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    6.5G Larue is back from factory repairs

    Omega 30 can is great on small platform semi autos and backpressue is pretty low comparedto my AAC M4/2000. I run my Omega on a 16" barrel .233, running a midlength gas port and turned down to run with a standard carbine spring, H1 buffer, and JP LMOS carrier. That and the fact it is a .30 can...
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    Thick AR Grip

    The Ergo Deluxe feels like you are holding a racquet ball in your hand IMO. The palm swells are spherical basically. The SPR is great if you are right handed and care ZERO about ever shooting left handed or having a left handed shooter run your rifle. For a normal large ambi AR grip that spaces...
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    Continue load development?

    My final load with 140 ELDM, same brass, 42.0 grains H4350, was my lowest SD along with 41.9 grains. That 130 Berger has more case capacity but shoots well at 42.0 for me too. You can get lower SD with more powder with the 130. My SD with 41.9 and 42.0 was 7 and 9 for 10 shots. Straight swap to...
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    Not at all, little or complicated load developpement

    I run .3 or .5 grain charge increments, 2 groups of 5 per charge, 5 charges total. That is 50 rounds. That gives me a chrono of ten rounds per charge and I get two 5 shot group size references. I do that at max mag length. The second highest charge is book max and highest is over book. Then...
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    Brass Accuracy After Number of Firings

    A simple Annealeaze will pay for itself in saved time several times over. Plus it will result in much more consistent annealing of the brass. Just accept the fact you will loose a piece of brass every time you set it up for a new caliber. I still find my best accuracy is firings 2-3 but at least...
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    Trouble getting accurate OAL w/hornady guage

    I found with too much neck tension on the modified case I could not get an accurate reading. With a normal loose case mouth to just touching, it was plus or minus a thou. Too much neck tension results in it stopping jammed which varies too much. I also push the case in with equal semi firm...
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    What size steel media for wet tumbler?

    I have been wet tumbling for 6.5 with the factory steel pins in my Frankford Arsenal wet tumbler with no issues. I recently switched to wet tumbling 223 and found the media gets jammed sideways in the brass body to the point it bends pins and has to be pulled out with a pick. This is obviously...
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    Potential use for new bore scope

    With a borescope I found my chamber cleaning in a semi AR platform was inadequate. My borescope taught me I had to try to shove the chamber brush into the lands to get it in far enough then turn twice as many rotations as I was normally using to clean carbon deposits from that gap you speak of...
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    My findings: Expander mandrel vs bushing die

    Im confused. What die are you using? A full length standard die with decapping rod and expander ball removed, a Redding bushing die minus expander, or a dedicated body die? Is the "body die" a specific size honed neck? No neck sizing? A particular bushing but no expander? What mandrel size/type...
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    Enhanced BCG vs Adjustable Gas Block

    I set up an SLR on a 223 for the minimal setting to lock back on regular power ammo unsuppressed. It does that. Suppressed with an Omega 300 it has a nice ejection at 3:30. It is locked up from carbon. Perhaps if I hit it with some solvent, penetrating oil, and tried to move it when HOT it would...
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    Newby question on primers

    Of course, different primer lots can cause issues and 200/BR2 can cause an issue in the same way. I have gone from CCI BR2 to CCI 41 and had lower pressure loads significantly less accurate with 41 and higher pressure loads show pressure signs with 41 where BR2 did not and was also slightly...
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    Verifying chargemaster

    To me the Chargemaster is fine for consistency, but the speed is too slow. Had to do an insert and alter the speed on the unit. Also have to wait to see it go back to weight and ensure it is not over. If it is, dump a little back in and hand trickle up. This is a 1 in 10 to 1 in 20 proposition...
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    Having trouble with 77gr tmk

    You can't fit 24 grains of Varget with a 77 TMK at mag length in a .223 case. It physically will not fit. With Lake City brass I end up at 2.255" to 2.259" OAL. You get a compressed load that is too long OAL and sucks for accuracy too but no pressure signs. You can run a max load of 8208 23.2...
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    Shoulder Bump and Pressure Question

    If anything, bumping the shoulder back more increases pressure in my experience.
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    Night Vision Let's Discuss Lasers

    I have a civy DBAL i2 IR laser/illuminator. True, it is weak illuminator. I have an ELIR3. True its much better than the I2 but its not perfect and it is bulky. Still, I say spend the extra for a PERST3. Slimmer, better illuminator, pointer almost as good as Steiner, but more power. Cost is...
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    Leupold Mark4 spotting scope reticle focus

    Is there a way to adjust the reticle focus of a Mark4 12-40×60 spotting scope? While I can focus on the reticle and make calls I get a lot of eyestrain doing so. Is the reticle set with a fixed parallax distance? I notice the most problems at 100 yards. I also have a Bushnell T Series and while...
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    Rifle Scopes Burris XTR3!!!

    Funny, you guys say I am "beating a dead horse" and "first gen issues were worked out" but the XTRII that I got and my fellow officer got were 10mil turrets with the tungsten rings on occular, indicating newest production. My point was... preproduction units may have good glass, units sent for...
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    Rifle Scopes So, what about Leupold Mark 5 ?

    I ordered a 3.6-18×44 and it shipped the next day. Oregon to Texas delivery took about a week.
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    Shout out to Berger Bullets!

    I waited for the 6.5 140 Extreme Hunter bullets to go back into production for almost a year to get more which I have not loaded yet... please tell me the move did not ruin the QC for that bullet! Are the QC issues measured by bullet weight, OAL, base to ogive, or something else?
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    Favorite Rifle Cases

    I love the SERT cases and have one of each size SERT (36" 42" and 46") and 2 of the 30" SBR cases with a color matched corresponding Pelican to go with each of the SERT case sizes (gray, black, tan, and green). Even have a 1615 Air case that fits both of my 30" SBR cases. The fact the 46" has...
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