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straightshooter1 · Dec 21, 2024

secondofangle2 said:
My file case is never have that discoloration unless I bake the shit out of them red hot

Is that because you clean them before you flame anneal? And if so, what method of cleaning?

When I get brass very clean, like when wet tumbling, they too will not have much discoloration.

Otherwise, you many not be "annealing" as much as you think"??? Not that the discoloration really matters in any way about the state of the hardness from the annealing process.

Those cases in the pic above are right after my annealing process, which is my fist step after firing (other than depriming), then I take steel wool to the necks to remove the abrasive oxidation layer from the necks and shoulder in prep for sizing. After sizing and vibe tumbling to clean lube off, the finished cases will look like this:

If I happen to wet tumble, which I rarely do and do without any media (just hot water and Dawn), they'll look like this (note: pic under different lighting):

MSTN · Dec 21, 2024

The 11.3" Craddock Bartlein barrel in this "pistol"/PDW really needs a LPVO instead of an Aimpoint T-2.

I really like the Cerakote - Accuracy Int'l Dark Earth.

Sheldon N · Dec 21, 2024

Benchmark offers both cut rifled and button rifled barrel blanks, I would confirm which one TS is carrying. My assumption would be cut rifled, but no harm in double checking. Travis at TS wouldn't carry anything that doesn't perform excellent. The last barrel he cut for me was a hammer.

Between Benchmark and CRB I don't think you can go wrong with either. My most recent barrel order was for a CRB. I've heard good things and want to see those guys do well. The old Hawk Hill barrels were great. CRB is the same barrel making equipment with two guys who are very focused on attention to detail.

fdkay · Dec 21, 2024

snowplow said:
Thanks for the video. I watched that yesterday and it was excellent. I actually kind of like that. Swamp. I think that athlon would be perfect except I feel like it has one Achilles heel and I can't figure out how you guys get around it. It seems like it would be basically useless on to power, The reticle just disappears. And the illumination is really faint. If I could design the perfect scope I'm looking for, it would basically be that one except have a top post (3 is just weird), and either the center dot or possibly the segmented circle around it (but not both) would be illuminated Leupold fire dot or PA Nova bright. Then for low range you can just up the brightness until you can see it well enough and you don't need much reticle and The disappearing of the reticle turns into a good thing. But I can't find anything like that at any price remotely doable.

I'll check out that GPO. I'm completely unfamiliar with the brand. I know I'm shopping extremely budget level here but is it on par with Burris and PA?

I'm starting to think my best option might be something with a very simple reticle like a heavy duplex. Something you can see really well and quick with CDS dials. That leaves Leopold, Burris, and the custom dial people. Is that where I need to be headed?

If you are OK with MOA/MOA the athlon 2.5-15×50 midas HMR is a really nice scope, geared to hunting but resettable, capped elevation with an excellent crossover reticle

MSTN · Dec 21, 2024

I am the original 12.5" 5.56 fanboy, I do believe. John Noveske made a bunch of them for me starting almost 20 years ago. With John's match chamber, they were as fast or faster than a new LMT 14.5" CL barrel with a NATO chamber.

I'm not qualified to speak for Craddock , but the message I got from him was his 11.3" Bartlein with carbine +1" gas system produced similar velocities to an otherwise identical 12.5" Bartlein with mid-length gas system. Reason given: With the 12.5", a lot of gas had to be dumped into the mid-length gas port to compensate for the short dwell time. Less gas was required to run the 11.3" gun. That gas not used produced velocity.

I don't need to add these Craddock produced Bartlein barrels are amazingly accurate.

joeyf86 · Dec 21, 2024

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Longshot231 · Dec 21, 2024

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TheHorta · Dec 21, 2024

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Dirty D · Dec 21, 2024

Ronws said:
Yeah, one's got a left-handed thread.

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buffalowinter · Dec 21, 2024

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The Galil is an assault rifle of Israeli origin. It was developed as during the Six-day war of 1967 it became clear that the FAL was not suitable enough for desert warfare. At the end of the war the decision was made to develop a new assault rifle based upon the Kalashnikov and the new 5.56x45mm cartridge. Two designs were tested. The first design was created by Uziel Gal (who is also the creator of the Uzi) and the second design was developed by Israel Galili. The latter design, based on the Finnish Valmet RK 62 assault rifle, eventually won the competition and was selected as the new IDF assault rifle.

