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  1. DirtyRod

    A Week at the Gym: My Story

    A WEEK AT THE GYM: MY STORY Dear Diary: For my fortieth birthday this year, my wife (the dear) purchased a week of personal training at the local health club for me. Although I am still in great shape since playing on my college football team 25 yrs ago, I decided it would be a good idea to...
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    Gunsmithing Excessive AR Headspace

    OK AR gurus ... need your help. I've been shooting an AR forever recently got into building a few. First was fine but I made the mistake of buying a used barrel for my last. Shoots just fine but I can close the bolt on the NOGO but not on the FIELD gauge. Trying to figure out the plan. I tried...
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    Anyone Loading 7.62x39 with AA1680?

    Unfortunately my AR does not like steel cases so the cheap stuff is out and I'm almost out of my Yugo stash. I'm working up AA1680 with Speer 123gr SP. Here's the issue. Lyman lists a range of 23-25.7 so I started at 23 and am working my way past 25 and have yet to find an accurate load. Speer...
  4. DirtyRod

    Implants and Shooting

    Serious Question Folks. The wife is my shooting buddy and shortly is going in for breast aug. Nothing huge. She will probably end up being a C cup considering she is only 125ish but she is concerned that there could be issues with shooting a rifle. Most of the time she is shooting her AR...
  5. DirtyRod

    More new loader questions

    Taking the jump from loading .45 to .308. I'm all setup and I've mocked up a few without primers and powder to ensure that they chamber I've been reading and looking at videos for several months and can't seem to understand two concepts and would appreciate an education. I've read a number of...
  6. DirtyRod

    BH Factory New - What's the Difference?

    I've got a couple thousand rounds of the stuff on the right through my gun. I picked up 8 boxes of the stuff on the left thinking it was just a new or old box design. I assumed "Factory New" = "New" but my rifle went from 2-3" at 200 yards to 7-8" so they do not appear to be the same at least to...
  7. DirtyRod

    Tape for AR sling tail

    I've searched, googled, etc and can't seem to find and answer. I'm trying to figure out what kind of tape folks use to secure the tail on the rifle sling so it doesn't slip. Using a 2 point sling and had my AR hit the ground during a handgun transition when the sling slipped out of the buckle...
  8. DirtyRod

    Rifle Scopes Cross Slot Question

    What does "Cross Slot" actually mean? All rails I see have slots going across the rail so is that a generic term or is there a specific "cross slot" rail? Asking because I'm Currently looking to upgrade the rings for my HK91 which has a B-Square Mount. The Burris XTRs I've tried a recoil bar...
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    Rifle Scopes How far can I go?

    Working at 200yrds with a 700 in 308 using Remington 175 Match and Federal GMM in 168gr. I'm zero'd at 200 and my Bushnell Elite scope only has 10.2 in of vertical left on a 0 MOA Mark 4 base and I'm trying to figure out how far I can go before I need to buy either a new scope or an MOA base. By...
  10. DirtyRod

    Reloading 101 Basic Questions

    All, I've read the Reloading 101, Reloading basics thread, searched the threads and hit Google, Youtube, etc trying not to bother you with stupid repeditive questions but I do have a few. 1. Some of the videos for the progressive presses don't talk about case lubrication so do you lube the...
  11. DirtyRod

    Difference at 100yrds?

    Hey all, I've been shooting my stock Remmy 700 for about two months working on the fundamentals. I'm pretty consistently shooting 1.1 - 1.5" 3 shot groups at 100yrds with 147gr bulk ammo. My goal is .5" consistently before moving out to 200. Saturday, a guy in the next lane handed me two 124...