Sako man said:

I will start with 42 as recommended by you and a friend, and then do some loads in the upper spectrum, so low and high ish..

Thanks!

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My bet is that somewhere between 41.5 - 43.5gr of Varget, IMR-4064, or Reloader 15 will shoot to the best of your barrels potential with 168-178gr bullets.

It is a great cartridge to load for.

Rthur said:

Would be nice to reinstate that thread even if locked as a sticky so folks could see the things we noticed/figured out in a real time line.

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Those threads in all forums are kryptonite now. The CGN one was locked/deleted also. They expose too much reality. The fact that they are scrubbed, even on conservative forums, informs the noticer about the real world here in the west.

lash said:

So is that due to it actually being out of spec or does it just not fit your chamber? Did you measure?

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Alpha had a bad batch of 6GT. My buddy bought some a month or two directly from Alpha and they contacted him to replace it.

And on topic, for me Alpha is in the same tier as Lapua for me. I'm happy with either and glad both are available options.

I bet she got a thrill when an Amber alert was sent out.

Longshot231 said:

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FIFY

sirhrmechanic said:

Remember, that it was not a 'thing' in the media until THE VERY DAY that Bernie and Bloomberg bowed out of the Democrat Primary and left the dementia-ridden Potato to be placed into office by mail-in voting.

It was know. It was circulating. It was being talked about. Buddy and I both got it in Jan 2020. And we knew the name. It was not until March that the press went "Full Pandemic" and the schools were shut and the grannies killed. THAT begin on the very day that the DNC nominee began his campaign locked in his basement. And got a record number of votes.

It was also ALL discussed here on SH pretty much from the beginning. Long before this thread started. It's all here, somewhere. Discussed, dissected. Including skepticism (in particular) about Fox and other news outlets. This place was 2 years ahead of the curve...

But there ya go.

Sirhr

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The Canadian Forces team got it late 2019. It was circulating in Washington state also. Nov-Dec ‘19 IIRC.

Be Square said:

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Ilona Maher, for your viewing pleasure.

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Yeah, I'm not sure that isn't a dude...

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While a understand the Chicago style v New York style pizza is a real thing, New Haven pizza kicks the shit out of both. It’s not even close.

DarnYankeeUSMC said:

Tea with lemon in it? Good grief!! Probably added Splenda to it too.

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Sweet tea is the debil.

theLBC said:

FBI memos now reveal $1.2 million compensation, reliability concerns for Russia collusion informant

Newly declassified documents show informant Stefan Halper was motivated in part by "monetary compensation" and was paid nearly $1.2 million from FBI over three decades.

justthenews.com

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we aren't privy to what is really going on inside. but i do wonder what Patel is really doing. seems to me about 80% of FBI agents should be fired and most of those put in prison. have thought that long time.

Littleman13 said:

No, it was through gunwerks. There’s a 60% chance it was one of the once fired since I mixed the 300 once fired with the 200 factory brass I fired. Just kind of a sanity check here, I dont think I did anything wrong that would have caused this. Load process is
1. Deprime
2. Wet tumble
3. Anneal (only plan to do every 3 or so)
4. imperial dry lube on neck and imperial wax on body.
5. Size to .002 bump
6. Trim and chamfer
7. Wipe brass with rag with alcohol on it to remove wax
8. Charge with autotrickler
9. Seat

Hope this is just a bad piece of brass or I figure out something I am missing that caused it.

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It could be bad brass, but 90% of the time it is caused by excess head space, either in your rifle or the one your "once" fired brass came from.. If your loading for more than one 6.5 Creed your technique is great, since they have to fit multiple chambers. However, if your reloading for just one 6.5 Creedmoor, your bolt action Bergara, then the best case gauge is your rifle's own chamber.

To do that you must neck size only. Then test a dummy round to see if it fits. If it does, it does not need a shoulder bump yet. If it does not fit, then do a partial FL resize, in small increments, until that case just fits.

You may have a chamber that's on the large end of SAAMI tolerances and a resizing die that's on the small end of SAMMI tolerances. At least this is a easy and inexpensive way to check how your brass fits before you bump it back .002 or whatever. It's trouble shooting 101.

hlee said:

Giordano’s…

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Tea with lemon in it? Good grief!! Probably added Splenda to it too.

Hgrubbs22 said:

Curious, where did you get a Brux barrel?

