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    How do you manage inconsistent seating?

    New Lapua brass, New 168 SMK bullets, Redding competition die. I measure and increase seating until I get to 2.212 base to ogive. I press away 50 rounds. Press once, back it out, turn bullet and repress and repeat a third time in hopes of reducing run out. Probably does not help but does not...
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    F T/R Competition F-Class Steel

    I had this made by Mr. target. It is good for practice in the desert. Gets immediate feedback with three independent 5 inch orange flaps that swing out left, right and left from the top down. One could use cheap reload or other cheap stuff to flip the large orange paddles back. "Roughly" covers...
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    F T/R Competition New Barrel Chamber?

    Looking for some guidance or best practice for a competition chamber set up. Seems a bit of chicken and egg going on but I am sure I am missing something. I am getting my new barrel on Wed. I plan on getting new rifle set up and working out a load for 300yd F-class. The gun smith wanted me to...
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    F T/R Competition Neck bushing?

    I ask here sine those who shoot competition may have a different take than the general non competition shooter. I turned the necks on my lapua brass after expanding then chamfered it. The neck diameter after expanding and turning was .337. I figured I'd use a .335 bushing to neck it down before...
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    F T/R Competition Turn new brass

    While there are varying opinions I realize. I am looking to heae on this forum with those that shoot competitively since that experience will yield different answers than that of the desert or steel recreational shooter. When you get new brass, Lapua, do you turn the necks when new before...
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    Winchester to Lapua load data?

    I can find volume difference between various brass makers, link below for example from thehighroad.org. That does not translate to grains super easy. When looking a load data from Hodgdon for example in the link also below, it is stating Winchester Brass. It has a larger voume thant Lapua so...
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    Anyone make a rigid bipod

    Shooting more precision stuff, thee Harris bi-pod is not cutting it. Looking at F-Class style bipods they range from pedestal to cradle, from mild to wild, from not too expensive to absurd expensive. Everyone of them could be built at home, some are overly complicated some are simple. If the...
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    F T/R Competition Cheek and Natural point of aim?

    I experimented with preloading bi-pod as well as super slick feet allowing it to slide. Did not see much difference really. Only time I noticed any real variation was when I tried to pull the rifle in either with the hand or with fingers on the front of the vertical grip. That sent fliers. I...
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    F T/R Competition 300 yd and 168's twist

    Hi all, I decided to stick with 300 yard F-T/R shooting when I start next year. I am in the process of getting a new barrel, I plan on shooting 168's. What type of twist do you guys see for this distance and that bullet in terms of practicality and performance. If you throw out barrel life...
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    Rifle Scopes Level Scope to earth or level scope to gun then level as a set to earth?

    This seems a little unclear to me, leveling a scope is great but how do you translate that? More specifically the gun may not be true to the scope regardless of how you level things. The rail on my SPR is not level actually from front to back and it has a slightly high center for example. So to...
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    Rifle Scopes POI & magnification?

    Just got ATACR, was going to zero at 100 with 12x, when I go out farther I was going to increase magnification but I was wondering if on a sfp scope, does poi change from original zero for elevation if I increase magnification? If so do most people zero at 1 magnication and use it like a...
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    Holding SPR

    I am shooting off bi-pod and rear sand bag. I will switch to prone one I find a nice shooting mat. But for now I am firing from a bech which is odd since you kind of side saddle it my my range. I also hTe the polished concrete, seems hard to load the bod, it just slides and does not bite and...
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    Switching between ammo?

    I have several match type of ammo from black hille to hornaday and federal and some cheaper pmc stuff. I have read that one should clean the barrel between shooting different ammombrands and types. Does that mean rod and brush cleaning or bore snaking it several times with hoppes between ammo...
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    PMC Bronze 147 - .308 or 7.62?

    Ammo is hard to find, I got some PMC Bronze 147 gr. I have Hornaday, federal and black hills but bought cheaper stuff to lower cost average at the expense of a bit of accuracy. Anyhow, it was marked .308 FMJ-BT online, great I thought. I got it and noticed the boxes say .308 (7.62 NATO) In...
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    Tactical Coord FN SPR A2/A4 stock got delivered

    Ordered one from Tactical Coordination end of last year. I am actually in AZ so I met Mike in person. At his shop he had a stack of new in the box foam packed FN SPR's. He basically said pick one. I looked to find the detachable magazine one which is marked on the boxes. Found one, opened it...