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  1. Sharpsman

    Maybe this forum should be called......

    Vintage Sniper Rifles and Cartridges! Here's the ability of a cartridge that is what now???....108 years old! Yep...it's what the 'youngsters' call old and worn out! Doesn't have 'mag status' or a sharp shoulder and not squeezed down to the latest 'needle-dick' size bullet with a case that...
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    Tell me about the Browning BAR

    Junk!! Might make a good boat anchor.....if you tie cinder block to it!!
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    A Jon Beanland build!

    Yep....just a 108 year old cartridge that ain't quite dead yet. 12 shots from 1000 yards with a rifle that Jon built for me last year. Shot at 9 o/clock was my first as I missed the wind a mite! The small plate in the center is 5" diameter. https://flic.kr/p/mLJq7n https://flic.kr/p/jtxu29
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    Accuracy, me or the rifle?

    This silly game we play....and I've been playing it for 60 years now revolves around CONSISTENCY....whether it be in whatever venue and CONSISTENCY in reloading and in paying attention to the hardcore rules of marksmanship which are unyielding in their nature! When getting a new rifle/cartridge...
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    Ft Hood...again?!?

    "Let authorities who's job it is handle that" For some odd reason....THAT approach doesn't seem to be working to well!!
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    Ft Hood...again?!?

    Something to think about....The Beirut Bombing of the USMC barracks! Possibly thought by some to be 'non-related' to the Ft. Hood incident in that the 'ground pounders' were armed....BUT NO AMMO!! This is just 'part' of the fact finding in the aftermath: Shortly after the barracks bombing...
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    A sign of the times

    My Dad had a saying of..."The price will be....whatever the traffic will bear!"
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    Im not going to name this thread because....

    The 'bastid' what proposed that needs to run for POTUS! He'd beat what we've got for smarts!!
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    On Remington 700 Long Range, 30-06

    I don't care for 'skinny-dick' barrels!!
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    wrong powder! ouch!!

    IDIOTS are born every 30 seconds!!
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    Who wants to help me pick out my next dog.

    You need a 'Sooner'! Which means....it would just as soon stay home and sit on it's azz....as to go huntin!!
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    Adrenaline Rush @ 200 mph

    I did this for 40 years: RickMulhernSprayingCotton2005 by Sharps45 2 7/8, on Flickr That close enuff to the 'green' for ya?? Dodging wires, poles, trees, hawks, buzzards, tractors, well heads, towers, cars, houses, etc! And probably I'm 'historical' because I'm probably the only Ag Pilot...
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    Why No 30 06

    Was shooting this past Sunday afternoon from 1000 yards in a steady wind direction from 9 o/clock and wind was hitting 12 to 16 mph. Jeff was shooting his 6.5X47L using the 123 gr. Scenar using 37.5 Varget and was keeping them inside the Palma 10 ring using 13 MOA left windage. I was shooting my...
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    Adrenaline Rush @ 200 mph

    You can bet your sweet azz that if I'm doing 200 mph....it won't be on a friggin 'murdercycle' but a ridin this: T-6_II by Sharps45 2 7/8, on Flickr
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    Russia shoots down drone

    Why a 'drone' when we've got sats that can read the word 'Spaulding' on a friggin golf ball at ground level!!?? Don't make sense!!
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    How did you all learn ballistics?

    Simple! By a process called READING!!
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    Central Louisiana, things to do?

    When all else fails.....throw rocks at passing 18 wheelers!!
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    Frank is operator as fuck!!!

    Bad 'coke' it seems!!
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    Son graduated Baruchwith Finance degree

    Maybe he'll read "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis! Might help him see he'll be within a DEN OF THIEVES!!