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Leather Suppresor Mirage Shield

I just got my first suppressor a week ago. As I was sighting in my new scope I discovered the heat mirage you get after even a few shots. I experimented with just laying a piece of leather across the top and it worked good for me. So this evening I made something a little bit nicer. It has the two thick strips of leather that are the only pieces touching the suppressor and it also holds the shield up off the suppressor 3/16” or so. I’m hoping that will help with cooling. I’m happy with it so far for what I’m doing.

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Best cartridges for compact bolt actions? (SA or smaller)

Inspired by Aero's recent release of the Solus pistol line, but also because of the rise of more converted mag fed bolt actions and mag fed lever actions.

What Short Action or smaller cartridges do you think make the best candidates for an extremely compact bolt or lever action mag fed rifle?

My mind immediately went to 6.5 Grendel, which has historically shown excellent accuracy and performance in shorter barrels, along with things like .450 bushmaster that offer good large-bore performance and maximize subsonic capability without sacrificing much in the way of accuracy.

as a second question, what do you think are the best usages of these compact platforms?

Seriously? You guys have not sold this out yet?


All my SH gear (hoodies in particular... ) are awesome.

This is the best thing since they did Zippo's and awesome combat blades!

Sirhr

Limited Edition Ya Missed Shirt

New limited edition Ya Missed shirt out now!

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Time to rebarrel?

Hi guys,

Can someone chime in here on whether or not I should be rebarreling? I already have a new bartlein in hand for my ax338, but I'm not sure if it's necessary to make a change yet. I'm leaning more to the side of doing it anyways though because my groups have been opening up.

Couple photos I took through the borescope.

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(that's the one that has me most concerned since there's firecracking on the grooves).
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Thoughts?

Many Thanks on a Devastating Day

Thank you So much for All the Support,

I was devastated yesterday when I got the call early in the morning, I speak to my Mom everyday I am not on the Range, and Monday was no exception. We spoke Monday afternoon, I was just telling her I was coming back to CT for a party they were having in August. She was very happy and asked me to come, which I said I would. She sounded a little off, but about 2 weeks before she got dehydrated and was being looked at. She was back home and planned on calling me Tuesday as usual, we normally speak before she heads too bed.

When Dan called Tuesday morning I knew it was bad, he and I don’t really speak unless it’s important. The Silver lining in my brain, she passed peacefully in her sleep.

It’s crazy cause I always try to make her laugh, I am gonna miss her telling me, “you’re crazy” as I explained to her last month I was too busy to go to a funeral and her only windows where certain times in the Summer. She laughed as she does.

She was incredibly strong for her size, she contracted Good Pastures disease a few years ago and spent 10 months in a coma following a machine from Yale to Bridgeport to NYC, they told her a lot of things after and she beat them all. A few years ago she was with me and had a Stroke, Marc was the first to realize it. Whenever she beat the odds she would say, see I’m the strong one, I honestly thought she would outlive me some times.

I wasn’t even unpacked from Alaska, which seems to be my life lately, tripping from one thing to another.

I’m gonna miss talking to my Mom, she was awesome, I had the best possible childhood with her, she was present and engaged in all aspects of our upbringing, a rare quality today.

Thank you to Everyone, I sincerely appreciate it, and to Laura for being a rock during all this. She is awesome, so don’t cross her while I am gone, she won’t stand for it.
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Firearms Impact 737

Impact 737 action 6.5 Creedmoor, with a proof Carbon fiber barrel done up by Curtis Custom, Manners Hunter light chassis, Grayboe bottom metal, Arca Rail, Boring Rifles titanium muzzle break, 2 MDT steel magazines, 1 Magpul polymer magazine Bix-n-Andy Trigger. Rifle was setup to compete in the NRL Hunter series. I do not have the time to even get close to compete in these. Rifle has less than a hundred rounds down the pipe. Asking $3100 to your FFL

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Question for Ford Mechanics

Noticed some humming coming from the front end. Checked the wheel bearings and the usual culprits which were all normal. This lead me to check out the IWE system.

