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    Rifle Scopes Are Tier 1 scopes even worth it ?

    Never been behind a T1 scope. Don’t need to: a G2 Razor is absolutely not a limiting factor in my shooting and I can’t justify the cash outlay for more capability there when I’m nowhere close to exhausting the abilities of the Razor. Better is better and if the money is no object to you buy as...
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    Sidearms & Scatterguns Why Not an XD?

    You’ve laid out exactly why I like Glocks in theory — I think it’s a superior design overall (though I do like the 19+1 capacity of the XDM). But I just can’t shoot them for some reason and I’ve never been able to. So it’s Springers for me. That 5.25XDM is the one I bought for IDPA SSP...
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    Looking for a mid-priced 17hmr - Currently between the Ruger American Rimfire and Tikka T1x MTR

    Oooooh good point — I thought that was available but hadn’t directly checked. In that case I think the T-Bolts with the threaded barrel is only the long one too.
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    16" AR barrel needed for best accuracy but general purpose

    I’ve had very good results with both Faxon and BA. Multiple barrels of multiple lengths/configurations from each. For higher volume I’d recommend BA because both my pencil and gunner profile Faxons heat up pretty quickly and start wandering more than the BAs when they do. Haven’t tried the...
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    Looking for a mid-priced 17hmr - Currently between the Ruger American Rimfire and Tikka T1x MTR

    CZ 457 > Tikka > Ruger IMO, anyway. I haven’t handled one of the newer Savages but have heard more good than bad. Marlins seem to be really hit or miss the last couple years but the hitters sure do shoot well. Last time I shot PDs in eastern CO (with a 455 in .17 btw) my friend brought...
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    Where are all the 11.5-12.5 Barrels

    I’ve never understood the 11.5-12.5 barrel length personally. Either get the handling benefits of single digit lengths or get the ballistics benefits of carbine + lengths. I think it’s a perspective thing: do you see middle ground solutions as doing everything a little or doing nothing...
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    2 MOA or less to 600 Yds ?

    Exactly, 2 MOA rifle at 100yds should print 2 MOA as far out as the bullet will remain supersonic. Whether you and the projectile’s bc can figure out the wind or your glass can see the target at xyz distance doesn’t change the rifle’s capability. Many ARs are 2 MOA
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    Sidearms & Scatterguns Why Not an XD?

    I’ve always shot the XD series really, really well. I’m the biggest Glock fanboy who doesn’t own one — I just can’t shoot them well and gave up awhile ago. A PF9 and an XDS split carry duties for me and have for about 5yrs. I take the XDS when I can take the weight. Grip safety is a plus on a...
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    Rifle Scopes LPVO for 15-22

    I got the Steiner P4Xi 1-4 and the RT-6 1-6 at the same time and compared them for an affordable carbine/3gun optic. I wanted to like the RT-6 more because I wanted the extra mag on top, I generally like Burris, and it was about $100 cheaper. It didn’t work out that way. I kept the Steiner...
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    New 6mm Advanced Rifle Cartridge

    ...............so...how much do you prefer it to 6.5 Grendel? Worth the swap, or is it just for the fun of tinkering? Love my BA barrels, unbeatable for the price.
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    New 6mm Advanced Rifle Cartridge

    Booyah. The 123gr Grendel’s effect on game is why I have two bolt guns in it now. Wonder how the 100+gr 6mms will compare; I’ve never used that bore size, let alone those specific bullet weights in that diameter, on an animal. Will be hard to top the 123gr 6.5s though. Regardless of energy and...
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    Rifle Scopes Help needed! Vortex PST Gen2 5-25 or Meopro Optika6 4.5-27?

    Oh Jesus Christ this attitude again. Don’t mind him Sniperwannabee. I haven’t seen the Optika6 personally but a friend whose opinions I respect liked it over the PST. Given the price difference in Oz I’d need another reason (reticle consistency across rigs, etc) to justify going with the Vortex.
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    Tikka, Bergara or Howa..

    Beat me to it, I’d just change that I prefer 2 stagers over singles (but I recognize that’s a personal preference) and that my fave factory single stage trigger is actually the Winchester MOA and the Tikka second. That trigger never gets mentioned because nobody seems to like the XPRs or the...
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    Ultra Lightweight Hunting Rifle

    I’d weigh it, that sounds crazy light. Lightest AR I ever built was just over 5lbs empty and no optic. That scope plus mount/rings is a little over a pound and and a full mag is a pound; if that rifle is actually 4lbs flat or less I’d love the specs for a future lightweight build.
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    Ultra Lightweight Hunting Rifle

    Yeah the Leupy on that one is an old VX-2 that’s just under a pound, 15oz if I recall. Great for its specs (AO too) but can go lighter. If I had $350 burning a hole in my pocket I’d grab an SWFA ultralight 2.5-10x32 that’s only 9.5oz and probably has better glass. Under 6.5lbs right there. Have...
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    Tikka, Bergara or Howa..

    More weight will help settle the rifle and the shooter, and larger diameter barrels are inherently stiffer which matters if you believe in barrel harmonics and whip (I generally do given some experience with Faxon ultralights in ARs). Otherwise, for the first shot out a cold bore they’re the...
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    Ultra Lightweight Hunting Rifle

    This. This is my mountain rifle, for deer and similar sized game within 300yds: That’s 6lbs 12oz scoped (4-12x42) with 5 123gr SSTs in the mag. Could knock another quarter pound off that scope easy. 6.5 Grendel is perfect for what you’re talking about. The Mini action is light, fast to...
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    Rifle Scopes Under $2,000 scope for PRS Production Class

    I did the same thing for basically the same thought process last year. The G3 is still not out ha. At the very least I’m getting great practice and will have a nice bench rest rifle scope if the G3 doesn’t bump the G2 below $2k MSRP and I just decide to get the Tract anyway so I can actually...
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    Is it worth keeping a 308 around?

    Oh, that barrel calc is proportional, right? So I can take the area of a projectile and given charge will produce the equivalent of 3.6” more barrel needed for 7mm to reach .308 velocity out of a 20”, right? Edit: for example, I’d need a 32” barrel to get a mythical 150gr bullet in a .243 to...
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    Is it worth keeping a 308 around?

    Oh very cool, thanks man. Really, I enjoyed the hell out of this post and the earlier one (esp the barrel length equalizer calc — may save a generic version of that formula in an excel file for firearm calcs...) Fascinating: so there is an effect but not nearly as much as the rear frontal area...
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