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    You helped in the bedroom, now I need your help with a grill…

    Green egg or Komado Joe. I've got the Komado Joe 24". It's hard to understand just how good they are till you use one. Smoke, grill, whatever it'll do it and better.
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    Covid vaccine exemption letter

    Adam - We found ourselves in the similar situation with our daughter except she already had years invested in her school when covid came around. We went down the road of a religious exemption even though we are not "religious". Legally, they cannot discriminate against you for your "sincerely...
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    Price Check in the Gas and Diesel Aisle...

    Northeast PA off an exit of I-81, diesel yesterday was $5.56. Today they jumped it to $6.29. Don't know why so much in a day. Gas still at $4.29 where it's been for the last few weeks.
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    ATF now going after the Amish

    Not a joke. A transfer with a background check requires a photo ID. No photo, no transfer. The agent made it a point that this is a problem with some Amish and there are no exceptions for them.
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    ATF now going after the Amish

    Just this week I had an ATF agent explain to me that as an FFL you cannot sell to the Amish that do not have photo ID's. Apparently it's against their religion for some and the ATF says too bad. No sales. I could imagine this bust had something to do with this rule and working around it.
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    COVID & pneumonia got me.

    My daughter is in pharmacy school. When the Covid started, she was taking a virology class and they went over a bunch of well researched stuff that applies to Covid-like viruses like why masks don't work. Then it all changed and the school fell in line with the politics. Now its mandatory...
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    Lapua lot testing and barrel wear question

    This may be relevant to your accuracy testing in that CZ barrel. Several of us bought the 457 varmint trainers and are testing them on an indoor 50 yard range. Full benchrest setups with no wind. My CZ happened to be the worst shooter of the bunch. The borescope wasn’t showing me any obvious...
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    Where to get ammo now post

    Biathlon Xtreme in stock at creedmoorsports much cheaper.. Lapua .22 LR Biathlon Extreme Ammunition (creedmoorsports.com)
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    Christensen Arms Ranger 22

    I just got to handle a new one a friend just bought. Super rough and sloppy fitting bolt. He's having about 30% FTF with good ammo. Very lazy ejection with some that don't clear. He's a very upset customer.
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    Lapua lot testing and barrel wear question

    Have you compared the concentricity of this recess to the rest of the cartridge?
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    Lapua lot testing and barrel wear question

    I just put a Center X and a Eley 10X under a toolmakers microscope and did some measuring. The diameter of the flat on the Eley was .116ish. The Center X ring measured about .118. Coincidence??? Under high magnification the corners on the Eley were less than perfect but that ring on the...
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    Lapua lot testing and barrel wear question

    I've been doing some reading on this. This is really interesting! When a projectiles leading surfaces break from laminar flow to turbulent flow, it goes through a dramatic decrease in drag that McCoy describes as "anomalous". This does not happen with conventional bullet profiles but it does...
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    Lapua lot testing and barrel wear question

    Maybe a more important clip from the article: "Supercavitating bullet designs, which appear to use rounded tips that lead back to flat, sharp ridge discs at the point, as well as other ridges positioned further back on the bullet body." Sure sounds like the wording is describing a Center X to me.
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    Lapua lot testing and barrel wear question

    If my memory serves me, subsonic bullets are affected by forces acting on the bullet surface in the laminar flow area. Which also happens to projectiles under water. This made me think of an article I read on bullets designed for underwater so I did a quick search and here it is...
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    Lapua lot testing and barrel wear question

    I initially thought you were pointing out a defect. Now that it looks intentional, I'd venture the guess it has a positive effect on the drag properties of the bullet. Though, I suspect, at shorter ranges. I dug out some old books and found an illustration from McCoy showing the transition...
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    Lapua lot testing and barrel wear question

    Seating stem mark from excessive seating pressure???
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    Lapua lot testing and barrel wear question

    Never made any titanium screws, but I did once make gage tooling for a human body parts supplier. Did you know there are people that recycle your body parts??? Mainly bones and tendons. Gruesome info at first. Then it becomes really interesting. There are actually body parts machinists out...
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    Lapua lot testing and barrel wear question

    Shop owner 30ish years. Heavy on CNC and computer tech. Specialty is small high precision parts. Aerospace, defense, commercial and some medical.
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    The First Thousand Shots

    Is this alignment to the bore or the barrel OD? I first assumed the bore, but your index measuring did not seem to include the bore location. I could imagine if finishing your barrel tenon while indicated to the bore, this could possibly change the mass location index. Do you account for...
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    22lr Ammo testing long range vs short.

    Rimdenter - Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. When you are measuring your ammo, you must be cleaning the lube off. Would you share how you go about this and do you have a relube process?
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