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oldrifleman · Jan 6, 2025

Trevor300wsm said:
What are some of the issues yall are having with Silencer Shop? Why all the hate? I’ve only dealt with them one time (recently) and I didn’t have any issues. There is a kiosk 30 minutes from my home so that made prints easy.

Yeah I am enjoying the ease and convenience along with competitive prices. I have 6 home or in process from SS.

Estes640 · Jan 6, 2025

Looking to sell or trade for another tikka

Impact NBK 90 degree bolt
ACE sporter contour 7.5 twist 20” length (0.75” at muzzle)
6mm creedmoor, ALPHA sammi freebore chambered by Kinport peak rifles
5/8x24 muzzle threading, <100 rounds shot through barrel
Bix and Andy tac sport Pro flat shoe - medium sear

$1700 shipped. Hunted with it and killed a nice buck with it. Likes hornady 108 eldms, that’s really all I shot through it. Will upload pics tonight.

Average velocity was 2835 fps with the 108s out of factory ammo

Only trades - tikka in 223, 6.5cm, 260, 7prc, 300wsm. Strongly prefer custom stainless barrel 18-22”.

375fan · Jan 6, 2025

XP1K said:
It's pretty hard to beat for what it is.

Yep, just like the old '06, neither are flashy but have gotten the job done for a long fkng time.

mrtoyz · Jan 6, 2025

Pretty cool stuff
QD barrel chnage
QD bolt face change
60degree bolt throw
3 lug
Mini chassis
Easy adj cheek riser
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Rob01 · Jan 6, 2025

wcoats said:
I prefer SFP for LPVOs but would be interested in looking through an EP8. Maybee we can meet up at Woody's some time. The only Arken I have is an EPL-4 4-16 and it is impressive for the price point it's at.

Kind of the same up to about 6x but going higher a FFP works also. And with the two part reticle set up it’s like a SFP on lower power but when you dial up to where you can use the reticle for holds it’s where it should be also. I was a little hesitant when I got my first one but after getting it and playing with it I sold my Burris and bought another.

Drop me a PM next time you plan to head out and I will try to make it.

XP1K · Jan 6, 2025

Because I can shoot it from my kitchen window without much fuss from the wife. The winmag, not so much. I can stretch 250 from here. A cup of coffee and rimfire from the kitchen, and a wife that tolerates it, what more can a guy ask for ?

jbuck88 · Jan 6, 2025

Do what's best for your dog, full stop.

They give you their whole life of unconditional love and loyalty. The minimum you can do is suck it up and take a bite of that shit sandwich.

If he doesn't mind strangers or car rides it opens up options.

My wife's dog couldn't walk on bad days, but she would always wag her tail and get excited to hear or smell you coming. She hated strangers and hated car rides.

Trevor300wsm · Jan 6, 2025

What are some of the issues yall are having with Silencer Shop? Why all the hate? I’ve only dealt with them one time (recently) and I didn’t have any issues. There is a kiosk 30 minutes from my home so that made prints easy.

Sniperwannabee · Jan 6, 2025

WTF-2-EDC said:
At the risk of being accused of bragging about my wild big meat...mine looks different from yours.

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First the Bentley and now this…. What exactly are the 4 businesses you are involved in….I need to switch course

grants471 · Jan 6, 2025

My 300 WM conversion showed up today, shipped quickly, packaged well, as described. Free bump for a great seller.

ToddM · Jan 6, 2025

Most people I know of think of Hoppe's #9 as super safe/harmless (aside flammable) and have for decades, but it seems like the last revision to it's formula in 2019 might have changed that. Their MSDS now lists multiple components that from either inhalation/skin contact are suspected of being cancer causing and are tagged as IARC Group 1 which appear to be chemicals where there is strong evidence of carcinogenicity in exposed humans. The previous 2016 MSDS chart had about half the ingredients listed and none appear to have been tagged as cancer causing.

link to 2019 MSDS

Looking at other various products like Boretech, Birchwood Casey Gun Scrubber, Shooters Choice, Rust Prevent, even One Shot, none of them appear to draw as much or any attention to cancer risk ingredients/concerns in their MSDS. Granted there are other things to be concerned of with inhalation etc. working with chemicals without proper PPE besides just cancer, but it's definitely made me rethink using the new #9 formula. In Frank's cleaning thread there's also some question if the new #9 formula still contains a good rust preventative, and from the testing link above #9 didn't do great as a corrosion preventative compared to One Shot, Rust Prevent etc. The nice thing about #9 was it seemed to do a good job of long term cleaning without doing any harm and also a good enough job as a rust preventer. You could leave it in indefinitely, it would keep cleaning, prevent rust, and just patch it out before going to the range. If you are really rust concerned or in humid environments though there are probably better options. There's also the possible question of bore material, and how well using weld steel sheet samples in the link above transfers to barrel steels. It seems unlikely though that products that did the best in that testing would somehow end up being corrosive or horrible at preventing corrosion in other types of steel.

