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  1. DJL2

    What do you wish someone told you when you first started in precision shooting?

    Advice: Understand that long range shooting is an expensive hobby, and the base price of the rifle is often the least of it. Start with a turnkey, purpose-built system if you don't know enough to put one together yourself, or to modify one. What does that mean? - A cartridge with affordable...
  2. DJL2

    Bedding an action

    100% - as a rookie I made this mistake. Penny wise and pound foolish - "oh, maybe I can get two bedding jobs out of this, I should try to save $20 by not buying more compound." Dumb. You might get lucky and the job will shoot well and only look like hell. Using enough compound and really...
  3. DJL2

    e-series cerakote on bolt made it "gummy"

    I had an action cerakoted once, seemed like a good idea at the time... what's the old expression? Something about not learning from others experience? Well... I learned (the hard way)... never again. NP3 is nice, but have you heard of Birdsong? Green-T or Black-T depending on your...
  4. DJL2

    Proper Break In - Weatherby Vanguard

    @jbuck88 nailed it - if this actually mattered, there would be a definitive way to do it as opposed to a bunch of old ladies arguing about which magic rocks have the most important auras... shit, sorry, I meant which break in procedure is the best. If you are worried that your barrel is so...
  5. DJL2

    Tac Ops Rifles

    I am also not a huge fan of thumbholes and butt hooks. It was handling a KMW in person and getting a chance to speak with Terry Cross that sold this for me (along with my Delta-51 being fucking awesome). The market is starting to come around, but Mr. Cross was way ahead of the curve when it...
  6. DJL2

    Two triggers down in new impact 737R action. Is it me? Are there more reliable triggers?

    Or a 700 footprint action with a firing system redesign/update. I’ll take a true two stage and a safety that blocks the firing pin, thanks ;-).
  7. DJL2

    Muzzle Brakes poor form at the range?

    I love it... good for a laugh, thanks.
  8. DJL2

    Muzzle Brakes poor form at the range?

    Just mind the distance to the bag. Muzzle blast cuts nylon easy when it's close. My last 7mm Rem Mag was a Tikka T3x Lite. Nice rifle, easy to carry. I never put more than 40 or 50 rds through it in one day though. I'm confident a brake would have made it more pleasant, but I don't brake...
  9. DJL2

    223 80g ELDM 28"

    @kyotekiller25 - when it comes to mag length, my preference is long enough that it's never an issue. That doesn't mean you need to use it all! It just means you'll never have a repeat of when I dialed in a sweet 208 ELD-M load for my .30-06 and realized the fucking thing wouldn't fit in the...
  10. DJL2

    Muzzle Brakes poor form at the range?

    I mean, muzzle brakes SUCK for anyone not behind the gun and sometimes they suck for the shooter too. The more gas and/or exit pressure, the more they suck. It's part of the game. You don't run a brake if you're bothered by that. The worst offenders are often the dudes running huge ass...
  11. DJL2

    TAC OPS / KMW Collaboration

    Sorry to hear it, hope things improve for you and the rifle finds a good home.
  12. DJL2

    300wm in PRS? Hear me out..

    I will simply relate a story here that I've shared elsewhere. A while back, I showed up to the home of PRS to take a weekend basic precision rifle course. It's a nice facility, incidentally. Anyway, the various drills and courses of fire were pretty basic so that we could focus on the...
  13. DJL2

    Kraft Data Driven Training: Try This

    I know which rifle you should use for it too…
  14. DJL2

    Tac Ops Rifles

    Amici, apologies, was off comms, will call this evening your time.
  15. DJL2

    Tac Ops Rifles

    That's a really nice-looking rifle even though it's wrong handed.
  16. DJL2

    Tac Ops Rifles

    Without even giving us the 195 TMK as a consolation prize.
  17. DJL2

    What does 6.5 do over 7.62?

    I... uh... can't believe this thread is still going. I ignored it completely when it popped up because I assumed it was a troll thread that would burn itself out in a few hours... yet here we are. Six pages of... well, shit that I'm not gonna read, to be honest. The first page made me roll my...
  18. DJL2

    Rifle shoots 24 inch group at 500 yards

    There's a lot of really interesting rifle/cartridge design based around the premise of being able to take any shot offered at any distance you can get metal (somewhere) on the meat. A lot of guys talk a big game about hunting ethics, but as soon as the choice comes down to tag soup or a...
  19. DJL2

    Looking for a 6mm cartridge for medium sized game

    My apologies - 9.5 lbs rifle and optic, 11.5 lbs (ish) with bipod and suppressor. 2.7 lbs in the CS-2 w/ Elite shell 2.1 lbs (ish) for the ARC Nuc 2.7 lbs (ish) for the Proof CF bbl 2 lbs for the optic and rings Obviously a steel barrel would add weight and save cost. I could go lighter on...
  20. DJL2

    Looking for a 6mm cartridge for medium sized game

    You could probably run a light Palma barrel and be plenty heavy for a 6 Creed and a lot lighter than an M24. Obviously, you can save weight on the scope, but you seem committed there. I love the T2 GAP… but I’d probably skip the adjustments for a hunting build and save that weight as well. A T2...
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