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    bullet weights - when do you start to worry?

    Got some Montana Gold 55-grainers, and I thought I'd get smart and weigh them. Most turn out at 55.0. A sizable number are 55.2, with about 75% as many @ 55.1 gr. There are very few 54.9 gr bullets and none higher or lower than these. This put me on a tear - how well made are all the bullets...
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    My velocities went to the moon!

    I fired that M1903A3 I bragged to you all about. Handloaded 100 rounds of 3 different types of bullets and powders, and bought a box of Win Power Point hunting ammo to get "on track" with what velocities would look like coming out of commercially produced ammo. I fired the Winny stuff (didja...
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    Do flat base bullets give higher chamber pressure?

    Question: Will a flat based bullet of similar weight give higher chamber pressures than tapered/boat-tail?
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    Question about surplus ammo and factory annealing

    I've noticed when buying milsurp ammo in the past (when there was any, LOL) that much of it was annealed. Why? Is it a NATO spec or something? Why anneal something that's only going to be used once? IIRC, there aren't any governments that reload (excepting the competition groups within the...
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    Bead blasting media as vibratory polishing media?

    Hey folks. Bought some media to bead blast the slide of a handgun to return it to normal "frosted" finish after a goofball gunsmith messed it up. Have a metric ton of it left over. Thinking about using it as secondary polish for the cases after the...
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    Goofy question: Work up a ladder with iron sights?

    Possible? I'm thinking I make the target BIG, so's I can see it at 400 yards. Any reason the ladder method wouldn't work with iron sights?
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    Loading for my new 1903A3

    I posted a brag thread on here a couple of weeks back about a nice 03A3 I picked up at the Collector's Gun Show. I'm going to start loading '06 for it. I have Varget but I've heard it's a little fast for '06 loads. My research here suggests H4350 powder as a good starting point and I should be...
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    This is what it's like posting on forums...

    Yeah, this pretty much covers it. Forums, and the joy of posting on them.
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    What does it cost you to go to the range?

    I just had a think, owing to the fact that as a grad student I have the income of a 14-year-old boy, that my costs for going to the range are pretty dog-gone steep. I noodled that if I pop off 50 rifle rounds and 100 handgun rounds, and buy the gas I am out ~$60. This is not counting the brass...
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    Wood stock? Guidance requested...

    Have a chance to put my SPS Tactical 20" into a Boyd's pepper laminate stock for $35! It's a "Grade 3" which is a "needs work," but I'm handy. It seems Boyd's made some stocks on their CNC mills that they were unable to fit a Rem. butt-plate onto, and Remington canceled the order. Would this be...
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    New (to me) Rock River 20" AR - best group today

    Best shot group 3 rounds, about .6" All other groups about an inch or less (and I discovered some sloppy rifle-handling behaviors at the core of some accuracy issues, sadly). Got great performance with both my handloads and (strangely) Federal 55gr. FMJ bulk pack from Wally World. These Rock...
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    Did "Shout Box" just go down for you folks?

    I was chatting in Shout Box and it has gone blank. Has this happened to you guys? Maybe it's a browser issue?
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    Rifle Scopes A LOL purchase: BSA Sweet .22 from SWFA

    I was perusing SWFA last night and saw the cheezy cheezy BSA Sweet .22 3x9 x 40 with the drop compensating turrets. It was $40! I thought, "even a broke-ass like me can afford optics for my goofy .22." I know we really only care about $3200 optics here in this section but I may make a report...
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    Rifle Scopes Buy a scope used - what chance it's counterfeit?

    A definite trend on this forum is for the purchase of scopes that are $1000 and up in price. For most of you, I'd say, a $1000 scope is the cost of entry into this class. Lots of you guys are buying $1400 Nightforce scopes as the entry scope, am I right? Quite a few are dumping them later for...
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    Rifle Scopes Konus 1.5 -6 x 44 M30 #7285 Review

    Team, I bought a Konus 1.5 -6 x 44 M30 #7285 scope and wanted to offer my thoughts after 140 rounds. <ul style="list-style-type: disc"><span style="font-weight: bold">Why I chose this scope: </span>Features to budget - Konus rep is good, optics on my 20-80 spotter are great for the amazingly...
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    What round to kill an Osama?

    So, team - what round do we think the Goat Rapist got hissef shot with?
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    Rifle Scopes Your guidance is requested on this "shifting zero"

    I have an interesting problem with which I hope you guys can offer some guidance - I notice that when I am shooting at a series of targets that are "four up," if I shoot at all four targets without changing a scope setting or varying ammo, the center of the group will shift either left or right...
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    The piston-driven AR several years on...

    For several years, numerous manufacturers of AR15s have been answering market requests for a piston driven AR. Ruger produces one, Stag makes a piston driven gun, as does POF and Leitner-Wiese. I think Sig is making one of these rifles as does H&K (although it's unlikely you're "profeshnul...
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    Rifle Scopes Need some help with my new Konus M30 1.5 - 6 X 44

    Hey optics experts, I need a little help on my new Konus M30 1.5 - 6 x 44 scope. The specs for the scope claim 1/2 MOA clicks in both everything I've found online and physically etched onto the body of the scope. I ran the knobs through their range of motion to free them up (they were a little...
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    I think my Chargemaster has seen it's last

    I was on here a couple months back complaining about my Chargemaster's sluggish behavior and you guys suggested some helpful reprogramming tips. I went to build a load the other day and it refused to turn on. You guys have any ideas or is it time to call RCBS?
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