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  1. sinister

    Target interpretation help.

    Remington factory barrels were always lawyer-proofed -- long-throated for the lowest denominator -- for someone shooting 200-grain round-nose. Hornady 308 bullets never grouped as well for me (in factory or custom rifles) as Sierras and Bergers. For years 44 grains of Varget with any bullet...
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    Was it the shooting unarmed civilians or the lack of punishment that ignited the flame ?

    I clicked this thread totally expecting it to be about the Capitol Police guy who shot Ashli Babbit. Huh.
  3. sinister

    .308 mtu or m24?

    Don't be surprised that it will be front heavy (balance-wise) and much heavier overall.
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    What COAL for maximum reliability in a 5.56 AR?

    You'd think there would be some kind of standard drawing. Hmm.
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    AR10 using 178gr Horniday ELD-M Bullets Powder Suggestions

    Self-loading rifles seldom feed and shoot VLD and ELD bullets well -- they tend to be longer than magazine length for best contact seated to the leades or with minimal free-bore jump. Highpower shooters will single-load them through the ejection port door for medium-range (600 yards) and long...
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    M118LR all the same regardless of the name on the box?

    This might help, though I have to find my comparison photo of 168 SMK, 168 TMK, 169 SMK, 175 SMK, and 175 TMK (as well as a 177 SMK).
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    M118LR all the same regardless of the name on the box?

    M118 Match, M118 Special Ball, and M118 Long Range are Army products produced at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant to Army drawings and standards. It is a Government Owned - Contractor Operated (GO-CO) enterprise. Mark 318 is a Navy-specified commercial ammunition item purchased for naval...
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    M118LR all the same regardless of the name on the box?

    Are you shooting from a self-loader or a bolt gun? If you want to use just one bullet try the new Sierra 169-grain Match King. It's a hybrid between the world-famous 168-grain Match King and the 175. 168, 169, 175:
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    M118LR all the same regardless of the name on the box?

    The United States Special Operations Command's Mark 316 Mod 0 is basically Federal's Gold Medal Match II (175-grain Sierra Match Kings). Oh, you can compete with them all season long. Chances are not good you'll win.
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    M118LR all the same regardless of the name on the box?

    If it's in Winchester brown boxes it might just be contract over-runs -- or it could be ammunition that failed government acceptance for a number of reasons (precision, pressure, tarnished cases, etc. per contract mil-standard. Anyone can put a label on a box. Not sure how many call it M118LR...
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    Any 1911 aficionados here?

    Nothing special -- just my generic hundred and five year old blaster.
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    Is a Kestrel essential kit??

    Mission Essential (in that if you don't have one you'll fail)? No. Mission Enhancing, definitely. It will obviously help you speed up a learning-training cycle. Will you fail a course of fire (or miss a trophy animal, or worse yet not connect on a bad guy when you're providing overwatch...
  13. sinister

    Captain's log- it's 12 DEC 2024 and my wife was right...

    I bought a Wustof Chinese Chef-style knife and a big-ass cleaver. I love these things.
  14. sinister

    M1C / MC-52 scope

    My son bought an older Kollmorgen from a place in Wyoming a couple of years back. One of the guys on the Virginia Rifle Team modified the Harrington and Richardson I gave my son.
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    US Army screwing up , yet again , DEI ??? .

    The contractor who operates the central student arms room for weapons and sensitive items also has the contract for Fort Bragg. Both posts identified the arms and equipment were missing which brought in CID.
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    Female USCG officer got two divers chopped up, IMO willfully, 1980s.

    I cannot believe a single Coast Guard officer (regardless whether its reproductive organs are internal or external) doesn't have a single brain cell to recognize dive operations are occurring and would order a civil ship's captain or master risk killing one of his crew or (even worse) someone...
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    resizing range pickup 5.56 brass

    Headspace is simple -- it's the body diameter that can bite you (approximately 1/4" above the base). I used a Dillon die to size once-fired brass from GI M4s, trimming-to-length with a Giraud. During slow fire pair-fire standing practice on Quantico Range 4 I dropped my first round loaded with...
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    .308 - Sierra 169 SMK loads

    168, 169, 175:
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    Differences among the Binocular NODs

    7. Jerry There are also a few differences between filmed and unfilmed tubes and whether or not you have manual gain. Supergain will be awesome.
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    Fieldcraft Jacket Question

    Just trying to help. This is a sniping forum. You're asking for something in a specific camouflage pattern but the item you're wearing now is commercial (I'm assuming non-OCP/MC). If you're in a work position it should be issued. You're asking for input on commercial off-the-shelf items for...
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