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    Gunsmithing Case head separation

    Be advised that necking Lapua brass up pretty much always results in a donut. I'm assuming you're rocking a 7mm08, in which case, if you're loading to a COAL of less than ~2.850, you're seating the bullet into the donut. Might could be why you're seeing huge pressure when the charge weight...
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    greetings from michigan

    Kind of a hike from Sterling Heights, but we shoot 600 yards every Wednesday afternoon in Ypsi at Washtenaw Sportsmans Club. Open to the public, come on out. For scopes, I think you should pass on any of the sub ~$1000 FFP offerings on the market. Best bang for the buck will come from a...
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    Help me decide which 6.5 to build? Let me hear your opinion please.

    Of course assuming no magnums and no long actions. Speaking strictly of .473" bolt face short action cartridges.
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    105 Burger Hybrids Point Them Or No?

    I only pointed. I used the Whidden arrangement. I tried both the "0" insert and the "1" insert. No difference.
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    Help me decide which 6.5 to build? Let me hear your opinion please.

    As far as I'm concerned, 260 is king of the hill IF you reload and IF you use magazines that accommodate 2.900"+ COAL. Once you restrict COAL to 2.850" or less, the 6.5 Creedmoor and x47 make sense. If you're dependent upon factory ammo, the choice is abundantly clear: 6.5 Creedmoor. As...
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    Rifle Instruction in Pittsburgh Area

    Vapor Trail with Sean Little for precision rifle will be a great start. He holds a class in PA each year. Highly recommend. Jamie Dodson also holds classes in PA. I haven't attended, but know him to be a class act.
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    105 Burger Hybrids Point Them Or No?

    No BC change detectable at 1000 yards. Muzzle velocity was 3140fps
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    105 Burger Hybrids Point Them Or No?

    I could detect no difference pointed vs. non @ 1000 yards.
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    Gunsmithing Barrel contouring question

    If it's a straight 1.25", and you were planning to "cut it down to 28 inches"... There should be plenty of meat for a buyer to lop off the breech end so he can rechamber it in any 7mm cartridge and still have plenty of barrel length. I definitely wouldn't put the money into a recontour unless...
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    What would you like to see in a match?

    I've been to exactly 1 tactical match that had a lot of (in fact mostly) paper targets. BORING!!! Not only that, but the format was you'd fire your entire stage at the target, and then it'd be pulled/scored (You didn't even get to see it scored until the end of the day). So you've got no...
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    Sprint Car Driver Dies After Being Hit By Tony Stewart

    ^ That's actually pretty compelling. You can clearly see the right side of Tony's car dip from (what logically seems to be) the weight of Ward having climbed aboard. Kinda blurry, but based on the positioning of the white stripes of Ward's suit, it does appear he was all up on Tony's car for a...
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    Rifle Scopes NF Beast vs Razor HD Gen II?

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    Tango 51 KIlls Armed Assailant

    Congratulations also goes to Glock, S&W, Sig (etc etc) for building useful tools cops can use to shoot people with!
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    17 HMR scope suggestion

    Can't complain about the BSA 4-14x42 FFP MIL/MIL on my 22.
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    Rifle Scopes Premier 5-25 MTC

    If you decide you don't like MTC, all you need to do is remove the turret cap, remove the top plate from the turret, and pull out the top detent pin that provides the MTC click. Another option is to file down the tip of the detent pins (a LITTLE) until you achieve the click feel you're after...
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    Rifle Scopes Vortex Razor HD 4.5-27x56mm Gen II T&E Report

    My thoughts exactly. There are too many variables in live fire testing of tracking for it to mean much to me or to draw conclusions any further than "well, it doesn't seem to be goatfucked, at least". A collimation fixture like Runamuk built and uses is really necessary to accurately evaluate...
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    Rifle Scopes Nightforce MIL-R reticle experience?

    I think .04mrad is the best all around compromise for a 5-25 FFP. Thinner is better for group shooting at high mags, and thicker is better for positional shooting and other low-mag uses, but .04 is a good compromise for both.
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    Rifle Scopes TT, Tangent Theta Optics?

    Hensoldt/Carl Zeiss and Schmidt/Bender has been around a lot longer than 18 months..
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    171 match burner for 7mm-08

    Gotcha. Wasn't trying to be a dick, just getting all technical-like in what has probably become the marquee thread on the internet for info/data on this bullet. Again, thanks for taking the time to share your results!
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    171 match burner for 7mm-08

    shoot4fun Thanks for taking the time to test and post up! A note on BC, however. The elevation difference between .62 and .645 @ 500 yards is less than 3/4", assuming your stated velocity of ~2550fps. I always get out to 1000+ yards when confirming BC when dealing with high BC and/or high...
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