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Refurbishing or new rifle?

I have the following rifle

- GA Precision 513
- .260 Remington Templar Action
- Tuned Remington Trigger
- 24" Bartlein 1-8 barrel MTU
- Tubb Brake
- Surgeon Bottom Metal
- Manners T5 Adjustable Stock
- Front Picatinny Rail
- 6 Flush cups
- 3, 10 round AW mags

I never competed but have enjoyed shooting it to the point that I have finally shot out the barrel. In hindsight, I think I made a bad choice picking the 260 over the 6.5 CM. I was wondering if the right answer isn't to just re-barrel the rifle into 6.5 and call it a day or if there would be much benefit in kind of doing a bigger rebuild. I could re-barrel, pull the action and bottom metal and drop it in a lighter weight chassis or lighter stock.

In another thread, I took everyone's advice and just recently sent in my PM2 to have it worked on and I am changing the reticle to the GRID.

My other option in all this is just to go new rifle. I would prefer to keep my total cost around $3k but I am not sure if this is doable?

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Explaining Bullet Selection to Your Average Shooter

How much does bullet choice matter?

  • Hardly at all, just hit your target in the right place.

    Votes: 2 8.7%
  • Some, but accuracy matters more.

    Votes: 5 21.7%
  • Depends on the scenario.

    Votes: 12 52.2%
  • I have a different choice of bullet for every task I might ask of my gun.

    Votes: 6 26.1%

I was at the local range the other weekend, and happened to be there in the middle of a demonstration from a wildlife conservation researcher heralding the benefits of lead free bullets for hunting. I mostly tried to keep to myself, but the gentleman presenting came over with a local newspaper reporter after noticing I was tagging the 500 yard steel, and asked me if I'd be willing to comment about what I was shooting, the bullets I was using, and why I picked that particular bullet.

I happened to be shooting Sierra SMK that day, and so commented on the features I appreciated: good, consistent BC, reasonable cost, consistently available both locally and online, good effect on target at the distances I use the rifle at. They asked why I picked them over something like a Barnes bullet (the bullet they happened to be hyping that day). I told them I had used Barnes LRX bullets before, and just hadn't gotten the results I wanted, both accuracy and target effect wise. The researcher seemed frustrated that I wasn't corroborating his claims, but I wasn't about to lie, especially since my name was going to be attached to my comments.

But since then, I've been thinking some about how to explain bullet choice to folks who aren't in the know about bullet construction, and how to coach people into picking the right bullet for their application. Marketing has turned BC into one of the primary selling points for bullets designed for any purpose, but if I'm hunting dangerous game, or shooting through barriers to hit my targets, BC is likely a tertiary concern.

How would you approach starting a discussion about how to pick the right bullet for a task with someone who's a complete beginner?

Sidearms & Scatterguns Long Range Shotgun Advice

I'll preface this by saying I am 99% a rifle shooter and only use my shotgun when attempting to shoot waterfowl during the hunting season.
Historically I've found shotguns to be kinda hopeless for hunting anything other than birds on the wing or short range small game, preferring to use a 22lr or 17hmr.
I'm not in the USA so things like turkey hunting aren't a normal thing for me, so sorry if this is a simple question.

Basically wanting to know what choke and/or shot combinations would be best for extended range shooting, looks like most guys are using a pretty small shot size (5 or 6) for turkeys and keeping the range short, I'd like to be able to shoot a turkey/rabbit/peacock reliably out to 60-70 yards if that's possible.
Effectively looking for 22lr range that is capable of shooting through light brush/scrub/foliage and still be safe for shooting high angle shots (no slugs etc)

I've been asked by a land owner to help clean up some peacocks that have over taken his property, I've tried a few different guns and my 870 is definitely the best option (mostly due to safety reasons otherwise 223 would be the go) but have a few issues where trying to shoot them through brush/scrub where a the foliage seems to deflect a lot of the shot, or am encountering them at slightly longer distances.
Peacocks seem to be a pretty tough bird soaking up 22lr even at close range, but #2 steel did the trick if I had a clear shot.

SOLD Sell or Trade: .260 Impact Prefit Brux #4 Barrel. W/ Brass & Bullets.

SOLD
I edited this post as this barrel with brass and bullets is all that is left.

.260 Brux barrel chambered by SPR (Bugholes) / Impact 737 action / Black Cerakote. 24”, 1:8, #4 contour, ($750). 157 rounds on barrel.
APA micro brake ($165)
100 pc new in box Lapua brass. ($100)
200+ Berger 140gr VLD Hunter bullets. ($110)
Barrel w/ brake, brass and bullets is $550 OBO shipped in CONUS. PP FF preferred.

