Search results

Search the forum Search Articles
  1. Luke

    Range Report Hornady 147 ELDM blowing up

    Haha, heck no I wasn't even close to winning - I made that point to show that in identical outside circumstances a bullet worked flawlessly for some people and terribly for other. I think we all agree that Hornady should do a better job of vetting products before releasing them into wild - but...
  2. Luke

    Range Report Hornady 147 ELDM blowing up

  3. Luke

    Range Report Hornady 147 ELDM blowing up

    I was SUMMARIZING....obviously there are outliers who have had issues with factory ammo out of factory guns, but they are generally not the rule, and other outliers who have been shooting them faster than 2700fps have had no problems, but they generally are not the rule either. What I don't...
  4. Luke

    Range Report Hornady 147 ELDM blowing up

    I have now shot probably 600+ Hornady 147's in a shorty (18") 6.5CM and I have had nothing but excellent results with them. I think we could probably summarize this entire thread as: If you are shooting 147's fast from a 6.5PRC or hot loaded 6.5CM, or possible even a "tight" barrel, odds are...
  5. Luke

    Harris Bipods, "You have a problem?" "Let me help you."

    The out of square and cant are how I correct for spin drift at long range. The correction is built-in to the bipod.
  6. Luke

    Arcteryx Beta AR jacket

    All my cold weather gear is Arcteryx. I have the Naga hoody, Atom hoody, and LEAF Alpha top and bottom shells. You can't go wrong with this layering system. Only thing I'm missing is the Atom bottoms.
  7. Luke

    Do-it-all Lightweight, Off-the-rack AR-15 5.56 Upper Suggestions?

    I think it's simply because factories have been making 16's and 14.5's for decades, and the 13.7's are "new" and not widely produced. https://www.roscomanufacturing.com/shop/barrels/purebred-barrels/purebred-13-7-223-wylde-barrel/
  8. Luke

    Do-it-all Lightweight, Off-the-rack AR-15 5.56 Upper Suggestions?

    The new hotness lately has been 13.7" barrels with a pinned Surefire flash hider. That gets you the absolute minimum rifle length without having to go the pistol brace route. A basic pinned 14.5" upper is easier to find though and probably what I would recommend. Can't go wrong with BCM, Aero...
  9. Luke

    Rebarrel: Short and Handy, 16" or 18"?

    FWIW I have a 18.5" AI AT 6.5CM and have no problems with it. It will easily shoot sub-moa at 1k, and I have even shot it out to a mile. My next rifle will be pretty much the exact same thing you're putting together. Planning on a Tikka CTR 6.5CM or .308 cut down to 16", using a can 99% of the...
  10. Luke

    Accessories Crye Precision Combat Pants & Top

    Lightly used in good condition Crye Precision Combat Pants & Shirt in Multicam. Used for a few hikes and the SH Cup. No stains or holes. Bought these directly from Crye about a year ago. No funky smells. Non-smoker. One piece of velcro on the front thigh pocket was not fully stitched when I...
  11. Luke

    Gunsmithing Scratching my head... WHAT THE ... ???

    Haha, I was trying to snipe your bid and offered him $5 and he came back with the $1k, too :D
  12. Luke

    effectiveness out of 10.5

    Ok kids. Quit your bickering. You guys aren't the only ones reading your posts and it muddles up the entire thread for anyone trying to actually glean some info from it. We could have condensed this thread by a whole page if you would have just said "a cannelure can help terminal ballistics by...
  13. Luke

    effectiveness out of 10.5

    Last I heard Magtech discontinued the Mk262 clone. I picked up the last 5 boxes at my gunshop a few months ago and they said they're not able to order more :( Shot a couple coyotes with the stuff. Haven't done a full dissection or anything, but they definitely didn't come out other side. Both...
  14. Luke

    Range Report 10.3 inch

    I have heard anecdotally of multiple instances of 10.3" Mk18's shooting Mk262 ammo being lethal out to 600-700 meters. There's also many videos on Youtube, etc. of people slapping steel out to 500 or 600 yards pretty easily. My general rule of thumb, whether right or wrong, is that the 10.3's...
  15. Luke

    Rifle Scopes SHTF LPVO?

    I have the Razor 1-6x and have used it a lot for coyote hunting, flat range use, hiking, competing, etc. I love the thing. Batteries are cheap and easy to stockpile. The 2 reticle choices aren't super awesome but honestly they work just fine. Have made consistent hits on E-Type targets out to...
  16. Luke

    Range Report Hornady 147 ELDM blowing up

    In a 6.5 Creedmoor they should be fine. I don't think you'll have any problems.
  17. Luke

    Range Report Hornady 147 ELDM blowing up

    I primarily shoot Hornady factory ammunition 147's out of my 18.5" 6.5CM around 2625fps and they work great at those velocities. Even at those slow velocties I'm not even getting close to transonic until around 1500ish yards at my typical DA of 8000ft and I'm not truly subsonic until about 1800...
  18. Luke

    Sniper’s Hide Cup 2020 Sniper's Hide Cup in Colville Washington

    No longer available. Thanks! Looking forward to seeing you all in a few days.
  19. Luke

    Sidearms & Scatterguns Why Not an XD?

    Exactly. Everyone has their personal preferences, but there are hundreds of thousands of Fords, Dodges, and Chevys getting the job done across the country every day, just like there are probably hundreds of thousands of Glocks, Springfields, S&Ws etc doing the same thing.
  20. Luke

    Trump struggles to drink out of a glass, unsteady on ramp

    We should add a PT test to the POTUS requirements...
Top Bottom
Back
Home
Forums
Merch
Alerts