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  1. CTone03

    CMMG mk3 w/ DPMS LR308...Cycling issues

    Re: CMMG mk3 w/ DPMS LR308...Cycling issues I have a DPMS LR308 that I built from scratch that had a ton of magazine related issues at first. It was a jammamatic with the DPMS mags, but a simple fix did the trick. I did this post on my blog with pics -...
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    Bench mark Powder

    Re: Bench mark Powder BR4s, sorry.
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    Bench mark Powder

    Re: Bench mark Powder My AR loves. . .Loves, Benchmark with the 52 and 55 grain rounds. I use Winchester brass, BR2 primers, and 25 grains of BM under a 52 grain SMK and I can shoot tight 5 round 5/8" groups summer or winter all day with a factory, light, DPMS 16" barrel. I've tried a few...
  4. CTone03

    Rifle Scopes horus vision some say yes some say no

    Re: horus vision some say yes some say no I have the Hawk on a LR308, and so far it's been good to go. Glass is good - I could see shot holes from a friends 270 at 350 yards; and as others have said, the power ring is a bit stiff. Mine has always returned to zero, and I've cranked them a...
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    Rifle Scopes Burris Xtreme rings shifting under recoil

    Re: Burris Xtreme rings shifting under recoil Another update: I finally got to shoot this rifle today. The snow in Virginia has hosed everything up, so outdoor time has been limited. I'm convinced the silicon did the trick. I shot about fourty rounds today and I can't see that anything...
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    Rifle Scopes Burris Xtreme rings shifting under recoil

    Re: Burris Xtreme rings shifting under recoil Now that I've had this problem, I've heard of others using rosin, silicon, liquid electrical tape, real electrical tape, etc to keep scopes from shifting. I used to have a Win M70 in 300WM that was feather light. The recoil was pretty nasty, but...
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    Rifle Scopes Burris Xtreme rings shifting under recoil

    Re: Burris Xtreme rings shifting under recoil It looks to me like it's the rings that are the problem. I could call Burris and see if they would exchange them, but I don't have a replacement set to use in the meantime. I'm thinking about buying a lapping bar and lapping these rings, which...
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    Rifle Scopes Burris Xtreme rings shifting under recoil

    Re: Burris Xtreme rings shifting under recoil Thanks for all the quick replies! I'll try all of the above; anything to save me from buying new rings. I know these are decent quality, so I thought I'd ask. I've put about five hundred rounds through this thing so far, and this is the second...
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    Rifle Scopes Burris Xtreme rings shifting under recoil

    Hello everyone. I had a quick question. What can I do about a scope shifting in the rings under recoil? The gun is a flattop DPMS LR-308 with a heavy barrel; the scope is a Horus Vision Hawk, and the rings are Burris Xtreme 30mm high. The rear ring sits pretty close to the front of the...
  10. CTone03

    Federal GMM powder?

    Re: Federal GMM powder? An update on cloning efforts. Last weekend I finally got to shoot the first batch of my FGMM clones. Loads were once fired GMM brass, 175 SMK, BR2 primer, 42.5 grains of RL15, 2.223" COAL @ ogive. Temp was 19 degrees, wind was 10-20 with 30mph gusts, cloudy, cold as...
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    Federal GMM powder?

    Re: Federal GMM powder? Hey y'all. A week ago I was loading up some 175 grain SMK rounds in Winchester cases with 42.5 grains of RL15 to try to duplicate the FGMM. I loaded them to 2.223" COAL as measured at the ogive, and decided to use the two pulled rounds from earlier in this post, the...
  12. CTone03

    Benchmark Powder for .308

    Re: Benchmark Powder for .308 I'm definitely interested in that answer as well. I love me some Benchmark for .223, and I want to play around with it for 308 too.
  13. CTone03

    Federal GMM powder?

    Re: Federal GMM powder? The whole reason I want to try to duplicate this round is because it shoots so well in my rifle as it is. I am going to get as many as the components as I can and try to make some using RL15. I was just cruising through my reloading manuals and I only found one that...
  14. CTone03

    Federal GMM powder?

    Re: Federal GMM powder? Weird. I just got done pulling some of the 175 grainers and decided to post some pics. Thanks for starting the thread for me! I only pulled two rounds. First off I did some measurements and came up with this: 2.796" COAL 2.223" COAL to ogive 2.005" empty case...
  15. CTone03

    Thinking of rebarrelling my DPMS 308...

    Re: Thinking of rebarrelling my DPMS 308... Forgot to mention, the lone shot on that bottom target came from a different rifle; a Browning BAR in .300 WM.
  16. CTone03

    Thinking of rebarrelling my DPMS 308...

    Re: Thinking of rebarrelling my DPMS 308... +1 on the FA Titan barrel. I put one on my LR-308 with one of FA's matching bolts, and it shoots well under an inch with developed handloads at 100 yards, and only shoots around an inch or a little over with factory hunting rounds. I even clicked...
  17. CTone03

    Rifle Scopes Horus Hawk questions

    Re: Horus Hawk questions I've tried everything to catch brass, but the chair works best! That and it looks like its going to drool all over my gun! The turrets are finger adjustable, are in mils scale, and can be reset to numerical zero once you get dialed in. The book says to zero at...
  18. CTone03

    Rifle Scopes Horus Hawk questions

    Re: Horus Hawk questions It's not a target type fine reticle, but it's not thick by any means. To me it's about as thick as a run of the mill duplex, maybe a little thinner. It's a FFP, so the center part of the reticle is hard to pick up on 3X, but it does have thick stadia on the left and...
  19. CTone03

    Cartridge growth in semi-autos

    Re: Cartridge growth in semi-autos Splody guns don't sound fun at all. I tried the sharpy trick just now on a 168 gr FGMM, and one of my reloads. There is no difference by eye, telling me that this is not really a big deal. My reload grew again by .002", but I'm not concerned with it now...
  20. CTone03

    Cartridge growth in semi-autos

    Re: Cartridge growth in semi-autos BTW, the crimp that I'm using on my handloads is pretty substantial. The bullet is a 155gr Nosler Custom Competition which does not have a cannelure. I use that Lee factory crimp die which says that you don't need one. I would rather not crimp at all, but...
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