That aside it seems like a good idea/common sense not to let products with high water content like sit in barrels long term. If you do use them make sure you get them 100% out with dry patching, really just a good idea with any solvent, and as a precaution it's probably a good idea to run a patch of your favorite rust preventative/oil as a last step. I used to do that with #9, but given the new MSDS it might be time to switch to something else. One Shot's corrosion performance was pretty impressive in testing, but I've also used Rust Prevent in the past. I also like Frank's reference to the M40 cleaning manual that talks about cleaning over multiple days as barrels can "sweat" out carbon over time.

Emerson0311 · Jan 6, 2025

Blue Sky Country said:
The more disturbing question is not why vermin like Starmer is in power, but how the fuck are there a substantial amount of people who actually agreed with him and voted for him?

It is one thing to be a politician working for or under the coercion of the global deep state where you are forced to be fucked up and pass fucked up legislation... But millions of ordinary English men and women are actually able to look at all the chaos around them, and yet completely stay in denial and cheering on the destruction of their own heritage and homeland? What the fuck are they even getting in return for such an effort spent in denial and self-gaslighting? NOTHING, except a failing health service and heating bill allowance cuts...

Same situation that created a nation of Nazis. Humans in a group are remarkably selfish and stupid.

Sniperwannabee · Jan 6, 2025

Hayden#69 said:
Deer hunting sucked this yr so I butchered one of my Buffalo in Dec.

Hayden.

I think buffalo is better than deer…. Heck small wild hogs are better tasting than deer…so when and where is the SH cook out ?

mosin46 · Jan 6, 2025

chevy_man said:
Am I crazy for thinking that used stuff should be cheaper than new?

I mean, I've bought a few things new in box off the px because someone ordered it, finger fucked it, and didn't feel good and sold it to me for 80% of MSRP.

Then you'll have that one guy who paid $3k for a set of SIG binos, wants the newer ones, and bumps a post trying to get rid of them for $2800 after a year of use. They're dirty and he can't be bothered to take pictures of the lenses to show they're not all scratched up.
Meanwhile every place that has them on the shelf is having a fire sale for brand new stuff at $1500.

And he'll act frustrated with his 24 hour bumps for 6 months before he gives up.

guess you should go to some cent fl gun shows. items rode hard,put away wet with some rust going @ $100> MSRP. see same 50% too high items year after year. been going to gun shows for decades but i can't understand this "business model". same with pawn shops around here. rarely see anything less than FFL shop retail. forget C&R gun pricing.

XP1K · Jan 6, 2025

I'll take the badger rings per our pm's.

Emerson0311 · Jan 6, 2025

Mwalex said:
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He had a discussion with a focused and immoral someone who controls significant evidence of evil.

sirhrmechanic · Jan 6, 2025

375fan said:
The rock skipper. Any help would be appreciated. I was just on the site couple days ago I believe and it was working.

Pagoda site is back up. Must have been some wierd stuff going on today. Like I said, my e-mail collapsed and several sites I visit were down.

So expect no issues. If you need to contact them:

[email protected]

Cheers!

Sirhr

Tiger_Shilone · Jan 6, 2025

Went through this last fall. Wind knocked over my bogen tripod mounted minox EFR 21-42x 60mm spotter straight into the concrete. I got it for a decent deal a dozen years prior so I got great usage out of it, wasn’t happy but not heartbroken over its loss either .

Shopping around for a tripod, wound up using lowlights 25% (hide25, IIRC) promo code at Leofoto for a 40mm tripod and panning head setup. Way more stable in the wind than the bogen and much lighter. Huge improvement on the tripod setup.

For a new spotter, I am kind of spoiled as the silhouette group I shoot with has a lot of varied spotters in all price ranges. I get to look through Leupold (old and new), kowa, swarvski, maven, vortex, alpen, burris and athlon. This is for both smallbore (46-109 yards) and high power (200-500 meters).

