Really nice Tangent available never had a lick of trouble with it gen 3xr reticle comes with the Hawkins heavy tactical rings and the scope chaps. $3950 shipped as it sits.

New never used. $175 TYD via Venmo/PayPal. Ships USPS with tracking.

Alabama reloading B/S/T thread.

I am looking for 2000MR and Lapua .308 LRP brass.

I have 400 rounds of Berger 140gr 6.5CM ammo to trade

Having issues with an older AR-10(T). Gun started out as a 24" SS Target Barrel W/Free Float Tubular Handguard. I had a local smith cut the barrel down to 16" and install an Armalite forend (as pictured). I assume the twist rate (unknown) wasn't accommodating to the shorter barrel, as it will not seem to group anything within 6".

With that said, does anyone know of a barrel manufacture that will make a heavy 16" barrel for this pattern rifle and install it? Can I have a new barrel installed WITHOUT having to replace the bolt? Parts for these guns seem to be hard to find.

I need powder recommendations. I'm shooting 77smks out of an ar15. Barrel is 14.5 criterion core with a huxworks flow 5.56k can. I'm using CCI primers and lake City brass. All brass has been annealed.

I spoke to the guys at Sierra and they mentioned that n140, the powder I'm using, isn't good for a 14.5. what powder are you guys running?

It needs to be temperature stable because I'm shooting year-long outdoor matches and it needs to be obtainable. So h4895 is out lol.

Please help.

For sale Arken sh4 gen II 4-16x50 in wheeler mount. Comes with bubble level and vortex scope caps. 300 obo. PayPal or Venmo accepted

The safe clean out continues.

You know what a rifle blank looks like. Don’t waste anyone’s time. 400 shipped PayPal F&F.

Bart
5R
MTU contour
.224
29 blank
1:7 twist

"We hunt as a family, and those in our hunting party who aren’t family are close enough they may as well be. Mine is a family with a long cherished practice of hunting, farming, and raising our own food. The primary origin for these handed down practices and skills comes from my Father, and his Father before him."

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Hello all, I have been in the process of researching a build for a new long range hunting rifle for a long time now and after too much contemplation I finally "pulled the trigger". It is a Remington 700 Action that I had a Bartlen 1:8 twist barrel chambered in 7MMX300 Win Mag. The barrel is finished at 26" + the break. I already had the MPA Ultra Lite chassis for it and had a Triggertech trigger installed. The Action was Blueprinted and if you can call it Truing for a Rem 700 it was. The break was timed but the Trigger/Bolt was not.

I am having some problems now though after being incredibly pleased with my initial shooting of right around 0.446" at 100 yards for a 6 round group. ( I load 6 so that I can have a 5 round group with a true called flyer if needed. This one was not needed so I just made the hole a little bit bigger. This was shot during the initial barrel break in and preliminary load development.



The smith that built this rifle uses a different type and manufacturer of brass. (Old Remington I believe- I could not tell you the exact details, but not anything I can get.

It is however a reamer for 300 Win Mag necked down to 7MM.

After having good luck with Lapua 300 Win Mag brass in a true 300 Win Mag I decided to use that.

I am now however thinking that due to the neck thickness of Lapua brass that I may need neck turn this. I have never neck turned before- But I have researched it and have everything I need with the exception of a 7mm Mandrel which is now set to arrive tomorrow.

If you all could weigh it if you think Neck turning is indeed going to help provide a solution and also any input on how/when to do that would be incredibly appreciated.

With little prep the Lapua Virgin Brass shoots well. I am getting some flattened primers but no other signs of pressure except for a heavy bolt lift that is different then what I have experienced as a pressure sign on other guns in previous loads. It is only that last 10 Degrees or so of bolt lift that is at all heavy like it just needs to make that final "snap into place". That's why I made the comment about also possibly needing to have the firing pin/bolt timed? Sorry for my ignorance- But I still have much to learn and want to soak up as much knowledge from the experienced users on here as possible.


The Virgin brass that requires extra effort for that last 10 or so degrees is only on the higher end of my load data.

The real issue was once I went to shoot my now fire formed brass. I have done so twice so far. My last trip to the range yesterday I shot some additional Virgin Brass to continue to work up my stock pile of fire formed brass while also shooting what I was hoping would be working towards my final load development for this rifle. I had trimmed the brass as it had now been fired twice and per the data was needed, but it was properly chamfered and deburred. After experiencing the issue I also closely examined for any "lip" from the trimming process which was not present.

Even though I was still .003 off the lands this now 2X fired brass was somewhat difficult to chamber like what you would experience with a load that was jammed into the lands. No true force was needed, but it was clear that operation was not smooth or proper. Once fired I was getting all "heavy bolt lifts" mostly for that same last 10 degrees.

When I got back to the range I took a few of these pieces of brass to see if my 7mm Berer EOL Elite Hunters would fit by hand back into the fired and not yet re-sized brass. even with what limited force I could give it with my hand I could not get the correct projectile to fit into the case neck past the rear taper where the true bullet diameter of .284 is. (same type/brand/weight/lot bullet that was shot only an hour earlier)

When measuring the inside diameter of the neck with just my calipers I am getting between .2795 and .2815. This does not seem right to me as the bullet that was loaded yesterday morning into this brass was .284 and shot that afternoon before these measurements were taken.
This leads me to believe that the neck on my brass is to thick for my chamber- Is this an accurate assumption?

