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    Just got a new NSS Criterion barrel.

    For an aftermarket barrel my break in is during load development. Five shots for sight in cleaning between each shot, then five shots for group and chrono and clean, do that five times which allows for the barrel to cool a bit between each five shot string. Over the years barrel making has...
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    Rifle Scopes Tenebraex Flip Covers, ARDs, Etc. --Tenebraex, EuroOptic Excellent CS!

    Good to know. Up till now for IR and UV filters I've been using high quality camera lens filters with adapters for some scopes.
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    Best Factory 223 for a New Shooter

    Yeah, but he was asking about a .223. And nothing wrong with pretty if it functions the same.
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    Consider chronograph as essential reloading equipment?

    For short range shooting not so much. For long range shooting it is an essential tool. A 20 fps difference is 5" vertical at 1,000 (rule of thumb, varies with bullets BC and velocity). So you need something that is accurate with uniform velocity. 100 or 200 yards may be accurate with larger...
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    Best Factory 223 for a New Shooter

    I kind of like CZs. Interesting thing about the wood. One of mine got knocked of the bench at the range. It dented, without cutting the grain, the stock. I took it to my smith to have the dent "ironed" out and refinished. Turned out the spray on tinted finish hid much of the wood grain. Had it...
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    +2" gas systems in 223 Rem

    Why no just get an adjustable gas block? Easily adjusted for your load(s), simple to install yourself.
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    How much does lot # matter?

    Match ammo has gotten much better over the last twenty or thirty years but I would recommend getting it from the same lot number. J-Huskey is entirely correct in stating one variable eliminated. Even if that variable is small eliminating it is a confidence boost behind the trigger. The longer...
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    Let's see your Armor / Reloading toolbox

    I've got two workbenches with ball bearing drawers and 1-1/2" thick tops. Bought them years ago. Also have a couple of steel storage cabinets that are full of brass, bullets and related crap. Never intended for it to get this far.
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    Democrats Introduce Red Flag Bill in Alabama...

    Red flag laws are unconstitutional on two counts, shall not infringe and taking without due process.
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    Join Date

    Join date: April 18, 2001 Used to post on the old Shooters dial up bulletin board which for some reason Shooters decided to shut down. Shooters at the time had some fairly advanced technical discussions going on, better than anyplace else at the time. Frank decided to pick up the slack, started...
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    Fancy 6mm’s vs the .243

    It's tailoring the cartridge to a specific purpose. The .243 was developed off the .308 case so you could say what was wrong with the .308 that the newer shinier .243 was needed. Looking back a lot of years the .243 prospered and the 6mm Rem did not simply because for years no one offered a...
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    Range Report What changes after 700 yards...?

    I don't have data for the 147s, but for the 140s: at a muzzle velocity of 2900 fps at 600 yards 1.2" for every 20 fps variation; at 1,000 yards it's about 5" for a 20 fps variance. That covers vertical dispersion due to velocity variances. Big difference going from 600 to 1,000. At 1,000 windage...
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    Range Report What would cause this pattern?

    I'd say variations in velocity is the most likely culprit. With a 140 gr bullet (Hornady for instance) at 600 yards, a 100 fps variance in velocity will give about 6" vertical, or about 1.2" for every 20 fps. This based on a muzzle velocities of 2800 to 2700 fps. At 1,000 yards that would be...
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    Reliability of customs

    Three of my custom rifles are all solid bottom single shots built for long range competition. For that they are very reliable. They are not field rifles for hunting or PRS style competitions. I have a custom varmint rifle. Built as a field/walking/stalking rifle. Clearances of the action are...
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    What's a guy and his husband supposed to do?

    Was that head first or handle first? Makes a difference in the level of commitment.
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    What's a guy and his husband supposed to do?

    That ain't so bad. I know someone who was an emergency room nurse in Boston before she burned out. Between the gang bangers and the butt rangers you wouldn't believe the stories. For instance, apparently shooting ones dick off on the draw isn't all that uncommon. And apparently one should not...
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    Rifle Scopes Dud IOR Terminator?

    Been awhile for me, I ended up working over in Texas for a few years then retired and moved back home so hopefully I'll be making the next match or so provided I can get my sh@t together in time. Back then Gene wasn't the only character at the HR.
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    Rifle Scopes Dud IOR Terminator?

    Gene wasn't a character to be easily forgotten.
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    Redding type S FL bushing die vs a honed Forster FL die

    Definitely go with a micrometer seater, either Forster or Redding. As far as the sizing dies go, the Forster sizes the neck all the way to the neck/shoulder junction while the Redding doesn't quite get there. On the other hand if for whatever reason you need to change your neck tension (how much...
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    Video Demo, My Barricade Bitch

    Given Yeti's anti gun stance the best use of a Yeti cooler woud be to fill it with Tannerite and use it for a target. But only if the cooler was free as I wouldn't give a penny of my money to them.
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