Smitty192 said:

I'll make an educated guess after see the keywords Mississippi & high school football game...No need to read the article.

Amish FTW

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Supposedly almost no Amish population. No idea about the visiting team.

Shootin25 said:

That’s what I had initially thought… but I believe it is not the case.
Will be spending tomorrow morning with them side by side.

Edit to add that there is not a big difference in FOV between the 2.

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I'll just point out that the ZCO has a published AOV of 23° at max and the March-FX PRS has an AOV of 26° at max. That's a difference of 13% linear or closer to 28% since we view and shoot in two dimensions. You're seeing quite a bit more with the March than with the ZCO and that has a tendency of fooling the brain that the image of the target in that wider field of view is smaller, when it's in fact the same magnification.

Old Man with Gun said:

Oh the three wheeler, the motorized gallows of my generation. The necks you broke,

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One of the best men that I ever knew broke’s neck and died at Dumont Dunes.

Baron23 said:

Yes. A good friend of mine who is a skeet Hall of Fame shooter sponsored by Remington (at least at the time) told me a story of his visit to the Remington ammo plant in Lonoke, AR. As they were walking around showing him the plant he asked "what's that small building way over there" and the answer was "its were we make primers and we have had to rebuild it a number of times over the company's history".

As you seem to have some good knowledge in this area, I'm sure you know that smokeless powder is not a high explosive and does not detonate...it just burns VERY rapidly (deflagration). But the primer material is a different story....absolutely detonates.

I was told they keep a water mist constantly in that small building to reduce the risk of static electricity spark which would be way no bueno.

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A couple of comments regarding deflagration vs detonation:


Most commercial blasting caps contain what is called a primary explosive, a substances that transitions from deflagration to detonation in VERY small quantities, essentially instantaneously. Lead azide is used predominantly today and in the past it was fulminated mercury. These compounds are also very sensitive to friction, shock and heat. So sensitive that during the synthesis of lead azide the formation of large crystals needs to be suppressed with additives (PVA, dextrose) because large crystals breaking up even in the mix of aqueous solutions can detonate the whole batch. Primary explosive manufacturing is inherently dicey and there is no way around it.

The primary explosive in a blasting cap sits between the initiator (fuse cord, electric match or shock tube) and the main detonator charge of about 1 gram of typically PETN or RDX. That is enough to reliably detonate most commercial high explosives. It is also enough to severely mutilate your hands, so treat the caps with respect. Low explosives like ANFO will get a booster charge (50-200 gram of a cast high explosive) in which the blasting cap is inserted.

Primers, OTOH contain lead styphnate as the shock sensitive compound which does NOT transition to detonation when mixed in the primer compound with barium nitrate (oxidizer), antimony sulfide (fuel), glass powder, etc. This is on purpose as double based smokeless powders --containing significant amounts of nitroglycerin-- like WW231/HP-38 will detonate reliably when stimulated with a standard blasting cap. Since we do not want a detonation in ammunition, primers are by design unsuitable to detonate secondary high explosives. (There are ways to achieve detonation of secondary high explosives without a primary explosive but they are technically much more complicated compared to just synthesizing and using a primary.)

The problem in the old days with black powder was that it is very flammable and a little bit of static discharge can cause the whole mill to explode (look at "energy" in the snippet above). These explosions of what is classified as a low explosive were not as violent as what just happened in Tennessee with high explosives (TNT, RDX, etc.) but still enough to demolish buildings and kill people.

Various, big explosions of ammonium nitrate over the centuries are classic cases of deflagration to detonation transition by virtue of total mass. If you pile up enough of an explosive it will eventually transition to detonation after you set it on fire. The mass required for this is dramatically less if you confine it. (Non-primary blasting caps use a sequence of high explosive at various densities in confinement to achieve detonation from initial deflagration within an inch or so).

Let's wait what further investigation of the incident in Tennessee reveals and if that does not come forward to the public or does not add up I'll call the Industry Operations Investigator (IOI) who I deal with at the ATF(E) and post what he has learned. The details and causes of these incidents are communicated as fast as determined not just throughout ATF(E) but also to the explosives industry in order to prevent future, similar mishaps.

Sold

lash said:

If it’s truly run by the women, and I’m not saying it isn’t because I don’t know. But in the auto industry, which also likes to virtue signal, it wasn’t uncommon for there to be a female/minority “owner” for a company run by others.

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Worked for two different companies owned by women. Usually saw them when they dropped in to have lunch with the boss. One was part Creek Indian. If she had been gay and/or Amish, she would have really raked in the government contracts.

