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Xero C1 Pro - v3.30 update

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CavReconScout said:
I have updated mine and haven’t had any issues. Even logged 65 shots with the BB gun club and didn’t miss a one in the basement of the building.
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Seems like I read somewhere that updated units were doing ok with 22lr and slower, just missing centerfire shots (?).

IF YOU DON’T WANT TO UPDATE (and I can’t imagine who would right now), close out the app (completely) on your phone and it should stop the cue to update. A friend of mine accidentally hit OK when it cued him for the update because he was just hitting OK repeatedly as you normally do when you first turn it on. He didn’t see it and unknowingly OK’d the update. Yep, started missing shots after that.
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oldrifleman said:
The first firearm I bought was a new 39A at local place back in 1978. Really nice rifle with a horrible trigger. Expect your will be superb ❤️
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The trigger is not bad at all, a bit heavy but breaks clean and no travel. I'm hopping to get to the range.

Odd, I've got rifles and pistols that cast a LOT more than this, but they dont have the aura. This thing was born about the time the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor. It's eight years older than I am.
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The AI Arctic Warfare Picture Thread

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IK6243 said:
It sounds like you'd best be looking for an AT.

Any of the first four on the list you can forget about, especially the L96 and PM CISM. L96s were British (and Irish contract) military issue. 12 of the Irish contract ones were imported into the US a few years ago but will command an incredibly high price, perhaps $30k or more. PMs were made on order for police and law enforcement, and non-British military, but a very few were sold commercially. There are also a few PMs in the States, but again, same sort of money. PM CISMs are virtually non-existent outside of military CISM shooting team armouries, mainly in Sweden, Norway, and Oman. PM and L96 are the same action and chassis, but different name by end user and subtle differences in accoutrements. Some very late PMs were folding.

AW and AE are also very expensive, about $10k+ for an AW and bit less for an AE. They are basically the same action mechanically except the AE is round and AW is square. AW is glued to the chassis and AE isn't and has a Rem700 style recoil lug. Only issue with the AE is that the Mk1 and possibly Mk2 have unique mags, whereas Mk3 uses AICS. The original 90s AT is almost non-existent except in wooden target rifle form. The sniper ATs are extremely rare and not many know about them. They're basically an AW with a round tang, AE MK1/2 style shroud and safety, and AWM 6-lug boltface.

The 2014-2024 AT is also available in fixed thumbhole chassis and are quite a bit cheaper, perhaps $4000 minimum. You'll always find some opportunistic listings that are overpriced on account of the AT being discontinued and therefore "rare" so try to shop around. There are lots of spares for these still around and are fine rifles, especially with the quick change barrel feature. The skins aren't as sleek as the OG skins on an AW and AE because they are multi-panel. You'll just have to live with that unless you can fork out $10k+ for an AW.
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Wow, thank you! A clean and simple answer. Whats AE and AT stand for?
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Official (DTA) SRS, HTI, Covert, Hunter Thread

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DoctorBen said:
I’ve not; .223 from SAC is awesome, but I get wanting to push for speed.
I’m tempted to find a smith for a .17-556 conversion just to lob tiny things with zero recoil at absurd velocity.
SAC has told me historically they’re sticking just to the .223 for time being.
I’ve just been hand loading 6.5creedmoor with about 43.5-44.1gr Staball and a 143gr ELDX and seeing 2950FPS with few pressure signs and very low SD.
Tempted to play with a lighter bullet and see how fast…
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Yeah the 223 kit is awesome!! I have it in a 16” barrel and in reality don’t need a 22 creed but more of a WANT for some serious speed.

I’m only getting an avg of about 2800 all be it with some 77gr 223 Norma match or imi razorcore.
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I had been wanting a lever action rifle because...lever actions are cool. Lusted after the new S&W 1854 in 44 Mag. but the 44 isnt that great of long range cartridge.

And I'd been wanting aa .22 because...affordable (unless you get really serious), but I hate the cheaper new Savage's and Ruger's, mostly short barrels and the mags are expensive, cheezy, and dont last well...in my experience.

So I was a bit stumped, and then I stumbled across the:

Marlin 39 A, lever action .22 caliber. 24" barrel and great holy moly no mag, reliably tube fed. Made in 1941 in what I'd call overall good condition. Small spot of rust on the receiver but other than that good to very good. I got a deal because everybody was afraid of the rust. May just be an abrasion or somebody tried to sand it. Dosent concern me, for me this isnt a collector, its a shooter. The funny looking line in front of the receiver is really a finely fitted machine work, just shows up bad in the photo, maybe the flash. Range day tomorrow.

If you know anything about these, wisdom welcomed.
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NYC and those pesky helicopters

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babyguppy said:
adding pics of a bell 206

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I didn't know Powers was killed piloting one!!

"On August 1, 1977, famous U-2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers was piloting a helicopter for KNBC Channel 4 over West Los Angeles, California, when the aircraft crashed, killing him and cameraman George Spears. They had been video recording brush fires in Santa Barbara County in the station's helicopter and were leaving the area.[22]​
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On August 27, 1990, musician Stevie Ray Vaughan, pilot Jeff Brown, and three members of Eric Clapton's crew, Bobby Brooks, Nigel Browne, and Colin Smythe, were killed in a 206B crash.[23]"​
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I'm actually friends with Francis Gary Powers II... Great guy and a Cold War historian. His dad, after leaving the USAF, was a reporter for an LA station and his Bell Jet Ranger crashed with a fuel gauge issue. It may have been reading enough fuel... when it was empty. The jury remains out.

If anyone is out in Vint Hill are of Virginia, Francis Gary Powers, Jr. has a really cool Cold War museum there. He is also a great speaker and does talks on the Cold War.

FGP Sr. was a great pilot and his story is Cold War... incredible. His fatal chopper crash was, probably, just the result of mechanical error. Sad.

And seriously, if you want FGP jr. to do a talk or similar... he is a great historian. Let me know and I'll introduce you!

Sirhr
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