swamper2 said:

Are you sure about 650C . all I have ever saw was to get 750F Templac to determin you target temp. 650c is 1200 deg f. I would think that would fry the cartridge.

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Yes, I'm very sure.

I've heard all that about 650°F and 750°F and would do annealing with that too since those numbers are so often stated is various shooting forums. Then I came across actual research papers and found that what appears to have happened is like what happens in the telephone game and what was supposed to be Centigrade was stated as Fahrenheit.

That's right. . .650°C is at 1,200°F and that's were you see the brass glow red. It's not going to fry your brass as you might think as you're really only dealing with a second or so at that temperature (it's not like you get to that temperature instantly). Remember, the annealing process is a function of both temperature and time; very hot for short period less hot for much longer period.

Here's a pic that give you some idea of color to temperature for brass:


I'm attaching a couple pdf files about some studies that you can read through if you're so inclined. Or just take a quick look on page 24 of Ryan-Stevenson Dissertation file and page 5 of Recrystallization Behavior.

Note too there's been a couple test engineers on this website that have also tested this and had actual lab testing done for hardness of the brass cases. They found the same thing I found in my own testing.

PS: What inspired me to look more deeply into this issue was when someone posted their AMP machine annealing their brass and I saw how very red the case necks got, even for just a fraction of a second. It was obviously way hotter than what I was doing at 650°F (only 340°C).

Rexwagon said:

Want a trade for a TT with gen 3xr fine. In new condition. Only mounted

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No trades

Ttt

Sardines is just another name for dead minnows.

Hawkins Hunter DBM requires their proprietary mags. AICS mags won’t work. Mag dimensions and the latch placement is different.

Want a trade for a TT with gen 3xr fine. In new condition. Only mounted.

Interesting. Never seen anything like that before.

Qpski said:

And it is time for them to realize it.

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Let me know what you think about my theory in the post below.

It's been ages since I have loaded 308 for any of my guns. But I have tons of new Lapua brass and 155 scenars, 175SMKs, and 175 bergers. Does anyone have any good load data for 20" AiAx or At in 308?

Thanks

I wished it was mil or available in mil. I still want to try one to compliment my HD LHT 3-15 and 4.5-22.

Verdant Cheerful Kraken said:

I'm looking to pull the trigger on the GEN 2 ETR 4.5-30; after having yours for a little bit do you have any further feedback about it? Very interested in feedback on this gen 2..

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Other than initial impressions nothing much to add. I am still waiting on rings, and took forever to get the KRG Bravo 10/22 chassis to work with the Kidd receiver and trigger housing. I cant really give a comparison to other scopes as the only other optics I own are a first gen PA 1-8 Raptor and an Arken EP-8 and a few 3x prism sights. Hell even though I own one I'm still dying to see some reviews of it on youtube and there is still nothing out there on this thing.

Nik H said:

Brilliant! My pants will thank this research.

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Am I the only one that hits the side of the urinal to avoid the splash?

That’s unfortunate. Mine do not have that issue, but the feed lips were very sharp on my mag and needed to be polished up to avoid scratching up my brass and rough feeding. Since I did that, it’s been smooth and great. Definitely some quality control issues going on at Hawkins.

You can buy a Bartlein M24 blank and have a good machinist build it into an SR-25 or AR-10 barrel.

T3ninja said:

I’ve looked at proof,(steel, not interested in a CF)

I’m not opposed to them and they are available. But at the price I’ve seen (out of stock) what I consider better options using Bart krieger and Douglass. With that said any of them can be ruined by a poor chamber/crown or portly assembled rifle.

Thanks for the suggestion, they are on my radar if I can’t find something.

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Yeah, thing is most of the really great AR barrel shops are booked way out ( Craddock is 8-12 months for a Bartlein). Paul (cle) might be an option.

J_D said:

This has been known about for months and months. They knew it was an issue but kept selling these, then didn’t even really come clean with the fix. It’s still broken. They need to reimburse all the buyers impacted. Come up with a real legit resolution, then get back to making what was a pretty good rimfire action.

All that BS about calling the manufacturer! It didn’t resolve anything. That was some highly biased crap.

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Are you affiliated with a certain company in the industry?

I havent vetted this but it seems true. Its a beginning.

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