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Niles Coyote said:
Back in 2020 I competed with a large frame AR in PRS Regional Gas division and learned a lot about pressure when it came to yearlong consistency with H4350 and Varget in a 6.5 Creedmoor. I don't recall the charge weight but settled on moving 140's with Varget in the mid 2600's and brought the regional season trophy home. Since then, I went back to open division with a bolt rifle and used the 6GT with Varget. I stayed in the 31.5-32.5 weight range over 6 barrels to make a consistent 2830fps load. Eventually I wanted to go slower and moved to a 6mm BR with 109 Hybrid's and 29 grains of Varget for 2725fps. For the past 9 months and 2367 rounds it has remained consistent and generally stays under a 5sd for any given shot string. Since slowing things down and jumping bullet's .055 or longer I have never had to retune a load in close to 10 barrels now. This in 6GT's, 6.5 Creedmoor, 6mmBR, 25GT and 6.5x47L. The exception was two barrels with tighter bores, which I will never do again. Otherwise, the loads have worked equally well in the next replacement barrel screwed on to the action provided the freebore was the same.

I love the amount you can see with the extra flight time when it comes to rifle sports... I also run a 25GT with 135 Hybrid's and a 6.5x47 with 135 A-tips in the mid 2600's for the same reason.

The looks can be priceless when speaking to shooters struggling with their combo that are running loads two or three hundred feet per second faster than you, and you just left them in the dust with a stage clean.

I have a feeling that a more modest load adds barrel life as well, but I have only shot out one-barrel and that was a 6GT that started to show signs at 3200 rounds and was definitively done at 3600ish when a 6 tenth windage shift occurred and I had lost about 60fps after cleaning... it still shot great though, LOL.
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Great post. A 7mm-08 can push high BC bullet in that 2500-2600 range. Do you think there is point where the recoil is too much to make up for the extra flight time? It always seemed like the 6mm bullets don't have a real good b.c, the ballistics just looked good because of the velocity. I guess the 7mms might start running into action length problems also.
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What would be a slight step up from .

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Well I just bought a Telson, a Target Master victory 5-32x56. I did use a cert that I picked up off a prize table, 60% off. I appreciate a company supporting the sport and giving those out. I realize they are doing that to gain traction in the marketplace, still I appreciate it. It makes it a little easier to take a chance on a company. Time will tell if they can make it and stick around, maybe I'm an idiot and I'll have scope I can't get fixed should it need it. I took a chance on vortex very early on. That worked out, we'll see about Telson.
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Optics WTS: Leupold Mk8 3.5-25x56 w/ H58 and Badger C1 Mount

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I no longer use this scope, so it's got to go.

Leupold Mk8 3.5-25x56 riflescope in a Badger Ordnance C1-Max mount. The riflescope has a locking elevation turret (.10MR) with capped windage adjustment and illuminated H58 reticle.

I would rate everything as being in excellent condition. I'm located in GA and I need the money, so no trades.

$2000.00/shipped. I accept payment via CashApp, PP, or USPS Money Order.

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RAVAGE88 said:
You’re absolutely right, which is why there was more than three years invested in data collection.

The TOF data was collected in one long range session in a single day, plotting conditions throughout the collection period with nine, 12 and 16 twist barrels, all shooting the same really good lot of ammo.

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How did you get TOF?
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Need Tech Support? Send a Private Message to @alexj-12

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alexj-12 said:
Hey, I can definitely help with this! I took a look at your account and you have 3 posts so you should have free range to send PMs on the site now. In order to do that you need to click on or hover over another member's username and then click to button to "Start Conversation"

Let me know if you're still having trouble!
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Thanks, the option wasn’t there before but is now :)
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Manners gone dark

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Rob01 said:
@DownhillFromHere any info?

@RobertB could you help him?
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I gave up after leaving multiple voicemails and emails last week.

I placed an online order for a ready-to-ship stock the previous week. I didn't get an email confirmation so after a day or two I called. No answer, as usual. Then I realized I had created an account as part of placing the order so I logged in. Order canceled - no comms whatsoever.

So I emailed and finally got a response that the stock I ordered had already been sold. After a couple of emails back&forth, I was sent an invoice for a different ready-to-ship stock - but there was no mechanism for paying the invoice. No way I was going to just send a check and nobody answered the phone to take a CC number. So, more emails, more voicemails, no response. O, and the invoiced "order" did not and has not showed up under my account.

I'm done. Not sure what has happened, but the ball has been in their court for several days and as far as I can see it's just sitting there unnoticed.
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edit: @Rob01 , I clicked on @RobertB 's screen name. Last seen here: 25-February-2025. Fwiw.
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