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Recent content by JimHanks

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    Hunting & Fishing Africa Questions

    Has anyone here hungered with either Stormalen Safaris: Namibia or Stormberg Safaris: South Africa? Details would be appreciated.
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    Barrel heat effects POI

    Have used CO2 to cool them down when practicing. Do not open valve all the all just let it flow where you can just hear the gas through the barrel - keep feeling close to chamber until it's cooled down. Alway run a couple of dry patches. Cuts waiting Tim,e down.
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    Barrel Length and Thickness Contour

    "Barrel weight has little to do with accuracy in modern rifles and is mostly a holdover from black powder." He did acknowledge that the difference in contour does affect the barrel harmonics but otherwise has no measurable effect. I would not completely agree - heavier barrels tend to be more...
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    Walmart Winchester bean bag???

    Re: Walmart Winchester bean bag??? Try Wiebad.com - great guy and great products.
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    muzzle break question

    Re: muzzle break question Call Jason Christian - he has a fantastic brake and shipped a shimm kit that makes it really easy to mount. JEC Brakes - it's on Tactical Matches.com
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    .308 168 grain ammo

    Re: .308 168 grain ammo I order a bunch of 168 Federal Gold match from Ammo To go. Pretty good price and fast delivery. Also they tell you if they have it in stock.
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    Which bipod? Does it really matter?

    Re: Which bipod? Does it really matter? Hard to go wrong with a Harris S type - the only thing the Atlas (great bi pods without a doubt) will allow you to do is pull against a barricade. Helpful but can be worked around.
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    Kestral

    Re: Kestral If your using Ballistics FTE you can put in the DA and then enter temp into mach field for zero. Then using heads up display for firing solution just put in current DA.
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    MIlitary Dogs Need Our Help

    Re: MIlitary Dogs Need Our Help Sent - thanks.
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    Hunting & Fishing What is wrong with peta people??!?!

    Re: What is wrong with peta people??!?! ........ powerful drug trafficker in the international smash telenovela La Reina del Sur to her much anticipated role as a transsexual inmate ....... Really? Yep, knows what she's talking about.
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    Hunting & Fishing 2 year chase is over-- taxidermy pics

    Re: 2 year chase is over Great buck - congrats!!!
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    RL-17 and Temp Effect on Effective Charge Weight

    Re: RL-17 and Temp Effect on Effective Charge Weight <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Graham</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'm getting about 1fps per degree with RE17 in my .284, exactly what I get with Varget in my .308. </div></div> I'm running...
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    is it me or or old age and cranky!!!!!!

    Re: is it me or or old age and cranky!!!!!! Around here - a turn signal means that they plan turning that direction sometime today, well maybe.
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    Advanced Marksmanship Shooting Through Brush

    Re: Shooting Through Brush Like above - congratulations to your daughter. And thanks for the information.
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    Suppressors Trust, Trustees, & Schedule A

    Re: Trust, Trustees, & Schedule A <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Charger442</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My lawyer said that he advised getting everyone to sign off on each item. But that he wasn't sure if that was the letter of the law without...