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  1. M

    Why is a .308 bruising my shoulder???

    When warmer weather comes around and I'm back to shooting in T-shirts (when not wearing a shooting jacket for competition), I expect to be bruised by several of my rifles. I just accept it as a badge of distinction, though my marks don't usually hurt except maybe after shooting a good recoiling...
  2. M

    How often should I be cleaning?

    OTOH, Hoppes No.9 is great at cutting carbon and relatively cheap. Many of us who clean the carbon and leave the copper use it for just those reasons, though I have recently switched to CLP which shouldn't touch copper at all (AFAIK). Most of us don't have harming stainless barrels as some kind...
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    Advanced Marksmanship How do you manage recoil?

    Are you saying a rifle moves forward while the bullet is in the bore?
  4. M

    Bore Brush

    If your barrel is considered match grade, then you should skip the bore snake IMO. They are only popular because they are fast and easy, but have no place in a match barrel except in an emergency. They become contaminated with the very first pass, and every subsequent pass from then on until you...
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    Advice on my load IMR4064

    Yes, you were clear. As per your op.....
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    Advanced Marksmanship How do you manage recoil?

    Follow through has nothing to do with the sights. In fact, worrying about keeping the cross hairs on target after the shot defeats follow through. Follow through is simply doing nothing for a few moments after the shot. I used to think of follow through as beginning once the shot breaks, but now...
  7. M

    Better training: 100 rounds one day a week or 20 rounds a day for five days a week?

    Interesting. I know for myself that just the smell of gun smoke gets my heart pumping, and it takes some effort to counteract it (mind over matter). I've also considered having a recording of range sounds to use during snapping in, especially for junior shooters to use as I'm sure even the...
  8. M

    Advanced Marksmanship "Reading" wind

    Up-wind flags tell you what air will be doing in your bullet path's future, while mirage is telling you what it's doing at the ground, not ten to fifteen feet up where the bullet is. Just another way of looking at it. Everything is only an "indicator" or clue that you have to piece together with...
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    Advice on my load IMR4064

    Nice groups, but you're getting WAY too many "error" readings (I rarely get any). 1- Get that chronograph out to 15 feet. 2- Put the bullet CENTERED no more than 2-3 inches above the screens (Sight through the bore). Within the screen frame is not enough. The bullet should pass close just above...
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    Advanced Marksmanship What technique do you use engaging moving targets?

    I had to edit my post because I intitially misunderstood you. I agree with what you are saying 100%. Figure your lead to center of target, whether that lead is exactly 2 mils, or 2 1/4 mils, whatever. I'm sure some mover targets are made in profile though for that very reason. As an aside...
  11. M

    Rifle Scopes US Optics MST100

    I, too, have heard a couple others say the USO MST100 has stainless parts. One source said the information came from John at USO. I don't know if the externals are stainless, or the internals, but it would be nice to confirm once and for all.
  12. M

    Advice on my load IMR4064

    Interesting. I just finished developing a 175 grain Federal Gold Medal Match equivalent load in Lapua brass with my latest lot of 4064, and 41.7 grains IS my load.
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    Advice on my load IMR4064

    Like I just said in another thread yesterday, new brass is NOT consistently sized, and will give you more extreme spread (E.S., by the way) than brass that is resized after fire forming. Crimping will also increase your E.S., so don't do it if you don't have to. If you have to crimp, you're...
  14. M

    7x50 binos what would buy

    M17
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    Causes of spread in fps ?

    This is likely a big part of the problem. Fire form the brass, resize, and try it again. Contrary to what one would think, new brass is not consistently sized. And, even Lapua benefits from neck turning if you really want low e.s., and annealing between reloadings or at least every two or three...
  16. M

    Best For Concentricity.......Turning or Reaming Necks??

    Who cares if the hole is round if the neck walls are not consistent? Who cares if the hole is concentric to the center line of the case if the geometry is changed as soon as you put it through a die? Unless you use a perfectly centered expander plug, the "hole" will never be concentric if...
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    Better training: 100 rounds one day a week or 20 rounds a day for five days a week?

    I try to make a point of getting to the range at least once a week. I take 20 rounds with me but plan to shoot 10. I shoot varying distances. My objective is to maintain my wind reading "abilities" (LOL). The fundamentals ALWAYS come in to play, whether the target is at 100 or 600 yards, or the...
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    Best For Concentricity.......Turning or Reaming Necks??

    Turning the necks makes the neck walls uniform. Uniformity helps to achieve concentricity. I never understood the benefit of reaming, so perhaps someone could enlighten us on that.
  19. M

    How accurately should I be charging my loads?

    You must be using some mighty fine powder! I zero the balance beam and I can easily tell when an individual granule of Varget or 4064 pushes the pointer past the zero line. I have yet to feel the need to break out the razor blade to subdivide a granule.
  20. M

    Bore Brush

    What the hell is a "bore brush"?
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