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Reloading to accuracy on bolt action

BobinNC
PKTrusty said:
....Back in the day, I used to hand load for a .308 I had and I used to set the overall case length to .010 over the chamber length so it was setting case length and seating when I closed the bolt...
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I don't know what you were reloading for "Back in the Day" or why, but since the aforementioned DD Delta 5 has a magazine, the #1 rule of reloading for a magazine feed rifles is: " Your load has to fit and feed from the magazine."

That said, loading +.010 over chamber length and setting the case length and seating when you close the bolt is usually a bad idea. The caveat being Benchrest & F-Class shooting can get away with such "shortcuts", but PRS or Hunting scenarios cannot.

And since the DD Delta 5 is mainly a PRS rifle (and can be used for hunting, I guess) that calls for different techniques than those you used in the past.

As far as how much improvement reloading makes over factory fodder, it depends. Trying only two types of factory loads is hardly conclusive. You don't say what you rifle is chambered for, so it's hard for me to make anything declarative as to the worth or variety of factory loads you tested vs reloading.

More information would be helpful, but in my experience careful handloading can usually lead to very accurate ammo. But then again Federal GMM & Berger are making some pretty good factory ammo. But it does not come cheap for sustained use.

So what are you planning to accomplish with your new stick??
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Maggie’s Funny & awesome pics, vids and memes thread (work safe, no nudity)

lonegunman762x51
babyguppy said:
his quotes for a 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom are accurate in the PHX area. rent prices are fk'n crazy. sure, you can say....
move......to where rent's cheaper.
you will find cheaper rent with lower wages. so, even if he was to move, he still couldn't afford rent.
A person could afford a house on minimum wage in the 50's.. it has just gotten worse
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On apartments.com are 1472 listings under $1k a month with air conditioning. In Phoenix.

I was out on my own decades ago at 18. My take home pay was $140 a week. My apartment was $280, utilities $40 bucks or so, gassed up once a week for $15 bucks or so. My job had a cafeteria so that people didn't wander off at lunch, the food sucked I ate it every day.

I took a second job at a bar for my 19th birthday, the legal drinking age. Friday, Sat and Sunday nights earned me about $90 dollars.

My shifts at regular work started at 8am. If you got there early you could clock in as soon as someone called for service. That was two glorious hours of overtime a week.

Going to the beach was almost free. Gas money and lunch in a cooler. Fishing in the nearby lake with my buddies was cheap fun. We grilled hotdogs because hamburger cost too much.

Every now and then my dad would stop by and take me to lunch. He spent his spare time fucking and drinking at a local country bar. My girlfriend's mom would bring over a couple of bags of groceries once in a while. It was like finding a 20 on the sidewalk.

Yeah its tough but he is far from the only person to do it.
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Dan Bongino Warns We Cannot Run A Republic Like This! After Disturbing Discoveries

lonegunman762x51
Hahahahahahahaha.

So now he knows. Next thing he'll find out is that no news network on earth will cover it. No reporters will talk to him, except to mock him. Not one elected official will stand by his side. No democrat and not one republican will come to his aid.

It's all true. Massive election fraud is real. Elitists have sex rings involving kids of all ages. Bill Clinton made women suck his dick to get their husbands pardoned. Bribes are rampant and every elected official is a crook. Life is rigged, always has been.

They suspended a kid in my high school for exposing the rigged student elections.

I sat on boards in the military and civilian world for rigged promotions, rigged contracts and rigged hiring. Object if you want, I sure as hell did. I was asked to leave the room. At a certain point, they knew to find someone else to rubber stamp their plans.

Once you know, you just get on with your life. DOGE cuts anyone?
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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

D
lash said:
They were indeed Michelins. I read it on the tires as I passed by.
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They are real. Made about 6 miles up the road from me. They are stable in the trucks on a straight line. But if you are in a car beside them turning left out of Masters blvd onto Hwy 81 and you see how top heavy they are you get real nervous. I back off and watch. I have no idea how they can turn at any speed ant not tip over.
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Dan Bongino Warns We Cannot Run A Republic Like This! After Disturbing Discoveries

SilentStalkr
hlee said:
What did you learn Dan? I’d bet real money that Pam Bondi’s binders contained as much information as Dan ever releases. And, if he learned it and hides it, or hides behind it, he’s part of the problem…
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Yeah if you learned something and really wanted to reveal it then you do so, with a quickness. You don’t talk about revealing it cause that’s how you end up shooting yourself in the back of the head multiple times.

Smitty192 said:
More theater for the terminally retarded...
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Probably.

Rthur said:
ASGH...

If you discover something that rocks you to your core you don't make an appointment to say it.



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Word. See above.
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Vudoo closed the doors…

RAVAGE88
Dead Eye Dick said:
I’m not looking to collaborate, despite my ability to rework stocks. (Too old now anyway) but I see a lot in what you two have accomplished. A lot can be learned outside of schools or even apprenticeships. We live in the country and among other things, I race bicycle's. When something needed repair, it was a long way to the shop, or do it myself. So, I started dumpster diving for bicycles and getting parts and rebuilding them. The point was to learn bicycle mechanics. I made a hobby of rebuilding bicycles and giving them away to families that were not financially able to purchase cycles for their children. Gets em outside and works their little legs, instead of being glued to a screen. Got pretty good at it, but covid destroyed my market. Everyone seemed to have cash to purchase not only walmart bicycle's (made by Pacific Cycles of Red China) but money to hit the bike shops and purchase nice bikes.

Still proud of my work.

Below is a few I built. The tiny one on the top has a wonderful story behind it. A story for another time and place.

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That's awesome, Dude. Your reasons and the resulting stories are pretty incredible. And another reason this community is dear to me.

MB
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