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Recent content by simpletoms

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    New ELEY Ultra Extreme Long Range Round incoming

    JAIA, some people just want to watch the world burn. Can’t believe how much you’ve spent to feel entitled to complain. Litz will find some incremental nuggets that will move 22 shooting forward. What he learns might not be economically feasible to adapt to manufacturing, or it might be...
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    New ELEY Ultra Extreme Long Range Round incoming

    Bryan Litz is certainly digging hard into LR .22 ballistics. He’ll definitely shed some light on the topic. It is interesting to see the why.
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    Accuracy International AT-X

    Me too, but I like the fact that it appears to be consistent. That being said, I’m blaming the bipod…
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    Accuracy International AT-X

    Well, I don’t know how I did it with that antique bipod, but the AT-X didn’t disappoint…
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    Accuracy International AT-X

    Well, I received my AT-X today… nice piece of kit. Will probably get it zeroed tomorrow. Until then, feast your eyes upon this… only the finest bipod (@Lowlight ) for my AI. Don’t try and change my mind. I know what I’ve got. Now where’s that Bushnell 4200 6-24 mil dot with MOA turrets…
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    Accuracy International AT-X

    Took the plunge… I’ll let you know if I have buyers remorse... Even at $4250 it hurt just a little.
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    USMC Commandant needs a shoulder to cry on

    Tough crowd. Everyone glossed over Gen Smith’s comment “Nobody should feel bad for me,” along with “I don’t mind breaking my own back,” Smith said. “It’s just, I have to make good decisions.” The article continued… He said he made a similar schedule work while he was deployed to Iraq in 2004...
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    Gunsmithing Well it’s stuck in the bedding

    As mentioned… “I like to put a thickness of frog tape on the front of the lug.” that‘ll help keep it from locking up…
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    Oops...

    Yeah, that’s a sweet rifle for sure. You didn’t go wrong, and don’t change a thing!
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    AIRCRAFT PHOTOGRAPHY: anyone else want to participate?

    Undisclosed, but rhymes with Iraq-Syria-Jordan…
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    AIRCRAFT PHOTOGRAPHY: anyone else want to participate?

    Random, but same general time frame and part of the world…
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    Question about Syria

    Broad brush strokes…. A lot of little details got us to this point. When the Syrian Civil War was gaining steam for the Free Syrians, Bashar Al Assad pulled troop out of the east end of Syria to help defend his enclave in the west. That void enable ISIS/ISIL to operate with impunity along...
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    Budget 223 Bolt Action Trainer. Howa 1500 or RemArms 700?

    Put a Tikka on your wish list…
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    200 yards with rimfire

    The Lapua looks pretty consistent…