This has got to be one of the ULTIMATE Darwin Award winners...

Actual story went viral a few months ago after the death was reported and podcasters have been gradually covering it in their programs. In late 2024, a Brazilian teenager, possibly told by someone that doing so would get him high, took an adult monarch butterfly, crushed and ground the insect into water to make a paste, and then injected the mixture into one of his thighs. Just a couple of days later, the boy was admitted to the hospital suffering from convulsions, vomiting, high fever, and intense pain in his leg at the site of the injection. Broad spectrum antibiotics had no effect and the leg began to turn blue and necrotic. A few days later, the boy passed away in the ICU from systemic organ failure. Doctors had no idea what mystery illness had caused this until the boy's father told them that he had suspected that his son had injected something into himself after finding the syringe and needle in his room. Tests of the contents still left in the syringe revealed the rest of the answers. The boy's death was most likely caused by the combined effect of systemic septicemia caused by the bacteria-laden remains of the butterfly directly entering the bloodstream, as well as toxins present in the butterfly itself. All species of monarchs are poisonous to deter birds and mammals from eating them.

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Yup. I don’t notice much difference in hit probability between 12” and 18”, and I’ve had a lot of 18” Grendels, still do.

I pretty much always take the 12” #1, 17.6” #2, and 18” LaRue #3 for intermediate/LR work. If I could only grab one, it would be the 12” due to portability and suppressed.

If it was only carrying the rifle from the vehicle to the bench, then it would be the 24” Grendel or 22” .260 Rem. I haven’t taken the 24” Grendel out since 2015 I think. Just took the .260 Rem Bartlein barrel/GAP-build out last time with my youngest son, since he’s been asking about it. Time of Flight to 780yds is insta-connect with the .260 Rem and 130gr ELD-M Match ammo. Also weighs 14lbs.

My original 16” AA Grendel barrel averaged higher speeds than any of the 18” Grendels I’ve had. Just depends on rifling and other factors. Differences are meaningless, just interesting to note.

The LaRue 18” with that Tranquilo brake is the smoothest to shoot, very easy self-spot, brake not obnoxious.

20” is fun too.

Shooting 100gr ELD-VT from the 12” is really pleasant. Suppressor is noticeably quieter as well, vs 123gr. Cough vs bark. 90gr TNT is really nice handling from the 12” as well. I tame the 12” gas system with a Bootleg carrier, set to fully-suppressed position.

Democrats love faggotry, pedophiles and felons. They cannot help themselves, they fucking hate America, they hate you, they hate God unless he is muslim and having sex with a small child. They love fraud, theft, taxes, corruption and crime. Every democrat posting here is a cock sucking communist with a hatred of women.

Fuck democrats.

Got some text this morning about owing for tolls here in Ohio. I haven't been on a toll road here in forever. Definitely a scam. Crap gets old.

SOLD.

carbonbased said:

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And backorder that shit if you want it! Don’t do notifications!

Yeah, you gotta put all the cash up front, but you didn’t get into AI’s for the financials, didja?

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That's my trick for how I got my 2nd ATX bolt. Paid $1k and it arrived 13 months later

Sold to @T_wag10

I'll take them job right now for half price with no benefits..

Threadcutter308 said:

Mustard.....

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Mustard and biscuits three four times a week...mmmm

SPF.

JRBullock1987 said:

Can you think of what would cause something like this to happen? I just f8nuahed building this rifle its only got about 300 rds through it and really don't want to have to start saving g for a new one. Lol

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It’s ejection, not extraction, that’s giving you the dent. Fault common when it smacks the action after getting flipped out

Mean_Man said:

Why would a manufacture say they had seen it sometimes improve dispersion?

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Maybe they are selling crimp dies to guys who don’t listen or know any better?

ggmanning said:

Mine flickered dark, light, dim, inside, outside, whatever. Unchanging light conditions with no change in ambient light. Not a big gripe I won't use the auto anyway but the focus knob was very very mushy with far too much play for me. Seriously couldn't believe it passed any QC at all. That said they are feature rich and impressed me in every other way. But, we all know the past history of Vectronix and service so I want everything A1 out of the box. Anyway, not here to bash Vectronix or the unit, I really like it. Just relaying my experience.

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Just pointing out that you may need to accept that when in auto, also the focus knob seems to be about the same on every unit I've seen, which matches what you described.

are you letting the brass fly on extraction or picking it out of the action? Normally that would be from hitting the action during ejection. With slow extraction not really sure what it is hitting

mikeinfwa said:

The one guy casually sips his beer/cervesa

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That's cause he had a ham laying across his lap

theLBC said:

nope. it's obvious to almost everyone that ukrainian nazis forced putin to intervene or watch the slaughter of russian brothers and sisters.

