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Avoiding Pickpockets in Europe?

stefan73
Threadcutter308 said:
Yeah, it's just not that big of a deal. Have been to Europe at least 30 times and I've never been nicked. There's always a first time for everything, but it hasn't happened yet.

Not a big fan of central and Southern Italy. Was in the Milan train station and the hair was standing up on the back of my neck re; scammers and pickpockets. And, I was standing right next to a couple of Cops. Couldn't get out of there fast enough.

Have spent time in Northern Italy/Sud Tirol and feel perfectly safe there.
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I have spent some time in Europe for work and family and I have never had an issue. With that, I also don't do dumb stuff.
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Any Auto Technicians Here?

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I always found the German cars had electrical issues and great mechanical build quality with some exceptions to recent model cars where the durability is not as good as it used to be. One of my friends is a long time BMW tech. He told me with the new stuff if you get one lease it or dump it before they hit 100k miles. I guess the cam advance mechanism likes to fail on the newer inline 6 engines around 100K+ and it costs a lot to replace it and you need a special computer/scan tool to recalibrate it.
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CCI pistol match

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Now, now RT.
I said that groups lie "to me". :sneaky:

Tiny groups and bugholes I can do.
As you said, environmental shifts and velocity patterns,
caused my groups to wander relative to point of aim.
So after shooting 10 five shot groups, averaging 0.27 inches,
I build the 50 shot aggregate and now the result is 0.65 inch to 1 inch.
Small individual groups, but composite spread is quite hefty.
I'm not getting the job done.

Shooting for score?
That is a metric that doesn't accept excuses. :(
I can see ammunition caused strays and wind related outliers.
Groups hide those issues and allow me to continue my bad habits.
Shooting for score has improved my skills.
Focused attention on wind, ammunition quality
and body mechanics.

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I'm much better now. :cool:
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Powder IN-STOCK thread

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Ballistic Products has H1000 in stock along with some others

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Hodgdon H1000 Extreme Rifle Powder (1 lb)

H110® is the spherical powder delivers top velocities with top accuracy in the 44 Magnum, 454 Casull, 475 Linebaugh and the 460 and 500 S&W magnums. Silhouette shooters claim it is the most accurate 44 powder they have ever used. For our purposes, H110® is one of the very best options for .410...
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6mm vs 6.5mm, not quite beating a dead horse.

Rob01
IeatRocks said:
I looked into 260 since I reload. I figured it gave me a little more flexibility and case capacity, especially when running heavies to avoid running into compressed loads. The ctr mags for tikka are pretty long, I haven’t had issues loading 308 pretty long. Of the top of my head I think I can load to 2.995 with no issue in the mag. Throat/chamber could be an issue though.

6gt was similar vs the 6br. Larger case capacity and I’ve read they feed a little better but haven’t seen any issues with feeding at matches from other shooters.

With my atmospherics running 145s-147s at 2650fps I was actually going trans 25y before 110-115s going 2800fps. This was mocked up in AB quantum using velocity data I found from other shooters. Velocities seem to be a bit more mild but just trying to keep expectations real.

I haven’t bought factory ammo in years so it’s less of a concern. Components seem to be equally easy to find.

Not arguing at all, just explaining how I came up with those choices.

Thanks for the insight, it looks like it’s a point for 6.5 with splash.
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Of course @Terry Cross liked a .260 shout out. lol

On a serious note, if you are set on a .260 then have at it. I run my 28” 6.5 Creed with 153 ATips at 2680fps with H4350 and you should be able to do similar. You can shoot the lighter bullets also if you wanted. I have used 140s for years, AMAX first and now ELD-Ms, and have shot them out to a mile. I’d suggest a 28” barrel if you go .260 to get a little more velocity without having to push it hard.

As mentioned the speed of the 6mm will help determining barrel life. I run my 6Creed with 110s at 2910fps so will get similar to any of the slower 6mm for barrel life. The 6Creed got the barrel burner rep back when it first came out and the matches were different and people were running them at 3150fps. Now everyone is running slow 6mms as you know the range so the speed isn’t needed and people want less recoil.
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