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Thoughts after vacation

Spent the last few weeks driving around the country trying to see nature. A few highlights:


  • Why is every other lot in WY a junkyard. Like seriously wtf.
Carry on.
AMEN BROTHER!!!

finally someone speaking truth about Wyoming.

please spread the word to everyone you meet, we need to get these facts out. this lie about Wyoming being nice has gone on long enough.

we need to save people from wasting their time going there FFS. it is an absolute shit hole. go elsewhere, honestly, any place is better that Wyoming!
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trouble connecting Sig Kilo 10K Gen 2 with Kestrel 5700 Elite Link with AB

I can connect my 10K with the BDX app on my smart phone and I can connect my Kestrel with LiNK app to my smart phone, but I cannot connect my 10K with my Kestrel. Both units have blue tooth enabled, the 10K is set to BDX external, the Kestrel has been set to all of the available settings shown in the blue tooth screen. What is next?

Thoughts after vacation

The badlands is my list. There is so mush amazing stuff I have seen in CO. I am glad I got to experice this state when I did the way I did. It's nothing like it was. Everything is still here, but there is just so much less access to it.

Ya national parks are sooooo, busy. Because they make everyone show up for a reservation at the same time. It's public land. Come and go as you please. They owe off huge tracks of land for few "sensitive areas." Like where boiling water meets the surface that can melt your body with acid. 🤣🤣

That's kind of like how they call mega doubt, but the truth of the matter is they squandered much of the water in the CO River basin. Now any natural drought is primed to be a catstrophy.

Ukraine war Bullshit.

So, Zelensky just updated his demands for peace.

1. No concessions on borders
2. No withdrawal from Donbas
3. Security guarantees from NATO
4. No demilitarization
5. Continued support of weapons from NATO
6. Russian reparations - 100's of billions in damages
7. Return of 20K "abducted" children and all POWs
8. No sanctions from Russia moving forward

Seriously, this guy must have doubled down on his crack. Has anybody seen Hunter lately?

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Why do people load so hot?

I to am new to reloading rifle ammo but to assume that everyone that has more experience then you is a Monkey is pretty silly. Its probably because the book max is way low compared to real world application. Your also posting on the only form that I've ever been on with a huge wealth of good knowledge and very little BS. The assumption that you would loose precision shows your lack of understanding. Accuracy nodes vary with velocity and pushing velocity is a good thing if accuracy and ES are where they need to be. It will allow you to have better accuracy at distance, with less effect on the bullet from environmental conditions.

300 Norma

I cool my barrel every 5 rounds, that dude don’t give a fuuuuuuuck
I used to, until I started shooting NF, now I'll go strings of 10.
300 RUM is the KING of the 30 cal magnums. I’ve had 3 of them.
Case capacity is 114 grains H2O just shy of 338LM
Nosler brass was always hard to find and rem sucked balls
Other problem is mag freeing. Unless you go Wyatt, nothing will accommodate it because it’s so long
I had a RUM and went to a 30SM for mag feed reasons, it keeps up just fine.

I did the same thing. I have 2 pounds of it also. 😊
Those are rookie numbers, pump them numbers up.

You wouldn't buy a race car and run it at half throttle.
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Mixing brass lots, same headstamp.

Hey all,

I am curious, who mixes lots of brass with the same headstamp to load "match" or precision stuff with good success?

My OCD tells me not to do it but I'm not even sure it's a big deal. I bought some 308 lapua brass off the hide at a good deal. What I didn't realize was that I would be getting 2 or 3 different lots. Which is fine, it was a good deal, but it would make life easier if I could just mix all and not worry.

I also have my 6.5CM peterson brass which is 2 lots. I have them separate but same thing. If I could mix all and not notice any accuracy degradation, it would make things easier.

Thanks,

Serg
Depends on your objective.

What are you using the ammo for?

Mixing brass lots, same headstamp.

On occasion I've beat the fixture for groups, but it's not usually the case. More likely to be the lucky circumstance of me counteracting poor dispersion with my (lack of) aiming ability. It's not huge, but probably averages ~0.1-0.15 MOA on the whole that the fixture is better than me.
That's interesting. Assuming you're talking 20 + rd groups?

10 second showdown

https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/advanced-pistol-drill-the-10-second-showdown/

Any of you super pistol studs able to post a video of you doing this?
Are you going to post a video as well or are you just trolling for vids of some of these dudes in their tight American shooting pants? :p

School me on the Vudoo

I hear ya, but I don’t blame the guys shooting the matches, those are the guys I’m trying to help and reduce their level of frustration after spending a ton of money and issues abound. The research they do has actually fed the problems, not eliminated them.

On the other hand, just because someone shoots a lot of matches doesn’t mean they’re qualified as a technical consultant (which isn’t what I hear you saying at all). I know a lot of pilots that fly airplanes, but none of them can tell ya how to build it.

I’ve not said much about this topic for roughly seven years of listening to people blame the Nylon magazines for the varied feeding issues.

Hence, the likely obvious intensity of my comments above, which some are likely to consider something other than the “high road,” but it’s time to put blaming the magazines to rest and shift focus to the real reasons.

And based on the diagrams and explanations posted everywhere showing the tilting, rolling and need for an adjustable gadget of some sort, it’s not that the issues aren’t known, but not many will step up and address it openly.

At any rate, you’re 100% correct. Proper setup is key, but you shouldn’t have to care if your magazine hits a bag. The rifle should still run like a Swiss watch. 👊🏻

MB
I had a Foundation Centurion with a Vudoo bottom metal that fed flawlessly with a properly loaded magazine. See above post about the Glock 22

Elk Hunting Rifles, What are you Using?

Manners w/ mini chassis isn't that light, carbon Bartlein isn't that light, that action is almost 2.5#. However a 12# number, dang near has to include the S&B.
Mine is pretty similar. manners LRH, 24” proof carbon sendero, Nx8 4-32 with nf rings, silencerco scythe, and tricer bipod (w/long legs) is 10.5lbs all in ready to roll.
Im not calling him a liar, I’m really just curious where the weight is

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School me on the Vudoo

the internet bad information is such a huge thing when it comes to R700 rimfire platforms.

I've got a Vudoo and RimX. While I initially had some problems with the Vudoo, once I learned how to load the magazine correctly and got it set in my stock correctly, and stopped letting hit a bag on a barricade (tilting it backwards)I've had almost zero issues with it in several thousand rounds.

RimX is the same. Get it set correctly and load it properly and it runs fine.

Every time I hear people complain about either, esp. people who've never run one or done any research on how to properly use them, I just roll my eyes. Lots of lazy people want to push the easy button and run a high end mechanical device yet refuse to even attempt to learn how to work it correctly. I mean, the guy who just shot and cleared that stage had no problems therefore I'll do the same. All while completely ignoring that guy who just cleared that stage figured out how to make it all work correctly several thousand rounds ago.
This ☝️

Shooting matches has taught most of us that feeding seems to be an issue with most rimfire rifles.....until you work them out! I have been running 2-10 round and 1-15 round original Vudoo aluminum magazines for years and would not switch for anything.