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    Sitting in the waiting room expecting my first grandchild

    Congrats Grandpa! Hope the old lady knows what to do now that she'll have a grandpa in her bed. (If that applies to you) Expecting my third child around Christmas time...give or take two weeks...I swear my Dad gets more out of my kids some days then I do. I'm busy trying to figure out the...
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    Advice please ??

    That Riton 5x25 def looks like an Athlon Argos BTR..just a bigger tube and slight differences on the eyepiece. 4-32...8X Erector...that's something Athlon hasnt speced out yet.
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    Advice please ??

    hmmmm….His 223 with a 9 power. Taring up steel at 300. Anybody read the reviews posted up top by "Dave" yet? Wanna bet @MAGA4LIFE is the same dude as "DAVE"?
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    Hello from idaho

    Throw off the scope and mount a 3-9 Redfield:) in all seriousness...after reading about RPR's and Redfields on the hide...a week ago a guy I just met proudly brought out his RPR in 22WR for me to gawk on...with a 3x9 Redfield on it. I laughed out loud and then assured him it'll be fine for what...
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    OCW question-6.5CM-RL 16-Howa 1500

    I've done a lot of testing with this gun..using the wrong primers earlier...just generally inconclusive 'testing' due to not really knowing what the hell im doing.. different projectiles when breaking in the barrel, etc. SD's were always under 15 for 3 to 5 shot groups. Usually around 6.
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    OCW question-6.5CM-RL 16-Howa 1500

    I think ill load up a couple with 40.4, 40.5, and 40.6 and shoot. Best group wins. Then ill load up all hundred pieces I got and maybe test the first couple for ES. What if my best of the three groups has the worst ES? Maybe its best I don't know that. It'll just screw with my mind and make me...
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    OCW question-6.5CM-RL 16-Howa 1500

    only got a magnetospeed. Do I shoot groups with it attached or not?! or both?
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    OCW question-6.5CM-RL 16-Howa 1500

    I knew you guys were gonna yell at me from what I did wrong on these OCW tests before I even posted. But I value your advice so much I did it anyway. I had loaded five of the 40.3..one a cold bore and another sighter. I adjusted scope after them..apparently not correctly. Are there any...
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    OCW question-6.5CM-RL 16-Howa 1500

    Next time i'll be better prepared. I guess I can write the results down in a logical order to ananlyze. like so.. POI...3.24, 3.20, 3.10, 3.34, 3.03, 2.30
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    OCW question-6.5CM-RL 16-Howa 1500

    Tried shooting an OCW test ..at 200 yards..with a magnetospeed...first time for me btw. Used .4 grain steps..yeah I know. Also wind blew over my paper and I miffed the 41.9. Also I didn't do round robin on this one. Determined a node around the the first two groups..40.3 and 40.7. Decided to do...
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    Route for first build.

    Howa 1500. They're nice. They're generally very accurate. You can adjust the trigger. More aftermarket options opening up all the time. Don't overthink it! Get out and shoot! Ps . Spend money on training. Online on this site...a class..just do it. Before you pour thousands on this sport. You...
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    Black Friday deals?

    Use it for varminting..for a bum around truck gun, Pass it along to a new shooter....there's tons you can do with it as it is instead of pouring a thousand bucks into upgrading it. At least that's the way I feel. Eventually I'll get a custom action like a bighorn or impact and then put together...
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    Black Friday deals?

    i was one click away from finalizing the order for an oryx for my savage axis 243 I got for 180 bucks. I got one under a Howa and it shoots way better then me...quarter to half moa. Just couldn't justify it...the damn axis thing shoots 105hpbt at 2780 at 1/2 to 3/4 moa with the Tupperware stock...
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    Black Friday deals?

    Mdt oryx site working tho...some factory seconds for 299 plus free shipping. Damnit..my budget was 250.
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    Rifle Scopes The Arken Optics Thread (merged)

    Current list of users speaking on behalf on Arken. Gathered from this thread. @AthlonOpticsGuy Actually this ex-Athlon guy just said he is going to be a dealer for them and if anybody wants to chat about them, pm him. @Loe_307 @randalloc @Arken Optics @ARKEN-OPTICS @ArkenOpticsUSA
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    Rifle Scopes The Arken Optics Thread (merged)

    im thinking, a grown man who has to state that he is no snowflake, while nobody has claimed he is...is indeed a snowflake. Especially if he Is complaining in the same sentence that his feelings were hurt.
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    Rifle Scopes The Arken Optics Thread (merged)

    I was actually wondering if you were clean cut. Thanks for clarifying. Again..I don't wanna sound like a dick..no pun intended. Welcome to the forum.
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    Rifle Scopes The Arken Optics Thread (merged)

    Not meaning to sound like a dick. But if you want to survive on this forum, learn how to use punctuation.