2-15-22: The OSCE recorded 41 ceasefire violations as Ukrainian forces intensified shelling of Donbass.
2-16-22: 76 violations.
2-17-22: 316 violations—some of the heaviest artillery shelling in years. Civilians from the DPR and LPR began evacuating to Russia.
2-18-22: 654 violations.
2-19-22: 1,413 violations.
2-20/21-22: A staggering 2,026 violations!
2-21-22: Russia officially recognizes the DPR and LPR, pledging military assistance. The US and EU immediately condemn Russia, threatening sanctions—yet they ignore the Ukrainian shelling of civilians.
2-22-22: 1,484 violations.
•On the same day, the UK, US, and EU impose sanctions on Russia for recognizing the republics.
2-24-22: Russian troops enter Ukraine.

Between 2014 and 2022, Ukraine’s army expanded from 145,000 to 360,000 troops. By late 2021, 125,000 Ukrainian forces had massed in the East, preparing to wipe out the DPR and LPR and push toward Russia’s borders.

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I thought I explained to you before that Putin used Donbas region forces, with help from Russia, to conduct false flags there and attribute them to Ukraine as a pretext for the 2014 invasion.

Same as he did in Georgia, same as the Georgian apostate jew Stalin did in 1939 to Finland. What method did Stalin use with the false flag against Finland? Artillery shelling of a town on the Russian side of the border with Karelia. Had you been alive then, you would believe and run with the Russian propaganda too I suppose.

Why do you believe Russian propaganda?

mikeinfwa said:

Dude in the red shirt doesn’t live through this dispute

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That is the definition of FAFO

I don’t shoot for trophies. I shoot because I like to shoot and to better myself. I got an award at my first high power match for being the second best new guy. I was appreciative for the award and all but still I could have got nothing and been just as happy shooting.

mudholestomper said:

I’ve got a JP bolt and rings in my ar10 and it runs like a scalded dog. So does the JP bolt and rings in one of my 556/223 guns. Never a single problem and both guns are easily the smoothest cycling guns I have.

Your example is so full of variables that to claim that a proven design by a high quality manufacturer is “garbage” and the reason all of your brass wasn’t landing in a nearby tool box is…ummm…yeah, call me skeptical.

What did JP tell you when you told them this story?

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Okay Junior go back and focus on your reading comprehension and reread my post in it's entirety.

Now let me grab some crayons and see if I can color this out for you so you can understand the topic at hand.....

Obviously you don't know me or what I do.
I probably own more JP Rifles than anybody on the Hide and have conducted many reviews on their Rifles and individual parts, I have done a unrecollable amount of custom builds utilizing JP products and complete rifles since 2007.

I'm not even trying to boast these are just the facts.

JP has been having QC issues off and on for a while now with their QPQ Coating and Gas Rings specs, I've spoke with Dave several times about these issues.

Two months ago I had to send in a Grendal Bolt and a HP .308 bolt for Warranty replacement for these very same reasons, I built a couple High End Precision Uppers for customers and had to replace their Bolts because after one range Session the QPQ coating came off.

The fact is there isn't a Firearms Manufacturer on this planet that hasn't had QC problems from time to time , Shit happens!!.

The issue and why one piece Gas Ring sets are Garbage!! Is because like most firearm parts they have to be within a certain spec, and if QC falls off just little reliability starts to suffer and if One Piece Rings fall out of spec you're going to have failures plain and simple.

But do you know what has a extremely wide effective operational window???

That's right the good old fashion 3 piece gas rings design! Quality 3 piece gas ring sets and one piece gas rings are all disposable wear parts with a lifespan.

A few years ago I was helping a buddy through his first local PRS Gas Gun Match, on the 3rd stage he started to have failures to extract. After doing a quick cleaning and inspection I saw that his Gas Rings were basically smoked, not having any spare gas rings on me cuz I wasn't competing that day I removed his gas ring from the bolt stretch them out, reinstalled them and he finished the match with 100% reliability.. let me see somebody do that with a JP one piece gas ring....

Nuff said!..

mosin46 said:

not too subtle

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The one guy casually sips his beer/cervesa

broke_again said:

20 inch. This was rounds 6-10 down the barrel so speed isn’t there yet

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oh wow... You're not gonna speed up too much. maybe 30-50 FPS. I'm not sure why they don't have CFE listed on their load data with the 90 grain bullets, but it's the way to go if you're looking for any kind of speed. TAC hit pressure in the low 2700's for me.

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