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The design of the Galil was based on the Finnish RK-62 rifle, which in turn is based on the AK-47. The first test batches even incorporated some parts from the RK-62. The Galil is gas operated and uses a long stroke gas piston and a rotating bolt. All versions feature a tubular metal folding stock and all versions except the ARM have a polymer forearm. At first the Galil family consisted of the carbine SAR, full size AR and ARM light support weapon. For export the Galil was also made available in 7.62x51mm NATO. Earlier variants used the long rifling associated with the M193 round. Later production variants use the faster rifling for the SS-109 rounds.

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The Galil fires the 5.56x45mm M193 or SS-109 round from a 35 round magazine. The 7.62x51mm NATO models use a 25 round magazine. The Galil is select fire and has a cyclic rate of fire of 650 rpm. The maximum effective range for the full size rifles is 400 meters.

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The Galil was designed for Israeli use. Even though it was adopted the M16 became the standard issue assault rifle for the Israeli forces as they were available from the US at much lower costs. The Galil has been sold to dozens of nations and remain in use with many of them. It is used around the world but is most common in South America. South Africa as one of the best known users as they have produced it under license and developed their own variants. Nowadays the production of the Galil is very limited. The ACE is a product improved Galil which is recently marketed by IWI.

The Elbit Falcon Red Dot
The Elbit Falcon Mark I was the first red dot combat optic issued to general troops with the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) in the early 1990’s. There are two versions of the Elbit Falcon: the Mark I, which was the actual model issued to the IDF, and the Mark II, the commercial sales version.

Early adopter of "let's see what all I can hang off my rifle". I don't even know what the object taped to the front sight does. Front sight illuminter?

TheHorta · Dec 21, 2024

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Jefe's Dope · Dec 21, 2024

Shot fine BEFORE shortening the barrel. Shoots poorly AFTER shortening the barrel. I think the answer is the crown. I'd take it back to the smith who did the work and ask him to fix it.

Zak Smith · Dec 21, 2024

dgheriani said:
Hey Zak, what was it like to sling up for carrying with the WMLRF on the left hand side? That was always what I saw as the weak point in that setup, figured the rangefinder would catch on your gear.

Eh, not really an issue

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Zak Smith · Dec 21, 2024

dgheriani said:
I think the hardest part of what you want to do will be properly setting up the parallel zero with your Impact and red dot. Vortex include a target for zeroing the Impact but since you're using a non-magnified RDS you'll have to zero close enough that you can see the viz laser and the reticle of your red dot with the naked eye. Since it's a parallel zero you could do that super close but you'd want to verify at distance since any discrepancy in your side-to-side zero would make things funky at distance (ie you'd get the range of the things beside what you're aiming at).

Ah, well, you get a parallel/offset zero on the LRF using your scope reticle dialed back to 0, and then as a second step, you can co-zero your red dot to the scope optically.

dgheriani · Dec 21, 2024

Zak Smith said:
I'll elaborate a little bit. I ran these on a pair of SPR-style gas guns for a class (we did shoot to about 850 so we actually had to range, LOL). Two reasons-- first, I like to have a small red dot above the scope at the 12'o'clock position, and two, with the Vortex on the left-hand side, I can keep a shooting position and just read the display with my left eye. With the Vortex on top of the scope, I have to raise my head off the gun to read it.

Hey Zak, what was it like to sling up for carrying with the WMLRF on the left hand side? That was always what I saw as the weak point in that setup, figured the rangefinder would catch on your gear.

Mj1995 · Dec 21, 2024

dgheriani · Dec 21, 2024

DogDown338 said:
Hello everyone. Brand new to WMLRF,
I’m looking at the vortex and new tango wmlrf’s and am just curious why I don’t see them side mounted anywhere. I run a Seeking SP10M in 6.5 and Seekins told me the rail is rigid enough for it, also contacted vortex about zeroing the system from a side mount. They said it was no problem as long as the rail was stiff enough.

I love running a 12 oclock red dot over my optic (March 4.5-28). So in theory, if I zeroed the red dot at 100 yards and the wmlrf, i would never have to dial back to zero between shots before ranging. Could simply put my red dot on target and tap my range button. Am I missing something. Please educate me.

I think the hardest part of what you want to do will be properly setting up the parallel zero with your Impact and red dot. Vortex include a target for zeroing the Impact but since you're using a non-magnified RDS you'll have to zero close enough that you can see the viz laser and the reticle of your red dot with the naked eye. Since it's a parallel zero you could do that super close but you'd want to verify at distance since any discrepancy in your side-to-side zero would make things funky at distance (ie you'd get the range of the things beside what you're aiming at).

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