So what is interesting is that after comparing all these spotters for a couple months, what mattered most to me was eye fatigue over time. We spend a lot of time spotting other relays shots for feedback and then shooting your own rifle. Thats a lot of time behind glass. The swarvski and kowa were tops for image quality ,but they suffered eye fatigue fatigue the same as the rest of the crowd. And to be honest, even though they had top image quality, the other brands really weren’t far behind (except the barska , that one’s IQ hurt to look through). ALMOST ALL OF THESE SCOPES HAD THE SAME PROBLEM FOR ME, small eye relief in the 9-13mm range with a tiny little eyebox. I had to have my eye almost touching the lens it seemed like. However, one of the kowa’s had a fixed 27x power long eye relief lens (LER) installed. That is the one I liked using the most. Didn’t have to have my eye jammed into the lens for a picture.

Also, talking to the various owners on their likes and dislikes was also interesting. The leupold and vortex guys were the least concerned about accidents taking out their equipment because of the manufacturers warranty. The kowa and swarvski guys had this as one of their bigger concerns. The kowa guys also griped that there was no support for their older scope lines from kowa and getting parts was iffy.

So, with all this in mind, I wound up getting a 2nd generation vortex razor 65mm spotting scope. It had available an option most of the others didn’t—— having a LER lens available for purchase as an additional accessory. The wide angle eyepiece LER is a fixed power 18x or 22x (depending if you stick it on the 65mm or 85mm scope) but gives a whopping 31mm of eye relief and a larger FOV. My eyelashes no longer hit the lens when looking through the scope and its a huge forgiving eyebox. Another plus is it is supposedly japanese glass, unlike the 1st gen chinese glass.

That spotting scope has become a favorite at the silo matches. Everyone says the swavarski is a little tiny bit better IQ, but would rather look through the vortex for ease of use. The other most noted opinion is that everyone would rather have the wider FOV than higher magnification, so the vortex fixed 18x razor has been a winner. One of the kowa guys is impressed enough by it that he says that is the way he is going for his next spotter.

Between the LER lens, image quality, manufacturer warranty support and the price, the vortex razor is my choice. It’s nice not worrying about equipment getting broken. I don’t abuse my scope, but it is nice knowing vortex will support it. I had a pair of vortex viper 10x50 binoculars (I got for a steal in 2008) break the right focus ring. Sent it in to vortex and they said it was to old to fix, here is a brand new pair of the current model instead. Can’t beat that for customer support.

mi223 · Jan 6, 2025

Vet come to the house for us. Two labs 14 and 12. 14 couldn't get around anymore and 12 had heart issues. We decided it would be best to do them together.

Vet sedated both very quickly then gave them the shot. It went as well as a shity situation could. He was incredibly professional and made it as easy as he could.

I don't judge anyone who could leave their dog at the vet but it is not for me. I much prefer having them home and comfortable.

Damn it. It just got dusty in here.

Guns&WhiteWater · Jan 6, 2025

straightshooter1 said:
Have you tried a factory reset?

Turn off the chronograph

Press and hold OK and XeroC1DownArrow

Press PWR to turn on the device

Release OK when the Xero logo appears

Continue to hold XeroC1DownArrow until the device starts

I have not, but thank you for that information. I will definitely try it.

straightshooter1 · Jan 6, 2025

Guns&WhiteWater said:
This only started happening recently. Just a minor inconvenience to have to delete a dozen or so duplicates every now and then, so no complaints here.

Have you tried a factory reset?

Turn off the chronograph
Press and hold OK and XeroC1DownArrow
Press PWR to turn on the device
Release OK when the Xero logo appears
Continue to hold XeroC1DownArrow until the device starts

RedDawn · Jan 6, 2025

The rimfire game started in winter of 2021 as a good past time for my son and to make some memories at the range and learn something new. We’ve both become better shooters and made some of the best friends a guy could have all across the states and even some across the pond. The competitors at the rimfire matches enjoy the game and want to see you excel in the same sport they are passionate about. I do enjoy the challenges that rimfire brings and try to either help someone learn or learn something new myself at each match. I too am passionate about rimfire and will continue in the sport and help it grow as long as the good Lord allows me to.

mosin46 · Jan 6, 2025

theLBC said:
our taxes are used for one giveaway program after another...people will get money and solve nothing.

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perfect example of why ALL of NIH should just be closed down immediately and permanently. yea,CDC is a part of it and needs to go after some trials for crimes against humanity a la covid times.

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