grauhanen said:

The obvious one is that the testing was done on different days when temperatures were different. If one day was much warmer the higher temps would cause the ammo to have higher MVs.

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My testing was done on the same day and actually within two hours from start to finish with maybe a temp change of 5 degrees. Shot from inside my garage with the gun or the ammo never being in the sun. All shots recorded with a Garmin

Makinchips208 said:

Does Revolt require a prescription?

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Yes

Try not paying property taxes anywhere. Every “property owner” in every state is really renting from the govt.

Haney said:

Texas is full of weak people with big mouths . They get very defensive , like a typical karen does when confronted . The rest of the USA just laughs .

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Mmmm..OK. Most of the Texans I know here in Central TX are good, hard working and friendly folks.

AZLong said:

So Trump does not need to obey any laws?

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Here is the copy of the Constitution I carry with me. Can you point me to the part that He is violating? I hand this to people who say he is shredding the Constitution. So far no-one has shown me. I'll repeat what I said. District court judges have zero authority over the Executive branch & the President.

drglock said:

So I ordered 3000 of said lot and when it comes in I go to shooting it. Shoots really well but here’s the odd part. It’s actually two different lots. The lot I tested and part of the lot I ordered match up perfectly. Average velocity of 1091fps and SD 4-5. The second lot within this lot has an average velocity of 1111fps with an SD of 6. So far I’ve tested 18 boxes and they two lots are about 50/50. You can test a box and the whole box will be one or the other with SD’s being right at what I posted above.

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Six bricks of one lot of Eley Match were ordered. All bricks/boxes have the same lot number. Eighteen boxes of this ammo have been tested, and half of the boxes have an average MV of 1091 fps with SDs in the 4 - 5 range. The other nine boxes have an average MV of 1111 fps (20 fps higher), with SD of 6.

The hypothesis is that this ammo is actually two different lots of Eley Match that somehow have the same lot number.

If the above is correctly summarized, in the absence of further information there may be a possible explanation.

The obvious one is that the testing was done on different days when temperatures were different. If one day was much warmer the higher temps would cause the ammo to have higher MVs. Of course if the testing was done with very similar temperatures, this explanation is not valid.

The different SD values themselves, however, should not be surprising. Different boxes of ammo from the same lot can easily have different SD values, even when tested at the same temperature.

Fx51LP308 said:

Just curious. First, I gather that all the pkgs (especially USPS) had tracking enacted so you could follow them (theoretically). As for the merchant that "did not comply," it could be that they had an "exclusive" deal with USPS (ie. cheaper rates if you only ship with us). I used to have problems with UPS. They refused to make it easy for me to "pick up" a shipment at their distribution facility Their mantra was, always, "DELIVERY.... DELIVERY.... DELIVERY!"... at a time when I was always at work and never home to receive the pkg upon initial delivery), I was asking the merchants to ship USPS (oddly enough)) which would would go to my PO Box where I could pick it up securely, or FEDEX where I actually worked nearby and they *would* hold the pkgs at their office for my pickup. Most of the merchants I spoke to using UPS exclusively told me that they had cut deals with them for cheaper rates if they did use them exclusively.

Later on, when UPS had that huge and long strike by the workers, a lot of those exclusive deals started disappearing as the merchants started "diversifying" their carrier strategy. I guess that's when USPS started to get really big.. apparently, too big for its britches. It "Peter Principled."

And I'd never do business with that merchant again... and tell them why... on both "Glassdoor" and "Yelp!"

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Yes, tracking numbers were provided by all the vendors on the list. I am not sure about the "exclusive" agreement with the vendor in Oregon. If I had to guess, I would say that is all he uses. His shipping fees might be less than the other carriers. I don't really care. I do know that when I order at least $200 worth of "stuff" from him shipping is free . . . and as you can see from the list, always very fast. I really don't know how it can come from Oregon to Southwest Iowa in five days.

Especially when you consider that it took 213 days from Arizona to Southwest Iowa before USPS even admitted that they lost it. Remember it went from "Departed USPS Regional Facility in Tucson, AZ on September 27, 2024 at 3:46 AM" to "September 27, 2024 9:15 pm - The status went from "delivered no later than 9:00 PM 27 November" to "Your package is moving within the USPS network and is on track to be delivered to its final destination. It is currently in transit to the next facility." I interpreted that to mean it apparently fell off the truck while it was driving down the road since it was checked out of a facility, but never checked into a different facility.

The vendor that "did not comply" had sold me five inner tubes and flaps for my MB. They came UPS. I needed an additional two more tubes and flaps for the trailer. I ordered them the same day the ones for the jeep arrived. I specifically asked for UPS service because . . . well, because I do not much care for the service provided (or in some instances not provided) by the USPS. He confirmed the UPS service would cost more and I told him that did not matter to me. I would rather pay more and actually receive the package as opposed to paying less and never receiving the package.

