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    Power trimmer vs Annealer vs Powder Scale

    My thoughts: On the trimmer, I have the Giraud and purchased it before I even did articles and reviews for the industry. At some point I should probably write a review of it. I found trimming so onerous that this was the first powered piece of reloading equipment that I purchased. It is...
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    Precision Rifle Gear New Athlon Rangecraft Chronograph-Garmin Xero Killer?

    Thank you, this is some truly excellent information and super helpful plots.
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    Calypso AB Mini Ultrasonic Wind Meter

    Pops shooting with the Calypso AB mini ultrasonic wind meter and the Vectronix Vector X binos synced up to base the windage calculations in applied ballistics on live wind readings As many of you know, I received one of the Calypos AB mini ultrasonic wind meters while I was doing the Vectronix...
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    2025 BigJimFish Review / Article blog: More 350L, Garmin and Athlon Chronos, Leopold Mark 4HD, BurstFire, Field Optics Research, videos and visits

    Update 9–12-2025 I did an all day range day at the long-range facility Wednesday. Part of this was slated to be tripod shooting practice with the 350L to get a better handle on what I think is reasonable for ethical deer kill distance all factors, including myself, considered. Since I brought...
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    Precision Rifle Gear New Athlon Rangecraft Chronograph-Garmin Xero Killer?

    I have also been running the Garmin side by side with the Athlon and would like to pick your brain on a couple of things. I am still using release firmware on the Athlon BTW, I will be updating it before my next range session but was initially hesitant based on the fact Garmin had updates where...
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    2025 BigJimFish Review / Article blog: More 350L, Garmin and Athlon Chronos, Leopold Mark 4HD, BurstFire, Field Optics Research, videos and visits

    Update 9-8-2025 I have finished up my review of the BurstFire 2 in 1 flame annealer. I have sent the draft to the company for them to have a look at and make any comments or responses. I should have their response and be posting the review shortly. I am pleased with the units function and value...
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    Why do people load so hot?

    With age we learn to quit drinking so much and quit loading so damn much powder in our cases.
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    Does anyone else get frustrated reloading

    1) I expect that to get really good shoulder bump consistency and a minimal bump, a normal sizing die and normal press are just not enough. That setup is really designed for running the die down to the shell holder which is a lot more than .002 bump. There is a lot of stretch in most presses...
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    X - Vectronix Shooting Solutions

    How far are you ranging and how often are you getting hits without the extenders? I want to be sure I'm understanding the problem correctly, especially in an ELR context. I am concerned with both these reports. I found no noticeable impact on ranging function with the extenders in the...
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    Vector X bino harness

    I just tried out the 10x vector X in my marsupial non-magnetic (2021 bungee version I love not "new" version I dislike. I'm very happy they brought the original back, it is awesome and I will probably order another now) The 10x binos are a little too big for the "small" marsupial. I expect that...
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    DeLane Development Group Rimfire Ventures

    I still can't believe how well my Vudoo .22 feeds. At this point it has seen many, many thousands of rounds in both a GrayBoe stock + bottom metal and an MDT XRS chassis. With the plastic Vudoo mags it continues to feed all the different ammo (lapua, eley, eley CMP, CCI, aguila) that I regularly...
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    Gunsmithing Question about marks on shoulder/neck and bore shoulder

    1) The dents on the shoulder appear to be from the brass hitting the brass deflector while being ejected. This is pretty common on AR rifles. Depending on the exact rifle and it's specific timing, those dents won't always be in the same place but they are typically in that area. I suspect the...
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    2025 BigJimFish Review / Article blog: More 350L, Garmin and Athlon Chronos, Leopold Mark 4HD, BurstFire, Field Optics Research, videos and visits

    Update 6-16-2025 The Leupold Mark 4HD 4.5-18x52 arrived a couple days ago for review. I have been thinking about doing an unboxing video more or less as content padding for YouTube. Since I wanted to talk a little about my thoughts on the Mark 5HD I reviewed a few years ago relative to this...
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    Precision Rifle Gear New Athlon Rangecraft Chronograph-Garmin Xero Killer?

    OMG, that is hilarious. The number of periods........ I can feel his frustration. I have to feel for gun companies when it comes to apps. In almost all cases these apps are contracted by the gun company with a third party software company and these software companies seem to have a very silicon...
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    Precision Rifle Gear New Athlon Rangecraft Chronograph-Garmin Xero Killer?

    Wow, those are some very, very, close results. 2.3 fps average difference between the "slowest" and "fastest" of the devices. From a curiosity standpoint, It would be interesting to know which is the closest to the true result though it hardly seems that this knowledge would have any real world...
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