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    Weirdness with CFE223, have you ever seen this?

    I have had this on two occasions with different barrels, both times load testing with cfe223 like the title says. Anybody have any ideas? The ring is copper not brass and it was located just in front of the chamber, it is sitting in the barrel loose and easily comes out with a bore snake. just...
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    Gunsmithing Modifying Manners Elite Stocks?

    Has anybody done any milling, sanding, drilling, grinding etc. on manners elite stocks. I know that you can send it back to manners and they will add just about anything you want. That kind of takes the fun out of it though. Figured I would check here before I ruin a $1200.00 stock. To be more...
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    Smoked bullet aka sharpie Ogive help?

    Trying to determine bullet seating depth for a new rifle, and I am having a bit of some self doubt. Rifle is a GA Hospitaller in 6.5creedmoor, this is my first rifle of this quality. When I am trying to determine bullet seating depth I am getting rifling stripes on the bullet all the way down to...
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    Suppressors New Kimber Warrior 1911 need Help

    Hey guys I just got a new Kimber warrior 1911 about two weeks ago, love the gun it is my first 1911 I am having issues shooting it however it routinely shoots to the left, and the farther I go back the farther it hits left. It (or I) shoots 1.5 to 2 in left at 5 yards 4 to 5 inches left at 10...
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    Hunting & Fishing Hornady superformance

    anybody shoot these yet? I shot the .308 165 gr. sst out of my remington 5R they where sub moa out to 500 (the farthest I can shoot here in southern michigan) also has anyone used the SST on med. to lrg. northern whitetails? I am getting conflicting stories of either "awesome bullet, little to...
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    Hunting & Fishing Barnes 180 ttsx out of a Remington .308 5R

    I am looking to load some Barnes 180 ttsx for hunting, and I am not sure where to start. A Friend of mine gave me a box with 29 remaining in it, he claims he could not get them to shoot. I like to load with varget, and I have both lapua and BH once fired cases that have been match prepped, I...
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    Michigan Ranges ~Public

    Not sure if this is the right spot for this, here it goes anyways moderators move it if you see fit. I live near Flint, MI I know there are a few shooters on the Hide from this area. where does everyone shoot at, right now I have access to a couple farms but I am always worried about where the...
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    help me out, case stuck in die!

    As you can see I have a Lapua .308 stuck in a RCBS FL sizing die. I ripped 3/4 of them rim off in the process before I realized I had a stuck case. I work at a old school hardware that has the tools to fix just about anything. Problem is this is my first stucky, and no one else I work with is a...
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    tvp 4-10-10

    anybody shooting at thunder valley on sat.?
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    Gunsmithing bedding questions

    I am new to gunsmithing but not handicapped, I am going to attempt to bed a stock for my Remington 5r, it is a cheap Choate tactical not the good HS that came with the rifle so I am not going to cry unless I bed the rifle to the stock. My first question for those of you who have bedded a stock...
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    rimfire targets

    I have a few of Desert Frog's tactical rimfire targets I got from www.6mmbr.com but I have seen a few others with the www.tacticalprecisionrimfire.com logo on the bottom just wondering if anyone knows where I can get a zip file for the others, or should I just wait for the website to be up and...
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    Gunsmithing Gunsmith recommendation

    can anyone recommend a good gunsmith in or near Michigan? by the way new to the "Hide" although I have been lurking for awhile, gotta say I really like the site.