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    Sidearms & Scatterguns Saw a guy open carrying

    i live in an urban area in a blue state ,we don't have open carry but i support your right. open carry is an invitation for someone who needs a pistol to walk up behind you with brick or other blunt object to take your pistol .P/O have lost guns due to blunt objects.open carry results calls to...
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    Least expensive AR you’d trust your life to?

    every thing fails with use , my duty sig trigger spring broke , my colt 1911 safety sheared off under 2000 rounds. two of my colts 20 years old have had bbl replaced besides extractors springs. my coworker went to fancy rifle class( homeland sec paid for) with low priced S & W he purchased the...
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    CFE 223 with super low veleocities?

    my results with 27.8 gr of cfe 55 gr fmj bulk bullets 5.56 chamber 24 in bbl avg 3259 fps , 16 bbl 5.56 bbl avg 2884 fps , xm193 24 in bbl 3360 fps , 16 in bbl 3033 fps , have not chronograph short bbl yet , haven't checked my 1200 R loads yet but your not supposed to go over 55 gr bullet with...
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    My first reloading attempt was a failure, what now?

    it happens to everyone , if your going to redo loads get a collet bullet puller ,prefer RCBS , pull bullets save powder, you do not need to resize your 9mm primed brass , expand case mouth, powder charge seat bullet ,crimp, Ck to make sure your crimped bullets don't push back into case. never...
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    mitutoyo digital caliper- Are they really worth it?

    you will never regret buying quality , my 6 in Mitutoyo dial is over 50 yrs old , survived rough use and my 20 yr old digital Starrett has had hard use also, my engineer buddy uses a cheap one for reloading , (bench top gets other projects piled on it)but has name tools at his shop which come...
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    9mm powder for defensive rounds

    going to recommend you stick to factory ammo for carry gun and use reloads to practice with. Duty ammo is manufactured with tighter quality control( due to liability and PR issues) then bulk ammo. Powder is selected for consistency in cold/ hot temperatures, not sensitive to case...
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    How, exactly, is anyone getting powder? Serious question.

    hang in there primers and powder are starting to show up. one gun store in IL wanted $189 per 1K primers last month now $89 per 1K , other gun shop had 200 K and was selling at list $60 for 1 K of primers (3 K limit, picked up for shooting buddy)till sold out. in the future you have to purchase...
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    Blown Primer with 6GT =(

    To much pressure, possible cause brass to long, may be seating bullets to long , powder charge excessive. make up test loads with case trimmed to minimum length , minimum powder charge and charge 1/2way between max and minimum seat bullets to recommended COL not to lands . if no issues only...
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    Large Rifle Primer Failure

    if the primer is not seated properly it will move forward with firing pin strike but anvil is not impacting hard enough to fire, a second firing pin strike will generally set it off unless primer was crushed during seating. the extractor will hold the case against bolt , it is unlikely case is...
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    Time for a new barrel??

    if your accuracy has not changed , there is no reason to change barrel. stated FPS on ammo boxes is tested with 24 in pressure barrel which gives higher FPS the a rifled action.
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    Rifle Scopes Help me choose a spotting scope

    Re: Help me choose a spotting scope after 20 years of cheap scope i went to zeiss diascope 85mm happy with it but you also need a good mounting system for the big scopes.i have the creedmore $$ system with quick scope release. bird watchers use the movie video tripods that don't lose...