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    Maggie’s What's Your View II

    Thanks for the tips!
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    Maggie’s What's Your View II

    I never got on the cobia Thursday or Friday at Big Bend. I continuously circled the markers and drifted the channel with no luck. Blacktips are everywhere right now and are a good time on the yak.
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    Maggie’s What's Your View II

    Cobia fishing in Tampa Bay
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    KRG bravo paint job DIY

    Thanks for the write-up! Looks great!
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    Howa 1500 builds **post them**

    I had good luck calling their sales/ tech department when I was in the market as at the time, they did not list the twist rate for my Creedmoor.
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    Howa 1500 builds **post them**

    Here’s my attempt at a precision firearm- Howa 1500 6.5 Creedmoor Heavy Barrel Vortex 6-24 HS-T MRAD Badger Ordnance Steel Rings EGW 20 MOA Steel Base (skim bedded) Knight Armament Bipod Right has a total of a hundred rounds through it andd has shot Norma, Hornady and Sig Sauer Match...
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    New Howa 6.5 CM Build

    Well I finally got to take her to the range and she surely impressed! It shot well under 1” 3 round groups with both the Hornady 140 and 147 gen ELD-M. The pic with groups the top two rounds are Norma Match 130 grn and the bottom tree are 147 grn Hornady ELD Match. The tightest group is 147...
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    New Howa 6.5 CM Build

    I like the EGW base quite a bit! It’s a heavy quality piece that only needed a couple thousandths of Marine Tex to match it perfectly to the receiver. I highly recommend it!
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    New Howa 6.5 CM Build

    Torqued the cap bolts to 15 in-lbs today. Also ordered Norma Match 130grn, Hornady Match 140grn and Hornady Match 147 to try out. I’ll post a range report when I test her out.
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    New Howa 6.5 CM Build

    I love light triggers so that’s what I’d like to pursue. I may just shoot it and worry about the trigger later. The base mounts are torqued to 65 in-lbs. From the manual I found BO’s website, they said the cap bolts should be finger tight plus 90 degrees. I think that felt like 12-15 in-lbs...
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    New Howa 6.5 CM Build

    I finally received my Badger Ordnance steel scope rings (#306-21) today and couldn’t wait to mount the scope. I love that they are serialized pairs! Started by mounting them with the alignment bars setup to ensure they were aligned. After that, I set up the scope and action levels to get the...
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    Tapatalk issue

    Good evening, is anyone else having trouble logging into Tapatalk? I know I have the correct login info but it will not allow to log in via the app? What can I do? Thanks Chuck
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    New Howa 6.5 CM Build

    Wow, just read up on vertical split rings and am returning them immediately. I’ll order up some Nightforce steel rings and update when they arrive. Thank you JP for sharing the info!
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    New Howa 6.5 CM Build

    Hello all, Longtime lurker here, I sure appreciate all the knowledge on this forum! Here’s what I have purchased thus far and begun to assemble: Howa 1500 6.5 CM Heavy Barrel EGW 20 Moa Steel Base Warne Maxima Steel Medium 30mm rings Vortex HS-T 6x24-50 scope I decided to skim bed the EGW...
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