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    Anneal before cleaning brass?

    I was thinking the use of a Lee Collet Die may affect the usual sequence hence I want to be sure annealing before cleaning made an effect.
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    Anneal before cleaning brass?

    I have more time on my hands since retiring and I plan to anneal every firing. My past usual procedure was to neck size and decap with a Lee collet die, Wet tumble, dry and then resize with a Redding body die. I used to anneal after 3 firings but that was usually after the cleaning step. Is it...
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    Rifle Scopes Scope zeroing questions

    I finally took the setup apart and remounted the scope. I examined the Pic rail and notice that that at the rail wasn't entirely flat on top. There seemed to be a slight dip towards the very front end and so I remounted my front ring a notch back and the rear ring a notch from the end. Remount...
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    Rifle Scopes Scope zeroing questions

    It is strange indeed. The Athlon was used on my Ruger 10-22 with a 20 MOA base before and was predictable with a ballistic app to hit at 200 and 300 meters. On the Ruger the scope was also close bottomed out but able to zero at 25 and 50 meters. Also of note was when I transferred the scope from...
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    Rifle Scopes Scope zeroing questions

    I took the turret cap off, no washers or shims to act as a zero stop. From the bottomed out zero I have 15 mils of rotation to reach the top. Maybe I have to ask Athlon about the specs of the scope.
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    Rifle Scopes Scope zeroing questions

    On a lark I decided to put an Athlon Argos BTR 8x34x50 FFP mil scope with Vortex Viper medium rings (which was on my Ruger 10-22) on my Ruger American 7.62x39 rifle because I got tired of using a Nikon P300 scope with its BDC type estimations. So the Ruger has its stock 0 elevation Piccatinny...
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    What Priming Tool is Everyone Using?

    I use Dillon Primer tube tips in the RCBS tube. Works well for me.
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    Something to catch .22 shells

    I just use a cardboard box inside a nylon bag. Said box is also used to carry by bear bags and spotting scope to the range. Or you can clamp 2 poles or PVC to the right corners and then clip your tarp to the poles
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    What zero is everyone using for their 22LR?

    My Kidd has the same scope as yours. I have mine on a 20 MOA base. Aguila Standard Velocity has an average of 1079 fps via Magnetospeed. Zero at 50 meters. 2.7 mils at about 110 meters (our berm if shooting at steel) 8.6 - 8.8 mils elevation at 200 meters. Steel target are 4 inch and 2 1/2...
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    Waterproof Shell question

    I'm specifically asking about opinions on Gore-tex shells such as the Surplus ECWCS gen 2 or gen 1 parkas and the Try-Spec brand version of the surplus parkas. I'm mainly going to use them for the outdoor range on wet cold days and maybe for traveling. I know that they won't have insulation but...
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    Rifle Scopes Advice needed on Athlon Midas MG51 Red Dot magnifier

    I'm looking for a RDS magnifier that is greater than the usual 3X. I know the Vortex VMX 3T is probably a good buy but I'm still having trouble seeing and hitting a 66% IPSC target at 200 meters consistently at 3X with a regular scope. So I'm looking at the Primary Arms 6x and the Athlon 5X...
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    The Evolution of Barrel Cleaning

    I found another good use for CLR... AK 47 gas piston tips. A soaking for a minute or two and a little brushing gets the carbon off. Wow! I also tried it on the AK barrel and as advertised, no more carbon. Now anybody use CLR with stainless steel suppressor baffles?
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    Barrel Tuners (Rubber) Fact or Fiction

    Maybe. I decided to get a "Deresonator" to use with my Bull Barrel Ruger 10-22. The idea was to tune it to Aguila standard velocity only to optimize accuracy and get more hits on steel at 100 and 200 meters. For less than $10 it kept me occupied with my pseudo-experimentation. At distance I was...
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    The Evolution of Barrel Cleaning

    I'd like to chime in with my experience and questions. I found the CLR to be very effective in cleaning off the carbon in the chambers and front of the cylinder of my Smith and Wesson 586 revolver, but guess what, it also took portions of the blueing off. Fortunately I wasn't too bothered by the...
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    Hows this for a Trainer?

    I hate you!!:) Now I may have to spend more money!
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    Bipod spigot mounting

    If you don't mind, where did you order the RPS bipod from in the US? You probably know there are videos on youtube on attaching the spigot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_o6YOntkEU&t=130s
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    Punch list for repairs

    username on Scout was RDCHENG, I had postcount of 76, Corporal level. New username on Sniperhide is Braindoc. Please update postcount. Is there a way to change my username from uppercase Braindoc to Lowercase braindoc? Thanks!
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