4g64loser said:

Come down for some R&D on achievable target sizes and necessary reactivity once we get a few of these setups built. We used to do 22lr matches out to 400 or so.



I'll be training with a six pack of group tighteners, too, but I can't be drinking when I'm at the actual range. Company policy.

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I could probably be convinced to deliver the conversion kit for a little training work time like that.

How much for the 6 ARC bolt and action?

The tslking head said they believe many of the missing were vaporized!!!

Trump did not give heads up to Ukrainan crypto dude handling our money for Ukrainian intel top brass
Will see how far lead poisoning spreads


This dude definetly got heads up ,$88M profit in 30 minutes from insider trading. Nothing to see here, citizen.
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Also, I’m guessing burger hybrids are probably more consistent than the hornady s

Turkeytider said:

Wow! Quite the hard on for the Ivy League in general and Harvard in particular! Did someone from “ Hahvahd “ steal a girlfriend or something? Threw the academies and a couple from the UK in there as well for good measure! My goodness, any institutions of higher learning out there of which you DO approve?

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These days, mostly trade schools...

Most of the rest are so infiltrated with communism that they are turning out little more than brainwashed garbage with zero critical-thinking skills.

Ivy League and the so-called 'elite' schools have been a disaster for generations.

Sirhr

VikingSinEater said:

Are you discussing taking a 6.5 PRC, a 7 PRC or a 300 PRC to a 25 cal? Im assuming a 6.5 PRC. If so those extra 2 inches for a 26" arnt going to give you anything meaningful. With the bulletwieghts and the powder burn rates those extra couple inches arnt going to mean much, I could be wrong. Ive seen people use various powder/bullet combos to get some crazy results.

I guess the question is, what is the rig going to be purpose built for?

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6.5prc necked down a long range rig for prs or killing things at distance with out doing a lot of hiking. I would like to get 3200 plus. If I can it may replace my 243 Ackleys. I would do six PRC, but I think barrel life would be real fast.

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Frortiz13 said:

Thank you all for the feedback. What is keeping me from buying a RimX right now is that question about reliability even with the ModX. I spoke to someone that went to nationals and they mentioned there was at least one person that had issues with the ModX but it could had just been the environment. I would also consider waiting for Kenny's new action or the other two mentioned but since everyone is waiting for them, I doubt I would be able to get one in time for next season. For those that are running 90° bolts and 60°, is it all personal preference or does the shorter throw gain you some time during stages?

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All preference… but..
I will say that when I was running the Kahles K540i, the 60* throw allowed more operating room between the bolt handle and massive ocular…

I’ve since switched to a March PRS…

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So, you’re saying that I can only carry it on weekends?

91Eunozs said:

Now the quest begins to see if I can replicate anything approaching my favorite blend from Batdorf and Bronson!

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eric90503 said:

Powder choice recommendations for a first time reloader for 7PRC.

Having loaded pallets of straight wall, I am green to bottleneck reloading. My first and only 7mm has a 24" CF Bartlein 1/8. Eagerly waiting on the Lapua brass offerings end of this year. It would be even nicer if Berger made some loaded to get a baseline for my new rifle.
I plan on using Bergers 180-190. Primarily for Western hunting and target.

After reading this entire thread. I see the powder choices are pretty vast. H1000, N570, N560, N565, Retumbo, RL26 . I'm sure I'm missing a bunch more.

I know each barrel is different and likes what it likes. How does one go about powder choices? Do you guys buy a few 1lb'ers and go from there? Appreciate any recommendations for an all around performer.

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Yes you’d probably want to buy several 1 lb cans to try. Depending on where you purchase them, it may be hard to find same lot number after you’re done working up loads though.
I load for several rifles so already have 8 lb jugs of 1000, 565 and 560 and several lbs of Retumbo so it was easy.

With ADG brass, F215M primer and a 175 elite hunter I found good velocity and consistency around:
69-70 grains H1000
69-70 grains Retumbo
68-69 grains N565
65-66 grains N560 but with F210M

4g64loser said:

I would legitimately put on a half day WV Road Hunter class match for these. Three or four stages. At least one you have to start with an (empty) beer can in your hand, seated in the truck. On start, toss beer can through rear cab slider, retrieve rifle, engage targets through open window of truck cab.

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If you put this on I will not only attend the inaugural match but sponsor the prize table

epeet said:

OMG I want "NRL-Poacher" laser engraved on the barrel.

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I can make that happen

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Fucking epic

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Over in downtown Ft Worth is the Water Gardens, minor curiosity, made its way into Logan's Run.

We used to take our boys to the Ft Worth Zoo when visiting our nephew at TCU.