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    Today's State of the Art in 6.8 X 43 mm SPC

    Re: Today's State of the Art in 6.8 X 43 mm SPC For over a year, I have had the yen to buy a 6.5 Grendel upper. Have also thought much about the 6mmAR Turbo. The problem with the AR-15 platform is magazine length. The problem with the AR-10 is weight. Barrel extension, bolt carrier group...
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    Rifle Scopes Optics Testing and Evaluation

    Re: Optics Testing and Evaluation I really appreciate all the replies from three of the best on this board. Seems like a carpenter's square, or to be sure a machinists precison square would be ideal for noting reticle squareness. I like my bushnell 74-3333 boresighter with collimator grid...
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    Rifle Scopes Optics Testing and Evaluation

    Re: Optics Testing and Evaluation Photographers have long tested their lenses for clarity and resolution. Look at a 3x3" barcode on a package if you want to test for c&r, but be sure to focus on them in daylight temperature adjusted lighting if you are doing so inside. Probably don't need...
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    Rifle Scopes Optics Testing and Evaluation

    Re: Optics Testing and Evaluation I have commented more than a few times that "a sniper's scopesight does not need to resolve the skin texture of a mole on a targets face at 1000yds", and that you sure don't need to be able to count the number of hairs growing from that mole or pock marks...
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    Rifle Scopes Optics Testing and Evaluation

    Re: Optics Testing and Evaluation Lowlight's post: "As an FYI, in most cases resolution charts are simply eye charts for the user, except with a scope between the test target and the observer. You can download them and print them off online but really there is no way to actually test it...
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    Rifle Scopes Optics Testing and Evaluation

    I read Lowlight's reply at post #60 over on Tony Burke's thread about the scope comparison and didn't want to hijack that thread, but really what does constitute a Good Test of Scope Resolution for a LongRange scopesight? How many variables are there that can be isolated and tested for...
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    Rifle Scopes Spotting Scope questions

    Re: Spotting Scope questions I've owned a Kowa 612 which was excellent. Replaced it with a Fujinon Super 60A Field Scope, even better. The 45deg angled eyepiece is better than straight-through type. The Fuji is better than the Kowa in the higher magnification ranges of the zoom eyepiece...
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    Rifle Scopes NXS 2.5x10x32 mounting question

    Re: NXS 2.5x10x32 mounting question I use low Leupold Mk3 rings on a larue 110 riser, that way I can swap the scope to other pic rail bases; not that I do. If you are using a 20+ moa canted base, you can likely use the lowest rings you can find. I also use Warne Maxima semi-permanent...
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    Rifle Scopes Nightforce NXS NP-1 vs. FC-2 ?

    Re: Nightforce NXS NP-1 vs. FC-2 ? I think I would shoot that shortie at 150/200 yds and see what kind of groups I got, before being enamored by the potential of the NP-1. Actually, looking at the NightForce reticle spec book, the NP-1 is less versatile, imho. Sure you get a .3" moa wide...
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    Rifle Scopes Range for 20 MOA base use?

    Re: Range for 20 MOA base use? Why not study up on your scope's internal range of elevation, and the ballistic curve of your ammunition? Figure you have about 45% of the reticle travel to work with which could be anywhere from about 20moa to over 50moa depending on your scope. Look at the...
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    Rifle Scopes Nightforce NXS NP-1 vs. FC-2 ?

    Re: Nightforce NXS NP-1 vs. FC-2 ? FC2, undoubtedly. Short barreled? How short? Not gonna get much effective distance with a shortie anyway unless you are using 75gr match ammo and have a real quality barrel, like a Noveske Afghan. Don't overlook the Leupold 56994, 1.5-5x, w/illum SPR...
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    Sudden accuracy degradation ?

    Re: Sudden accuracy degradation ? Getting pretty hot, temperature wise, near Bryan, Tx this time of year eh? Were your loads showing any pressure signs before? Not like this will cause your change of impact, but it might be the cause of your primers blowing. Keep your ammo in the sun? In...
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    7mm mag vs 7mm wsm ??

    Re: 7mm mag vs 7mm wsm ?? At 2.170" oal, is the .284 win really a short-action ctg? Hell, I use a LA for .308; so I can load 180-200gr bullets and the .308 oal is .155 shorter than the .284win. Anyway, reason the 6.5-284 boys go long action is Bullet Length. Gonna shoot 143smk and up in...
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    TRG22 in 6.5x4.7

    Re: TRG22 in 6.5x4.7 If the cartridge head diameter is under .472 you are out of luck; unless you know a genius gunsmith that can shim the boltface or talk Dave Kiff into making you one. He told me once that he'd only had one request for a M995 bolt over the years... Other than that...
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    Movie Theater "shooter" the book and not the one you thinking of

    Re: "shooter" the book and not the one you thinking of I found Shooter at a half-price book store and read it; also read all the Swagger books (after seeing them discussed here) and got Shooter dvd at the pawnshop. The movie Shooter is better than Point of Impact. If the director of Shooter...
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    M1A OR Bolt Gun?

    Re: M1A OR Bolt Gun? An M1a or AR-10 will hold its monetary value far better than any customized Rem 700. Once you've built a blueprinted Rem 700 custom you will understand. M1a, especially with NM sights and the match gas mod will shoot, doesn't have to be a heavy barreled supermatch...
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    Rifle Scopes Best 1 piece scope mount for a GAP DPMS LR308

    Re: Best 1 piece scope mount for a GAP DPMS LR308 You might try simply shaving the bottom radius of the BC flip-up and using some electricians tape. Turn the BC sideways might also work with less razor knife surgery. Another thing you can do to gain a few thousandths of clearance for your...
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    Rifle Scopes Best 1 piece scope mount for a GAP DPMS LR308

    Re: Best 1 piece scope mount for a GAP DPMS LR308 Just curious, but how much clearance are you lacking? A few thousandths? Does your GAP have the Badger Ord Stabilizer Handguard forend installed? Also, what scope are you using and do you really even need the Badger riser? I have been...
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    Gunsmithing 308 barrel on my rem700 300 win mag?

    Re: 308 barrel on my rem700 300 win mag? <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: natesfitness</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If the bullets are the same caliber am I able to use any 308 barrel to rebarrel my rem 700 300 win mag or am I missing somthing...
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    AR10 Vs Bolt Action

    Re: AR10 Vs Bolt Action Lots of confusion about gas systems. Read a comment from highly regarded gas guru, and it may have been Robert Whitley, that in testing a barrel without a gas block he saw a very minor INCREASE in chronographed velocity. Don't that fly in the face of common...
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