You may want to try the DNT The One. It’s under your budget. I have one and like it. Or you ca get a Burris II 5-25, it’s also dropped in price since it first came out. I have a couple and for the price it’s good.

Sucks, but they’ll get it fixed. Doesnt seem like the guntubers are having issues. I too think its a pretty neat gun.

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In keeping with my boomer theme...those who know, know.

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Way better to just hit the whole box with a sledgehammer.

I put mine on 6GT, I have no issues with it and does great at 1000 yards.

Ugh, my latest Kubota M5-111 requires DEF. Would be nice when I have to buy another one in another decade if it didn't require DEF.

^ However, I know better and we are only one administration away from everything going back to the way it was.

I should have mentioned that best precision typically occurs with >90% or so of case capacity. This provides consistent ignition of a uniform powder column so most loaders are going to be loading on the higher end of recommended load ranges.

Listen up hoss! If you aren't donating all of your disposable income to the police support organizations (after your NRA donation of course), you're wrong as cancer!

fpgt72 said:

It looks like the EPA has ended its stupid regs requiring diesel exhaust fluid. If you are not familiar with this in a nutshell you had to put a fluid in your "exhaust" to make it cleaner. Looks like this is being reversed and the software to hobble the engine can now be charged to allow full power if no exhaust fluid is present.

https://kfgo.com/2025/08/12/farmers-applaud-common-sense-approach-to-diesel-engines/

Hopefully CAFE will be removed and we can get back to smaller trucks and cars that get better fuel mileage. My 1990 F150 was parked next to a Ford Maverick. The modern small truck is larger than my old full sized

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The link won't let me view unless I drop my VPN proxy so I can't see the article details.

From what little I saw trickle into the news, the relaxed mandates on DEF are only aimed at diesels other than road vehicles. Is there anything more encompassing or is it really just tractors and equipment ?

Everyone else has mentioned the big contributors. Keep in mind that the trigger lock time on a bolt-action rifle is somewhere around 2-3 milliseconds. For a mil-spec AR trigger that is heavier and gritty, the lock time can be as much as 15 milliseconds. So basically the rifle has more time to move and is more likely to move between the time the trigger is pressed and when the bullet leaves the muzzle.

Combine that with junk ammo, junk barrels, junk optics with little or no magnification, shooters who don't really understand or apply the fundamentals of marksmanship, and the results are as the OP described.

Just to chime in, this barrel WAS NOT chambered by Bartlein. This was done by a gunsmith nearly a decade ago.

I think the real culprit was a carbon ring and a tight chamber. I cleaned the carbon out again just for good measure and did some load development this morning. Looks like a Bartlein doing Bartlein things...thanks @Frank Green for your excellent work

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There are probably two basic reasons. The first is "because I can" which needs no explanation. The other is the only gauge on pressure is problems with case/primer so we tend to base maximum pressure based on individual component capability as opposed to the SAAMI pressure rating which is below any case/primer specific limit.

I will also not that some competitions almost require overpressure to be competitive. For instance F-T/R at 1000yds requires 308 Winchester to be loaded at to be competitive.

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People load hot for multiple reasons. Mainly I think now it is the equivalent of cartridge "drag racing." Kind of like "I ran 9's with a stock LS long block and a big turbo," never mind it only lasted 4 passes before popping a ring land, and you blew up 2 long blocks tuning it prior to any passes. And you could have just put in a properly beefed up motor from the beginning for the same price.

If you want to go faster shoot a faster cartridge. The incremental gains from a hotrodding are not worth it.

The prevalence of exceeding safe pressures is extremely high. I shoot a 22 Creed, and looking at the published max and pressure data by Peterson indicates many of the published loads in the 22 Creed thread are potentially WAY overpressure no matter which way you slice it.

khel said:

Would you still volunteer if the goverment, installed and supported by China, was killing thousands of your countryman for opposing a coup, banning your culture and language?

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Your a bit late to volunteer.

Your time to do that was before you let "China" take over.

As for me I'd pick a side and defend it not sit on the fence and complain.

Can we make this the new challenge. Asking for an illegal .