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Re: British sniper breaks Rob Furlong's record <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: THUNDERBOLT68</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sorry guys I do thank these men for their service. I still do not believe it can be done 3 for 3 at 2800 yrds w 250 gr...

Re: British sniper breaks Rob Furlong's record Gentlemen, many of those who doubt the shot quote the initial press report. It may be of interest that the Unit concerned were being interviewed about deployement in Afg. It was mentioned in passing about this contact and the reported picked up...

Re: British sniper breaks Rob Furlong's record <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bondoscustomz1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Basic point. Bullshit! A guy driving the truck as a spotter? Come on. BS surely. It took Furlong 3 shots with a much more...

Re: 338LM Mythbusting :) Good test, well done. There are a couple of observations that I will add. The MEDIA reported the three shot issue, not the individual concerned. We all know how accurate the media report shooting issues, especially the British media who's total experience of shooting...

Re: British sniper breaks Rob Furlong's record <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Chanonry</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> there are so many versions of this story kicking about, they are going to be all wrong. whatever the army said will not matter...

Re: British sniper breaks Rob Furlong's record <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sandwarrior</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lonewolf&#8207;</div><div...

Re: British sniper breaks Rob Furlong's record <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lonewolf&#8207;</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: benchduck</div><div class="ubbcode-body">One...

Re: British sniper breaks Rob Furlong's record The shot was verified on the ground using appropriate equipment and by others involved in the contact. MOD have displayed very poor PERSEC in releasing the reports; not for the first time either.

Re: Powder for .338 LM Vit 165 with both 250 grain scenars and lockbase. Good out past 1400m

Re: British sniper breaks Rob Furlong's record Unfortunately, like a lot of these things there is always a lot of speculation. There is a gentleman on another forum who was involved with this incident and can verify the general data; however Some of the equipment used in this incident was...

Re: Falcon Menace quality difference? <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Boomholzer</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think both refer to milrad knobs with 1/10mil clicks. Consider 1 milliradian is roughly 1m @ 1000meters. So 1 milliradian would be...

Re: What lube do you use for resizing cases? I just use home made lube. Its a mix of isopropyl alcohol and liquid lanolin. The mix ratio is about 5% lanolin and its quite important to use isopropyl alcohol that is about 98-99%. I made a liter of the stuff a long time ago and I have never had...

Re: annealing brass - is it necessary Due to the price of good .338Lm brass I anneal after every second shot. Brass lasts well too.

Re: VihtVouri N165 338LM TRG 42 Presently Using a load of 88 grains of Vit 165 in my TRG 42 with 250 grain lockbase. This is giving me 2921FPS at 975mB pressure and 9 degrees centigrade. Not the hottest load in the book but gives sub MOA accuracy at 300m and is good out to 1000m.

Re: Falcon Optics 5.5-25x56 Menace Review Wao, how to make something complicated and difficult in one easy lesson. For a Nation that will accept some new ideas quickly and with enthusiasm, Americans appear terrified of the metric system of linear measurement. Rather than getting all tied up...