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Imho opinion each rifle is different and likes a particular bullet. My 40X .308 has a 1-11 3/4 twist and loves 175 gr Berger Match Target stuffed into the lands. It will shoot 175 gr Sierra HPBT's but likes a .7k jump. It also opens up just a hair over the Bergers. The 40X does not like 180's on up. You need to find what your rifles likes and stick with it. My powder charge is Varget at 43.1 gr. One last thing is rifles have definite likes/dislikes on primers. Mine loves Win LR primers. Anything else and the group opens up again. My brass is Lapua. Chronys at 2515 fps.   All that being said I'm very anal about my reloading for target shooting;   I trim each case to length and uniform the case neck thickness to .12k. I remove that small piece of brass tab left from punching out the primer hole. I measure the weight and volume of the cases and discard those that are out of my personal limits.   I measure the ogive of the bullet to bullet base and discard those which are out my limits.  I weigh each and every bullet and discard those that are out of my limits. I checked and adjust the runout of each loaded bullet.    If I take out the anal work the gun shoots 1/2 MOA and it's not one single thing that continues to close the group but imho it's cumulative. I get one hole groups at 100 yds by doing all the above.    About the rifle.    The 40X is an original free floated target bull barrel. I don't have my book out so I can't provide a shot count right now. Then again I'm the only one that cares since I'm not selling it. :D The trigger is set to 22 oz. since I'm banging around all over the place shooting F-Class. I use the original 40X wood stock with an original 1st Gen Sinclair front bipod.   Edited to add....   Shooting is the other half of the accuracy equation. I spent a years qualifying new folks from 100-300-600 yds.  If you take out the come up knowledge and the rest and let's say the rifle scope/sights are set to 200 then 300 then 600 yds  then it's great to know exactly where your gun is shooting when you put the crosshairs on the target. Unfortunately it doesn't quite work that way. Reason being most new shooters haven't quite mastered the art of shooting. Yes, they can look over the sights and pull the trigger and all that good stuff but what's missing is cheek weld, pressure on the stock breath control, finger control, staying in the rifle through the shot. In other words lots of things.    A friend asked me to come out and help him sight in a Rem 700 in .308 for hunting season. We set up at 100 yds and I dialed it in a a couple of shoots. then shot a 3 shot group at 1/2 MOA. I didn't shoot any more rounds since it was his ammo and I figured he should shoot it. He climbing into the gun and preceded to shoot a horizontal group in the neighborhood of 1.5 MOA. He was pushing a lot of shots left. I told him he needed to practice his shooting skills as the rifle will do its job. He said it was good enough since he was only deer hunting.    Back to those qualifying from 100 - 300 -600 yds and beyond.... we normally set the bar at mins of 3 MOA.  Very easy to keep rounds inside 3 inches at 100 yds. Same for 200 yds at 6 inches as unless the winds are really blowing you won't see much bullet push. 300 yds is a different story as most first time shooters have a tendency to shoot around 2 MOA at that distance. 6 inches isn't too bad when the bar is still 9 at 300. The reason it opens up so much is now they really need to begin concentrating on their shooting skills. If they qualify at 300 yds they now have to stay at 300yd for a month (sometimes longer) as they get used to that distance and learn to close their groups up.  Once they can they'd call and ask to move up to 600 yds. Again 3 MOA for 600yd which they usually make. From that point on they can work on closing their groups down and enjoy the sport of mid range shooting.    Point of the story. get your rifle shooting from POA to the exact same POI. If you do and learn to shoot then life gets easy because you know, without a doubt, the bullet can be expected to go exactly where you had the cross hairs when you broke the shot and if it does't something acted upon the bullets flight from some outside force. Like wind or shadows on the target, etc. That is where all of this truly becomes FUN!   If you really want to look at outside effects find a friend with an Anschutz that shoots lights out. Set up a BR target at 50 yds. You can even shoot off a bench. Watch how the wind effects the bullets flight. Those lil bullets moving, subsonic, get pushed all over the place.  If it's not steady state wind you will find you might be holding on the 9 ring and can watch the bullet go way to the other side and hit the 9 ring there. With a 36X scope you can watch the bullet go down range and hit the target if you stay in the gun. It's a real eye opener as it mimics things that are happening with larger bullets at great distances. Shoot that lil .22 at 100 and see what happens. 

:rofl:    Very nice pics! 

Ditto!   Did ya'll know there was an atheist convention this weekend in Memphis...This mornings news said they were doing it because they felt left out. Muahahahahaha!

I was over visiting a fellow in Henderson yesterday. He used to make turkey calls. We were looking over some old calls he had made and he suggested we step outside his shop and call up some turkeys....so they're there.  Anyway, I had to run so I could't stay to see some some but.....

A modern day Saturday night special comes to mind or maybe a throw away?

What does the brass look like? Any blackened necks?   Next, what gun? Bolt? Gas? Barrel length? 42 gr = like 2700 fps and aound 60K PSI depending on barrel length and that's pushing the charge a bit.   Any noticeable differences in recoil?    Got any .308 factory loads you can compare everything with?  I normally use Varget @ 43.1 gr at 2515 fps. .

Only for Ar'S? Nothing for Rem 700's?   Thanks Lp

Normally I only keep .45 or larger in the safe. I do have a 9mm Hi Power from '76 so I keep around 500 reloads on hand for it.    My hi-po stuff is old military from .30 carbine up to .30-06. I'm not much in the way of foreign stuff.    I reload everything myself so I don't hoard or buy huge bulk shipments. 

