Recent content by MarkA

I had a power ring lock-up on a Vortex Diamondback last year, same symptoms though not as pronounced. To make matters worse, it was during a load work up, so I was pretty much losing my mind. "There's no way this load is that bad!". I went through a hundred rounds of ammo before the...

For QD rings, I like the Warne rings. For the money, they work well on my AR. Got the rifle zeroed, removed the scope, put the scope back on... shots were only low right by about 1/2" @ 100 yards. I'd call it a pass for $60...

Thanks. I think I'll probably have her shooting again here in a few weeks. This thing was a real wreck. Had a mud dauber in the barrel. Lol. Surprisingly, it cleaned up pretty good, save for the missing parts.

Ah. I see. So it jams down in between the pad and the tab/protrusion on the receiver casting; the pad holds it in, while the trigger group holds in the pad. I wish I had a picture here at the office; it looks like the rifle was fired without any of this in place. You can see where the...

Hey guys, This is a duplicate to the post I just put up on TFL. Hoping someone can shed a little light on this. Last night I was given an old 552 Speedmaster, barrel code E D. It is missing parts, mainly the bolt assembly, which I've found for sale on MidwayUSA, the take-down screw, also for...

Mine is a pain in the rear. The beam doesn't stay in parallel so when I pull a charge off, it has a tendency to stick to the damping magnet. Just have to watch it like a hawk when I'm trickling my charges. Watching it like a hawk isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it could still be better...

Bud's is inundated right now; shoulder to shoulder with people picking over what's left. Buddy was in there last week to buy a SPS tactical; they were taking numbers. Took 2 hours for him to speak to anybody. That's walking in their front door. Can't imagine what the phones are doing. I'm...

Longer ranges like that put magnification second to being able to make a wind call. A 1" target at 100 yards and a 10" target at a grand are going to be the same size in a fixed power scope. There are plenty of people (military included) that use a fixed 10 power mil dot retical scope out to...

^^This.. Every barrel has whip. Every barrel is going to behave differently, even on identical firearms. This is why ladder testing or round robin testing is so effective in load development. There's nothing you can do to eliminate the oscillation in the barrel, but minute changes in powder...

That'll all depend. I'd try various factory loads from 150 to 180 just to get a feel for it. The 150 did great for me as a factory load. Over the summer though, I got some 165gr Nosler BT to shoot almost just as good as my Sierra Matchking 168s (both handloads). For whitetail, almost...

You're gonna have to try a few out to see what shoots best, depending on what constitutes "long range". My SPS really liked 150gr Nosler Ballistic Tip (Federal P308F); they'd group 1 MOA at 300 yards, or 3". Others didn't do so hot (like Fusions, Core-lokted, etc. 2 MOA at 300 yards is 6"...

Kudos to the officer. Guy with the camera? Shouldn't breed; agreed he makes us normal everyday OC'ers and 2nd amendment supporters look like a bunch of *****.

Tannerite; what a ton of fun. Local GS sells Star Targets. I put most of a watermelon into low earth orbit with a 1/2 lb'er and .308. Packs a pretty good wallop. I bought a 2-1/2 lb charge recently; going to split it up amongst some tennis balls and disperse evenly in a field, or hang from...

Pellet gun has a hard time with Chickens, and other Chicken sized birds. I wouldn't try it, based on experience, and for all the afore mentioned reasons regarding humane kill. (Grew up on 400 acre farm... shot at a lot of critters, including chickens. Just makes em' mad). It's the feathers...

I had great luck finding an accurate load in my .308 with the 168gr SMK. This load was 2.825" COAL (base to tip); shot .292moa @ 200 yards a few weeks ago. I recently started playing with the 175gr SMK, and have also been playing with the 165gr Nosler Ballistic Tip. I've been semi-concerned...