The reason FC brass was soft was from a cost cutting bean counter. The brass head is not struck one last time to harden it. So one less operation in the loading sequence can save a lot of money or increased production.

I got this info from the head ballistician at Ruger. My guess is Hornady is following the same forming procedures. Lately 308w brass from them it looks like the head stamp is barely visible.

Another thing I have always said. Hornady makes fine bullets but they don't know how to load ammo. They always seem to load ammo like a brand new loader and only run max loads.

If weight isn’t a factor, 338Ultra SR

J_D said:

Do you really want to get technical? Have you ever gone from the top of a cattle gate to the bottom of one? Have you ever gone from a high to very low position?

Just tilting my RimX caused problems. Some guys literally have rubber bands holding the bolt back. You can always use a Vudoo or RimX if you don’t like a feature. Even holding the rifle pointing to the sky, you reach a point so low it is going to be downwards to get that low.

I rather like it, and specifically asked for it to test.

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Happened to me when nesting the rifle into the bag and bumping the barricade stop…. U know, an object in motion stays in motion etc etc.. it’s just enough to strip a round.
Didn’t realize what I was doing until someone pointed it out.

beetroot said:

You didn't do true flite barrel this time?

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HAH - Most forum members here have probably never heard of True Flite barrels as fitted to that Cooper (and other rifles that I own).
https://www.truefliteriflebarrels.co.nz/
I stumbled across a 4GR Benchmark with the Vudoo BR contour locally a while back. The dimensions suited the Lithgow build and it finished up at 24" straight X .910".

Traded with smg1231 and couldn't be better!

It’s a HUB

I’m still interested. If you change your mind let me know. Thanks

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Will this work on a standard 700 with bottom bolt release?

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So what your saying is stick to the trades and skip college and stay out of debt

Steel+Killer said:

Yep, there are some things a robot may never be able to do or at least we are still a very long way aways from.

AI/Robots ain't roughing-in plumbing, electrical, or HVAC anytime soon.

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this is FS. hands on trades,medicine,all repair and installation type work is the way to go for young people,IMHO. there are a lot of warnings about AI floating around from people who seem to be knowledgeable. terrifying at the skynet level.

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earthtrekker1775 said:

That looks fun! Is that one of the B&M cartridges?

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That…. Is the result of pacific tool and gauge sending me the wrong reamer and telling me tough shit. If I wanted what I ordered then I had to put another order in. Anyhow fuck PT&G….
Already waited 8 months for this one to show up. So I used it.

I was after a .50 peacekeeper which is a full length .460 weatherby case necked to .510.
What received is a rendition of the 50 whisper. I call it the .50 WarHammer. Just a .578 weatherby case cut to 2.140. 750 AMax stuffed in it.

300 blackout on serious steroids in a nutshell.

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DAVID A BUREAU said:

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I think they said was around 4000 and not currently covered by insurance. But if it stops tge cicadas it might be worth it.

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GreenGO Juan said:

The point of nam was never to conqure the north. It was just to let the commies know we could stop them, which we did, in their own back yard after Kennedy dropped the ball on Cuba. I think people view nam as a loss because they don't understand the motive why it was engaged in.

While US forces were there, they didn't take the south. 58,000 to 3-4 million in body count... We were fucking them up.

Our biggest loss in Nam was the treatment the vets who can back received. That was a disgrace.

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not gonna argue about VN. we disagree. your statement about Cuba is interesting. i have sometimes wondered what the outcome would have been if Kennedy had gone all in then. we could have taken out Castro for sure. this was maybe a year or so before Russian involvement was in the open. they might have not gotten openly involved as they were still trying to stay under the radar. ie at least as far as the Cubans i have known said. Russians couldn't have reinforced Castro at that time i believe. also don't think they would have played nuc roulette then. we could have put somebody friendly in. would have had to deal with all the Batista and Mafia corruption. we'd prob have fucked that up as usual. we could have gotten into a guerilla fight. been more like Philippine war than VN. it would have been winnable.
this MIGHT have saved the missile crisis scare. MIGHT have saved some bad commie driven stuff in El Salvador,Chile,Nicaragua. AND saved us some shit at Mariel AND Miami. hard to say,but LA would have had a different path. CIA might not have killed Kennedy?

All electric motors have soft foot. That's the reason for laser alignment.

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