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    Gunsmithing DO NOT USE VIBRATITE HOT LOCK

    I wonder how bad the threads were before the 'smith spun the brake on? I ask because the OP did not mention any metal chips or debris that came off after the brake was removed and it looks like there would have been some chips from the missing threads.
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    Ben Stoeger & his Aero AR rifle troubles

    When was the barrel last cleaned, I have found that a few of my barrels (usually Brux) cause key-holing when they are getting pretty dirty even though the last 1,500 rounds of the same loading. distance, etc. did not keyhole. The first time the keyholing raised its ugly head like that I was...
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    Tents

    I have spent quite a few nights in tents that I carried for extended periods so take what I say with that in mind. I have no experience in wall tents except at outfitter camps on guided hunts. Many of the lightweight options currently on the market have only one window and door combination...
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    Rifle Scopes Scope for a classic hunting rifle

    Whatever I would do is keep the objective diameter at 44 mm of less, I find the 50 mm objectives on classic guns to ruin the classis appeal. I love high end optics and enjoy the dim-light utility of 50 mm objective with quality glass but have smaller objectives on my classic guns. If you want...
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    2 stage AR trigger

    Probably late but here is a great price on a great two-stage trigger Geissle 2-stage for less than $100 I ordered a few of them I have a couple all ready and think they are great.
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    Warmest winter coat

    My wife hints about a canada goose down jacket but I staggered away from the Canada Goose rack at Scheels after I saw the price for the parka was north of $1,600, I imagine there were cheaper ones on the rack but I was on my way away. It better go boom if I am going to spend $1,600 at scheels...
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    I’m stuck

    Glad you got the gun shooting better. I burn a lot of H4831SC and then H1000 and then H4350 for my 270, 30-06 hunting rounds.
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    Gunsmithing Interesting Read On Barrels And Chambers

    I have had McCoy's book on my shelf for over15 years and studied it, if he was using McCoy's formulation he should have identified it as such. He has graphs of torque claimed on bullets with no mention of how these values were obtained, by calculation assumed but what calculations? I have read...
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    Gunsmithing Interesting Read On Barrels And Chambers

    I am reading it and have a background in physics and would like to see far more theory so I could understand and evaluate what is presented. This should not be construed as an indication that I do not agree/believe what his conclusions but more background would help me do just that. Not a lot...
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    7mm 300 PRC

    I have a couple of 7 mm blanks on the shelf and a trued 700 receiver with a PTG bolt and would like to do a 7-300 PRC, does anyone have a reamer they would like to sell me? I did the 300-375 Ruger years before the 300 PRC came out I have 375 Ruger brass from my bear gun and a magnum Hpwa 1500...
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    I’m stuck

    Have you tried some slower powders, I would reach for H4831 to start and then maybe into the Reloader 22, 23, 25 and maybe 26. Case fill can tell you a lot about the powders to give a try to is you are using too fast of a powder the case fill will be low if you can't get enough powder in to get...
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    Avoid Palmetto State Armory

    $20k in lower part kits and ammo to put in boxes if needed along with water filters and ..., a few things come to mind; Foremost, I would not advertise that I had this much armament on hand because it would take a lot of claimed boating accidents to claim I no longer had stuff that I notified...
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    AR Experts. Predictions?

    Over the course of a year I shot every Saturday that I was in town, I live in Minneapolis MN so the temperatures we enjoy span a wide range. I did this as an exercise to see how my equipment and me operated over the full temp range we have, maybe not the full since I did not shoot in the...
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    280AI What are you using?

    I shoot 180 grains bullets and have had great luck with H4831-SC
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    22-250 Varmit!

    If your definition of long range is beyond 600 yards I would go with the fast twist so you can stabilize heavier high-BC bullets that a 1-12" won't.
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    Hunting rifle

    7 mm bullet would be ok for all NA animals except for browns, grizzly and polar bears. I would feel very undergunned going after an animal that can weigh 4-5 times more than me has teeth made for shredding meat and breaking bone with a bullet in a caliber less than 338. In the event that the...
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    GS who will prep a barrel for a Krauger barrel

    Seems to have a short tenon for a modern custom action.
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    Rifle Scopes Light Gathering

    I would recommend a Schmidt Bender Zenith 1.5-6x42 problem is it has been discontinued, they pop up occasionally on ebay and used S&B are relatively safe given the quality. I use 1.5-6 on both of my bear guns that I use in deep woods and Meopta has them in the Meostar, my two bear guns wear...
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    Measuring rifle kick

    Overall impulse and peak force would be great, you might have to take the measurements on different shots but if load is the same they should correlate well.
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    Measuring rifle kick

    The physics involved here tells me this is a measure of recoil energy not necessarily force. I am not saying this is a poor way to evaluate muzzle breaks because the shooter is better off if he/she does not absorb the recoil energy that is redirected by the brake. I think felt recoil is a...