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  1. slodsm

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    I’ll take the Redding 6.5 dies. PM inbound.
  2. slodsm

    10/22 barrel

    KIDD barrels are pretty great, I’m about to buy a second one. That 1/2” at 50 is very pessimistic. Mine has shot .65 at 100 a few times with good ammo and shot barely above MOA at 200 using Eley Target. Also has no problem hitting an 8” plate time and time again at 300 or a 6” plate in calmer...
  3. slodsm

    6.5 Creedmoor

    It’s difficult to beat the Hornady American gunner for the price. You should have no problem shooting sub moa groups with it and banging steel and long range.
  4. slodsm

    6.5 Creedmoor

    For factory loads or hand loads? Factory is all loaded to saami spec and will be fine in whatever. Handloads I wouldn’t even use in an identical rifle with a different lot number of powder without starting low and working up. Too many variables from chamber to chamber.
  5. slodsm

    6.5 Creedmoor

    Curious man, did you chrono these 5 as well? It won’t make a giant difference at only 200 yards but if you’re chambering a round and trying to find your POA again, you may be letting them cook in the chamber a bit at the longer distance trying to dial in the perfect shot and it will change up...
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    6.5 Creedmoor and RL16. Holy Crap!

    Well I’m a believer, it took a little longer than norma to get this load working as I literally have zero 6.5 experience to call on and I was just trying jumps and charges is a semi meticulous manner. Finally settled on this guy. 42.9 under a 140 ELDM in full length sized brass on its second...
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    How to improve the accuracy of a powder thrower

    I use a lee el cheapo powder throw and depending on the powder, it’s ridiculously accurate. When loading precision loads with varget I throw and weigh 10 and then just check every 25 and it’s dead on. Other powder like 4064 it won’t meter as perfectly and I set it to be .2 low and sometimes...
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    6.5 Creedmoor and RL16. Holy Crap!

    Thanks to this thread I am now trying RL16. I went out this morning and went through 10 each at 41-43 in .5 increments loaded to 2.880 with cci LRP in once fired Hornady that had been full length resized. 42.5 has an 11 ss and 43 had 9.9. The rest were meh. Both of those charges were in the...
  9. slodsm

    Picked up my Vudoo!

    She’s one sexy rifle man! Congrats.
  10. slodsm

    Ruger RPR vs Tikka t1x vs CZ 457

    Honestly I’m the last guy to bash a gun, but the ruger has no place anywhere near a precision competition without a bunch of money thrown at it. The long bolt travel is a cool idea I guess, but the stock is flimsy/flexy, the barrel is hit or miss (mostly miss from what I’ve seen), the trigger is...
  11. slodsm

    Wts - new hornady 6.5cm brass - Reduced

    PP sent. Thanks.
  12. slodsm

    Wts - new hornady 6.5cm brass - Reduced

    I’ll take 200 if you’ve still got it.
  13. slodsm

    Different kind of compressed load questions.

    So I’ve been using 4064 for 8 years for all my 308 loading. It seems difficult to meter so I’ve just developed a habit of setting the powder dispenser to drop .2-.3 less than needed, weighing each charge and trickling in what is needed to get an exact load. I recently bought a pound of varget...
  14. slodsm

    Save your brass??

    Always save it personally. I have reloaded for years but never .223 because I just used it for different things vs precision shooting and milsurp ammo was fine. Still kept all the brass. 3 months ago I decided I wanted to try stretching the legs of my 18” AR and doing a little work with it and...
  15. slodsm

    Bolt Action Mags- How many?

    As a non operator but qualified space shuttle door gunner, I have 2 per bolt rifle. AR’s, all of them. Literally all of the magazines.
  16. slodsm

    Ruger Long Range Target

    That’s really impressive to say the least. I stumbled on this just scrolling through and it’s ironic because I’ve been eyeing one in 300WM for a couple of weeks. Thinking about dressing it up with an XTR and seeing how I like it as I’ve not owned a single magnum caliber anything in 10 years and...
  17. slodsm

    Bushnell now a sponsor of NRL22, and announces new Base Class NRL22 riflescope

    That’s awesome, glad to see more people jumping in. I’m going to have to try and get this started at one of my local ranges, it seems like a ridiculous amount of fun. We just don’t have any matches near the area and the ones that are within a few hours take place on my two week on schedule when...
  18. slodsm

    10/22 rail and rings

    True enough, I stick to 300 and under with my rimfire guns so I’ve never needed more than a 20moa base with a decent scope. Good point.
  19. slodsm

    Member Link Up Possible move back to Texas...

    I love Granbury myself but to each their own. Triple C has a nice range and not far from you there at all and for a little more drive there is ETTS near Mansfield.
  20. slodsm

    10/22 rail and rings

    I use EGW bases and Warne rings. It’s a 22 so I think anything past a 60 dollar base and 75 dollar rings may just be overkill hahaha. They just don’t have the recoil/inherent abuse of a big cartridge to me to justify anything stronger. I’ve yet to have issues with those setups on several rimfire...
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