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New scope for a western hunt?

I hunted in the mountains when I was a kid with a Tasco world class and it handled the bumps and bruises of the mountains fine. It wasn't even the cheapest scope in elk camp most years. 🤣🤣🤣

I am not trying to throw the 2.5-10NF down the drain or anything. But the Athlon 2-12 proabaly has better glass. And for the 1200+ there are alot ofnother options.

Accessories Barrels for BAT actions

I have three barrels for sale chambered for Bat machine bumblebee/igniter SA/Hammer head actions. I’ll include tenon print.

1. Proof carbon fiber sendero 24” 6.5 PRC maybe 200 rounds shot through it. 8 twist
2. Brux #6 20” 260AI cerakote graphite black. 40 rounds shot through it. 8 twist
3. CRB hunter contour 20” 25 creedmoor. 10 rounds shot through it. 7.5 twist

All barrels shot great, 1/2 MOA 5 shot groups when I did my part. I have brass and factory ammo available for barrels as well.

Proof 500$, other two barrels 450$ each.

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Alpha brass base not flat

A buddy got some Alpha 25x47 brass that .003" longer than a x47 Go gauge. His chamber is .001 over a Go gauge. Guess who had to bump shoulders on his new brass? So, Alpha's definitely not above reproach - no manufacturer is.

I'm running Alpha brass in my GT, as well. My brass arrived .001" shorter than my GT go gauge, which is basically perfect. I would be interesting to see how long your virgin brass is vs. a go gauge, just for reference (like, is your brass short, or is your chamber long-ish?). Long headspace can start to look like pressure problems, because the brass gets a "running start" at the bolt face during the early part of the firing cycle. It would also be interesting to see if you have the same issue after normally resizing the 1x brass and firing it a second time (bumping shoulders .002). If that's normal, you may just have to get all the virgin stuff fired and deal with it. And then, when you spin the next barrel, send a couple fired cases (not resized) to your smith, and have him chamber to that dimension, so you can keep using the same brass.

Someone murdered Charlie Kirk

I don’t like Ben Shapiro taking it over. Mainly because he doesn’t believe Jesus was anything more than a common criminal. That’s the whole Orthodox Jew thing and secondly he just doesn’t engage people with kindness the way Charlie did. Him and Candace are far more argumentative, and lack empathy and the genuine care for the people they’re debating like Charlie did. I’d be really surprised if Erika allowed Ben to take it over full time…
Yep.
That would suck hugely. Ben is a different animal and belongs in a different barn.

Like you, I hope Erika doesn't even consider that.

Alpha brass base not flat

In the case where it was really good, was your brass expanding .010” on the first firing? I’ve had predictably low SD’s with Virgin Alpha as well, but typically in cases where the brass is only expanding a thou or two on first firing. The new 25 x 47 brass I referenced above only expands .002” on initial firing. That chamber is cut particularly tight. As expected, the SDs were very low from the start.
Yeah, you're right . . . brass expanding .010" on firing isn't going to produce such good results. I've never had that problem.

As you can tell from my chart I posted above, my virgin Alpha brass fit nicely into my chamber (a Krieger barrel). :)
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Remage style barrel options 2025

We offer two options:

1) Remage, standard lead time is 8 weeks and we can rush it as fast as 1 week for additional cost.
2) Custom install with the same lead time as option 1. The caveat here is that we need your action but when the action and barrel comes back to you it also comes with a laser engraved tag with all the critical dimensions on it to make you custom barrels without needing the receiver again. It essentially becomes a bespoke "prefit" for your receiver. It doesn't need to be done with us, and while I would prefer you come see us again, that tag has all the info needed for another shop to make you custom barrels. What I always tell people is that we don't need to do it but if someone says that it can't be done with the info on that tag be wary about sending them the work.

I'm happy to discuss further if you're still in need of support:

Josh
Patriot Valley Arms
484-696-78 seven four

josh at patriotvalleyarms dot com
Great Options ! I applaud your Option 2 tag service, this is a great service for the community!
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