I like the 77s too. Tipped or standard match does fine.

Starline is usually good stuff. Not alpha or lapua, but plenty good for most shooting.

How did you arrive at your load? Try any other powders? Any velocity numbers?

Ive had a lot of rifles shoot well with varget and w748 for full house jacketed stuff.

A 4 inch consistent group will stack deer all day long at typical hunting distances. I wouldnt fret about 20SD here. Does it group well at 150 or 200? If so, SD is plenty fine for any typical 3030 shot.

Hell, i bet youre doing notably better than typical factory core lock that has a billion deer kills inside 100 yards by people who dont know what starline, berger, VV or Sd even is haha.

All that said... with a general purpose loading of w748 and a nicely cast 170fn ( with pop can gas check or fancy copper) pretty much any 3030 here will shoot inside 2.5 inches at 100 yards consistently. Ive never paid attention to the Sd given theyll be shot 200 yards and closer.

My nice mgm barreled 14 inch encore will do about an inch with what it likes. Couple lever guns do about 2 inches at 100 with what they like. Old pump action does about the same as levers with a little less consistency.

All do great with cast or jacketed lead and smack deer well. I have not tried coppers in them though.

Jesus, you just saw this? It’s been out for months.

Edited to add, the same company was on Joe Rogan saying they’re trying for mammoths next.

Is there anything you cannot blame on, " the Jews"? Your failure to plan for retirement is actually a conspiracy. Who knew.

You mean this “Libs of TikTok?”

She can eat shit and die.

Welcome to the Hide. Be prepared to spend some money.

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I saw Robert Plant and Jimmy Page in late '95 I think, I remember my son was still a baby. His 1st concert, that he doesn't remember was Pink Floyd in '94 while my wife was pregnant with him.

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We saw Page & Plant in 1998 or so. I believe it was the year before we saw Roger Waters. During the Shine on You Crazy Diamond solo, the rest of the band set up a table and were playing poker on the stage.

My first concert was I think in 1995? It was Bush and Veruca Salt.

I think it was around 2000, a group of buddies got free Joe Walsh tickets when he was playing at the casino not far from us. Only a few hundred people at that show.

Saw Iron Maiden in Chicago, twice. First at the Rosemount, then at an outdoor venue. At the second show, Bruce Dickinson started preaching some shit about the need for a one world government in order to end all the wars. Lost interest after that.

Have seen Tool in DC, MSP and down in Dallas in one year. Still have a concert tee from 1998 or so. I think I’ve got close to ten of their shows under my belt.

Went to Ozzfest in 1999 I think it was. Rob Zombie and Primus were there.

Saw Pantera few times, one of which was with Slayer. I drank a whole lot of peppermint schnapps and puked all over the floor near the mosh pit. Not proud of that one.

Watched Megadeth play a casino/tattoo parlor/radio station or some shit like that in Sioux Falls before they shut it down. Small place, want to say 1,700 people but that seems like a lot.

The year I bought my first house, the small town was having their annual Water Carnival. Kids were only a year old so we didn’t go but we could hear the Guess Who playing while we sat on our front steps. Does that count?

Saw Def Leppard, Poison and Lita Ford. Twice.

Had too many beers with one of the drummers from Slaughter in DTW when you could still smoke in there. Nearly missed my flight.

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Update 9-8-2025

I have finished up my review of the BurstFire 2 in 1 flame annealer. I have sent the draft to the company for them to have a look at and make any comments or responses. I should have their response and be posting the review shortly. I am pleased with the units function and value proposition. It looks like I will be also doing a review of their upcoming induction annealer model next year as well.


View of the target through the Leupold Mark 4HD 4.5-18x52 Rifle Scope

I have also been finishing up testing and analysis for a number of other reviews. Its looking like instead of the reviews this year being a once every couple months or so trickle they are going to all come in a flood in October and November. The timeline seems to have ended up that way because so much of the fieldwork was done at the same time as I am reviewing mostly complementary products this year and not ones that compete with each other. The testing for the Leupold Mark 4HD, Athlon Velocity Pro Radar Chronograph, and the Field Optics Research Tripods should all finish up Wednesday. After that, I will work to get those reviews written up as soon as possible. I am also ready to do a few more segments on the straight wall precision project. This will consist of a general background article and a factory ammo article. I’m a good bit of the way through the work for the reloading article as well. I feel like I’m getting a handle on both the limitations and the nuances of loading for a high-pressure straight wall cartridge that headspaces off the case mouth. It has been more different than I expected.


Latest handload results using Hornady 165gr FTX bullets and N-110 powder in the Pure Precison SKLTN Proof barrel 350L rifle.