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    Anyone Shooting a 40x?

    I was fortunate enough to be qualified to purchase two 40XBs & a single old 40X from the CMP from 2004-2007. The prices were right - in the $385 range, and the two heavy 40XBs were in really nice shape, and both shot really well at 50-100yds with the Lapua made Wolf Match Target & Match Extra I...
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    Rim x for vudoo

    I bought one of the Vudoo aluminum 15rd mags years ago, but it's still sitting on the shelf where I put it after opening the package. I also bought a couple of the L3i aluminum mags last year, but so far, have had no success getting them to feed in my Gen 1 or 360 rifles. The 10rd poly mags just...
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    What Optic Are YOU Running?

    When I put an Athlon Cronus on my 2500XR 9yrs ago, I felt like I was going overboard on optics for a 22RF rifle, but having invested in the custom action, Krieger bbl, Jewell trigger, and Manners stock, it made sense. When I sold that Stiller & moved on to Modacam modified 40X & XB rifles, I...
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    Howa Mini trigger upgrade?

    I've re-barreled five Mini actions with Bartlein or Kriegers, from 20 Tactical to 6.5 grendel. Trash-canned all the factory plastic trigger guard/mag wells and replaced with either DIP or Jefferson aluminum DBMs, including one of Jefferson's that uses CZ 527 steel mags (on a 22 Grinch that I...
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    New Winchester 52D

    I used one of the original Vianni mounts like Calfed's on my 1st CMP 52D to mount a Weaver T24. The ocular bell on that scope is only 1.5" in diameter, and I got by fine with a pair of Weaver Quad ring lows, which put the 1" scope tube .337" above the mount's rail.
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    6mm ARC bolt gun for competition?

    I built myself a 6 RAT bolt gun on a Howa Mini action before the Zermatt Origin with interchangeable bolt heads came along. The Howa RAT shoots great with a Bartlein 1-8tw light Palma bbl finished at 24". I was able to get McMillan to do the Howa inlet on one of their Game Scout stocks; tried...
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    What caliber is it???

    Another reason that doing a chamber cast with Cerrosafe is the definitive/safe thing to do before selling a rifle....
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    Rifle Scopes Sightron SVIII 5-40x56 ED

    Finally got an opportunity to get the new Sightron SVIII mounted on the new Solus 223AI and take it down to my range last evening. Wind had finally died down from the 60+MPH gusts of the day before, and clouds had blown out with those winds. I set up my portable bench at 100yds and spent some...
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    Rifle Scopes Athlon Ares ETR Gen2 vs DNT The One

    I'm hoping a new baby is the reason Drake hasn't gotten back to me! Way more important that selling another scope or two....
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    Rifle Scopes Athlon Ares ETR Gen2 vs DNT The One

    I've called my Athlon sales rep several times in the past couple of weeks to try to place an order for at least a couple of the Gen 3 Ares BTR scopes, but have yet to hear back from him. Wondering if the trade war/tariff situation isn't causing problems?
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    Thoughts on the Aero Precision SOLUS ?

    Am hoping you got the straight dope from your contact, and that Aero can put things right again. I have been buying 90+% of my gas gun parts from them for several years now, and have hated seeing things slide downhill over the past couple or more years. Not the quality, but availability...
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    Thoughts on the Aero Precision SOLUS ?

    The weather's so foul here today (wind with gusts to 60+MPH, 30* with snow) that I might as well get the 6XC bbl pulled from the 1st Solus and get the chamfer cut on it. I entertained the thought that the rifle might still feed the 105 Scenars out of an AIAW magazine instead of AICS, but why not...
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    Thoughts on the Aero Precision SOLUS ?

    For all you Solus owners with pre-fit bbls - did your barrels have a chamfer cut in the breech face, or were they flat? I just finished doing a Bartlein bbl in 223AI for a PVD FDE Solus with the .382" bolthead, and it wouldn't feed until I removed the bbl, dialed it back in, and cut a chamfer at...
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    Rifle Scopes Bushnell Match Pro ED 3-18 & other budget scopes

    I've been shooting behind Cronus scopes since the first model came out, and have have kept upgrading as the newer versions came along. As an Athlon dealer (full disclosure here) since they first became available, I have appreciated the quality of the LOW-made Cronus 4.5-29x56 scopes enough to...
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    Rifle Scopes Bushnell Match Pro ED 3-18 & other budget scopes

    Jesse - I built myself a 22 Grinch on a Zermatt Origin action last year, and used an Athlon Ares Gen 2 BTR on it instead of an Ares ETR, mostly because the Grinch is a cute little cartridge based on 6.5 Grendel brass that I wanted to play with instead of using it in competition - and I'd had...
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