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Bruno’s

Giordano’s…

GreenGO Juan said:

How do you feel about a china man being there?

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who cares? we need to be out of there. let the chips fall wherever. just need to totally drop any involvement there. never should have been involved at all in any way. China wants to help Putin with troops? fine. nothing to do with us. BTW we also have boots on the ground. prob never know how many doing what. prob targeting and sat intel.
i am a bit surprised that China doesn't have more senior people there watching and learning some new moves. pic i have seen of captured chink seemed like fairly jr EM.

DarnYankeeUSMC said:

Leap years are like wild cards. They can be added or subtracted as needed


Plumbers are a close second to what I have seen HVAC guys do. Third place goes to the shitty carpenters. And a lot of the shitty architects that can't do a plan for either of those trades

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Wife wanted quartz counter tops. New top and sink moved the garbage disposal enough the plumbing had to be reworked. I didn’t have time and I’m not a plumber so I called one.

Next morning wife calls and says $850. WHAT? Pay him for the callout and show him the door. Dude calls me and says he’s willing to comeback later and explain.

“Repipe everything, longer line to the dishwasher, blah, blah, blah.” Nope. Thanks for stopping by. One trip to Lowes and about an hour later, no leaks. Returned excess parts for refund. Wife later tells me the guy told her he wasn’t sure he could even do it.

Next day I get a text asking for a google review. Happy to.

Im2bent said:

Please ....everyone knows this is what all pizza should be

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That should get the ball rolling.

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Chicago style deep dish. Any chance that's a Lou Malnotti's?

B Man said:

6x36 I bought last year and this one I just purchased. Sorry but for top shelf optics this is an eye sore!

Edit** I contacted Lisa Welch, sales and operating manager in the US. She is reaching out to Germany to have black caps sent and sending me one. She does have RAL8000 on hand if anyone needs those.


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I'm sorry but the plastic childproof battery cap looks gay as fk.

Topgun117 said:

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Thank you! Trust me I’m low man on the totem pole when it comes to some on here but I do love the M40 rifles. Definitely my favorite service weapon of all time

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Please don't sell yourself short, with a collection like this, you're far from being the low man on the totem pole. Now that I've sold most of my M40xx stuff, I get to claim the low position, lol. You've put a ton of time/money/effort and, most importantly, dedication into this outstanding collection. Your M40xx collection is easily one of the best ones out there, and it would be great to see some more group photos of these rifles.

Looking at your group photo, I can see that you might need a few parts from me to help round out your collection. I have a few different versions of the M40A1/A3 Unertl scope cover and some welded M40A1 transitional scope mounts. That's if you plan on building any of the vintage M40 and M40A1 sniper rifles. I have Major Dick Culver's original USMC M40 available, if you want an original rifle instead of a clone build.

Your collection is excellent, especially when it comes to different variants of the modern M40xx's. Please let me know if you're ever interested in building the older M40 and M40A1 rifles, and I'll do what I can to lend a hand. And we're all looking forward to seeing more photos of your collection!

Freedom Lover said:

Im not looking for absolute sub moa accuracy here. Imi razor core is too expensive per round in my opinion. M855 has always been priced cheaper than m193 every time i go to buy more ammo, and i havent found as reliable of ammo at a similar price to keep stock on.

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You can buy PMC Bronze 55 grain FMJ for under .50 cents a round. You use these for practice. And stock them deep, for all manner of plinking around the farm. This stuff is available almost always.

For example:

PMC 223 Ammo

Then buy these for actual home defense for just under $1. a round. A 500 should do you, and last a good long time. This is what you defend your home and loved one's with. This stuff is barrier blind, and expands and stays together. It will also work well of game up to deer or pigs. This ammo can get hard to come by often, so buy it when you can.

For example:

Speer Gold dolt 223 Rem - Law Enforcement 55 GR SP 500 RDS FREE SHIPPING

Will they hit to the same point of impact? No, but they will be close enough, if you sight in with the Gold Dots for serious social work, and use Kentucky windage for the cheaper 55 grain stuff.

If you learn to reload, you can develop 55 gain hand loads for cheap FMJ and component Handloaded Gold Dots that hit to the same POI out to 200 yds or so. That's what I do with Hornady 62 grain FMJ's and 62 grain Speer Gold Dots.

IMHO and YMMV

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