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a buddy of mine gave me his Aimpoint comp m2, he had broken the brightness/power knob, put it away to address later and forgot about it for years. He no longer needs it so he gave it to me. He tells me he got it sometime in the early to mid 2000’s and it is out of warranty. Before I take the...

Had a good but strange day shooting today and going through my notebook to compare dope, I am thoroughly confused. I loaded up 75 rounds of my pet load for my Savage, 44.5gr Varget with 178amax. Went out today and my dope was off, way off. My log book showed that in 11/13, I had 5.6 mil for...

I couldn't find info on if the Seekins dbm's have a savage option, I really like the button style mag release. Thanks, Jethro

So my back has been giving me fits lately, muscle spasms and cramps that last a couple days. Background is that when I was much younger and working in an ER I hurt it picking up (of all things) a little 90lb old lady from a wheelchair to a bed. Over the years it hadn't bugged me often, but over...

I know you get what you pay for, but are there any budget minded range finders out there? Ideally able to range reflective out to 800, trees out to 4-500? I realize this may not exist, but does anyone have any experience with a poor man's lrf? Thanks, Jethro

Hey guys, not finding a lot of info on 2000mr real world results out there. I just started development with cannalured 77smk, started with 24.0gr and worked up by .2gr to 25.6gr. I found that 24.6gr shot very tight, .5 moa. Strangely, .2gr over and under was significantly larger, around 1...

Looking to pick up an Acog when my equipment allowance gets here. Anyone have a lead on the shop with the best prices or any law enforcement discounts? I am looking at 3.5x or 4x. Thanks, Jethro

So my buddy gave me some primers (federal 205) that have been sitting boxed up in his shop for around 15 years. This shop isn't air conditioned and it gets mighty warm in Phoenix in the summer. Just wondering if there could be any issues with these primers given how they were stored. Thanks...

So I haven't found Varget locally since January. In all honesty I haven't looked incredibly hard, just ever other week or so at my local haunts. Today I found that Bruno's shooting supply had quite a few 1 pounders in stock, so I grabbed one (payday is next week). Bruno's doesn't have their...

I first want to say that I am glad to have this resource of snipershide, it has been a wealth of knowledge in my rifle shooting and gear that I have accumulated. I would have to be blind not to notice the frustration here and in society with the government and all of it's entities. As a police...

We just had our 3rd baby and she had her first appointment this morning. After the typical questions about her birth weight/length and hospital info they really upset me. Nurse assist- Any animals at home and what? Me: (puzzled) A couple dogs Nurse assist- Anyone smoke at home? Me: Um, no...

It seems like I am having hard time finding Varget lately, one of my local places had some 8 pounders a week or 2 ago but I was short on money... Anyway, I am wondering if there was a powder that is similar to Varget that might have a little more availability. Because I have no extra Varget, I...

I probably need to buy one at some point, but I have other places my money is going. I need just to send some of my reloads through a chrono so I can accurately use ballistic software. Anyway, if anyone happens to land at Ben Avery on a saturday and would help me out, it would be much...

So I am looking at a ballistic program and have used the search here for some info. I am thinking about grabbing a pda and loading a ballistic program on it, but I am pretty out of it computer wise. I know I could use an Iphone, but I don't have one and it isn't in the budget. There are lots...

Hey guys, right now I have a Mcmillan A2 stock (used to think it was a3 until I checked the website)on my Savage. This stock came with the rifle, had it been mine original purchase I would have opted for a stock with adjustment. Anyway, I am needing some comb adjustment and am torn between...

So I loaded up some 178 amax to do some development with and had some time at my dept range today. I have been shooting 175smk but looking to see if my gun likes the amaxs as well. So I go to chamber a round and it won't chamber. I look at it and see rounding of the shoulder...weird. Next...

When shooting the other day out to 625yds my buddy and I were trying to decide where the wind has the most effect on the bullet, at the gun or target. I assumed (just a rookie guess) that wind would have more effect on the bullet the closer to the target, as the bullet is losing velocity...

Hey guys, I am new to the long range shooting game. I put together my rifle with a scope that I had, a Nikon Buckmasters 4-14. It has served me well but I think I have come to a place where I need to make a change. Shooting with my buddy the other day I could really see where a mil dot set up...

So I have been shooting 175smk's and was loading some different OALs which got me a little frustrated. I had trouble getting consistant OALs so I started to measure the bullets themselves. I found that they varied from bullet to bullet up to .005. I am not super anal about things, but since I am...

I am wondering if I should continue working on my load for my 308. It is- 175smk @ 2.805, 44.5gr Varget, WLR primers and Hornady brass. My rifle is a Savage 10 with a 20" tube. I worked up a load going from 42gr to 46gr and settled on 44.5...but in my reading it seems that some of you are going...