Trades:
Barnes 112 6mm match burners
Tubb 115 DTAC
Berger 80.5 .224 full bore
77SMK
130 Berger AR hybrid
RCBS charge master or similar
Barrel blanks .264 and .243
Other Impact barrels
Quality red dot small optics (Aimpoint T2 size and smaller)
Rem 700 action or Savage Mdl 10 action with accutrigger and top bolt release.
Maybe other stuff.
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I‘m simplifying things and moving to two calibers for PRS. I have three prefit barrels available for impact actions. Also have bullets, brass and a McMillan hunting stock (game hunter) for an Impact action I no longer need. Packages priced aggressively. Good deals here. Really don’t want to separate packages.

AVAILABLE:
(KEEPING) .308 Brux barrel cut by L. Racine in NH. (Barrel cut with action in hand).
28”, 1:10, match chamber, heavy Palma, threaded with Area 419 brake.
571 rnds through barrel. Absolute hammer w/ 175gr SMK and Varget - 2786fps.
1200 Sierra SMK bullets (2 500ct boxes and 200 in an opened box). Each box is a different lot.
Barrel w/ brake and bullets $850 shipped in CONUS.

(SOLD). 6.5 Creed Proof prefit barrel.
26”, 1:8, competition contour, threaded with Area 419 Comp Brake.
Ran only 147gr Hornady ELD-M @ 2732fps. No exploding bullets. Very accurate combo. I’ve had many custom 6.5C barrels and these proof prefits will run with any of them.
237 rounds through this barrel.
1500+ (not counting but you’ll come out ahead) Hornady 147gr ELDM bullets. These are from a 2k bullet case.
Barrel w/ brake and bullets $850 shipped.

(SOLD) McMillan Game Scout stock, adj. comb with Impact inlet. Lug area bedded by Larry Racine In NH.
APA hunting bm- accepts aics pattern mags. Has a short arca in front of mag well and picatinny at end of stock.
Harris bipod in pic not included, but can be if interested. +$100
Stock and bottom metal is $650 shipped.
Buy barrel, brass and stock for $1100 shipped.

I can provide any additional pics or answer any questions. PM or feel free to text at 413-561-three three four one.
Thanks for looking, Nick
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Accessories Dumping a bunch of gear, most brand new or hardly used

Selling some shit that has just been sitting - all shipping will be USPS priority if it fits or Fedex if its bigger.

PM trumps posts.

I accept PP f&f or venmo

1 - Elcan Specter 1-4 7.62 - $1500 Shipped
2 - NXS 5.5-22 MOAR w/ rings - $1150 Shipped SOLD
3 - Leupold mk4 spotter (NO SLIK + cats eye and cover) Does have Leupold cover - sold
4 - Hornady 4dof kestrel brand new - $380 shipped
- SOLD
5 - Larue harris bipod with spikes - $240 shipped
6- Seekins 300blk upper (no bcg or CH) low round count - $420 shipped SOLD
7 - Larue SPOTR - $150 shipped Sold
8 - RRS TVC-34L mk1 with leveling base $1250 shipped SOLD
9 - Carbon Manfrotto 055 - $330 shipped -Sold
10 - Aluminum Manfrotto 055 - $180 shipped
11 - Vortex small tripod - $40 shipped - Sold
12 - Vortex bubble level - $20 shipped - SOLD
13 - HSG taco - $50 shipped - SOLD
14 - JPC 2.0 medium $200 shipped
15 - HRD area rail for AI AX - $75 shipped
16 - rifles only sling - $50 shipped - SOLD
17 - cheapo 2 point sling - $20 shipped
18 - Eberlestock laptop bag - $130 shipped Sold
19 - Weibad fortune cookie - $50 shipped - SOLD

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  • Poll
How Many Dicks has Lindsey Graham Sucked

How Many Dicks has Lindsey Graham Sucked?

  • Lindsey Graham has only sucked one dick

    Votes: 1 2.0%
  • Only sucked <5 democrat dicks

    Votes: 1 2.0%
  • Lindsey Graham doesn't suck dick, but @rustyinbend loves dick(s)

    Votes: 1 2.0%
  • Lindsey Graham and @rustyinbend both suck every dick they can, because they're cocksuckers

    Votes: 15 30.0%
  • Lindsey Graham has sucked every dick except mine

    Votes: 24 48.0%
  • Orangemanbad

    Votes: 4 8.0%
  • Marco Rubio wishes he could suck a dick as good as Lindsey Graham

    Votes: 17 34.0%

What say you?

Night Vision InfiRay T2 Pro

We get contacted by a lot of companies to "try" or "buy" a host of different electronics. Everything from OEM laser rangefinders to the most common request now being night vision and thermal products. So this is the first time for me to entertain one of these such requests as in my eyes, the price has come down and the quality has increased enough to see a difference.

InfiRay has reached out regarding their mini and micro Thermal units and last week I received them in the mail. Unfortunately, the same day they arrived I was sick as hell but recovered quick enough to start piecing things together.

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Both of these units will attach no problem to my NF 4-16x, and the setup was super easy and straightforward. The view through the scope was excellent as well giving the micro-unit a big appearance in the scope.
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My initial thoughts through a pair of glassy eyes are certainly one of appreciation. I was not expecting the units to feel so solid and not plastic or cheap. Controls are solids, buttons respond well, and in the limited early context, I think these were worth the time to explore deeper.

