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Customer Accuracy Expectations

I don't believe that ammunition can fix a rifle with issues.
Also, no rifle can fix ammunition that has issues.

Uniformly well made cartridges, with tight muzzle velocities,
will produce the best results from any well built rifle.
If it produced admirable results from one of my rifles,
it will do so from all of my rifles. Differences in results
are not due to rifle preference, but to variations
in cartridge quality, as each box is sent downrange.
No two cartridges are identical. No two boxes are identical.
Differences in results are due to differences in cartridges.
Components and assembly tolerances change
moment to moment during manufacture.
Welcome to the assembly line lottery. ;)

Ukraine war Bullshit.

You’re too old and analog for that shit dont even bother understanding :). It will be funny this summer when Eurogrid gets a dose of “overheat”. Iberian incident was just a warning without nukes to keep grid up and thermals to dampen the spikes its gonna be fun to watch “rolling blackouts” across Europe and fuckers whining as shitter wont flush and freezer wont freeze.
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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

I’ve tossed the idea of a Miata or even an Exocet around but this isn’t going to be a race car or even a dedicated track car. I want something to scratch my sports car and Germanophile itch that I can drive to work on nice days and blast through the mountains

But man, this looks like a ton of fun as well

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Just too much work lol

That’s the main reason I stopped “really” racing. Life pops up and just do t have as much time.
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Why do we educate our enemy's in the first place?

Rubio’s brief statement did not elaborate on the exact reasons for the visa cancellations, but it was entitled, “New Visa Policies Put America First, Not China.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday that the departments of State and Homeland Security would work together to “aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.”

Pretty sure it spelled out the exact reasons.

Smarter Than You

Things are different now. But I'm not going to spend hours explaining.

There's always fear mongering because they're trying to justify their existence.

Please do explain? If am wrong, I’d like to know it so I can rest easy that the power and IT systems are protected.

Are things shielded? Will power companies simply take things off line? Are our systems inherently more robust than copper lines on glass insulators hooked to lead acid batteries? Are there breakers and disconnects that can protect from generation source through high-voltage through last mile?

Seriously (and without breaching any security or secrecy about these systems) I’d love to know how the failsafes work! Thanks in advance!

Cheers, Sirhr

Edit: it also just occurred to me to ask what is the difference between an EMP generated by a high altitude nuclear detonation and the solar MCE events that are raising concerns? Are we shielded from both with faiksages and procedures? Are they different forms of “energy” in that one can be defended against (CME) and the other cannot (EMP) or are concerns about EMP also moot due to the robustness of the whole “system?” Again, generally interested in knowing the facts!

Customer Accuracy Expectations

What I’m saying is - instead of focusing on group size, why don’t we look at rifles that can deliver a first round that is within the SD of a string, versus 2-3x that SD? Just a ththought.
I would love to see some conclusive testing on whether rifles can reduce ES/SDs or of you are forever a slave to lot testing.

If a particular rifle/barrel combination was guaranteed to give a lower SD and be less sensitive to ammo I would 100% buy that over pure accuracy.

Dropping from .5" groups to .3" at 50yards, or 1" down to .8" might be a selling point for benchrest, but for PRS/NRL I don't think it's that important, considering guys happily give up pure accuracy for reliability.