Hmmm, I bought a house in SPokane Valley for retirement....The last time I lived there was back in the  early '70's in the USAF. So, what's changed and what's Northwest Firearms?   And welcome to TN!   Lp

Yep. A few times in Memphis. I think it was $60 for two days  but I think it depends on the Show. I had a mess of odds and ends. Parts, knives, some ammo, magazines, scopes, books etc. and a couple of guns I wanted to sell. I put on the table a sign saying Private Sale. I sold off on gun that was a safe queen for years. I bought it because I just had to have it and after shooting it a few times i felt I made a mistake but stuck it in the safe for a few years. I never took it out to shoot it so I figured someone else might want it.  On thing about being an exhibitor is you have everyone coming to you with their guns for sale and it's pretty easy to say, "whacha got there, can I have a look?" Ya gotta be careful cause you might spend a lot more than you make.

Great to cya back out and moving!

Cut the blue wir....err....I used to have a '74 Yamy 125. Have you been able to get ahold of a manual for the bike? I've wired a few but it's been a long time. Lp

If you have an anti-gun neighbor just put a sign in your yard sending the thugs to him.  :D         j/k

Excerpt from that article:   Justice Samuel Alito said the Paralyzed Doctrine likely stemmed from fear that federal agencies were becoming too powerful and concerns that Congress was affording them too much lawmaking authority   Isn't she also saying the Supreme Court has way too much power and Congress is affording them too much power?

Imho, the exams should be free if you buy your glasses from them. They do want to sell you glasses, right? 

For years I've had a standard buying technique. Every time I ran into a pound of powder that I normally use I would pick it up whether I needed it or not. One pound never cut into anyone elses buying and I never had to worry about running out. Bass Pro has around 4 lbs of H4198 but they want $32 a lbs. I can get it at another shop for $28 so the next time I go in I'll pick up one more. I still have around 9 lbs of Varget lying around so I haven't pick any of that up. I did buy a lb of Unique from Bass Pro and it came in today. I've never used it for my Sharps before and wanted to give it a try. I bought and had it shipped to the store so I didn't have to pay the hazmat shipping fees. $28 + tax.

I think it was more of a test phase to go to the small primers. Some target shooters think the small primers do a better job of ignition which gives them tighter groups. I've been reloading .45's for years and whenever I come across small primer pocketed ACPs I just toss them in a separate jar. One day Imight actually reload them but probably not. When I get enough of them I'll see them to the guys that want them. Trying to jam a large pistol primer intosmall primer hole ruins the primer and slows down the whole operation. After you find out you can't stick a square peg in a roundhouse, so to speak, you will sort or toss one or the other.    The good news is there are always lotsa folks shooting .45s who don't reload and let you have their mt's'   Brass manufacturers are also messing with target rifle brass. Again going to small primers for big (small) cases like 6mmBR and .308. Some target shooters swear by the itty bitty ones. Papua comes to mind for lil primer pockets on some of their reloading brass.   Lp

Are you SURE those 1911's were Colts? Seemed like Kimbers and Springers to me but wadoino.    David, You might look into the why the Police carries it. It's more about politics. All you have to do is look at the  history of P.D.'s and what they went to from revolvers. You might also look at the response from the average Leo at the time. Way back when  in a place far far away, when I was a LEO we still carried Revolvers. Our backup and off duty guns could be anything we wanted. I can't remember anyone I ever knew back then that didn't carry, a read it now, Colt 1911A1.   But as Prag pointed out this is not time or place to discuss the merits between plastic and steel. Anyhow, as long as everyone is safe is what matters.   

I gotta agree with you, Prag.   More importantly it's good hear no one was hurt and folks are now looking to their own guns for possible defects.   If I remember a historical fact correctly, it was said the original Colt 1911's were supposed to be retired after 100k rounds through  them due to possible metal fatigue caused by different metallurgy back then. The 1911A1's were supposed to be OK, though.  :)   I hope no one takes this as a challenge to run 100K + rounds through their Glock as it isn't.   Lp

I've never seen a 1911 do that, ever! And I'm and old man who's been around for a long time.    It makes one wonder what would happen if the back end of that Glock came apart....

And that's why I'm an admitted Colt Steel Guy.

The only time I had issues with my eyes are when shooting skeet. Both eyes open didn't work at first. I shot lefty but was't fond of it. I found out a piece of semi-clear scotch tape on your shooting glasses to block the dominant eye without denying vision forces the non- dom (new word?) eye to focus. You still get both eyes open to see the clay bird but are using your non-dom for barrel alignment.   After a while you won't need the clear tape anymore.   Lp

imho Lead sleds serve one purpose. It allows someone who is shooting a big bore rifle the ability to get close (2-6"?) without tearing his shoulder to shreds. If you want true accuracy the rifle can rest of a front bag and a rear bag with you adjusting the the rifle elevation by squeezing the rear bag until it's dead on. Squeeze the shot and repeat for your adjustments and groups. If you plan on shooting offhand then take a few shots offhand once you get off the bag as a rifle has a different cheek weld and hold from sitting on a bench or prone compared to offhand.    If you use a tree as a crutch then repeat it at the range if able.    If you're sighting in a .308, .30-06 or some other light recoiling rifle then use bags. Lp

Whacha'll mean? Double tap at its finest without the double tap!   :rofl:

Thanks. I just ordered some Unique and will pick up at the store.