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    Top inherently accurate 2000 yard calibers

    What is your firing solution at 1000 yards? I ran a generic 338 Lapua load using a 300 grain Berger at 2750 fps and came up with about 25 moa? With a little help from a density altitude above sea level you should almost be able to do that with either the MOAR-T or MOAR-20MOA and nothing in the...
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    Top inherently accurate 2000 yard calibers

    Let's move back a step. Are you dialing elevation or trying to use the reticle with the turret at the 200 yard setting? If you're still on the reticle, start dialing the turret. The travel and repeatability of that turret are why you bought the Nightforce. If you haven't already, set the...
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    Top inherently accurate 2000 yard calibers

    I'd suggest starting with figuring out how much more you can get out of the scope you have. From your zero, how much elevation is available before it tops out? What is the advertised elevation for that scope? Subtract one from the other and that's roughly how much more base you can use. The...
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    33xc bullet choice..lead core or Solids?

    This too. Decide on a bullet, then buy a barrel. First time through its a chicken or egg situation though. I tested solids in my first 9.3 barrel to get a start on figuring out powders, charges and resulting velocities. I had the first 9.3 barrel in a week. The 7 took 10 months.
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    33xc bullet choice..lead core or Solids?

    No, I'm saying you'll likely find better jacketed bullet performance at lower pressures than the brass will take. If you run jacketed bullets at ejector mark pressures and then test them against themselves in a load 100 fps slower you'll dial more into the scope but the vertical stripe at the...
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    33xc bullet choice..lead core or Solids?

    You made your choice on the type of bullet when you bought the barrel. It's heavily sorted and culled Bergers or ATips out of the box. For ELR, you're looking for a Sg in the 1.7+ range at the elevation you're shooting at. Solids give the most consistency at 2.2+. My first 33XC barrel went...
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    300PRC,300NM or 338LM

    A starter rifle is a good idea and that Savage can be a good value. The 300 PRC really does run just past the 338 Lapua cheaper and with less recoil. The Savage is a consumer grade commodity, so there is some risk you won't get a good example. Problems may include a not so great barrel...
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    URSA NorCal - Sunday, October 16, 2022

    They're small, 6-8ish typically. Sometimes twice that. Some regulars, some semi regulars. Newbies drift though but only a few pick it up. It's pretty remote and the road in can be a bit much for flat landers. The weather plays a big part.
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    New to ELR - design help please

    I have a few of those Gen 1 Razors. They're a nice entry level ELR scope at the cop price. They also weigh as much as a loaded Glock. That Bergara lists 6-48 screws for the scope base. On R700 pattern rifles, even with 8-40 screws I put a 3/16" pin between the rear screws to take the recoil...
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    RPR barrel question

    They use a barrel nut so the headspace can be adjusted when the barrel is installed.
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    Took the 33xc 3050 yards

    Good job on the load development. I'm also having good luck with a 33xc. This is the 300 Atip with 24N41 from a 30" barrel chambered with the solids reamer. QL gives 3100 fps for this load with a 34" barrel, so it's maybe 2 - 2.5 grains, 3-4ksi lighter than what you're running. No pressure...
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    2021 Nightforce ELR Steel Challenge

    Good job on that velocity spread. Did you use the bullets as they came out of the box? Any culling, sorting, pointing, trimming,.... That 2% variation on the print out is the BC SD and not the ES. Back of the napkin, kinda, sorta, 1% BC variation has more or less the same impact on vertical...
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    New (unofficial) URSA record at 2502 Yards

    I watched it on an 86" screen a few times and you can see the puff at 11:00 on the target if you watch it enough times with enough resolution. I thought it might have been a strike off the target stand, but it wasn't. The biggest piece of the bullet hits the upper berm to the upper left, a...
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    New (unofficial) URSA record at 2502 Yards

    Oscar couldn't market eternal life if he was giving it away.
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    New (unofficial) URSA record at 2502 Yards

    Those of us that have shot that venue are keeping track and did notice. Good shooting and congrats.
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    Ruger Precision Rifle Discussion

    The RPR has AR ergonomics, so AR height mounts and rings are a good place to start. I used the Burris PEPR mount to dial more of the available elevation from the scope on my last one. I've used Vortex and Nightforce 20 moa 1 piece mounts on 2 others, but that Gen 2 Razor might not zero at 100...
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    Recap of the URSA NorCal Mar ‘21 event

    Depends. When it was dry enough, I've gotten 6' plumes from a 6XC. When there is just the right amount of moisture, it turns to playdough that swallows 800 grain solids without blinking. It should be somewhere in the middle, maybe towards the 6XC, in mid April. The COF faces nearly due east...
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    Target size for ELR/ULR

    We use 1/4" plate from the local steel supply. Size is a nominal 1.5 moa. A 16x24 piece is ~$25. Past 16x24, we use multiple plates side by side. We drill the holes for the support chains 1/3 the way down and in from the sides to counterweight the plate against itself. It makes for a target...
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    7-300 PRC Initial Results - Winner

    Why join the fan boi club? The 28 Sherman requires stepping down the supplied brass from 30 caliber and then firing forming, just like a 7/300 PRC. If I wanted more case capacity, there is the 28 Nosler without the necking down or fire forming step. But I didn't want any more case capacity...
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    7-300 PRC Initial Results - Winner

    There is no such thing as cheap brass, and there is no such thing as expensive brass. By the time you get done culling and fire forming cheap brass, it's not so cheap. By the time you've shot a $2 piece of brass 10x, it was 20 cents a shot in a round where bullets were 60 cents and every shot...
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