I checked both front IWEs with my suction pump and both hold pressure and disengage appropriately. So those seem good.

Next I went to trouble shoot the vacuum lines. I’m getting good suction on the drivers side line, and the drivers side IWE stays unlocked in 2WD. However the passenger side vacuum line doesn’t have any suction while in 2WD. And is locking up that IWE.

I can’t figure out for the life of me why one side would have suction, but not the other. To me it looks like one continuous run of tubing. If there was a hole anywhere in the vacuum lines wouldn’t both sides lose suction?

What am I missing??

Some ammo accuracy sharing and a "betcha ain't seen one of these before"

In between lulls in the shooters waiting to shoot I dug an old project out I'd experimented with a few years ago. After hearing a buddy telling a couple of other competitors about it I dug deep into the vault and retrieved it. I had only shot the old Wolf Target in it but it shot amazing well. I kept adding to it as I kept wanting to see how far I could get it to shoot and how accurately way out there. I can't remember now but I do think I was able to get hits at 500 yards but 400 was much more predictible and 350 being really easy.

I had never tried any high end ammo in it but had some Lapua SLR range and tweaked it a bit to get a good 50 yard zero. A buddy that had never seen it before but is a very good shooter was offered the chance to try it out. His first shot was barely off center of the .200 hole in the sighter plate at 50 yard, his next shot perfectly centered it and squeezed part thru. He moved over and shot the last 3 little targets on the humbler rack at 50 yards. They were 3/8", 5/16" and 1/4". Good hits and not barely nicking them. It only holds 5 shots so he reloaded and I had him swing over to the "split the bullet" rack at 50 yards. His first shot went just barely left of the edge, next shot barely right and the 3rd shot split it cleanly. Picture below on that one.

Later on Sunday after most shooters left I loaded 5 in the chamber and dialed 23 minutes and asked Chris to spot the 10" plate at 197 yards. Figured I'd be on the plate but not sure where. Still a little bit of breeze but barely moving the flag tape. Pretty good hit, second shot a tiny bit right of that one but still perfect elevation. The next 3 piled into the group on the right but still nearly perfect elevation. I doubt the total verticle spread is 1 1/2" but closer to probably 1". Could not believe it but it really likes the Lapua SLR.

It has the match chamber and has to have each round seated with a rod, you just can't push hard enough to get them seated to turn the cylinder using your fingers. OH, guess I didn't mention this was a 10" Freedom Arms model 83 silhouette 22lr revolver in a cobbed together contraption that lets me use a bipod on the front and a monopod on the rear. I know, stand on your hind legs and shoot it like a man,this was built for seeing what its capabilities are.

I'm going to check zero one more time but am planning on shooting it at the next longrange match which ends at 250 yards. No idea how it'll do but I'm guessing it won't be in last place. I've spotted nearly 5000 rounds go downrange each month at my matches for many years now and also at the other longrange matches and I'm still firmly convinced a decent gun using high end ammo it likes can be as competitive for these longrange matches as Vudoos, RIm-Xs and the countless customs and better target guns out there. My Son occasionally uses a Savage MK II with Lapua SLR or RWS R-50 and it'll compete with any of the guns at any of the matches. Just sharing this to show you don't have to spend top dollar to go enjoy matches and be competitive.

You can believe what I've said or not, I didn't post this for bragging since we're no better than any of the other shooters in our area but to share some findings. I have no reason to stretch the truth or lie, been plenty of witnesses to verify the results. I held off for years shooting midrange ammo and still do but there is without a doubt a major difference stepping up to the top shelf stuff. I had one competitor this weekend shooting Tac-22 saying it did OK but all he could find quickly for my match. I set the Garmin Chrono up so he could see what his ammo was doing, he was amazed the variation and at each shot he could glance over and see if it was low, high or on the target and see the velocity. Nearly 80fps variation compared to maybe 10 to 12 with the Lapua SLR. It's not as noticible close up but stretching it out on smaller targets and seeing the results will make you a believer.

OK, some pictures of my contraption, first 3 are Bill Moran shooting the little humbler and splitting the bullet on the axe than my 5 shots at 197 yards.
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