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I blew up my rifle!

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Cereal_Killer said:
Did you ever come to a definitive answer as to what happened? I know this is an old post but I had something almost identical happen a couple weekends ago. Shook me up so bad I haven’t shot since (and I’m a 2-3 times a week at the range kind of guy). I’ve been reloading for close to a decade and never had any sort of incident, I’m always extremely diligent and double and triple check everything. Anyways, I had shot about half a mag of 220 gr subs and suddenly I was damn near deaf. Took me a few minutes to get my bearings and then I realized my mag was in pieces and my bolt was welded forward. Luckily my can was fine but I couldn’t get the bolt to open. When I got back home and finally got it open (took a ton of beating with a wooden dowel) it looked almost identical to yours). I’m 99.9% sure I didn’t double charge and I’ve had squibs in the past but always realized before shooting again. I’m so consumed by figuring out what happened that I don’t feel comfortable shooting again until I know what caused this.
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(Edited) Looks like a case head separation. How many firings on that brass? Cut that piece of brass open with a dremel and you will see a stretch line around the base, right where the failure occurred. Now, get a thin piece of wire and curl the end into a J. Cut the short end into a sharp point. Drag it across that line and feel it catch. Do this to the rest of your brass and cull any that you feel catch. Or, trash the lot and get new brass.

I culled this one before it became a problem.
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Edit- Cereal-killer’s issue isn’t a head separation, but I’m leaving the rest here as a reminder to everyone to check your brass…
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PRS Talk PRS Match participation taking a hit in 2025?

Sheldon N
Senor_Barney said:
Second, I don't think I am putting out anything that Mr. Wheeler or his MDs are not already seeing in the data and I put this out there so the community can chime in on possible drivers of this trend. I have my theories, but have not taken the time to analyze the impact of Rimfire and / or Regional series, Y/Y changes in match fees, or the schedule has had on match participation. Let's hear what the Hide thinks (that means you @Sheldon N ).
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Interesting info, thanks for sharing. I'd not looked at any real match data for 2025 yet since I usually do that at the end of the year.

My initial thought is that perhaps what your data is showing is not a decline, but rather a dilution? There are a lot more Pro matches being added, and my guess is that new match additions are diluting the pool of shooter time/dollars so not as many people attend each individual match.

From past data 2020-2024, the total number of shooters going to 3 matches or more continues to be on a uptrend. The last three years the total number of shooters who shot even just 1 Pro series match (PRS members or not) has also increased.

Another data point I'd not looked at before, but you got me curious.... from my existing data I was able to quickly calculate how many total PRS Pro Series match slots were sold for each year. That's also on a 4 year uptrend.

A dilution effect might by the alternative competition options - more regional matches, more PRS/NRL22 matches, NRLH, etc. I seem to recall hearing that PRS membership continues to rise and the number of 1 day and 22 matches has drastically increased. If there's any downturn or slowdown in Pro matches this year it may just be a shift to other competition and not people giving up on the sport.

Personal experience, I am starting to look more at match entry fees as I think about the cost of matches. Lots of match entries are getting closer to $300 or more and I now have 6 pro series matches that I can drive to in my area. I wonder if that cost doesn't hamper growth and/or serve as a bit of a barrier for someone attending their first Pro match. The MD's set the price though, and supply and demand will work itself out in the long run.

Big picture, my guess is there's still growth in shooter numbers and match participation but that new matches additions are currently outpacing the available shooters.
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No Fee for Surppressors or short barrell rifles

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Boatninja said:
Who is Byrd? I'm guessing a senator and democrat, but what state? Like I said I'm guessing and could be completely wrong
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Robert Byrd - Wikipedia

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A real class act.

In December 1944, Byrd wrote to segregationist Mississippi Senator Theodore G. Bilbo:

I shall never fight in the armed forces with a negro by my side ... Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.
— Robert C. Byrd, in a letter to Sen. Theodore Bilbo (D-MS), 1944[16][35]
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PRS Talk PRS Match participation taking a hit in 2025?

Rob01
Always ups and downs. I wouldn’t read anything into differences in a year. People have things come up and some just don’t want to spend the money to travel/match fees. Both which continue to go up.

.22 matches been around for 8 years or so and are getting more and more popular as there are a lot of them and it’s cheaper to shoot for most with no loading ammo. lol Seriously though it’s fun and people may be making that choice at times over centerfire.

I will say that the PRS made a stupid move dropping Frontline because they didn’t have the same “values” as the PRS. Was a great venue for the AC but at least they are still running matches. They have one tomorrow.
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PVA's 2025 "Freedom From The Crown Sale"

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bohem said:
The annual Freedom From the Crown sale goes up tomorrow. The code is "FFTC2025" and that gets you 14.92% off everything listed in the sale folder under "Freedom From The Crown Sale".

Barrels, blanks, prefits, bullets, glock barrels, comps, etc... all on sale.

Freedom From The Crown Sale 2022

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A new launch product for this year is a new barreled action option from a company that everyone will be familiar with on a work product end... though I suspect few know their name. Warwick Tactical has been making white-label products in the 2011 and precision rifle market industry for many years. They make many of the biggets name actions currently on the market, even ones that might claim "our shop"...

This is a 3 lug, 60 degree throw, fat bolt design that's made in an aerospace grade shop.
Interchangeable bolt heads that are compatible with the Solus (IE solus owners still waiting on a 223 bolt head, call me I have them)
Origin prefits fit
Quick Change barrels via set screw
"Fat Bolt" design that feeds flawlessly with AICS and AW pattern magazines
Dual lobe cocking cam with dual rollers on the cam itself.
DLC Coated
223, 308, and standard Mag bolt heads available
Improved lock time (appx 16% faster) and striker energy (8%) over many of the common aftermarket actions.

There is a limited quantity available for this sale at $1399 complete barreled action using a Rock Creek blank. Upgrades to the Osprey blank with other caliber options are available at $1549. This limited availability is for the first 20 actions only.

We've been shooting one of the prototypes for several weeks in the shop and they're just awesome!

The retail price on the action alone after this sale will be $1199; for those counting that's like getting a PVA prefit Rock Creek for $200... IE the cost of the blank.

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I know it isn't relevant for the sale, but are there any plans to offer a left-hand WTL action in the future?
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M40A1 repo mounts and rings

Frank Green
John L said:
If your referring to the mounts, they can be found at a few places. D&D Gunworks is making them, along with ICE in Australia and his seem to get good reviews. I'm not sure where Frank is getting them done at, and Chad at LRI is working on a repo but not sure when they might be ready to go to market.
If your asking about the SIMRAD caps, I believe Frank will be selling those in the near future.
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The shop that made the mounts we did the group buy on are willing to make another run of them. He’s working on the Simrad caps that are in process now to finish up before he looks at another run of mounts.
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