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    Consistency, or lack thereof

    I have to agree with CK. You have a relatively light rifle firing a .30-caliber round with a fair amount of recoil off a wobbly front rest and you are not squared behind the rifle so I'm betting the rifle hops laterally on recoil. It does look like your adjustable comb (cheek rest) is too high...
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    Consistency, or lack thereof

    It just occurred to me that OP may want to run an exercise I have used with new shooters over the years - mainly pistol and shotgun, but it should certainly work with rifle. I would explain to the shooter that I was going to be watching for a flinch. Depending on the individual, I may or or may...
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    Consistency, or lack thereof

    How big were your sample sizes? What differences did you record? Do you feel that the improvement with BR2s was worth the extra cost? Also, your testing was in big-bore calibers, mine was in .223. So, your large rifle primers were lighting up four times the weight of powder (.300 PRC) compared...
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    Consistency, or lack thereof

    I'll be surprised if you see much difference. Try the bullets for sure.... but it's highly unlikely - like win the powerball chance - that CCI BR2 primers will do anything. I tried BR4 primers in my .223 last year to see if they tightened up my ES/SD values. A buddy of mine and I were grumping...
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    Dillon 550 sizing and seating on Rifle

    Good catch. I certainly found this to be true. Early on, I tried to wipe lube off cases by hand. Of course, this got tedious fast, and I ended up with cases with a bit of lube left on them. Early pressure signs ensued. I now use a separate tumbler with old/used corncob media to clean lube from...
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    Dillon 550 sizing and seating on Rifle

    I use a 550 this way for precision loading: Anneal (AMP) Tumble in corncob/polish media Resize/deprime (station 1) Mandrel (station 2) Run brass through separate tumbler to remove lube Prime with hand primer Powder - charge all cases with Dillon drop measure/trickler/ FX-120i (yeah yeah an...
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    Bergara issues

    Bullshit. Not a thing wrong with Starline brass.
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    Consistency, or lack thereof

    This. I had a range day at a venue some distance from me... POI kept shifting just enough to make me annoyed... ... brake had come loose.
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    New Applied Ballistics® Quantum™ APP! - & It's Free!

    @DocUSMCRetired , I just wanted to let you know that I just subscribed to Pro for a year. Your presence here, coupled with the descriptive videos and what I've learned about the app via the free UltraLight version for a couple of weeks, got me past my resistance to the subscription model...
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    New to PRS – RPR vs. Tikka T3X – Looking for Experienced Insight

    ^^^ What he said. My son just got into his first precision rifle, built on a Zermatt Origin action. Awesome accuracy, and it runs as well as either of my rifles with more expensive actions (Defiance, Terminus). I started precision rifle / PRS with a Tikka T3X TAC-A1; it was a great...
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    Quality BB gun?

    Story time. Maybe other geezers can relate. I was 7 when my dad brought home the BB gun I had wanted for months. I still remember that late afternoon in the back yard, which abutted a deep woods where we kids played. My first target was a pine tree. Dad was right behind me so he could reign in...
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    Consistency, or lack thereof

    A few thoughts. Don't attribute too much (if any) correlation between ES/SD and 100-yard accuracy. I can get sub-MOA accuracy at 100 with bulk-loaded 69gr SMKs in .223/5.56 ammo with ES values in the high double digits. There is no way that your press causes high ES/SD. I simply fail to...
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    Quality BB gun?

    I was going to say Crosman 760 - variable-velocity pump/bolt action. BBs feed from a magazine, .177 pellets single feed. Smooth bore, but pellets are as accurate as one can get without rifling. These things have been around forever - I remember the guys in my neighborhood had them. Yeah, they...
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    Single Pistol powder for mid range loads with cast bullets in 357,41,44, mags & 45 colt?

    Unique. It's an antique powder and leaves a lot of fouling... but it does what OP wants. I have used it nearly half a century for 9mm, .38/.357, and back in the Clint Eastwood heyday, .44 magnum. Full power gets 296 or 2400.
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    Varget in 6mm GT (sorry so fabulous i forgot to add which 6)

    Pfft. I grew up loading Unique in pistol and shotgun rounds. Still do. That stuff seems akin to black powder wrt fouling. But the nastiest "modern" powder for me is CFE223. Greasy black fouling in .223... but hey, it meters so nice so it's a go-to for bulk ammo loaded on a progressive press...
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    Trimming

    This post may be viewed as descriptions of the tools you don't want. ------- My most accurate trimmer (+/- .001") is a '70s vintage Forster trimmer with a chamfering head. I replaced the hand crank with a 1/2" bolt and drive the thing with an electric drill. Note that it trims to absolute length...
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    Range carts

    I use a faded putrid-green '90s-vintage jogging stroller with all the extraneous bits removed. The only thing I'll note is that ATV gun brackets don't work for me for carrying a rifle. Reason: center of gravity is too high for a 15-20 pound rifle - too easy for the whole thing to tip over on...
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    Long gong

    I shot one here in central NC back in December. To my knowledge, the folks/venue involved in that one haven't done another... if another has been held, the organizer didn't reach out about it. I would definitely attend. My understanding is the COF we had was "standard" for long gong: 8/6/4"...
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    New Applied Ballistics® Quantum™ APP! - & It's Free!

    Wow, coming from a guy whose all-of-121-posts presence here on SH is 90+ percent PX stuff... not one post that I can see having anything to do with actual shooting experience... yeah, dude, your opinion has been given all the consideration it's worth. Another great thing about American...
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    New Applied Ballistics® Quantum™ APP! - & It's Free!

    Thanks for a thoughtful reply to my pissy-sounding post. Not my finest moment, and I apologize for the way I came across. What bugged me was hitting the range limit within minutes of beginning to experiment with the app. Yes, Ultra-Light is free, and I expected a reduced feature set (like no...
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