The Company is offering an Influencer Package, I will post the details below, and understand this is just my first few days with everything.

  • The Introduction of InfiRay T2 Pro:
  • 2.1 First step, reply to this post with your hunting experiences, interested hunting games, main hunting gears (such as bow, or rifle, AR15, etc.), thermal cameras type(scopes, monocular, binoculars, clip on, if brand is InfiRay, please specify) .
  • T2 Pro Experience Officer Recruitment Period:
Recruitment Period:July 1, 2022 – August 30, 2022

Announcement Date:September 5, 2022


Qualification of Candidates:

4.1 A hunting lover who has published at least five influential posts the forum of Snipershide.com.

4.2 Own a Youtube channel, Facebook account, Instagram, or other social media.

4.3 Demonstrating experiences of thermal scopes and thermal cameras.

4.4 At least 18 years of age.


T2 Pro Experience Officer Recruitment Quantity:

Select at most 20 officers from the candidates.

T2 Pro Experience Officer Responsibilities:

6.1 After receiving the product, the Experience Officer should leave a public review post on the Snipers Hide forum within 15 days to share their experiences with the T2 Pro.

6.2 The review content published on the forum must be self-made and include at least six pictures and a video longer than 2 minutes. The T2 Pro also must be included in the post content.

6.3 Unbiased comparison with T2Pro and other thermal cameras in the market.

Share the videos and pictures on Snipershide Forum.​

6.4 All uploads by participants can be legally used by InfiRay for future marketing promotions.

6.5 The post content must be self-made. Do not reproduce or illegally use the works of others. Participants who fail to follow this will be held legally liable.

6.6 This event is also being conducted on InfiRay’s Facebook and Instagram.

6.7 InfiRay reserves the right for final interpretation of the content hereinabove.

Stronlgy recommend to use the keywords InfiRay, T2 Pro.


The T2 Pro Experience Officer’s benefits:

Fulfill the responsibilities above:

7.1 The officers can keep this InfiRay’s latest product T2 Pro thermal monocular (Valued $400) for free.

7.2 Become a member of InfiRay’s influencer program, have a chance test InfiRay new products.

7.3 Get a mystery gift valued at $100(10 out of 20).​

Firearms Sold

Bighorn TL3, DLC.

Krieger 4 groove, MTU, cut 24”.
Has a .0275 neck and .0140” freebore.
Cut for 3/4” x 24 threads, comes with a 419 Sidewinder.

Will throw in a Forrester sizing die and 100 pieces of Peterson brass.

This has 326 rounds on it. It is taken apart but can install barrel if preferred.

This is like new, with zero marks.
Asking $2600 shipped to your FFL.

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Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776

Thomas Jefferson wrote this document that was adopted by congress to signal America’s rebellion from a tyrannical state ruled by King George III. Fighting against British soldiers has already started months earlier.

Do not forget that those that wanted freedom from the crown were considered extremists at the time not only by the crown but also by their peers. It’s no different today.

July 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.


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Jonathon Ciener

I was considering sending a Money Order to the Ciener website until I looked it up on Snipers Hide.
I called the number and a person answered.
He sounded a bit older and seasoned. I asked a questioned him on what I wanted and he proceeded to chew my ass
For not reading the parts list.
I’m glad that I looked it up before sending a USPS money order.
I did some looking around and found BlackDog magazines. Just what I was needing. A magazine for a mini 14 converted to 22lr.
NTXhunter

Happy Birthday America...........

Happy Birthday America........

This may sound a little strange........the America that I grew up in is gone..........I am close to 68 years.......young/old......I am now retired......and the country I grew up in, served, has now gone to hell.....
I grew up in the 1960's.....in a small town of 700 people.........a time when a six year boy could leave home in the morning on his bike, and the only rule was "be home before the street lights come on"...........
Sunday dinner was always at Grandma's house, and dinner was almost always fried chicken........I have never figured how she cooked it.............cast iron skillet, glass lid............the best chicken I ever had.......by the way..........mom was born in 1927.........no idea when Grandma was born, but they lived thru the depression....Grandma also made great pies, cakes.........always from scratch ..........they had a big garden, and fruit trees, so there was always canning, making jams and jelly.........and one thing I remember was her making Sauerkraut in a crock in the basement..........Grandpa taught me about life, what a person should do, and not do.......how to fish.........he didn't hunt, but always told me if I was to kill an animal, to do it in a manner so as not to let the animal suffer...........gas was .25 a gallon, a dozen eggs were also .25.........
I graduated in a class of 30 people...........next year will be the 50th anniversary of our graduating class........I'm old, but I can still hit what I point my gun at...........at my age, a life sentence is is not much of a deterrent...........nobody gets any of my guns..........if we have to do the 1776 thing again.............I say bring it, I'm getting tired of the shit.........

246 years tomorrow.........God Bless America.........