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    Bergara premier hmr pro heavy barrel

    I'm not from Colorado, but I will say, if you are humble and willing to learn, the people in this sport are awesome. I have met great people from all over country shooting matches. If you would happen to have a bad experience with the people please don't give up on the first time out. The bad...
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    Hunting & Fishing 6.5 creed labeled “marginal”

    The ONLY good part of that article is the part where they state that no two wounds are alike. I have seen literally hundreds of whitetails killed with mostly small caliber rifles. I have also seen hundreds killed with shotgun slugs and big bore "straight walled" cartridges. I have seen all...
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    Never been seen before.....by me.

    I spent a shitload of time sorting some LC brass when I first started using a 223 trainer. A significant amount of it died in 5 or 6 firings. That was annealing every firing and setting the shoulder back .001" from fired case measurement. Almost all of it had head separations. After that I...
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    Bergara premier hmr pro heavy barrel

    I don't have time to read all the replies under this. Bughole action wrench is good because it has a cutout for the origin ejector. Without the cutout you have to remove the ejector to insert the action wrench, a huge pita.
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    Bergara premier hmr pro heavy barrel

    My wife and two daughters shoot and hunt. We run 4 actions (2 TL3s, an origin, and a nucleus with a thicker lug to run TL3 barrels) with a pile of barrels in different calibers. I use a Ross vice and action wrench and often change barrels at the range. It is a lot cheaper than owning 20...
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    Rem/Age Swap Complete

    I love Criterion prefits. With some work they will always shoot 1/2 moa at close range. I have had several and have never had a problem getting that. Some have been insanely accurate. I have had my gunsmith chamber a few Criterion blanks as well and the accuracy has been insane every time.
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    Preferred penetrating lubricant?

    Use a barrel vise and action wrench to remove the action. Then you can attack the barrel nut with all manner of tools, chemicals, heat as you wish without the risk of destroying the action. I use red loctite to headspace savage prefits and then use them the same as shouldered barrels. I have...
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    Powder Charge SDs

    There does come a point in the transonic or subsonic range where velocity spreads will bite you regardless of PC. I typically don't shoot that far, but when they put an elk target at a mile at a match it is nice if your gun/load will hold vertical well enough to hit it.
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    Powder Charge SDs

    To be more short and succinct, there are too many variables to really predict. You just have to try it. I have had loads with h1000 in a 243AI where massive variances would hit the target in the same spot at 775 yards. The load had an SD of 18 but because of positive compensation it would...
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    Powder Charge SDs

    Take a gun the will sub .25 moa if you have one. Shoot kyl rack at 600+ yards. This will tell you your ability as a shooter. A well tuned gun is like cheating. You pretty much know exactly where the bullet will go when the shot breaks. Knowing that, test some different loading methods...
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    Third Generation Shooters Supply: WTF

    This behavior has gotten much, much worse in the last 18 months. There are days when I want to close my business, use my emergency fund to pay off my farm, and crawl in a hole there. Fuck money and travel. Everyday is, "I would like x." My reply, "That is going to cost around $100k are you...
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    Savage small-shank go-gauge protrusion

    I'm not going to search for the thread forever, but if memory serves me correctly, some of the custom actions that take "savage small shank barrels" need slightly more go gauge protrusion to keep from having the bolt head rub on the face of the barrel. I believe the person who stated this also...
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    Reloading Decision

    Yep, .2-.3 moa for 3 shots with nearly every load with a really good barrel. Then, BAM, .75-1 moa. Then pressure signs. Obviously as you progress down the hierarchy (price) of brass, bullets, chamber jobs, the moa numbers get bigger and it gets a little harder to see, but the same phenomenon...
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    Accessories Sinclair Bore Guide, MDT Mag Loader, AG PRS Sling

    I'll take the sling. Please PM me your contact info. Thank you
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    SOLD Mystery ranch Marshall

    Is this the guide light frame or the old frame?
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    Competing Less Due to Cost/Availability of Reloading Components?

    There is a bump on bolt close. A pretty nasty one. If you run it fast you will notice it less. The only rimfire action that satisfies me for smoothness is the rimx. The Vudoo is smooth until it gets dirty, and I am lazy. My RimX is silky smooth even after 15k rounds. The only cleaning I...
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    Vortex CS .. Kicks ass

    I can't remember where I heard it now, but I heard someone that I trusted state the average lifespan of a high end scope was 10-20k rounds. After that the likelihood of having a failure was quite high. For those of us that shoot a lot with one gun that may only be a few seasons, or even less...
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    Rifle Scopes TT Gen 2 Mil Dot vs Gen 2 XR

    I love tree reticles for certain types of match stages. I have several mid tier scopes with decent glass that I could hunt with that have tree reticles. I keep going back to the xtrii I ha e with a gen2 mildot. In my opinion it is THE reticle for hunting. It is thick enough to see on low...
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    Why the hatred for savage?

    The brass was free, no eggs exchanged. I had never shot prs before and liked Savage rifles for hunting. They were cheap and accurate and I was broke. I had no idea what I was getting into, but back then money was very important. It took me longer to save for that rifle and scope at my old...
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    For those who use levels as an aid…

    You are NOT wrong. The magnitude of the error is so small it is foolish to worry about unless you are zeroing at 10 yards and shooting at artillery distances. The error caused by poor npa from an uncomfortable rifle fit will be larger than the error caused by what you are describing in most...
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