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    Eric cortina seating depth

    Erik's method for this works. I have tried all the bullshit everyone spews. I learned a method very similar to Erik's when I started reloading almost 20 years ago from Dan Newberry's forum. It worked well for me. When I got into long range shooting and prs matches I thought there were better...
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    If you're dry firing practice is excellent, how come your groups can still be large?

    We know so little it is hard to help. It could be the gun ammo combo will only shoot 2 moa. It could be a combination of shooter error and gun/ammo. If you are serious about shooting small it pays to have quality stuff. Bullets, brass, and barrels are important. You can screw a quality...
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    Curiosity post about high end glass

    LASIK is definitely worth it if you are a candidate. Went from seeing slightly better than 20/20 with contacts to 20/10 after lasik. They said my results were not normal, but my wife also improved significantly (worse to start and still worse after, but definitely an improvement). One thing...
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    Easiest 6mm

    Off topic, but carry extra mag, when jam, pull mag and dump entire mess on ground, load new mag, finish stage. 3-5 seconds...no problem man;-)
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    108 eld-m exploding in flight

    This is a good general rule of thumb. It will typically keep you safe especially with 5r rifling. You can push some tougher bullets more. I have a 28" 243AI running DTACS at 3140 fps in a 7.5 twist 5r. Also have run Hornady 105 bthp at 3225 from a 26" 243AI in a 7.5 twist 5r with no issues...
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    Muzzle Brake Options for 6.5CM

    My 2 cents. Tuners on good shit won't matter for prs accuracy. Most people I shoot with test loads from a bipod and rear bag. Most have no trouble getting a premium cut rifled barrel with a concentric chamber and good reamer design to shoot just about everything with a berger bullet, lapua...
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    Steiner T6xi

    They only have so much production capacity in greeley. The xtr pro is the improved xtr3. They could have simply called it the xtr 4 and xtr 5 and viola, new product. Instead they were honest. Building xtr pro in Greely, moving 3 to Philippines, adding illumination, eliminating xtr 2. It's...
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    Help choosing high magnification optic for PRS

    I looked through one at a match and was impressed. I havenot owned one though. I went through razor amgs like toilet paper. The one that was on my gun when I compared them was the worst one I had optically. However, the optika was better than that example of the amg. It's no slouch for the...
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    6.5 Creedmoor Muzzle Break Recommendations

    I use apa little bastard 4 port with the top ports. It is pretty good. With a 14 lb 6.5 CM I can see impacts and misses as close as 300 yards. Curtis Custom Weapons in Missouri has a brake with really aggressive top ports that we have had good luck with as well. I have tried 419 sidewinder...
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    6.5cm or 6GT for noob

    I'm going to jump in here and say you should just start reloading. If you are on a budget, just get a full length sizing die, a seating die, a Lee challenger press, the Lee case trimming set up, and a used chargemaster. You can win matches with that reloading setup. If money is no object...
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    6mm long range predator gun build

    I agree that there is a lot not to like about using h1000 in a 243 Ackley. I hate using a drop tube and crushing powder. Bullet seating depths aren't as consistent, etc. I personally have never had accuracy issues that I couldn't fix with a primer. I have been through 6 barrels and have...
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    6mm long range predator gun build

    I was just looking at the hodgdon site. The new 6 Creed data is in line with what I see when testing. Obviously I don't have a pressure test barrel, but I don't get nervous until I get to their numbers. I have been getting much better numbers than they claim in 243 and 243AI for several...
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    6mm long range predator gun build

    Less case taper and sharper shoulder angle hide pressure signs. 70kpsi in a Creed looks like 60kpsi in a 243 win. I pulled those numbers out of my ass. That's why 243 Ackley puts up such good numbers when it shouldn't really be much different than a 243. We don't run pressure tests, so when...
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    Viht N-160 vs N-555

    Not sure if that was directed at me, but you come across as a condescending fuck that is pissing to mark his territory. The gun had less 40 rounds on it since it was cleaned to bare metal with abrasives and verified in a borescope when the velocity was higher in hot weather. It had about 160...
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    Finding lands with Loctite

    If the gun shoots sub 1/2 moa groups at 100 yards and shoots the waterline at 400,600,800, and 1000 yards there's not really anything else to blame.
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    Pushed shoulder back to far advice

    Probably already a done deal, but if you haven't shot the brass yet you could load a starting load and hard jam a bullet. It would hold the case head against the bolt face if you are worried about it affecting case life. If you are really ocd you could neck up and false shoulder. If it was...
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    Finding lands with Loctite

    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS....it's very hard to listen to people talk about all this shit at matches while they are getting curb stomped by a guy that loaded all his ammo full progressive on a 1050 and tumbled the loaded rounds in lizard bedding in a harbor freight tumbler to get the sizing lube off...
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    Viht N-160 vs N-555

    Temp sensitivity is load/cartridge dependent. I have typically seen .8fps to 1.0 fps per degree in a 6 Dasher dependent on lot from Varget. THE holy grail of temp sensitivity. On the other hand, a compressed load of h1000 in my 243ai with 115 dtacs is close to 0.2 fps/ degree across several...
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    Too Late to Anneal Brass?

    This is the most intelligent thing I have read in a long time, and very succinctly stated. Most don't know what they don't know. My 2 cents on annealing. It seems as though Amp is the way to go if you want to afford it. It MIGHT actually add consistency. I don't want to afford it. I anneal...
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    I have a Zero Obsession Lately

    Morgan made most of the good points. Watch mirage and lighting. If you can get zeroed in a sort of light neutral condition with no mirage I see a typical .1 mil or so both directions due to lighting extremes. If the zero is obtained in extreme light conditions and you go to the other extreme...
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