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    Range Report Velocity problem

    Tx_Flyboy, Never hurts to be able to do it by hand that is for sure! Re bipods, it is not that I am seeing something, but I am wondering if there is a replicable effect. I have always been a bag guy in the past, but decided to learn to shoot a bipod these past couple of years. I am not seeing...
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    Range Report Velocity problem

    Couple more thoughts. Looking back for mechanical variables a big one is shooting a .308 AR. That took some time to digest. The second is shooting off a bipod. That is relatively new to me as well these past couple of years. Can a bipod repeatably shift matters a half mil?
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    Range Report Velocity problem

    As I noted in one of the posts above, I inputed the current conditions into Shooter as measured by my Kestrel. I also use station pressure. The measured pressure was 24.6. That is a tinge lower than the calculated number you give, but I was just south of a thunder storm too! So I think we are on...
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    Range Report Velocity problem

    OK had some more time this evening. Using the links kindly provided by delfuego I get a density altitude of 7777. JBM gives the same results as Shooter. So next time I can get out to shoot I am going to reshoot everything and confirm my comeups. If Shooter wants 2750 so be it. I will have the...
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    Range Report Velocity problem

    There you go being all practical! How can I obsess over numbers on my iphone if I just go shoot and collect my dope? ;-)
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    Range Report Velocity problem

    The atmospheric data the other day, per my Kestrel, was 77F, 25% RH, 24.6 "Hg station pressure. For what it is worth the range used was Pueblo West, CO which is at about 5100 ft. I have Shooter set to use absolute pressure. PS Shooter gives me good results with another rifle.
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    Range Report Velocity problem

    BTW, checked mount tightness, etc etc, back that doesn't mean I haven't missed the obvious! ;-)
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    Range Report Velocity problem

    Good thing to check. I use G7 more and more. I cross checked with my copy of Litz's "Applied Ballistics" book and I have the correct value entered at 0.218.
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    Range Report Velocity problem

    The scope is good. I have not done a formal calibration on it but when I dial in a change it delivers it. Nightforce F1 in a Larue mount by the way. Zero has ben checked as well.
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    Range Report Velocity problem

    I have run into a strange problem I hope somebody might have some insight into. When I chrono my load I am getting 2505 fps, but my come ups point to 2750 when I use the truing function in Shooter. Now after using Shooter a lot with a number of loads and guns I trust it immensely. The chrono...
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    New LMT - FTE problem

    Mine was balky when brand new. After a hundred rounds or so it became boringly reliable. Just needed some break in.
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    LMT MWS chronicles continue: talked to Gene at LMT today

    I have noticed a pattern in this thread and several others around the net. The CL barrels tend to prefer the 168 SMKs. This matches my experience. I have been shooting the classic M1A/M14 NM load of 42 to 42.5 grains of IMR 4895 with a 168 SMK since the 80s. It has been very forgiving and...
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    AI AW vs 700 style actions ...which fails more?

    Love this thread! Learning a hell of a lot? Check. Snow? Check. Butt hurt fanboys? Check. Thing is, lots of folks don't seem to understand the differences between manufacturing to a standard vs to a price pont. The AI is built to a standard and the 700 to a price point. The differences go...
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    Muzzle Flash with LMT MWS 16"?

    There is moderate flash from Lithuanian M80 ball I have tried. If full flash suppression is required another device like a Smith Enterprises or AAC is needed, or a can of course. I ended up with an AAC Brakeout. The carbine's recoil is soft, but I wanted to cut back on the muzzle jumping. The...
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    IWI Tavor. Any experience?

    I got to put a magazine through one over the weekend. I like it enough I plan to get one and do a shoot out with my FS2000. The ergos and simplicity of design favor the Tavor, but the FN is truly and very ambidextrous. I would add that on first blush the Tavor is not as picky about mags and ammo...
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    New .308 ...i need help!!

    +1 for the LMT. I have the 16" CL and it shoots so well it took the wind out of my sails for anything else these days. Any thoughts of getting on the Larue waiting list have totally evaporated. What is on my short list is more barrels. LMT has told me light wt barrels are in work for when sanity...
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    AR disassembly, cleaning, & other basic info AR-101 (with 7.62 LMT MWS example) WITH PICS!

    Fair warning, 10w-30 will make your rifle smell like a....... Car engine! ;-)
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    AR disassembly, cleaning, & other basic info AR-101 (with 7.62 LMT MWS example) WITH PICS!

    Excellent reference. Thanks! On my MWS I follow a similar procedure, though I am no bore snake fan. I use an Otis kit for this level of cleaning and a dewey rod when after copper. For fluids I am a fan of slip products. I find their oil doesn't burn off nearly as quickly as break free. The 725...
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    16" barrels what are they capable of?

    I have one, 16", floated in a Daniel Defense Omega Rail. 4x ACOG on top. Geiselle SSA in the lower. My main load is a 77 Sierra on top of IMR 4895. IF I am shooting well it is a reliable 3/4" to 1" carbine at 100 yds and plinking at 600 yds on steel is great fun. Utterly reliable too. This...
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    H4895 vs. imr 4895

    I have found IMR to be a tinge more accurate, but not enough to agonize over in times like these.
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