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    long action 308?

    Re: long action 308? <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Hummer</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well first off DO NOT LET GO THE PRE 64 Mod 70. You started with the best and everything from now on goes down hill. Even better get a pre War 70 and you...
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    long action 308?

    Re: long action 308? <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Chance</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I like the short action for not only some of the reasons above...but also because if you are going to use a detachable magazine system you will have to use...
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    long action 308?

    Re: long action 308? <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body">long action 308's are very popular, they're called ".30-06" But the military no longer uses the 30-06 so it has fallen out of favor although it is a superior...
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    long action 308?

    I'm new at this my first rifle is a pre-64 winchester in 308...given to me by my father when he retired in 80 something. My second rifle is a rem r5..a couple of months ago.. The winchester is a long action and easy to load through the top....the remington is a pita to do the same because it is...
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    Opinions on FN PBR w/16'' barrel

    Re: Opinions on FN PBR w/16'' barrel I dont have one of those but have a sa socom and a mini-g(16" garand)both iron sights...lotsa umph, not tack drivers and I think they are reasonable out to 200 yds on man size targets..with optics a bit further...certainly a lot of fun and...
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    Advanced Marksmanship bipod orientation

    Re: bipod orientation I was only kidding about the lessening of recoil..the reason I brought the subject up was because there were a couple instances of photos displayed as show n tell or WTS etc where a harris pod was mounted legs rearward....and since the photos were of well equipped...
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    Advanced Marksmanship bipod orientation

    Re: bipod orientation I tend to agree with 467...I didn't see any advantage with the pod mounted where legs were backwards....the question came up when I viewed pictures in the "for sale" thread where the pod was mounted legs backwards (Harris).....can one "load" a pod shooting up a steep...
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    Advanced Marksmanship bipod orientation

    for my first post...just bought a r5..and doing some homework I have noticed pictures in the forum of rifles where the bipod is mounted with the legs oriented so that when closed, would face rearward...elsewhere I have read threads for "loading" the bipod where the legs would be pointing...