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Recent content by ankratz

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    My way of getting Drop Data

    Amazingly helpful, thank you!
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    Need help matching colors (rattle can)

    Holy smokes, do that! Brownells charged me $10 a can when I was desperate :(
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    Need help matching colors (rattle can)

    Aervoe is just tough paint. It bridges the gap between paint and a coating, but is as easy to apply and as cheap as rattle cans (dsg arms is the cheapest place to get it at 6 bucks a can). plus, a HUGE range of color choices. What I do is wipe everything with acetone. If I can do parts...
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    Need help matching colors (rattle can)

    I just noticed you're in SW PA. For an effective camo in your neck of the woods, I would suggest mimicking the Finnish camouflage. An emphasis on tones of green (60%), browns (30%), and a medium gray (10%). I can't recall what eastern PA looks like in the winter time, so you may want to change...
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    Need help matching colors (rattle can)

    One more quick thing....If you want a Sage or "foliage green" color, I would check out Aervoe "Khaki". It actually comes out like a lighter foliage green. Their actual "foliage green" is a nice color, but really dark....almost blue. I'm not sure where it would be effective at all honestly...
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    Need help matching colors (rattle can)

    And if you need a "reset button," Methylene Chloride will peel it all right off in about 10 seconds without a trace. Just do NOT get it on your skin.
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    Need help matching colors (rattle can)

    Here you go: Hard to see, but top left is Krylon Khaki---it's more of a gray tone, compared to top left Rusto Khaki which is more yellow tone. Bottom is Rusto Brown which is "slightly" darker and more chocolately than Krylon Brown. Rusto brown is a better choice for woodlands, while Krylon...
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    How to build good copper equilibrium in a barrel?

    when you guys say "when accuracy falls off" are you confirming this with group shooting? or poor/not normal results at distance?
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    Groomsman Gift Ideas?

    I got my guys a Leatherman. Awesome, practical, and lasts forever
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    Need input on moving to Oregon or Idaho.

    OP, pm me if you'd like. I'll tell you what I know of Deschutes County Oregon as a fairly recent transplant. What you're looking for its why we came here.
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    Not satisfied with my Remington 700's group size...

    Thank you, Sterling, this is quite helpful actually. I've had some informal instruction from a shooter who knows much more than I in between that group shot, and eventually hitting 1000. I think what got me to 1000 is listening to his advice, some of which is dead-on with what you mentioned in...
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    Advanced Marksmanship Carbon and copper, what can it hurt?

    Anything good or bad about running a dry bore snake through my .308 after each range trip? I have 260 rounds through the rifle total. haven't cleaned yet.
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    Looking for a new place to Live and Die

    Deschutes county in Oregon has a massive medical industry compared to the rest of the countys sectors. and its growing. ... And we have a heck of a range out here :)