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I ran 30 Aguila 60g SSS through with zero issues
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Back to the Aguila Super Extra, it had 5 failures to fully cycle the slide in 50rds
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I want to try AutoMatch next, I will pick some up this week. WM has boxes for $19.99 (Rollback!) and it is pretty available. I have not seen red box Federal bulk in a while, the blue box Champion I see at times. I have a good bit of red box.

The fact that Contact cycles well is a testament to Eley and their lube and bullet quality. Lead RN but smooth and slick. 42g helps probably.

SSS is actually on the approved list and I happened to have 30. Cool that it runs. As a side note it runs in my 15-22
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Super Extra just seems to not have quite enough ooomph to cycle fully every time. It runs in my insanely reliable 15-22 which is what I bought it for.

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Overall happy with the slide and it feels great on the GG frame. I cleaned it easily and it seems to cycle much smoother now compared to yesterday.

Yes you should buy one
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Burris XRT III pricing

Back to my original question....the 3-15x or 3-18x would be for my AR to plink at distance. Anything with more magnification is going to be way more than I need and will weigh the rifle down more than I would want.
The xtr3 3-18 isn’t exactly small.
Cronus is is 35oz vs 30oz
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Edit: not really, the very early non btr version Cronus lacks some refinements but most everything you would find these days will be good. I really like my gen1 btr pictured, the gen2 is nicer yet but usually a couple hundred more from recency. Make sure it’s got the reticle you like, they offered a few different but all are good to me.

Pope Death Watch... WITH A PRIZE!!! Quart of Maple Syrup to the winner!

This doesn't falsify the statement that belief in the absence of fact is faith. (Careful here before you start substituting words again. Fact is not the same as reason or evidence.)
I never said facts were the same as reason. We reason based on facts and I have not conflated these terms. Additionally there are different types of evidence direct and circumstantial. One relies on inference, one does not

Finally it is not true that belief in the absence of fact is faith. What you are talking about is blind faith. Blind faith is faith devoid of fact or reason. Faith can absolutely be based on fact and reason. Without realizing it you are parroting a dead atheist talking point. You sound like a hipster who took a philosophy 101 class and is trying to sound cool in front of their friends at the student union. It’s sophomoric. Maybe the compression issues you highlight are coming from you. Read the whole below article.


I will quote a few parts here but I suggest you read the whole article:

Question:
In many conversations with atheists and agnostics, they insist that "faith" means "belief without evidence".

Virtually every atheist I've known defines faith in that way.

It is like a axiom in the atheistic and infidel communities and it is one of the main reasons why they reject religious beliefs.

Answer form Dr. Craig (technically double Dr because he holds two doctorates):

I’m honestly surprised to learn that the attitude you describe is still prevalent among unbelievers! I thought this old canard had gone the way of the dodo. In our present generation the idea of having a reasonable faith supported by evidence seems to have much greater currency. I guess some people never learn.

In any case, all this is irrelevant to the rationality of Christian belief. For even if we accept the secularist’s claim that faith is belief without evidence, then the proper response is, “Well, in that case my acceptance of Christianity is not by faith. For I have good reasons to think that Christianity is true.” Given his idiosyncratic definition of “faith” (belief without evidence), one is not limited to “faith” for one’s knowledge of Christianity’s truth. So ask him, what does he think of your reasons for belief?

You are trying to play a game of semantics all the while not seeing the forest through the trees

Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

The gieselle range in Tremont is a great facility. Back when I had time to shoot PRS I was bouncing between sheepdog and war rifles.

War had more distance (1250 yard max) and a lot more space between stages so you don’t have to be next to the muzzle brakes of other shooters. I really miss shooting there and I cannot wait to get the time to go back.
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XM7 worries from the field.

I don't think it really matters what caliber the weapon comes in -- the United States Army goes a poor job teaching soldiers to engage targets at 300 Meters and beyond, let alone further against a moving and turtled-up foe.

I would beg to differ on the point of infantry. You may control the sea and air, but land is controlled by people. The Straits of Malacca have to be held or controlled by soldiers on the ground. Naval. air, and logistics bases are secured by occupation forces or otherwise affected by commandos, partisan-guerrillas, and saboteurs -- as history has proven.
I am a former infantryman myself. What you are describing is true, but only in this modern age of nation building. In a total war, with the technology we have now, being a light infantry man in a platoon or larger element is in all but a few limited cases, a really bad idea. If the Iraquis and Afghans has apaches and fast movers, things look very different. Infantry are good at cordons for hvt extraction, holding a hardened structure against infiltration by foot and light skinned vehicles, and doing the bda's after the smoke clears, but with all of the cool stuff flying around out there, taking a walk with 35 of your buddies is suicide. Vehicles help, but they haven't made one shy of a tank that can handle rockets and bombs of any size. 20mm cannons on aircraft cut right through them. Even drones will wipe them out with efp's. The day of the infantryman is at it's end.
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Vudoo closed the doors…

This is one industry that blows my mind. People will bend over backwards and defend a company till they are blue in the face and willing to give a company an interest free loan for a year without any issues. Yet will turn on them in a heartbeat and withdraw their support if they feel wronged for whatever reason. What happened to being a company fan boy and “it’s worth the wait” as many will say.
Trust is at the heart of a "fan boy" relationship.

HS Precision
Troy Industries
Larue

I can list many more that lost the trust of the community for whatever reason and the community voted with their wallets.

MB

Vudoo closed the doors…

Does that come with free shipping, a 90 day guarantee, and for only $29.95, a second one free if I order right now on a credit card ?
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Buy two at $3000/ each and he’ll throw in three free plus a complete Voodoo rifle set up. Get it now, while they last! This is only good for the next 90 minutes or until sold out!

We won’t repeat this offer! 🥸

XM7 worries from the field.

I don't think it really matters what caliber the weapon comes in -- the United States Army goes a poor job teaching soldiers to engage targets at 300 Meters and beyond, let alone farther against a moving and turtled-up foe.

I would beg to differ on the point of infantry. You may control the sea and air, but land is controlled by people. The Straits of Malacca have to be held or controlled by soldiers on the ground. Naval, air, and logistic ports and bases are secured by occupation forces or otherwise affected by commandos, partisan-guerrillas, and saboteurs -- as history has proven.

Artillery and drones inflict over 80% of the casualties on both sides in Ukraine. They're trying to kill humans (the infantry).

If it isn't for those pesky humans an invading power could just hoist its flag and say, "This is now mine."