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    The One-Round War by Peter Senich, on page 259
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    Its engraved 3143, a stainless steel hybrid
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    Harbor Freight has their rifle cases on sale for $99. 3 colors, pick/pluck foam, 2 wheels, 3 carry handles, pressure release valve. Half the weight of the orginal Browning/Pelican 1750 cases. 50"X14"X6". Apache 9800
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    Ruger Precision Rifle Discussion

    Went with a McJ Tools 308 Guide from Canada🇨🇦 I added a short section of steel tube to support the guide rod inside the Ruger receiver. $40, Midway or Brownells, cant recall. https://www.mcjtools.com/
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    Hardigg M24 case sold for $800 with s/h
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    Ruger Precision Rifle Discussion

    Any suggestions for cleaning rod bore guides for the RPR? Not many available from what Ive seen lately..Mine isa..308
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    What steel is he using these days for his 5R's? I just bought a Ruger Precision Rifle in .308, and they all come with an in-house Ruger manufactured 5- R CHF 1/10" 4140 steel. Not stainless like Remington made. Havn't shot it yet to see how nice it is.
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    I wasn't competing back when dinosaurs roamed 😉 But by the time I did start, every range officer of whichever club I was shooting at usually offered to trade for my issued .30-06 Match allotted (64 rounds?) ammo, for some variation of 7.62 surplus scrounged cartridges they had dragged along...
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    The shorty SR-25K is a good possibility. I just never saw any documentation or drop charts for it prior to Radom Guys post. Still got half a box of them sitting from like 30+ years ago. Used to reload for my SIG PE-57 (semi StGw57) in 7.5 Swiss because it duplicated the Schweizer Armee standard...
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    The 2005 7.62 155gr is the Palma Match bullet. Any idea what rifle this cartridge was used in with regards to sniping?
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    This is the reason M852 has the striations around the case, to provide a tactile feel so a sniper didnt accidentaly chamber these cartridges and shwack an enemy with it 😇
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    SOLD Remington 700 M24 Barreled Long Action 7.62x51

    GLWTS Rare item from Illion NY!
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    Franklin Ware Mann at Aberdeen Proving Grounds using his Mann Accuracy shooting machine rest. He was best friends with Harry Melville Pope, of Pope Barrels & Gunsmithing. He used Pope barrels exclusively in his shooting rests. These barrels are sold occasionaly on the CMP Auction website, and...
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    Started reloading using the new Sierra 169gr SMK with a .527 BC that provides super sonic performance out past 1,000 yards. Using a compressed load of Varget in M852 Lake City 1989 MATCH cases (2635 fps), my EuroOptic M24 Limited Edition Army Sniper School achieves 0.85964" Average Mean Radius...
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    The standard bullets used in developing National Match ammunition leading up to the M852 Special Ball sniper ammo that replaced M118 Match
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    1980 NATIONAL MATCH CARTRIDGE Work on the basic engineering study to evaluate commercial match-grade bullets had just been initiated when, in January 1980, the U.S. Army Armament Materiel Readiness Command (ARRCOM) notified ARRADCOM that they had received a request from the Director of Civilian...
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    DIMENSIONAL AND WEIGHT INSPECTION One hundred bullets of each type were randomly selected and weighed on a Metzler PC 180 electronic scale. Additionally, twenty bullets of each type were measured on a comparator uniformity of outside diameter, overall length, and boattail length. The results of...
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    EVALUATION OF COMMERCIAL CALIBER .30 MATCH GRADE BULLETS This engineering study was undertaken to improve the accuracy of the M118 Match cartridge, as authorized by U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) letter requirement, dated 14 December 1978. Specifically, the requirement states that the...
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    User Dissatisfaction with the M118 Cartridge For several years after its introduction, the M118 cartridge performed satisfactorily, and was well received, although complaints were registered regarding excessive barrel fouling associated with ammunition lots having WC846 ball propellant. A...
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