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    Rifle Scopes Meopta Optika 6 or Burris Veracity

    I have a 5-25 Veracity and disliked the glass so much that it took it off of one of my prairie dog rifles, I couldn't stand looking through it for hours on end. Otherwise a functional scope, but the glass is crap. I haven't looked through an optika 6 but have a couple of other Meopta scopes...
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    Hodgdon H1000 shortage

    Not to be one of these "I told you so" ninnies, but ever since these component crisis became the norm I've been buying powder by the 8 lb keg instead of individual pounders. I'm so effing sick and tired of working up a good shooting load only to have to switch components because I can't find...
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    6.5x47 Lapua with h4895

    It's a good temp stable powder and it's definitely worth trying. I'm using Varget but it's up to the individual rifle, if it likes H4895 better then use it. H4895 is just a little faster burning than Varget but it's not far off so use what the rifle likes best.. Six of one half dozen of the...
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    Best .223 Precision Semi Auto brass

    I like Lake City and have a bunch of it but it's not always available. I don't like to use once fired, I want new stuff because I don't have small base dies and I needed some for a new build so I ordered 350 pieces of starline today. I'd have ordered new lake city if I could have found it but...
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    Gunsmithing Savage Barrel Change Repeatability

    As long as you mark the barrel and receiver and replace the old barrel where it was you shouldn't need to work up a new load.
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    Gunsmithing Thoughts on this barrel?

    Looks like some moderate fire cracking but the only thing that really matters is how it shoots. If it's still shooting well then keep it, if it's fallen off below what you want then rebarrel.
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    Rifle Scopes Why aren't integral scope rails more popular?

    I disagree completely with this statement. I have a swarovski PH 2.5-10 rail mount scope. It only takes a cursory look to tell that it's a much sturdier system than any ring/base combination. You've basically got a standard scope tube with a small I beam integrated into it. The multiple...
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    Rifle Scopes a note on Tangent Theta and pricing

    I'm with you! MAP is inherently anti-free market, it's a scumbag way for companies to artificially raise prices and therefore profit margins. I wish it was outlawed, there's no place for schemes like it in a free marketplace. We break up monopolies under the RICO act, MAP removes competition...
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    Shouldered Barrel Options

    Shooters are notoriously faddish. If someone vocal on a board like this becomes a cheerleader for a certain shop then it becomes a must have for a lot of folks, their business stacks up and their lead times lengthen. They may or may not be doing anything better than another shop...
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    Rifle Scopes Grendel 2-10ish hunting optic: Trijicon 2-10x56 or - ?

    I've got an XTR II (4-20) and the glass is mediocre at best. Maybe they put better glass in the 2-10. I use mine on a prairie dog rifle and mechanically it's fine but I wouldn't put it on a serious hunting rifle. The glass quality is my biggest complaint about the burris. I just bought a...
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    Rifle Scopes Grendel 2-10ish hunting optic: Trijicon 2-10x56 or - ?

    I do a lot of whitetail hunting at last light. My go to scope for that purpose on my main deer rifle is a Meopta meostar 3-12x56 with a german #4 reticle. My other deer rifle has a Swarovski PH 2.5-10x56 with a German #4 reticle. The common theme is great optics, big objective, and good low...
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    Inexpensive chronograph

    I've been using one for years and had great service out of it. About $100 on amazon.
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    .308 or .264 muzzle break for .284?

    Get the .264 and let the smith ream it. Muzzle brakes aren't always reamed true from the maker. I once sent a smith an already reamed brake for a 300 win mag barrel and the brake had .010" runout which meant it was going to have to be reamed true anyway and would be oversized. Oversized...
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    Gunsmithing Old Fashioned trigger job? Rem700

    Neil Jones in PA is the man for M700 trigger jobs, he's been doing them forever and I'm sure can handle all variations. Take the trigger off and drop it in the mail to him with a check for $75 and a note saying what pull weight you want. The ones I've had him do have come back perfect. Neil...
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    Gunsmithing Best Practices

    I replace the recoil lug and nut on savages, they're pretty cheap through northland shooter's supply and it's peace of mind. I shoot them first before I bed, sometimes they surprise you and I don't feel I'd gain anything by bedding. Most I end up bedding but not all. I use blue loctite on...
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