No Alpha will not dethrone LAPUA

It takes decades to build that kind of infrastructure

I am always looking forward to advances, but LAPUA is a known quantity and a very good one

I choose what cartridges I am going to shoot based on whether or not they make a case for it

On the other hand, can other manufacturers catch up? Of course. Peterson makes a damn fine. 375CHEYTAC case.

But all the talk of Lapua ignores the fact that RWS is the real king of the hill if anyone wants to bother to measure a lot of cases with water. The standard deviation on my 50BMG RWS cases is almost so small as to be immeasurable. It was half that of LAPUA which was a fraction of a grain

CCISERTDAWG said:

By far, and I've listened to a View attachment 8662161lot, this is my favorite.
AQUALUNG
What is the best?

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Aqualung ... wow that is old but still great old vinyl . For 'Old School' you cant forget Robin Trower either. You got to remember he is 80 years old right now, and this is from 2025 this year.
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To Rolling Stoned
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Daydream
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wind gypsy said:

They sure make em sound nice on the internet but they did with the 3-24x52s back when as well. And that was a $3k POS. Fool me once..

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Ahh, another satisfied customer wondered if I was the only one.

The best pipe mills in the world are Berg in Panama City, FL, Durabond in Steelton, PA, and American in Birmingham Alabama.

There are more that are good, but those are the best.

This is for pipe that is 12" diameter and larger.

I can’t believe that Chuck Mawhinney sniper is still available at that price. I wouldn’t sell mine for 10x that.

Bantam1 said:

A real life Conehead on the right...

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Pshh! Don't you know you're in the presence of Inca royalty?!

Price drop

With that many leaks in that few years of operation of a new line, sounds like they bought shitty pipe.

I spent about 15 years as the materials purchasing lead for a major pipeline company. The quality of purchased components is essential to safe operations. We bought domestic parts, with the exception of some fittings made in Italy by Tectubi, which were the best fittings made at the time. Been a few years, so I don't know if that is still true.

Bet you guys didn't know there's a new gang in town. The Iowa Fudds.

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I don't have a mullet. Thank you very much!

Yes, that tube is too long. You'll never know if that's really part of the problem until you get it corrected. Usually they're too short. Either way, it messes with the timing.

Funds sent.

Shoreglide said:

Nope. Run heat in Summer, AC in Winter
No temp control or dehumidification though.

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Oh. Learn something new every day.

Thank you,
MrSmith

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DarnYankeeUSMC said:

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EDIT: I stole that one about eleven years ago

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Hey you stole my picture. The guys at Cox Plumbing in VA are a bunch of good ole boys.

I still have the sucker. It's a little dirty and worn now so it's a Dirty Cox Sucker

DarnYankeeUSMC said:

I've seen hundreds of times that the house gets under roof and the buyers come in and want walls moved, bathrooms rearranged, stairways moved and doorways changed. Contractor says okay without any concerns or consulting with the subs and then everything lines up with floor trusses/joists.

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I can relocate joists. You just need to talk to me before you butcher your way to where you need to go. I was a remodeling carpenter for about 10 years of my career. Anything can be done. It's gonna cost the homeowners some money, but it can be done. In all honesty, when I worked in the Madison Wisconsin area, all the other trades knew to come ask me before they cut into structure. Or to talk over a plan to get where they needed to go. Except HVAC of course.. they only stand out because they were literally the only trade with multiple problems. In other areas of the state and country it could be anyone.