Recent content by mallard

yeah, i was kidding....besides, the ranges here dont allow .50bmg let alone 20mm tungsten

thanks! thats the thread.....now, how much do one of these bad boys go for and how much is cheaper than dirt charging for the ammo?

thanks!

i found this forum when i came across this pic in an image search but i forgot what the thread was or what the gun is and search is no help when you dont know what youre looking for any clues?

thanks for the replies....after considering that im just getting back into shooting i decided to go with an AR15 with iron sites. they have a carbine with 16" barrell and small buttstock (its a colt match) and a 20" HBAR match with a standard stock. The 20" has a fixed handgrip on the upper...

never mind...i found it on wiki. I guess i need to take a look at the types of ammo I intend to use before I should determine which twist is appropriate:

does a tighter twist make it more accurate?

how will the different twist options affect me? like 1-8 vs. 1-12

thank you all for the replies. Budget can be up to 2 or 3k if needed. I noticed tac-ops had some nice rifles but they seem to be set up with a lot of tweaks to get them very accurate, something that be missed on a n00b such as myself. I hadnt looked into Savage before but that seems a good rifle...

hi, ive always wanted to get into long distance, accurate shooting. One of my friends was a former marine and we used to go shoot his garand at the range. He really wanted to get a sniper rifle but with a wife and 4 kids had other priorities. I recently got a ruger 10/22 target model (i'll be...

i prefer the dark, matte green finish of parkerizing,,,but does it require reqular treatments of oil or grease to fill the porous finish? i dont like a shiny look,,,,and i read somewhere that parkerizing NEEDS lubricant coating to be effective. do sig and hk firearms have a similar coating...

is that really any better than blued? (i dont care for stainless on some firearms)