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    Vudoo Gun Works V-22 Rimfire Bolt Action

    Thanks for this story. It takes me back nearly 50 years to my brief time working in the industry in CT, in a role that introduced me - a 25-year-old kid - to some of the legends. Winchester was in New Haven, Bill Ruger was running things in Southport, Remington was in Ilion, Browning in Morgan...
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    Vudoo closed the doors…

    Fwiw, I have #20xx, ordered/received early 2019... definitely 1st-gen, or at least the bolt has the big cocking button that got tiny with gen-2 (and maybe 1.1 but that's fuzzy). With what serial did the production run start? 1001? Back in my skeet days, we "early adopter" Kolar owners would...
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    Vudoo Gun Works V-22 Rimfire Bolt Action

    @RAVAGE88 Mike, a question: are Vudoo service parts - extractor kits, springs, etc. - patented, such that other machine shops are blocked from making them commercially? I'm into my 70s now and slowing down some... I expect my 2019-vintage gen-1 V22 to outlast me without needing parts, but...
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    Pistol Reloading Issue I cant figure out

    New carry gun? Is its feed ramp steeper than other 9mm pistols you have? See below - I never had any trouble with uncrimped .223 bulk reloads in ARs until my son bought his infernal Tavor. Now I have to crimp anything that may find its way into that one rifle - process described below. -------...
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    Need UPS for FX120i

    Putting a 100-gram weight on the scale and seeing "100" is not calibrating it. See pages 30-31 of the manual for the external-weight calibration procedure. I'm not saying calibration should/would have any effect on drifting - it probably shouldn't - but to me it's a reasonable step to take.
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    Need UPS for FX120i

    How about moving the scale to another breaker circuit, or even move it to a friend's house, to see if plugging it into a different outlet makes any difference? Also, have you tried recalibrating it with a known check weight? Someone mentioned the bubble level. I have to level my scale every...
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    Barrel selection specifications

    A finished 28" straight-contour barrel will weigh right at 9 pounds (table below). If you're young and strong, that well may be fine for you, and fluting would lighten it some. I have a couple of Heavy Varmint contour barrels (~7.5 lb); I'm old & relatively feeble so incoming new barrels are...
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    .223 Rifle Build

    A few thoughts. My background on the subject: Past owner of a .223 Tikka T3x Varmint upgraded with MDT 20MOA rail, LSS-XL chassis, ARCA rail, Anarchy Outfdoors bolt handle. Currently VERY pleased with Terminus Apollo-based custom .223 with Bartlein 1:7 barrel and TriggerTech Diamond in MDT ACC...
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    Suppressors SOLVED - New to cans - by far my biggest surprise has been...

    So I took the can, an AR, a .223 bolt rifle, a 9mm PCC, and a few flavors of ammo to the range today with specific intent of figuring out what might be causing the ammonia odor. I now believe the smell results from lubricant in the hub's locking collar and front cap threads burning off, as well...
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    Slugging barrels......Don't F'in do things like this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    In 60+ years of shooting shotgun, rifle and handgun and reloading for all of them starting at age 14, I've learned a little. And the more I learn the more I understand how much more there is to know. And one of the things of which I am sure is that Homo sapiens as a species hasn't really...
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    Suppressors SOLVED - New to cans - by far my biggest surprise has been...

    Bore Tech C4. I may use Remington 40x on the first few inches of the barrel, but it gets thoroughly swabbed out with dry patches on a .22 cal jag, followed by ample C4 patches finished by at least two dry patches.
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    Suppressors SOLVED - New to cans - by far my biggest surprise has been...

    I'd bet $ it's ammonia... I remember from some college chemistry thing where ammonia gas was a byproduct. But AR versus bolt gun is a variable easy enough to check - next time I go out, I'll run the bolt rifle first and then [groan, bring on the comments] sniff the can. In any event, I did a...
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    6mm BR

    A comment re Varget: just NO, I'm not paying over $400 a jug for it plus hazmat and shipping. I just got a jug of N150 for $371 to my door; saved right at $100 over Varget from the same vendor (BCR) and if it does as well in 6BR as N135 has in .223 I'll be a very happy curmudgeon.
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    Suppressors SOLVED - New to cans - by far my biggest surprise has been...

    Ok, keep the comments coming. I'll get to the range in next few days and pay specific attention to whether the ammonia presence is associated with my AR reloads (H335, 55gr ball / 69gr SMK) or one or more of the factory offerings. I'll also put it on my .223 bolt gun and run my current preferred...
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    Zero angle question

    Late to this party, but let me elaborate on what's been said (which is in essence, "just zero the scope and drive on, it's fine"). All I'm doing is explaining how the rail angle affects your scope's elevation "capability." Your scope will have some amount of elevation range, measured in MOA or...
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