When I measure with a ball micrometer the neck wall thickness of the brass is reads at different locations on different 2x fired brass of 0.01565" - 0.01605". I did tumble the brass prior to these readings to remove the carbon which I believed would affect these measurements. After seeing the discrepancies I believe my neck tension/consistency would benefit from turning the neck regardless of whether or not this thickness was too great for my chamber.



My real questions are as follows-

Do you believe turning the necks will help/solve this issue of the 10 degrees of heavy bolt lift?
Assuming I will be turning these necks how much do I take off? My original thoughts (though I still need to measure more cases) would be based off the .284 7mm Diameter and subtract narrowest fire formed neck inside diameter IE .2795. Then this measurement of .0045" would be divided by 2 since I would be trimming the neck 360 degrees and the measurement needed is a diameter. So that would mean .00225" Minimum just to get to .284. But would I want to take off a little bit more than the bare minimum? Subtracting .002225 would give me a new neck thickness of .0134" Which I understand to still be a fairly "healthy" neck thickness. Would I be better off going ahead and trimming everything down to and even .013" or even less to prevent this from happening once additional firings of this brass occur? Maybe .0125" for my target neck wall thickness?
It is my understanding that is best to turn the necks just after resizing- Is that accurate?
Finally- Based on what I have described- Do you think turning the necks is all that is needed- Or is there anything that stood out to anyone that may mean that I do still need to get the bolt timed?

For sale, Insight arms .264 cal Heathen $125 shipped.

Little Crow 6.5x47 trimmer $50 shipped.

At some point acquired three 1 pound jugs of H335. I only reload for .308, .338LM, and .22-250 at the moment. I will start reloading for 22 ARC hopefully later this year. I have not really looked into powder options for the 22 ARC yet but ,looking through my manuals I don't see anything I can load using this powder. What caliber(s) is H335 good for?

Building a left handed hunting/NRL rifle.

WTB a multitude of actions or barreled actions with a CF barrel in 6.5 creed/PRC. Let me know what you have.

Factory sealed, Brand new in box left handed R700 short action MDT ACC ELITE chassis, black. 1250 shipped TYD, or best offer.
Street price is 1600 on euro optic and optics planet.

Bought a box from someone on here and never got around to working on a load. 65 shipped.

both new, have been hiding away in my cabinet. Time to move them

Sold. Bh-55. $300 sold

TA3 leveling base - $150

Tactical one piece scope mount 34mm diameter 32mm height (1.26”) 0 moa cant
Brand new never been out of the house
$old shipped CONUS
PayPal F&F or Venmo

New- inserted a handful of times never took to the range never shot.

$150 shipped

I know it is 2 days early, but it is the weekend.

I was out drinking all day with my Irish friends. I hope you all celebrated or will celebrate.

All my buds want a Trump in Ireland.

I have been using mainly Practiscore to find matches in the North Texas (DFW) area, for those who use it it's not all that good. There are Match Directors do not post a match until days before it starts. Perhaps others are seeking these too so let's post links or info about any 22 Rimfire Matches in the DFW area.

Benchrest, PRS, Steel etc.

Thanks for your help.

3 well used KAC 20 rounders.

$85 each shipped

Looking to sale my Halo NVision Halo- XRF.
MADE IN USA
Updated Warranty Information to be exact
Warranty Remaning unil 11-5-26


This is by far the best thermal scope I have used. The integrated laser rangefinder is spot on and quickly displays yardage while in scan mode.
I have noticed alot of newer rangefinding scopes have the rangrfinder mounted on the side sticking out. Those just scream to be broken off. These Halo XRFs are robust as heck and they are built to with the riggers of nighthunting.
The BAE core is the top tier core on the market.
These Halos hold zero better than other thermal I have testes

SPECS:
BAE 640 x 480,
12 um,
60 Hz Thermal Imaging Core
Built-in Laser Range Finder,
Video and Audio Recording
50 mm F1.1 Germanium objective lens
8 Reticle Options⁵
(2) 18650 Batteries
3.5X Base Mag gives you perfeft field of view IMO.

NO TRADES
Live in East Texas, but will ship.
Cash in person
Venmo or PP F&F
$5800.00

This was mentioned in the big Ukraine thread, but since this is The Hide, a near record shot kinda deserves its own place.



Couple of Brit papers and the NY Post have picked up the tale.

Presented for your careful and considered analysis:





The supposed official Ukrainian source for this feat:

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I don't speak Ukrainian, perhaps someone can translate.

Archived, just in case it disappears


Shockingly, some comments in the NY Post article are doubtful this shot actually took place as claimed!

Who better to carefully analyze this skillful use of what was doubtless a Dragunov or perhaps the mighty 6.5 Kreedmorski, than the experienced practitioners of the art here?

I have a unopen 8 pound jug of H1000 $425 shipped. Or if in Ga might can meet in ATL or west Ga

I have a matrix pro 2 light buttock. Looking to trade for the heavier version or an original matrix buttock.

Satan worshiper in SC ate ears and drank blood per instructions from his alter ego “Robert Baldwin”


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