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    Official (DTA) SRS, HTI, Covert, Hunter Thread

    338LM or 375CT? Gorgeous setup. Edit; trolled forum as saw the 375CT thread. Dang dude. These rifles really shoot don’t they.
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    Official (DTA) SRS, HTI, Covert, Hunter Thread

    Working at our local range again yesterday, Had kiddo start from Bench at 250yds with the SAC 223 conversion. Stacked 3 rounds in an inch with 0 lateral dispersion from Cold Bore. Tripod form needs work. But, its a 15# rifle & a 60# 7yo, even with minimal LOP, not the easiest. Like us...
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    Official (DTA) SRS, HTI, Covert, Hunter Thread

    So, not entirely desert tech, but got my son started on Barricade and positional work while I did load development. DT factory barrel at 26" with 43.5gr of Staball and a 143gr ELDX is about 2850-60 across multiple lots of manufactures of brass. The desert tech and peterson brass are the most...
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    Official (DTA) SRS, HTI, Covert, Hunter Thread

    Never tried formal comps with it. Just local ranges, informal, hunting. But, from what little I know of the rules, should be good.
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    Official (DTA) SRS, HTI, Covert, Hunter Thread

    Great to know that PVA spins them up. I may order a receiver extension just to play with these pre-fits.
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    Official (DTA) SRS, HTI, Covert, Hunter Thread

    That is awesome. I'm in the northeast; "far" shots here are 200yds. Not a lot of wide open spaces, but occasionally I get the change to stretch for coyotes. Still, a small game vaporizer is high on the want list.
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    Official (DTA) SRS, HTI, Covert, Hunter Thread

    My vote is take the 6.5 conversion and see what a 95gr Vmax does. I’ll bet 3300fps. Pushing 2950 with 143gr puts it into the 6.5 PRC territory. Granted, big game just gets 338LM. Because why not. But, yeah… I still want something screaming at 4000FPS out of my SRS to obliterate a prairie dog.
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    Official (DTA) SRS, HTI, Covert, Hunter Thread

    I’ve not; .223 from SAC is awesome, but I get wanting to push for speed. I’m tempted to find a smith for a .17-556 conversion just to lob tiny things with zero recoil at absurd velocity. SAC has told me historically they’re sticking just to the .223 for time being. I’ve just been hand loading...
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    Optics Optic Sale - Free shipping

    Afternoon, Could you PM me on a Nightforce ATACR 7-35x56 F1, MilXT reticle; SKU is C661 -B
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    Official (DTA) SRS, HTI, Covert, Hunter Thread

    Aye, I concur, chop an inch off and rethread. Grab some conversion kits. The .223 from SAC is a hoot and great for kids and practice. Put an ARCA rail on it!
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    Official (DTA) SRS, HTI, Covert, Hunter Thread

    Son graduated from .223 (SAC) to 6.5 Creedmoor (Proof Research Carbon Fiber). PRDriver put this together for me a few years back, and that 7yo is getting proficient. Nightforce NX8 kept the weight down, and with the pictured setup, sling included, it’s about 11#. Viable hunting rifle, and able...
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    Official (DTA) SRS, HTI, Covert, Hunter Thread

    Boring PDF of ladder testing across Norma, Peterson, Hornady, and Desert Tech brass. All can be pushed to 2900+FPS with the 143gr ELDX and Staball on a Fed 215, but I can also try and replicate Hornady factory and aim for 2750 FPS. Still don't know who made brass for Desert Tech, but I'd...
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    Official (DTA) SRS, HTI, Covert, Hunter Thread

    Snow shoe sled drag a mile back to range. No one’s been here since me in late December. Load development time!
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    Official (DTA) SRS, HTI, Covert, Hunter Thread

    Replying to my own above; Norma Averaged ~ 159gr with 52.7gr capacity Peterson averaged 169gr with 52gr capacity Desert Tech (Not tumbled yet) averaged ~173gr with 51.5gr capacity Hornady averaged ~153gr with 53gr capacity. All small sample sizes (5) which the statisticians among us know won’t...
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    Official (DTA) SRS, HTI, Covert, Hunter Thread

    Question that someone here may know an answer to: Desert tech headstamped brass; anyone know who makes it for them? Hornady, Peterson? Reloading a bunch of 6.5 Creedmoor while snowed in, just have Fed 215 primers and Staball and 143gr ELD-X to load. Worked up a load with CCI primers in the...
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