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    Project .223 1 mile Part #1

    Thanks for that link good stuff. Tagged to follow.
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    New wannabe shooters

    Printed some paper today. Shot at 100 yds with a bipod out of the bed of my truck. Keep in mind I'm not that great of a shot, so some wanderers in groups are my fault and not the firearm or ammo. Wind was all over the place, but stayed below 15 mph. Linking the pics in from my flickr...
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    New wannabe shooters

    I'll do just that, thanks. I'll pick up some higher grains on my way out.
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    New wannabe shooters

    Thanks for the tip. I'm going out monday to print some targets with different ammo at 100 yds and see what my rifle really likes the best. I was under the impression that 9 twist was optimal with 55gr, am I just batshit wrong? I thought 7 twist was 69, 72, 77 gr, but then again I don't...
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    Hunting & Fishing Conservationist(rhino hunt winner) Faces Death Threats

    While it suggests a certain kind of backwards logic to hunt something in order to conserve it, it suggests NO logic to threaten to kill someone in order to save something/someone else from being killed. Let's also not mistake this for genuine philanthropy. If someone is willing to pay...
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    New wannabe shooters

    Thank you. I was shooting at my cheap ebay steel target, 18" tall 11" wide, 3/8" thick AR500. I wanted it so I could "hit" at distance and not be too discouraged while I'm learning my trigger and aiming technique to be able to really tighten up my groups. Plus the instant feedback when...
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    New wannabe shooters

    Yea. I had an absolute blast. I drove out to the desert, set up my steel paced out and marked 100 through 500 yards. As I could reliably hit I moved out 100 yards at a time. 100-400 was relatively easy. The difference between 400 and 500 was huge, took a lot of correcting. Applied a lot of...
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    New wannabe shooters

    As a newbie with a family I can tell you $3k is a lot of an initial investment for something most people don't even KNOW if they are going to like, do, or be ABLE to do (precision requires patience that many do not posess). I went the cheap route. I'm still learning. I'm learning the...
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    Feb 2014 Las Vegas Precision Rifle Match - Saturday 1 Feb

    Damn. I'll be at work that weekend. Now that I know there are locals doing LRS i'll keep an eye on upcoming events.
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    "POLAR VORTEX"! Really?!!!!

    Thanks! It's hard to dispute an MIT PhD, but a littler easier to dispute "My mom says I'm smart University".
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    "POLAR VORTEX"! Really?!!!!

    Do you know from where? I couldn't find it from my search engine, but I'm kind of limited by a firewall for now.
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    Huffington post continues to be woefully misdirected

    I have no certain bone to pick with the ol' Huff Post, it's a good idea in theory. Individuals writing what they see and promoting civil conversation among readers. But this: Gun Industry Hawks Militarized Products at Vegas SHOT Show | Josh Sugarmann This article is claiming such...
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    "POLAR VORTEX"! Really?!!!!

    Hasn't Steven Goddard been largely debunked? Further this is the same man who continues to argue with NASA scientists while hiding his identity and his own scientific degree. I also found rumor of his death and a retraction of his claims, but I couldn't find sufficient evidence for proof.
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    It's not a "kid" problem, it's a "Parent" problem,,,,

    A small caveat: Have you seen how Apple is refunding $32 million in app purchases because children were buying apps without parental consent? How, I ask you, is that Apples fault? iPhone and iPad users were reporting as much as $2600 in app purchases, and the (arguably over indulgent...
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    It's not a "kid" problem, it's a "Parent" problem,,,,

    They are what you teach them to be most of the time (with a few notable exceptions). If you act like a hard working, polite, respectful, and responsible person, and teach those values, that is often what they will be. On the other hand, if you act like an entitled jerk (rich or poor) treat...
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    Man shot over texting in movie theatre...by a retired cop..WTF

    Seeing the news this morning the suspect is claiming, "Stand your ground" as that law exists in FL. I am liscensed for CCW and I can't say that, given the information that I currently have, that this is a shooting situation. Not having the whole story it's hard to make any determinations...
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    Midway's email - looking for new state

    Restricting ammunition sales in order to curb irresponsible gun usage is as bad as restricting cheeseburger sales to curb obesity. Ridiculous.
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    The Scale of the Universe

    Yea. Sizes that we literally cannot conceive of. If the universe is infinite, with a finite number of combinations of matter, the math suggests that per every 10 to the 122 power (10^122 is 1 followed by 122 zeroes, or a googol multiplied by a quadrillion) light years the specific set of...
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    The Scale of the Universe

    First off, great explanation and link to the deep space field photo. Secondly, I was TOTALLY wrong about the 80 something light years. I looked it up and it's 41 billion light years. The distance is greater than the 13.7 bilion because; well I'll quote Briane Greene directly here because...
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    The Scale of the Universe

    We don't even know where (locationally) the big bang happened yet. At the accepted time of 13.7 billion years ago, if it was farther away than that we wouldn't have been able to see it yet as the light has not reached us yet. We have an 80 something light year range we can see aorund us...
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