Billski

West Side Story, it is worth watching.

I have some Accelerators in .30-'06 Springfield and 308 Winchester in the basement. They shot OK, but not great. Just checked the Remington website, and through the 2010 catalog, the 30-06 Accelerator was present as R30069. 2011 and 2012 did not show it. I would have thought that they discontinued it years before. Sounds like this guy was not all wet. Once the Remington stuff is used up, I imagine that someone will make tools for sabots, and they will be available for handloaders. Billski

Outside cat...

Drivers with their double darks scare me too. Cataract surgery had me scared for the first one, was no big deal for the second. Just make sure that the prescribed drops get in the eye. When they do, they make their way to your throat and taste bitter. No bitter aftertaste, and you are not getting the drops into the eye enough. That is your QC check. As to not being able to see the front sight, get a pair of shooting glasses made that have the non-shooting lense set for distance, the shooting lense set for the distance to the front sight.

Neither of my computers will do it. So, did it really do a barrel roll or was it something else? In a barrel roll, the horizon drops down in your view and the roll axis appears to be in the direction of the roll. It is a positive g maneuver throughout. Or is it an aileron roll, where the horizon drops down a bit, the roll axis appears to be centered and ends up below the horizon - If you don't do the pull first you end seriously nose down. Or did they just roll the screen about a point? Sorry, I fly and know the difference...

I wondered if they cross check the questions. I answered questions indicating that I have fired a couple thousand rounds this year (life has been busy), but have not bought any ammunition. You would think that would raise the reloading question...

The short answer you already have - don't use that ammo in that barrel. The longer answer of "why?" is perhaps more subtle. Some steel jacket bullets run small and/or not as soft as they should be, and some barrels run a touch large in the grooves. Combine that with hot, which expands the bore a small but measurable amount, and you have a loose fitting bullet that slides in the bore, does not spin up to full speed, and tumbles. If you recover bullets that are shooting well and that are tumbling, you could see the difference... Billski

If your matches have 300 yard plate racks (Lucky people if you have matches with that kind of room) you will need a 300 yard zero and then know your hold overs closer. If on the other hand your matches never extend past 200 yards and most of your stuff is up close and personal, a 200 yard zero works great. We primarily shoot the IDPA target around here, and the 200 yard zero means hold 2" low at point blank, "on" at 50 yards, around 2" high at 100 yards, and "On" again at 200 yards. One time, I fired the NY State USPSA rifle match with 3 shots at 330 m on strobe light equipped targets. I used my 200 yard zero, and I just held the top of the target for those very few long ones. Worked perfect. Billski