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Emotional roller coaster: 6 powder droppers in < 3 years!

I'm trying to avoid disconnecting the wires. I'll figure it out. Thanks for the suggestions! This ATV4 is better than I gave it credit for the first time around. And I know MKM Tyler, he will hook me up.
There is no need to disconnect the wires, just like there is no need for shims/tips or other such nonsense... But that's just my opinion from using my V4 since 2022. .02 is generally one kernel of many powders and .04 is generally about 2, maybe 3 kernels. Well within my tolerance. A world more accurate than my Chargemaster 1500.
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308 Muzzle Velocity with 175gr

I get extractor marks on Lapua brass shooting 180gr Hornady Interlocs, Norma Oryx at 2580 fps. This using a Tikka .308 with a stock 24" barrel. Getting above 2600 with 175gr bullets seem close to the limit to me. Wonder what the Quickload calculations show?
When I use Varget (these days I'm mostly just using AR-Comp) 43.4 grs giving me a hair over 2700 fps where the sweet spot is for my rifle, having a 26" 1:8 heavy Krieger barrel. It's right at what QL says is max SAAMI pressure and I don't get any pressure signs. Here's the QL data I have for that (keeping in mind the burn rate for my lot of Varget has been adjusted to match my chrono data):

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Boeing down in India

If the flaps were not set to the position the aircraft speeds were set for, then they would have had to ignore a checklist and a warning message. Large amounts of dust at rotation to me would indicate getting airborne at the very end of the rwy. Of the various possibilities, I would bet they either based their performance off of the full rwy length and then departed from an intersection, so the length was shorter than planned for. Or they used the wrong/ lighter weight for the performance numbers, forcing them to rotate as the end of the rwy was approaching. Rotation rate looks normal, and it doesn’t look like they had a tail strike, but the rotation continues to too high of a pitch, hence a stall.

Probably never added/went to max thrust as the end of the rwy was approaching, as that is not “procedure”……

Or the one in a billion software error where both engines went to idle thrust on their own!

Accessories WTS magazines 308, 6br, 223, .22lr

Selling the following mags. Pictures on request. Price is shipped
2 MDT metal .308 10rd. with plate $50 each shipped $90 for both
1 AI metal .308 5 rd. with plate $50
2 MDT metal .223 10 rd. $50 each $90 for both
1 MDT 6BR 10 rd- $60, 1 MDT 6BR 12 round $70- $120 for both

KRISS DMK 22 mags- ( Tried them in a JP .22lr and they didn't lock the bolt back). All brand new
2- 10 rounders- $20 each- $30 for both
4-15 rounders- $20 each- $70 for 4
4-25 rounders- 30 each- $100 for 4

Paypal friend or Venmo. Will check the thread for "I'll take it (X) before responding to DMs.

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When I first got into shooting distance I thought a 600 yard shot was an amazing feat. I also thought a $400 Nikon scope was the greatest optic ever. (Luckily I set it on a PWS 308 and had someone who knew what they were doing custom load ammo and”sight it in for me. He cussed my Nikon)

Practiced on paper at 600 and felt pretty good then set up a feeder with lights and started shooting at wild hogs at night. After a week of thinking I was missing I took what I knew was a great shot but the dang pig ran off.

I was ready to throw my gun off the shooting stand, but I went and checked at the feeder just in case- found a 300lb boar dead about 20 yards away. Found three more dead pigs on the walk back to the truck from the nights before.
Thought I was hot stuff till I found this site and got educated on actual long shots and quality optics.

Y’all cost me a butt load on scopes by the way.

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Most memorable

During BRM Qualifying back in the day.
Second 50 m pops up and I break the shot with A2 sights north of shoulder east of head. Thinking if I missed this i must be missing everything else miserably.

thinking I was not going to qual after holding expert scores in the practice leading up to this final day but was puckered so tight you couldn't put a stick pin up there with a dozer.

Head hanging low awaiting the final scores thinking how could you jump a shot that was that easy?????
Than my name called out.........

39 of 40. A THANK GOD MOMENT
There it is for the whole community to see.

Maggie’s Funny & awesome pics, vids and memes thread (work safe, no nudity)

Really nice family who has endured more tragedy than anyone should. Kenny lost his daughter and his son in the last 5 years or so.

I was privileged to know Jay before he passed way too young. His son seems to be a fine young man who is not afraid to work.
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Boeing down in India

I can see the leading edge out in the original video, but I dont see any trailing edge. I would guess flaps 15-20 is a more normal setting for that airplane on takeoff and not 1.

I would HIGHLY DOUBT that flaps 1 is a normal takeoff flap setting for that airplane. I dont know how much gas it would have on, but "a lot" comes to mind and almost a full load of passengers I believe at 240ish.

To me it looks like a takeoff with not enough flaps and they just stalled a perfectly good airplane into the ground.

I see no evidence of engine failure or anything else in any of the grainy ass videos.
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Hunt Day 4 - Alaska:

Up until this time, everyday we hunted glassing spot #1 in the morning and spot #2 in the evenings. For some reason I really wanted to hunt #2 that morning. We hiked up to our spot and was burning up so we dropped our pants and aired out and before we got too cold layered back up again. I grabbed our call (laundry detergent bottle with the bottom cut out) and really beat the snot out of some willows then let out about 6 bull grunts.

I threw up the binoculars and within 30 seconds, “BIG BULL RIGHT THERE!!”

He was about a mile away and looking in our direction. As soon as I saw him I knew I didn’t need to measure him, he was a shooter… and he started coming in on a string!

We lost him in the alders for a few minutes so we took the opportunity to make it around the hill we were on and cut the distance a couple hundred yards. My cousin was about 20 yards above me and I was laying prone with my rifle over my pack. He still wasn’t showing himself so I motioned to my cousin to rake a little. He raked and a few seconds later he popped over a small hill at 475 yards and stared in our direction. He turned and raked the alders for a few seconds and then lifted his head and steam rolled out of his nostrils.

I’m comfortable shooting that distance but felt he was going to keep coming so I held off. I went ahead and measured him on the reticle and was getting between 13 and 14moa. Rough calculations in my head was telling me he was at least 60”.

He dipped down again in some thick stuff and we again lost him for a few minutes. I had my cousin rake one last time and then THERE!.. he popped out over to the left broadside.

Rangefinder – 390yds

Dialed the Scope - 4moa

My crosshairs landed right behind the shoulder – BOOM!!!... WHACK!!! As I racked another round in I glanced up from my scope and saw he looked like he was hit hard.

Crosshairs again behind the shoulder – BOOM!!!...WHACK!!! He turned 90 degrees and started walking away.

Crosshairs on his rear end – BOOM!!!... WHACK!!! I lifted my head and didn’t see him so I looked up at my cousin and he was smiling with his finger pointing down.

I jumped up and ran up the hill to my cousin, elated and hugged him! I couldn’t believe what just happened.

Being there 2 years ago for my uncles and fathers bulls was an incredible experience but for the last 2 years I wondered what that felt like, to walk up to my own moose. How would I feel? What would I say?

We had to go down, cross a ravine and come back up. Finally I spotted a paddle. As I walked up to him I felt a big lump in my throat… all I could think about was my father, my wife and everything I had poured into this very moment. It may sound silly to some, but I’ve never wanted anything more.

He was everything I ever wanted in a bull and some…

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