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  1. swamp donkey

    Maggie’s UK poll, please vote...

    Hi guys/gals, could y'all do us on the other side of the pond a favour, take 30 seconds to reply to this poll, it'd sure be appreciated Does the shooting industry do more good than harm to Britain's wildlife? | Countryfile.com Cheers Pete. (Admin, if this isn't agreeable, please remove...
  2. swamp donkey

    Good 308 Sub load w/ Varget, 4895, or H1000

    Good 308 Sub load w/ Varget, 4895, or H1000 Yes, see can happen with 'any' light charge, but the chances are massively reduced the faster the powder. Stability isn't all to do with weight, it's length, normally the heavier the bullet, the longer it is, but, I can honestly say, that the...
  3. swamp donkey

    Gunsmithing Separated case stuck in AX.

    Ahh. Ok, my bad Regards Pete
  4. swamp donkey

    Good 308 Sub load w/ Varget, 4895, or H1000

    Good 308 Sub load w/ Varget, 4895, or H1000 Well, if you actually read what you googled then linked, it says in there about the dangers of low charges of slow powders. For a start, SEE, secondary explosive effect If you read up any of the trusted and tested sub 308 loads, they use small...
  5. swamp donkey

    Good 308 Sub load w/ Varget, 4895, or H1000

    Don't go there !!! Not with any of those powders anyway, unless you like blowing guns up. Buy yourself some trailboss, put 10gr under a 175gr Sierra match king. And you should be good to go. But the powders you listed are far too slow Regards Pete
  6. swamp donkey

    Gunsmithing Separated case stuck in AX.

    I thought the ax was supposed to be easy to swap out the barrels with no special tools ? (Could be wrong though) Regards Pete
  7. swamp donkey

    Rifle won't hold zero... :(

    I'd say '8' m'self Regards Pete
  8. swamp donkey

    Rifle Scopes Vortex quality control issues?

    Also, most hunters I know, fit, zero and forget. Scopes of this nature tend to be 'dialled in' a lot, and are very often treated somewhat more harshly, so a higher failure rate wouldn't be too surprising. Regards Pete