Anyway, he shipped USPS . . . and as you can see in the information. Delivery took eleven days instead of four and the per tube and flap cost was more than the UPS package. I suppose I should feel pleased that at least the trailer has new tubes and flaps. Maybe I should take the MB and trailer to Arizona and follow the route of the USPS truck. I might find the clarinet in a ditch somewhere along the way.

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Never had a cat or dog of mine get fleas, but the flea & tick shampoos they sell at pet stores or Walmart will do the job. Bathing an ornery cat is best handled as a two person job. One holds the business end (teeth and claws) while the other does the scrubbing. My wife and I even do that sometimes with our more docile felines. With your cat’s tendency to roam, a flea collar might be good too.

Makinchips208 said:

Came to this thread cause our cat brought some fleas home. We have a retarded cat, no, literally retarded, but the kids like him.

We also have a labradoodle that we keep fenced in and he now probably has or will have fleas. Psh.

The cat will disappear for days or weeks at a time, the kids are pretty sure they saw him downtown hanging out on main street. Seriously! Thats like a couple miles away. Lol

Anyways, the fleas. My go to solution for most things is fire. Well that isnt gonna work. So what to do.

I will reread this thread, but im thinking i could do a dunk in a pool of chlorine water, or a dawn dishsoap bath for the cat. But how do i do that with a strong and retarded male cat? Lure him in a burlap sack and dunk him? Idk

Im not into taking this beast to the vet, that isnt 100% off the table, about 98% sure i wont do that though.

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Take the cat to your vet. The dawn dish soap works, but it doesn't prevent future infestations. Plus you have to bathe a cat...not a usual success story.

The cost effective product you seek is Revolt. Bonus that it prevents hook and round worms too, as well as ear mites. You can get a year's worth of Revolt for a reasonable price from Chewy.com. It works. I sell probably 70-80 boxes of it every year.

Do not confuse Revolt with Revolution/Revolution Plus...the latter does ticks too but is over 2x the price.

With an infestation, you have to proactively kill, and that means putting something on your pet that is going to kill the lone soldier parasite who is going to take a blood meal and lay eggs before you repeat the cycle.

You can also try the Seresto collar for an OTC application if your cat will allow it.

This will send a message to the current underage Maralago towel girls.

aprocast said:

If you can hold on the plate for hits it isn’t windy View attachment 86733573 shots at 1100 yards with a 223 holding 4 minutes of wind on the crosswire

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Either you didn’t read what I wrote or you don’t understand shooting in the wind.

Cbrjohnny1 said:

Up, everything but lapua brass

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Berger ammo sold

Up

That's definitely way too much cambers

DownhillFromHere said:

@RAVAGE88 Mike, a question: are Vudoo service parts - extractor kits, springs, etc. - patented, such that other machine shops are blocked from making them commercially?

I'm into my 70s now and slowing down some... I expect my 2019-vintage gen-1 V22 to outlast me without needing parts, but that's not at all a certainty and may well be a silly outlook. Worst case scenario might be that its bolt nose gets wonky again; I had to return the rifle a few years ago to have its early conical breech redone.

Glad to see you with us again, although I wish the circumstances around your reemergence were better.

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No, there are no parts in the assembly that are patented. What would keep reputable shops from making non-serialized parts would be the information they'd need to work from. If a shop or shops had valid models and prints that showed no ownership connected to VGW, they'll make parts. I'd starkly avoid the idea of making receivers.

Thanks, Dude, it actually feels good to be back in the mix.

MB

justin amateur said:

The velocity differences aren't a surprise.
When the factory labeling process is based on statical sampling,
management establishes acceptable defect rates,
defect levels, level of confidence to be applied to establish the sample size.
Profit is job one, expense kept to a minimum,
so 400 shots are all that are actually fired to label a batch of 28,000 cartridges.
That leaves room for less than stellar quality product to slip by.

Welcome to the assembly line lottery.
We pays our money, we takes our chances.

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Yes but you would think that it would be all mixed in on the boxes not whole boxes with identical different lots. It’s almost like two different lots got mixed after they were boxed but before being labeled

Price drop to $975

LuvDog said:

What about teaming up with a current action manufacturer that’s not in the 22 game already? Would that make the business model easier or harder?

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Good question, and I wouldn't rule it out if it makes sense, but generally, too much downtrodden baggage in such an arrangement.

MB

@RAVAGE88 Mike, a question: are Vudoo service parts - extractor kits, springs, etc. - patented, such that other machine shops are blocked from making them commercially?

I'm into my 70s now and slowing down some... I expect my 2019-vintage gen-1 V22 to outlast me without needing parts, but that's not at all a certainty and may well be a silly outlook. Worst case scenario might be that its bolt nose gets wonky again; I had to return the rifle a few years ago to have its early conical breech redone.

Glad to see you with us again, although I wish the circumstances around your reemergence were better.

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I'd love to see a video of it firing. Recoil can be a wonderful thing.

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