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    Bergara Ballistic Calculations / Error

    With a 50-yard zero and goal of truing your calculator at 100 yards, adjust your velocity. With a BC of .35, you will get elevation solutions far too low at longer ranges. And yes, you should have an accurate velocity from the Garmin - but the bullet speaks. You have to adjust ("true") your...
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    Bergara Ballistic Calculations / Error

    I'll be curious as to what you learn. I have a couple of predictions... With CCI SV in your Bergara, I would expect your Extreme Spread / Standard Deviation (ES/SD) values to be in the 45+/15+ range for 10 or more shots (lower is better, of course; any long-string ES below 30 is good for a .22...
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    243 vs 6mm Dasher trying to understand....

    The .243 was developed as a hunting cartridge with 80-100 grain bullets out of a 1:10 twist barrel at 3000-3200 fps. The 6BR was designed from the outset as a benchrest cartridge with slightly lower velocities. As Spife said, the 6BR is more efficient, getting a 90-grain bullet to ~3000 fps...
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    Bergara Ballistic Calculations / Error

    Lots of good information above. Condensing some main points, maybe adding a couple: Velocities printed on ammo boxes may as well be pulled out of your backside. While they're fine for getting started in absence of a chronograph, they are essentially useless as input for a ballistic calculator...
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    Is there a consensus re: thread locker on breaks? In what scenarios should it be used on a bolt gun? I don’t have a silencer (live in CA)

    Nope, you really didn't. You asked a question, and people answered according to their own frames of experience/knowledge. That's what I did... and got respectfully schooled by @Supersubes . I learned something, and hopefully you got your question answered.
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    Is there a consensus re: thread locker on breaks? In what scenarios should it be used on a bolt gun? I don’t have a silencer (live in CA)

    I've learned something new. Thanks for this!
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    Is there a consensus re: thread locker on breaks? In what scenarios should it be used on a bolt gun? I don’t have a silencer (live in CA)

    I've been playing with precision rifle for eight years and five different centerfire rifles, and I've had a brake come loose exactly once... and it was my fault for getting distracted while cleaning the rifle and not tightening down the lock nut correctly. I cannot imagine gunking up my muzzle...
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    What is the next step to go from reloading to precision reloading?

    OP, you say you want to get 5-shot groups in the .4" range at 100. Ok, that's not a terribly unreasonable thing to ask of a good rifle. A worthwhile question is, though - are you as a shooter capable of it? In days past when I've had problems, I get one of my known-good-shooter buddies to have a...
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    "Lightweight" Rim-X sporter??

    I agree. I actually abandoned the Rim-X approach a few days ago. Even with super-light components like @st1650 used, that 8.5-pound goal would be difficult and the cost vastly more than I want to pay. Even a CZ 455/457 -based build is a challenge, unless one runs a factory Tupperware stock or a...
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    "Lightweight" Rim-X sporter??

    I have this [hopefully temporary] wild hair about rebuilding my 18-pound Rim-X into a sub-9-pound (with optic) sporter. Ideally, more like 8 pounds. Have any of you rimfire gurus done this? Given the action by itself weighs just over two pounds, it seems like a tall ask. Thoughts/ experiences...
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    Curtis Rimfire

    Top-shelf precision rimfire bolt guns are a persnickety lot to get running reliably, even when dealing with a dedicated-caliber rifle. The issue is trying to feed a tiny cylindrical cartridge into a tiny chamber without shearing or denting the soft bullet. Even minuscule tolerance variations are...
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    Hello from western NC.

    What specifically are you trying to build - for what purpose? Budget? Just to be clear, you want another 457 in addition to the one you already have, right? If so, then you might consider getting on some stores' wait lists for a bare-bones 457 American in the synthetic stock (~$450) as an...
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    A&D 120 Issue

    Thanks for following up. So, to be clear - the issue was with the autotrickler and not the scale per se?
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    Weirdness with Lot-Tested Center-X

    Guys, I'm confident that I just have an unusually weird occurrence in the weird world of .22 rimfire. I found it interesting so I put it out here for others to see. To reiterate from the original post: after identifying the "bad box" of ammo, I: Chronoed five-ish rounds from other boxes in the...
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    Ring height

    The old "mount scope as low as possible" saw no longer holds true (if it ever did) in this age of adjustable combs (cheek piece on the stock) and ballistic solvers. All of my ring sets are 1.26" high; I use the adjustable comb to achieve correct vertical head placement. This has worked for...
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    good bi-pod ?

    If all OP is going to do is shoot a wood-stocked .300WM off a bench under no time constraints, I just don't see any point in buying anything more than a Harris - with one caveat, noted below. When I started precision rifle, I had a Harris S-BRM I bought used. I cut pieces of a bicycle tire...
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    Weirdness with Lot-Tested Center-X

    It's one thing to have the occasional flyer. That's .22LR. What was so weird here is that it was an entire box plus 15-20 rounds out of the adjacent box in the brick (out of 20 same-lot bricks ordered) that were ALL 50ish fps slow. Never heard of that before. I don't know much about how rounds...
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    Best ballistic calculator currently?

    Here's a little advice for you: don't use your first post to advise someone who's been shooting 6-12 matches a year since 2018 to find a beginner class.
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    Best ballistic calculator currently?

    I'm kinda "bumping" this thread as I also am at the point of needing to upgrade my iPhone. I'm a long-time, happy Strelok Pro user; I tried following the instructions for using iMazing to "force" a migration but the new iMazing version now charges far more than I'll pay for the required export...
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    Best website for good rimfire ammo

    I've been a fan of BCR since Brandon and AnnMarie started with a couple of tables at gun shows. But - as a small business - their .22LR prices are $2-3 per 50-count box higher than Good Shooting (which, again, sets the bar for everyday pricing) and the popular Lapua/SK/Eley SKUs are sold out at...
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