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Zeiss Pro Series Tripods just Landed

Frank, does that V60 trailer hitch ball head have easily adjustable tension on the arca clamp lever? I have 4 different brands of arca rails in use and while they all claim to be made to the RRS spec they all need different tension adjustments on my anvil 30, lol

Just noticed the Zeiss HD inverted tripod is 44mm leg diameter and 3 sections which is a configuration Leofoto doesn't offer in their own lineup yet (I believe Leofoto first did the 44mm inverted 3 section legs for T3, correct me if I'm wrong.) Interested in how the legs extend in the 3 section inverted as it only looks like a single twist lock in the pics.

Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

Ok, I've done the 205-210 brisket with a soft probe.... Initial cut is juicy then it seems like 15 minutes later it is dry..... Tell me how to get one that is and stays juicy. Thanks.
Only smoke the point.

There's no fat in the flat and for how long you have to smoke it to get it past the stall, you end up cooking all of the juices out. I've always felt that you need a lot of sauce to eat it.

Problem with the point is it's pretty fatty, but it stays moist and delicious.

I'm sure there's going to be all the pros along shortly to tell me how wrong I am and I must be doing it wrong.
I chop up the flat and put it in chili.
With beans👹

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Zeiss Pro Series Tripods just Landed

FYI
Years ago I gave Marc a RRS Anvil 30. I suggested he use it since his Stroke, this week I traded out the RRS for the Leophoto in the picture. Since you mentioned you’re dislike of the heads.

His response this week using the “grip” on the Leophoto

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I haven't tried their "trailer hitch ball" MH head yet like in your first picture but I can see it being fast and easy to use with a large range of motion... Maybe I need to try one.

My gripes are with their MA30 anvil 30 clone and MAB75X heads, which are the only shooting oriented heads of theirs I've messed with. While they worked ok for the price the MAB75X did not have rapidly adjustable arca clamp tensionfor different rails and the overall panning/tilt/lockup feel of both was ok but left a lot to be desired compared to a genuine anvil 30 in my experience.

Maybe Leofoto added a quick clamp lever tension adjustment nut (like the gen 2 anvil 30) to the MAB75X since I played with one a while back.

A few things I saw….center column, bigger-better leg angle latches (I don’t like the Leophoto knurled thingy), height-markings on the legs, a better shaped center bowl release knob, and I wandered off while the guy was describing the single point leg adjustment so I don’t know how that works. And if you’ve never used one of those handle-ball head deals, you should. They’re cool.

That's the info I want to hear; what Zeiss specific changes were made. Always interested in reading about new stuff and improvements.

Ukraine war Bullshit.

So any one wanna put bets on the Alaska meet?
Nah, Ukraine is still whining about 1991 boarders, including the Crimea. Trump doesn't have much in the way of sticks and I don't think he has enough carrots either.
The longer the war goes, the more favourable terms the Russian find themselves on due to battlefield conditions.

Zeiss Pro Series Tripods just Landed

That's why I specifically asked if there are any Zeiss specific design improvements on these over the actual Leofoto stuff, or if it was just cosmetic changes.

If Zeiss is going to charge a premium, I'd want actual functional/design improvements and not just a different logo and color, so I'm interested to see what they have to offer.

I know there are very strong "China bad" opinions in this industry, but IMO/IME the latest Leofoto and Leofoto OEM stuff is pretty solid. I have a couple for applications where I don't use them often enough to justify RRS money... but the Leofoto tripods I have do have RRS heads on them, because I find the RRS heads much better to use than the Leofoto equivalents.

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i don't know how bad it is, but this isn't comforting

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I have been down this path and confirmed that glyphosate which is on our wheat and other foods, was causing me a few health issues. Once I cut it out, all my issues went away.

Now some people in my orbit that witnessed my success have cut it out and it is solving some of their issues too.

16-18 inch shorty rifles

Depends on the purpose of the rifle. Trying to drop weight for a walking rifle? Go carbon with a light weight chassis.

Wanting short for maneuverability but need weight for stability and not going to walk around with it? Go thick.

I have had carbon, medium palma and a friend has a MTU all 16”. The carbon was for a walking gun, and the 2 heavier contours were built for prarie dog shooting out of trucks and off tripods where the extra weight helps stabilized for shooting the little furry suckers at distance.

Advice needed for 2017 Buick Enclave repairs

Did it shake above 60 with the old tires?

As mentioned, before firing the parts cannon at the car find someone local with a Hunter Elite road force balancer or equivalent and make sure they know how to use it in road force mode. It will quickly and inexpensively confirm or rule out a damaged wheel, defective tire, or poor balance job. You don't want to misdiagnose a suspension or steering issue and spend a bunch of money changing parts only to find it was a wheel/tire issue from the beginning. Several times a year I see cars with fairly new tires that look great but have internal tire defects that cause vibration or pulling, and a good operator on the Hunter can quickly find the issue.

As far as doing all the work yourself, get a 3 day subscription to AC Delco TDS or Alldata DIY and read the factory service instructions for each job on that estimate. If that steering rack is electric you probably can't swap it without an MDI interface and the factory GM GDS2 software as the rack may have to be flashed once installed and it will probably need a steering angle sensor relearn. Regarding the brakes, if the rear has an electronic parking brake you may need the factory software or a third party scanner to command a retract of the parking brake before swapping rotors and then reset them after the new rotors are installed. Always a good idea to read the service manual before diving in, especially on the newer stuff that often requires the factory diagnostic software or an expensive third party scanner for many procedures.

Semi custom or full custom bolt gun?

Are you using hornady dies. I’m pretty new to reloading so I’m trying to get as much information as I can. I heard L.E Wilson dies are good dies.

Yup using the Hornady Matchgrade dies with neck bushings setting .002” of neck tension. I have no issue loading very accurate ammo with them.

Being new to loading you will learn there is a good amount of opinions where some will only use brand x and brand y sucks. I have used other brands over the years and never had a problem with the Hornady dies but I don’t usually use the cheapest entry level although I did back in 2008 when the 6.5 Creedmoor came out and they were the only ones out and they loaded great ammo too. Still have that die set in use.