• Winner! Quick Shot Challenge: What’s the dumbest shooting myth you’ve heard?

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    A few more bedding questions

    IMO, you should change your mind. In my approach, nothing touches the barrel in front of the recoil lug. I make two epoxy beds, one at each screw area. The rear bed is small. Front bed: I tape the barrel nut with 3 or 4 layers of masking tape and coat the tape and receiver with...
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    A few more bedding questions

    I guess I can envision the concept, but I would concur more with the view that "a range of vibrations" is acceptable. In other words, total perfection is not possible. IMO, a vibe sensor to analyze receiver-to-stock fit is overkill. The goals are to determine whether the screws are applying...
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    A few more bedding questions

    The bow, if it exists, is the problem that you want to remedy with bedding. Sometimes a new rifle in factory configuration will have no bow. When you get lucky and find one of these, it will pass the aforementioned test. Neither the gap between the barrel and forearm nor the gap between...
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    Rifle Scopes How big is stuff?

    Thanks! FWIW, it would be an extremely rare occurrence for us to take a shot on a game animal past 200 yards. Not worth it when you can find closer animals. Also, we do a lot of bowhunting. I outfitted for years in WY, and can vouch from personal experience that LR hunters injure and lose...
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    Rifle Scopes How big is stuff?

    pairfect! Thanks!
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    Rifle Scopes How big is stuff?

    My kids and I are learning practical long-range rifle together. Just a casual, fun-with-dad basic skill set. We're already pretty experienced shooters, and the kids have good familiarity with windage and elevation corrections to 550 yards (local steel silhouette matches). We want to...
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    A few more bedding questions

    "original height" may be a secondary priority. The highest priority is to have the two primary contact points between receiver and stock on exactly the same plane. On the factory rifle, install the gun in the stock and tighten the front screw until it is snug. Then install the rear screw and...
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    Rifle Scopes Economical scope with FFP moa/moa?

    Thanks for the feedback. After doing some more reading (here and other sources) I'm leaning more towards mil/mil now. It certainly opens up more options. If you're spotting for another shooter, it's probable that he'll be working in mils as well, so that may be a factor. I did look at the...
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    Rifle Scopes Economical scope with FFP moa/moa?

    Greetings! I'm a noob to LR game. I have many rifles & calibers, but no dedicated LR scope with ranging capability and exposed turrets. So I'm shopping for a scope. Budget - $700. Required features: variable in the 4-16 neighborhood. AO. Moa or Mil reticle. Turrets match...
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