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    Sidearms & Scatterguns Conceal carry 1911

    Kimber TLE/RL in a Milt Sparks VM2 daily since 2007. Don't overlook a good belt as well.
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    7mm-08

    Very interested in this. ^ Would you mind giving load specs and bbl length
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    Rifle Scopes Cool videos on how Nightforce scopes are made

    Re: Cool videos on how Nightforce scopes are made Anyone browse around on the rest of that site? Those guys sure are proud of their product. I imagine its top shelf stuff, but damn.
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    kowa 82sv

    looking for anyone with some hands on time with one of these. Heading to the ghan soon and looking for a good spotter. I am currently looking at other kowa's and found this one. I like the price but have not physically been able to look thru one. The only kowa i have looked thru is an older 881...
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    Gunsmithing 5r torque specs

    Re: 5r torque specs <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: HateCA</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Factory bottom metal is meant to be torqued between 45 and 50 inch pounds per Remington specs. 65 inch pounds is a military spec with Badger M5 bottom metal...
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    torque accuracy

    Re: torque accuracy From my time as a mechanic, working in race/restoration shops, and just being a gearhead in general. The more you use a tool such as a torque wrench the sooner it "might" need calibrated. Obviously it will depend on the application your using the tool for will determine...
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    Gunsmithing 5r torque specs

    Re: 5r torque specs I haven't heard about playing with the torque specs. Just set that baby at the specified torque value with a bit of blue locktite and go shoot. Your stock has an aluminum bedding block, if 65 in/lb is what it calls for (sorry memory is not working and I don't have the...
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    Gunsmithing Remington 700 SS 5-R Milspec...

    Re: Remington 700 SS 5-R Milspec... 175 smk over 43gr of varget in a lapua case with cci br-2 primers at an oal of 2.8" shoots the lights out in mine out to 600yds. not much experience past that. I'm seeing velocities of 2610 fps with an sd of 11 over my junk chronograph. they are definitely...
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    Rifle Scopes Looking for experience with nitrex optics

    Re: Looking for experience with nitrex optics Sorry for the delay of my reply. The Nikon ATB Line is one of the competitors that I was looking at. I had reservation about those models because someone had told me they had a pair and they constantly fogged up. I might just end up getting a pair...
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    Rifle Scopes nightforce question,50 or 56?

    Re: nightforce question,50 or 56? 5.5-22 x 56mm on my 5R here with NF low (.886) rings on a badger 20 moa mount. Couldn't be happier. Plenty of clearance between bbl and scope obj. Semper Fi Ryan
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    Rifle Scopes Looking for experience with nitrex optics

    Re: Looking for experience with nitrex optics Anybody?
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    Rifle Scopes Looking for experience with nitrex optics

    I'm looking for a pair of field binoculars in the 8-10x magnification range. The price range I am looking at is up to $400 or so. I picked up a pair of 8x42 nitrex binoculars at the local sporting goods store the other day and was quite impressed for the money when compared to the likes of...
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    Bad days, have to offload some gear

    Re: Bad days, have to offload some gear whoops my bust fellas. didn't see that part.
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    Bad days, have to offload some gear

    Well unfortunately this day has come too early. Gonna have to give up my starter rifle. So here it goes up for sale. Rem. 700 5R mil-spec approx round count 200 stock bedded with devcon steel bed weight added to buttstock via lead shot limbsaver recoil pad blemish free badger 20 moa scope mount...
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    Rifle Scopes Updated - NXS distortion - Fixed!!!!

    Re: NXS distortion <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: matt33</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I’m a total newb here, but my recent trip to my local NF dealer yielded similar results to the photos above. Initially, I went to look at different NF...
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