Recent content by JG26_Irish

This latest conflagration in the middle east is disturbing but not as surprise. Ref: "Wag the Dog". Brandon was not polling well and the concerted efforts to put the political opposition in prison for a variety of "Trumped Up" charges was not going well either. What better way for Bernie...

That is an innovative use of the 375, lol. Kudos to you. I just swapped the 1.5-4x Leopold for a Kahles k16i optic and took it to the range to zero after a boresight job. I had also cleaned the bore with KG #2. First shot was 2 mill low and 2 mil left measured using the 6-24x mil optic on my 22...

Look at the 10sh 100m groups when you go to the Lapua test center. Most are in the 25mm range and 14-11mm at 50m. I can hit a 1/2” dumdum sucker at 100y consistently but never 100% with that ammo and rifle combo. But, to do so only requires about 1 moa accuracy. I had one set of sub 1/2 moa...

I shoot rimfire out to 400y but training with it at 200y is like shooting the 308 or 6mm at 1000y. I can burn thru 100 rds of 22 doing that in one session where the CF rifles limit me to 10 or 20 at a time plus our practice range is only 400y. To access the longer range I must show up on the 1st...

There are some new developments in rimfire ammunition technology underway. Testing of several novel technical developments are in early development phase. But, with all new technology, it has to pass the sniff test. Is it technically feasible? Is it really superior to the current state of...

Am looking for a SA mod 2020 Waypoint Adj Ridgeline CAMO steel bbl in 6mm CM. BAW9206CMDA PM with price/availability etc if available. Can ship to my local FFL for transfer. Prefer new in box. Also looking for a Hellcat Pro OSP w/manual safety and open sights.

Hoser is getting great results with his can. Some rifle bbls are so harmonically stable that not much affects them. You are lucky to have one like that sir. If your cans are not affecting your accuracy, then you are truly blessed. That is one data point. I would like to see others. Most of...

When I am hunting, plinking, shooting offhand or in odd improvised rest positions, I usually do not notice the change in accuracy other than the aforementioned change in POI, which is easy to correct and has been pretty consistent with all of my threaded rifles. These are all rimfire. The only...

PD's at long range is about as much fun as you can legally have with a rifle. Many fond memories of my son and I blasting PD's

I zero at 50y with Lapua CX subsonics. This is also zeroed at 25y which is convenient. Hits 25 on the way up and 50y on the way down. At 35 it is about 1/2 mil high and due to scope/bore difference it is about 1/2 mil high at 15y also. Out past 50 I use the Strelok Pro app to figure drop and...

I cannot say that my deadair mask HD affected accuracy much but it did not help it at all. Most groups with most ammo were "slightly" larger. It did affect POI precision a lot in my view. The POI dropped 4/10 mil and shifted left 2/10 mil at 50y on my Sako Quad Lija custom by GA Precision...

JB, Sounds like at least some of the advice offered was on point. The A-coil in the HVAC for either central air (gas heat) or heat pump will produce liquid condensate when the A/C is running. The amounts vary with the humidity. The PVC pipe in the 2nd pic is the drain for that water. It only...

Lovely old rifle. Congrats on a solid acquisition. My local club hosts an outlaw rimfire benchrest match every Thursday night using a variety of targets but mostly the USBR green monster and the ARA unlimited cards and occasional others. We require the repeaters only (no D's or E's) and all...

Not sure of the OP's overall goals. Unless the Howa's factory bbl is already shot out, I would consider keeping it for a year or two and shoot it using the mid sized V-Max and Nosler bullets in the 53g and 55g up to 62g weight. The 1:12 twist will stabilize all of those well and you get lots...

FClass, Thank you for the comments and insights. Much appreciated. This is my first 243. Most of my CF rifles are of mil calibers like 308, 30-06, 223, etc. Most of my hunting rifles can go for decades using the same box of ammo. I have a custom Mauser in 270 that has taken more than a...