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What did you do in the reloading room today?

From memory it was a 24 case with 57.1gr when I weighed the 1 case. I have some more loaded for this weekend and weigh them after.

Have only gone to the range a couple of times with the hybrids. Have learned a lot about what gun and bolt set up likes to be pushed. Seems like the small firing pin setups can be pushed pretty hard. Large firing pin and larger firing pin holes will show pressures sooner.

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I haven’t seen these yet in AL; but there is a HUGE solar farm just west of West Memphis, AR that makes me sick when I drive by. Absolutely disgusting.
You can't see them here yet, either. But the land has been purchased, and there are huge power line projects being constructed - presumably to carry the power they are going to generate. The only hope is that the new Administration might halt all the government money that was used to make them possible (because they aren't profitable without subsidies).

What did you do in the reloading room today?

Have you tried measuring water capacity on multiple cases? I did 1 but later realized there are 4 headstamps in the hybrid cases 23, 24, Fury and No Year. Me and a friend have had good luck so far with converted hybrid cases into 6.5CM, but I have been having some problems getting the converted 308s to shoot with the higher pressure loads. Doing all my checks everything seemed fine. I got bored and started to measure the weight of the cases, usually a very useless exercise. But these will very a lot, easily 12-15 grains different. For reference, I got some Lapua cases and they all measured within 1-1.5 of a grain. Usually the 24 headstamps will weigh more and the No Year brass is usually the lightest. Haven't had the chance to measure the water capacity between the head stamps yet.
I did notice 2 different headstamps when I was selecting the 10 cases to fire form, but I haven't gone through the box of them to see if there are more than 2. Those that I fire formed had the headstamp of SIG 24 6.8mm (the 24 apparently being the year) and the others, which are much lighter like you mentioned, just had SIG 6.8x51mm. Those with the "24" weighed around 165 grs where the other's I mentioned weighted 148-151 grs and I suppose they'll have more case capacity (I'm guessing something like 57.5 grs for a fired .308 case???).

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Angie’s dog Hershey woke us up about 10:30 tonight and when I realized something was wrong and turned on the lamp I was shocked. He is a beagle mix, not a big dog and doesn’t roam. Something had torn him up really bad. We are in the sticks with a few other farms on this side of the mountain. Not sure who the perp could be.

He was bloody. Skin missing in places and deep punctures. He wouldn’t let me pick him up but I coaxed him into the kitchen to see how bad it was.

It was bad.

Belle the chihuahua had a wound on her back but it wasn’t too bad. Hershey was by now struggling to breathe. He rolled over and I saw that the deep wound on his chest was blowing air when he tried to take a breath. He was obviously in a lot of pain.

I looked up at Angie. She already knew.

It is never easy. It is a kindness.

You were a GOOD DOG Hershey.


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What did you do in the reloading room today?

Have you tried measuring water capacity on multiple cases? I did 1 but later realized there are 4 headstamps in the hybrid cases 23, 24, Fury and No Year. Me and a friend have had good luck so far with converted hybrid cases into 6.5CM, but I have been having some problems getting the converted 308s to shoot with the higher pressure loads. Doing all my checks everything seemed fine. I got bored and started to measure the weight of the cases, usually a very useless exercise. But these will very a lot, easily 12-15 grains different. For reference, I got some Lapua cases and they all measured within 1-1.5 of a grain. Usually the 24 headstamps will weigh more and the No Year brass is usually the lightest. Haven't had the chance to measure the water capacity between the head stamps yet.
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What is “get labeled a domestic terrorist by the liberal media and judges” for $500 Alex.

well,the libs are burning Teslas (lib owned usually). what would happen if rt wing fanatics destroyed solar panel farms (likely Chinese owned) by,like,running over them with dozers,front end loaders or combines?

Plane crash At Reagan National

When I fly with someone that has 450 hours in type (the specific plane I fly), I'm on pretty high alert. I don't consider them new, but low-experience. Keep in mind that to even get to that stage at my job, that person would have at least 1500 total hours, and would likely have been a Captain at a different airline.
Exactly. To be able to be considered for the Blue Angels, you have to have a minimum of 1500 hrs of CARRIER flight time (not total time). Why are they trying to train a pilot with only 450 hrs to fly the POTUS (or other VIPs) out of DC, covertly, in an emergency situation in such a congested environment?
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