black Dot Ammo, AAC 55gr V-Max, ADI 55gr Blitzking, etc.

The best all three barrels will do for me when running the heavier stuff is about 2 MOA. When running the lighter stuff, shooting MOA or better is easy. I can get 2.5 MOA with good M193 and M855.

Is this a characteristic of Criterion barrels or did I just manage to get three barrels that act the same way?

Viktor Bout is dealing weapons again! How do we arm the other eleven?

https://geissele.com/hurricane-relief-drive.html

Just got this Geissele email and I wanted to share this with everyone here who didn't get the email. Geissele is helping Samaritan's Purse charitable organization raise money for the hurricane victims and 100% of the money raised is going to charity! Geissele is also giving away 10 of their rifles and they created donation packages that give you rifle raffle tickets AND a free Geissele AR15 trigger! It's a win/win all around, and it's a pretty great deal if you want to help donate money to the hurricane victims and get a new trigger for your rifle.

A $20 donation gets you 1 ticket for the rifle raffle, a free Geissele hat, and free bottle of of ALG Go-Juice

A $100 donation gets you 5 tickets for the rifle raffle and a free Geissele SSA trigger

A $160 donation gets you 8 tickets for the rifle raffle and a free Geissele SSA-E trigger

A $200 donation gets you 10 tickets for the rifle raffle and a free Geissele SSA-EX trigger

The most important part is that 100% of the funds raised goes directly to Samaritan's Purse to help the hurricane victims! Right now it sounds like Geissele and Samaritan's Purse are doing more to help the hurricane victims than FEMA, so please donate if you're able to! This fundraising drive ends October 11th, which is this Friday.

For sale :

Brand New Swarovski 10x42 EL
Never used. bought this year but ended up with pures. Save yourself 600 dollars and grab these.

$1300 Shipped with tracking

Paypal F&F, Zelle, Venmo only.

Don’t let this guy fool you... …He’s 100% Merc.

For all the shills out there claiming that tales of .gov hindrance and malfeasance is a lie, watch this and decide for yourself.

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Looking like a cat 5 hurricane will be hitting the tampa area wed evening thursday morning.
I know a few guys on here live down that way so yall buckle up the house and haul ass outta there
Looking like it will travel across the state and exit into the atlantic.

My Mk12 Mod 1 is close to complete. Just need a barrel, OPS/AE muzzle break and collar. Once I get those checked off the list, next up will be the AEM5. Help me complete my first clone and sentimental build, pretty please. Pretty open on pricing.

Ideally, I'm looking for a barrel from High Caliber Sales or PRI.

Update: All you scammers...go **** yourselves. Ain't gonna work on me. I'm not buying a barrel and muzzle devices from [email protected] from TX. You deleted your account after messaging me, which is as dumb as you are. I'm also not paying you when a simple reverse image search shows you stole a user's photo here and tried to pass it off as yours. In fact, just don't message me if you have no history/feedback here, because I will not answer. This is worse than GAFS.

Assuming that a staff member locked the original thread. Well, y’all were having fun… so let’s continue that.

@Gee Kay you have my password, feel free to change it or use my account to piss off others.

CAF had a show in Dallas this weekend. I got to take a flight on "Thats All Brother" and check out some other great planes.
Lot of history in this C47. They had two others there as well. One is being Turned into a AC47 (Spooky). here are a few pictures of the trip. This C47 made the trip to Normandy this past June for the 80th Anniversary.
Highlight of the flight was when a P51 pulled up on our right side for a photo op. Lot of great folks involved with CAF and a wealth of Knowledge. Lot of younger men and women of all walks of life sharing the history of the people, equipment and planes they flew.
Here's a link to the story on Thats All Brother. https://thatsallbrother.org/

I'm about to install a 6.5cm SS proof research prefit barrel on my Zermatt arms origin action and saw on proofs video on YouTube they use what looks like breakthrough battle born grease on the barrel thread when installing it. Is that grease ok to use instead of an anti seize. Or should I use a copper or silver or some other kimd of anti seize? Everyone seems to have a different opinion and I'm not sure what to use.
Thanks,
Justin

Hello Hide,

Up for sale is my LMT MWS "DMR" rifle with a factory 20" .308 win barrel. It is a phenomenal rifle and this barrel has been a solid 3/4 moa shooter with FGMM 175gn. However, it has not been seeing much use this previous year and I have some other projects that I would like to fund. This rifle was produced at the Milan, IL, plant before the move to Iowa (this is stamped on the lower). This rifle has seen mostly bench shooting use and some tripod hunting, but shows little if any wear (I try to take good care of my stuff). This rifle has never had a single malfunction, but was upgraded with the Slash XH buffer for suppressed shooting. This buffer has not affected the rifle's ability to function without a silencer. This is a factory LM8 rifle, so both the upper and lower have identical anodizing.

I am asking $2,650 shipped to an FFL, via PayPal FtF, Venmo, or Zelle.

Additional arts of note:
LMT .308 DMR stock
LMT enhanced trigger guard
Radian Raptor safety selectors
Geissele Hi Speed National Match Trigger (with additional springs and parts)
Geissele charging handle
Slash XH buffer
LM8 rail covers
Area 419 arca rail
2x LM8 rail section
1x Magpul AR10 SR/LR 20 round mag (if legal in state of purchase)
Dead Air .30 cal Keymo muzzlebrake

Let me know if you have any questions,
Vivacious