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    Gunsmithing What is best way to level scope to bore axis to avoid scope cant?

    I open my box magazine and use an "L" shaped square on the opening, (the lips are square to the receiver.) Then I aline the scope's windage cap to the square. To test; Make a target with a plumb line about 20 inches long with a intersecting line at the bottom. Then by lining the reticle with...
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    Is Primer Pocket Cleaning a MUST???

    My Win94 shoots 1/2moa... just sayin'.
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    Need help calling the shots.

    You just answered your own question. Your shoulder needs to contact the butt-plate squarely, no mater what the shooting position.
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    Range Report Know-It-Alls (We all know at least one right?)

    I don't know any "know-it-alls"... but it took me a long time to get family and friends to understand what I'm looking for in my ladder test targets.
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    Sidearms & Scatterguns How to remove carbon from a Smith & Wesson?

    Re: How to remove carbon from a Smith & Wesson? I have the same pistol and clean mine with a bronze brush loaded with Hoppes. I rinse the brush after cleaning with water.
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    Maggie’s Test your (geographical) accuracy

    Re: Test your (geographical) accuracy That is a really, really good idea. 98%, 1 mile, 400 seconds... Nevada was one of the first states and I placed it a bit wrong. That is fun!
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    Range Report 2nd time shooting at 1000 yards, several questions

    Re: 2nd time shooting at 1000 yards, several questions <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: devin_hor</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> What do you do when you buy new brass for a new caliber and have to work up loads? And after a trip to the range when...
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    Range Report 2nd time shooting at 1000 yards, several questions

    Re: 2nd time shooting at 1000 yards, several questions <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: devin_hor</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ok, there's the story, now here's my questions for you guys. -What kind of groups should I be expecting to get out of a...
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    My 45ACP Load Question

    Re: My 45ACP Load Question <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Iggy.</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My question is; is this load safe? I have read all over and some state that 5.0 is the best load all the way up to 5.4, but the book says 5.0 max? I...
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    OWC test vs. Ladder

    Re: OWC test vs. Ladder <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: X-fan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The ladder test can miss the OCW because you fire one round at each weight not 3-5. In a 1/2 moa rifle the differences may be small, but they are...
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    OWC test vs. Ladder

    Re: OWC test vs. Ladder <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: OldTex</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Unless I'm a complete dumbass (not entirely out of the the question), the ladder and OCW are just two methods of accomplishing the very same thing. They...
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    acceptable slam fire

    Re: acceptable slam fire <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tip2oo3</div><div class="ubbcode-body">3 oz. seriously? Crank that sucker up and work on your trigger control, all you are doing is using a crutch for bad shooting habits. Safer and you'll be...
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    6 officers shot in Utah

    Re: 6 officers shot in Utah What's wrong with tricking the guy into a safe environment, then apprehending him? The free TV tactic seems to work wonderfully. I would rather stake-out the perpetrator, then move on him while he is unaware... and under-gunned. I can't help to ponder if it is...
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    Getting paid to shoot?

    Re: Getting paid to shoot? Some parks hire sharpshooters to cull deer and whatnot. google: deer cull sharpshooter Might be worth looking into.
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    Annealing brass -- Am I doing it right?

    Re: Annealing brass -- Am I doing it right? The Art and Science of Annealing
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    Coffee and shooting do not mix!!

    Re: Coffee and shooting do not mix!! <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I drink way too much caffiene and I still shoot better than my most of my peers</div></div> Same here, I am almost always drinking coffee.
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    I have pudding face!!!

    Re: I have pudding face!!! <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I guess I'm not sure when an opinion became fact. </div></div> Only an idiot would think I was stating my conservative estimate as a hard number fact. I'm talking about...
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    I have pudding face!!!

    Re: I have pudding face!!! <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I can see you're getting upset with everyone ganging-up on you</div></div> What gave it away; the reasoned responses, or that I came with facts? No one here is capable of...
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    I have pudding face!!!

    Re: I have pudding face!!! <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So much less than what? </div></div> Then it did in the first place. "It copper fouled 10% of what it had been." "90% reduction in copper fouling" You need to read the...
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    I have pudding face!!!

    Re: I have pudding face!!! <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: landtoy80</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So my conclusion is, If you want to 'break in' a non lapped barrel and you don't have a bore scope, take the rifle to a trained 'break in' gun smith...