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    Reasonable shift in POI in low temp

    45 gr of vihtavuori N140 behind nosler cc 155 gr. I'm thinking this poi shift is a bit much, although it is in the realm of possibility that it's ,"just" the air density and powder temperature. The mirage from my suppressor was very noticable after just a single shot. I was shooting at a bunch...
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    Reasonable shift in POI in low temp

    I just came back from the range with my rifle, a 308 winchester. My impact (average over several three shot groups) was unexpectedly about 1MOA low at 300 yards. I usually shoot this exact rifle at this very range, but it's been a while since I took it out. The rifle is zeroed at 60-70 F with...
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    My gloves smell like gasoline...

    ... or white spirit, I can't quite place it I was helping a relative clear out her old house and I stuck my gloved hands into a jar of "LEATHER GREASE for shoes and saddles". My leather gloves now look and feel great but they smell extremely "chemical". I've kept them out on the balcony for a...
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    How Often to Shoot on Small Farm?

    Did I understand correctly that your range is 200 yards from your neighbours house?
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    Rental range san Francisco area

    Going to bed before an early morning flight! Thank you all for your advice on various topics. Regarding the legal pointer from mr. Ettin, I've googled this Visa Waiver thing, and my home country is a part of it, so we'll be fine. I think our hosts are planning on some kind of great outdoors...
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    AR-15 Weight Loss Program! Getting there, but I need more!

    Couldn't you mill the picatinny rail bits that you're not going to be using?
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    Rental range san Francisco area

    So how about Reno, Nevada? I'm sure the missus and I could find something to eat along the way through Sacramento and someplace to sleep in Reno before we head back to California.
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    Rental range san Francisco area

    My life and travel partner won't be so keen on driving to Reno, Nevada. Unless of course, perhaps it is also the pottery and handicraft capital of North America.
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    Rental range san Francisco area

    Hi, This April I'm crossing the Atlantic to go to a wedding in the san francisco/yosemite area. My fiancee and I will stay in California for about a week. I realize that CA might be almost as firearm unfriendly as my home country, but I'd love to spend some time at a rental range. Do you know...
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    30-06 on deer at close range ?

    If a soft and fragile bullet is launched at high velocity and then impacts an animal at that high velocity then the bullet might expand too quickly and fail to penetrate deep enough to cause a clean kill. I would not be worried about that with a 150 gr SP bullet launched from a .30-06, however...
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    Forward recoil spring in a rifle?

    It can be quite messy to get the linkage between the bolt and the spring right. Look at rifles like the SVT-40, the CZ Vz. 58 and indeed the AR-15. The bolt is not fixed to anything that moves back and forth ahead of the chamber. Since the spring has to be connected to the bolt carrier, the...
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    Tikka T3X in Stock

    Bobson, yes it does.
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    Krag Jorgensen at my local gun shop

    Could somebody please post some pics of the magazine? It's always been a mystery to me how the spring works. How wide is the rifle over the mag?
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    375 H+H vs 300 WM

    The only game animal that I would not use .300 win mag on, but that I would use .375 on, is buffalo and other large and dangerous game, specifically the african big five, for which the .375 is the minimum required caliber. People hunt brown bears with .308, .270 and similar calibers. A .300 win...
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    Decent hunting channels on youtube

    Well I came to think of one! THLR.NO Longrange blog I think it started out being about shooting and marksmanship, but now most videos seem to be about hunting. He doesn't stalk much, but there is plenty of beautiful wildlife pictures in there, and it shows the hunting ethics of northern...
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    I'm losing my dominant hand...

    I predict that you will be surprised by how well you'll do with your "weak" hand after practice. Good luck!
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    Decent hunting channels on youtube

    Hello there, I absolutely love the Youtube channel Forgotten Weapons and i quite enjoy MilitaryArmsChannel. What I'd love as well is a hunting oriented channel with stuff like wildlife knowledge, kill shots (not for the gore, but for the buck fever), gear reviews and some cooking or even...
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    Why does the ar-15 have a barrel extension?

    I've never seen a .22 rifle with lugs machined into the barrel! Very interesting! My own just has the bolt handle lock into a recess in the tubular receiver. I don't think it has to do with the number of lugs, but with how far they extend from the bolt body. The tool (presumably attached to a...
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    Why does the ar-15 have a barrel extension?

    On an ar-15 it doesn't give anything to the end user, but on a lot of designs I suppose that you make the chamber area more compact. I don't know how the math pans out but the outer diameter of the designs that use just the barrel are probably slimmer than the ones that have both the chamber...
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    Why does the ar-15 have a barrel extension?

    You're both heading in the same direction. I find this explanation very plausible. I'm still surprised I haven't found any AR-15 barrel maker that makes barrels with integral lugs.
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