Cz455guru said:

Here's a picture of some dummy rounds from when I was designing the reamer. Left to right, 190 atip, 190 berger, 180 eldm. I may end up shooting the 180 eldm yet.
I have been working on finding max charges with multiple powders with atips while fireforming brass. Powders I have tried, 8208, cfe223, RL15, RL15.5, varget.
The 8208 velocity was lower then I wanted, cfe223 yields the highest velocity at 2510. I think h4895 might be the perfect powder for this but I dont have any at the moment.

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Haha! Looks ridiculous and I am 110% all for it! Love the name too. I would not have expected that speed. Looking forward to see how far you can take this project.

DuneBoer said:

@SONIC SAAMI saw this at BiMart in Roseburg today. Love the moss growing on it!
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It's Roseburg.....everything has moss on it.
Summer....warm rain. Winter .....cold rain.

babyguppy said:

Arnie and Sly say what........
Granted, Arnie admitted he quit using them after he found out they were bad.. (so he said)

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Arnie was last competitive in 1980 I believe. A bit here and there after that for movies maybe. Probably not as extensive as the wrestlers.

To add to my post above, I put Iron Maiden in the same category as Ozzy. In fact, I believe one or more of their guys are actually Believers nowadays. When I was coming of age as a guitarist (during their peak), Iron Maiden and Ozzy were called “satanic”. Years later (and with the help of the internet to actually research), I can now look back and see that it was all theater. If you really listen to, or read the lyrics, the actual messages in the songs, were not what they were alleged to be about. For instance, the song “Number Of The Beast” was always seen as open Satanism. But it was actually written about a nightmare Steve Harris had after seeing the movie “The Omen II”. If you read them, the lyrics describe being horrified by “witnessing” (in a dream) a Satanic ritual, NOT promoting it. Most of Ozzy’s lyrics on the subject are similar. But most everyone loves a scary movie, or a trip to a haunted house at Halloween, and these guys tapped into that attraction.

Lightning8 said:

Pence = Swamp Creature

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Not so much a swamp creature as a swamp cretin. He’s a fucking weirdo. There are quite a few weirdo right wing Christians in the GOP who vote right, but you would NOT want to hang out with them because they’re fucking weird.

If you have to tell someone to have a compass, good chance they don’t know how to use a compass.

It’s not like the OP is going to be doing 3 point resections then plotting his path to a safe return shooting azimuths back to the truck after getting lost.

Onx and things like it are cool. Just be sure to download the maps ahead of time, around where you will be.

GOHUNT for example takes some memory and gives you such a small offline grid. It’s kind of annoying. Especially for areas with huge public land.

Absolutely loved him growing up as a kid. Here I am last Halloween with some buddies.
God speed Hulk

M24 Sniper Accessory Kit - 7.62 Improved Sniper Cleaning System. This was a later issue item that replaced the original sectional cleaning rod kit. OTIS Technology made it, and production had slight variations. This one has the lens cleaning items not often found in later issue. OTIS P/N: #308-6, NSN # 1005-01-451-5119. This kit was also included with DMR-M14, M240, M40. All the parts were finished in black with a polycoating.

(OTIS made another kit called SNIPER 7.62/5.56 with a different NSN# 1005-01-453-3783 that I believe was issued with the M110 SASS for the sniper/spotter team with M4 backups, not sure)

just an item on celebs dying. Paul Kantner and Sine Anderson died same day 1/28/16. if you don't know Paul was co founder of Jeff Airplane. Signe was orig lead singer. when Airplane started she passed going with them because she was a new mother. Grace joined from The Great Society and Airplane took off,became Starship in '74. if you remember this you are a big fan and real old.

Cynical said:

I’m also the guy with two AMP’s, annealing every time, who still sometimes uses a Prometheus and has untold thousands in fancy ass dies. So I might be bitter and might be biased.

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I shoot with a guy that may have more toys than Santa Claus. The Prometheus scale, a tool used to cut single kernels of powder (he's a reformed F-class guy), and every time I turn around he's got a new... something. All manner of calibers; just got into ELR with a .300 Ackley Improved he bought from a mutual friend of ours who thrives on building exotic stuff, shooting 100-200 rounds, and selling it.

In PRS-style matches, he beats me like a drum because he's 10 years younger (barely into his 60s) and his collection of injuries/surgeries hasn't affected his range of motion as it has mine.

But when we shoot from the bench with no time constraints... my ammo loaded on a Dillon progressive with RCBS dies against his ammo made on the best toys in Santa's sack... fired through barrels cut by the same smith... yeah, you're right, @Cynical ... I hang right with him. Maybe, in absolute terms, the returns aren't worth the investment.

But isn't trying to find a "magic bullet" fun? For me, it's not the podium that's the big reward - it's the journey and the experiences and people along the way, and I have no regrets investing in them.

"The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom He gives nothing else." - Martin Luther

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shiney and chrome

@SONIC SAAMI saw this at BiMart in Roseburg today. Love the moss growing on it!

I took my first class last year and I thought I was a decent shooter. Then this happened.

Bump up, open to reasonable offers. Would work out something for the XC for a trade with a c2 or cs

Once i get permission to send PMs again I'm in for one of these. Been looking for something similar and the recomendations for your ammo packs is actually what pulled me back to this site.

yocan said:

I just became aware that the military built an SAR25 in 14.5 and I know a few guys that loved a 16" scar heavy, which always seemed odd to me. Well I"ve been seeing more of them and just got offered one with a larue 14.5 barrel for a really good pricepoint. So maybe I just don't get it butwhat are some pros to a shorty 308?

Basically can someone explain the thought process of wanting such a short 308 from a functional standpoint or is it merely a because I can option. I get why you want the blackout at that length (or shorter)

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It depends on the use case. If you think about it, a 20" barrel length is the "best" barrel length for a 5.56, but barrel lengths between 11.5 and 16" are more popular because they are handy and usually get the job done. Same thing goes for .308. Heck, if I needed more than my 11.5, I'd gladly take along a short .308 rather a long 5.56 if I needed more umph.

Tequila? Rum? Ice limes.

Yeah it’s the AWT. I got one back in the day. Still have it. Shoots great. I take it out every now and then still. Just have an sps varmint mounted in it. They stopped making them a long time ago. Veteran owned company that as far as I know only does knife scales now.