stanley_white said:

“My favorite part about precision rifle shooting as a hobby is the joy of hunting for bargains and best value purchases.”

-Nobody Ever

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Ok so you just run directly to the most expensive maker possible, straight away eh? So every one of your guns have Proofs on them right? And all have Tangents on top. Well hey, it's nice to be rich I guess.

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“My favorite part about precision rifle shooting as a hobby is the joy of hunting for bargains and best value purchases.”

-Nobody Ever

BEJ762 said:

This was the gun. Looks close…

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Color difference around the bolt cut and the front sling point.

eddy_c said:

I am a lefty looking to buy my first LH rifle, I am leaning towards a B14R for the 700 platform over a Tikka or CZ. I don't compete, so I think a RimX and Vudoo are probably more than I want to spend for my first LH rifle. Knowing that any parts I add to it could be used if I do upgrade is nice. I am thinking a barreled action and trying to find a chassis in the PX is where I am going to start. Having never worked a lefthanded bolt, I know there will be an adjustment period.

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If you want the 700 platform and do not want to spend the money on a RimX or Vudoo, then the Bergara is a no-brainer. It's a shame they don't make the heavy-barreled action in left hand, but the 18" barrels shoot great for a factory barrel. You could always upgrade to a KI Precision if you get serious. I absolutely love my B14R heavy, but I wanted to make the switch to LH, so I went with a RimX.

I get it. I love Douglas and wish them the best, but they were awesome because you could get a quality button carbon steel barrel put on for like 580 bucks, and now they're in brux territory and that sucks. Too expensive now.
Tell me this then, when they were cheaper, how many of you, and all the competitors were linin' up for one? Now that they're right around brux/kreiger territory, would you still line up for one? Do you think that line will increase or decrease?

140gr5.56RN said:

Hah hah.

Ya right..

A .20x42 57gr EPR 3 round burst to the neck at 2100 fps at 360 meters might stop them. ️

0.18 MOA.

Word to the wise. This software has bugs that could be smoothed out. Interface is sluggish.

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Let us know when you move out of your mom's basement, by then you may have actually learned anything useful.

J_D said:

Wait until you come across a lot that does that almost every time........they do exist, but the chase is costly.

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Cost me $50 and a 100 mile round trip. The Capstone testing facility is local to me.

Most media is social engineering pysops!

BEJ762 said:

This was the gun. Looks close…

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What do you call that camo/paint?

Mr.BR said:

You are correct as dealers you end up with price increase that Distribuitor has to offload onto you and you onto customer , as suddenly US customs takes a 10% cut.

I have Vectronix Distribution in my country so know that nothing has changed on Vectronix side. Its purely US customs taking a cut , that then snowballs up the chain up to MSRP increase.

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That's exactly what we are discussing, there's no way around what ever percentage is taken by customs. Dealers and customers only care about what we have to pay for them. Nobody wants to pay an inflated price and the next day it's back to normal prices, but who knows if those prices don't come down for a year or more. That is not in my lane... - Richard

Few more photos in the wild…

babyguppy said:

In defense of the cat.. wouldn't want some 'lady' poking at me with some cat ears on.
Cat warned her, she proceeded to poke, cat took defensive position behind pole, gave her an 'open' hand slap in self-defense.
White cat in background; scared shitless, it's his turn next.
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The white cat at the end was the cherry on top!

Rockworx said:

HTR or DMR more popular? Would go on a 14.5" 5.56.

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There has not been a bunch released yet, but it's pretty close with a hair going to HTR - Richard

WeR0206 said:

I just shot some 77 smk’s in LC 556 brass @2.246” with 25.0gr TAC with zero burrs etc on the brass and primers were fine. Avg speed out of a 16” Wylde barrel was 2806. Black Hills 77 otm in same barrel is 2692. 2806 is pretty smoking fast for those 77gr pills. Love it!!

Side note there is a free reloading software called Gordons. I somehow just found out about it this last weekend and it helps a lot with load development. You give it inputs for your chamber, COAL, spent case volume, bullet length, pressure limit, etc and it spits out the estimated pressures and velocity for each step in your ladder.

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Interesting. TLDR: Case volume matters a lot at the upper end of pressure.

I found it interesting you're not getting any pressure signs with that load. I've been loading some 77gr SMK 2nds @2.255" and 25.0gr of TAC for spinner targets in 3gun. I got some ejector smears on the brass and can tell it's pretty hot. I'm not getting the brass back so it's one and done for this purpose and I'm fine with it.

I tried to duplicate it in Gordon's reloading tool and it took me a while to match your pressure results. The difference I found was the brass I'm reloading measured case volume (h20 on scale) at 30.00gr for LC '95 brass where yours is 30.88gr. That difference in case volume gives me 67k psi to your 61k. I've been using random year LC and still getting some pressure signs with that load, but I'm ok with it for the small number of these rounds I use.

Any cant on it?

BEJ762 said:

I feel like those camo skins look familiar. I bought and then sold a SA AW on the hide with similar skins some time ago. Looks good on the AWM.

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The AWM came out of KY.

I pulled my rifle book and found the original ad and correspondence. The seller said it is ATACS camo dip that was done by GAP.

Still have these reamers available. See first post.

300 win mag

6.5x47

7 Rem Mag

338 Lapua mag

Thanks

Maser said:

My nigga slapping a white bitch!

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Two words: Guitar strings.

I just punch them on the side… if ya hit them hard enough it knocks all the air out of their lungs and kinda stuns them.

Broke up 3 dog fights like dat.

My nigga slapping a white bitch!

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Balanced just right with the heavier optic and no bipod.
Must say, I do prefer the aluminum bag rider, and may put it back on..

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Hesded there as soon as I get over the flu. Gotta get my strength back.

Poor Steve McQueen

He was so shy

He couldn't even look Jayne Mansfield in the eye

168BTHPM said:

This method of breaking up a fight works on @Dirty D as well. Mom said she has used it several times when he tries to be the alpha fuck toy.

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If some dog grabs my dog by the neck like that, it's going to have its back legs stomped on and broken. If you can't control your dog, I'll control it for you, and you won't like how I do it.

I am very much a dog lover, but you need to keep you dog under control.