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Glad this place is still here! I fully support an annual fee to keep this up and running.

Buy it. I have two 550Bs that I have been reloading off of since 1988 and have reloaded piles of ammo. Not saying that the C model is not good. Also Dillion’ CS is second to none!

That is going to be a tough one. I saw that Midway had some 70 gr Nosler Varmageddon in stock and some Barnes 112gr Match Burners but that has been several days ago.

I have a 6mmAR and a 6mm ARC. I have use CFE223 in both because I had a pile of it and Lever was nowhere to be found. I tried a couple of loads with AR Comp but didn't get the accuracy I was expecting so just went with CFE223.

I have had good luck with it loading for my 4 6.5 Grendels, a 6mmAR wildcat and a .223 18" JP. In those cartridges it gives me the best speeds. I worked up one .223 load with it; 26.5 grains with a 55gr Sierra BlitzKing that shoots really well. NOTE: this load is safe in my rifle. All standard reloading practices should be followed with others loads. Start low and work up slowly.

All in for the Razor. I have four of them. They are about as good as it gets given the price. Almost bought a Swaro yesterday but decided to just buy more Ammo.

Funny that you post about these scopes, it's the second time in two weeks that they have come up. I was asked about them not long ago and remembered hearing about them years ago. Did a little research and they are a FL company that was family owned then was bought out a couple of years ago but a tech investment firm. They claim to be made if FL. The pricing on the Rugged series is about what a Vortex PST is and the Premium is in Razor territory. I am in no way looking for another LPVO but I just found it interesting. If you get hands on one I would be interested to hear your thoughts.

I don't think it is silly at all, not my color choice but it looks pretty bad a$$ to me!

^^^^^^^ What he said!!

I say cut it down, load it up and burn it to the ground!! Good luck and good shooting!

I would like to echo dkamps. My 12.5" has been chronoed faster than I would have expected; almost 14.5" velocities. I have shot PMC Bronze, M855 and a mix mash of other stuff with no issues. I have not shot any of the AE though. I thought that the rifling thing was marketing but it seems it really is faster.

NOVESKE 12.5" CRUSADER MID-LENGTH 5.56MM STAINLESS BARREL I have this barrel on my SBR and it flat runs. It also loves Hornady 75gr BTHP Match. I was a non-believer but a friend convinced me to give it a try and it works.

I just recently got a Nightforce NXS 1-8 and am very happy with it. The glass is incredible. I put it on a 20" Proof Research barreled 6.5 Grendel and we were hammering 12" please at 600 with no difficulty. As you may have heard the eye box is a little tight but I don't play the 3 gun game any more and for my purposes; range work and some hunting it performs admirably. It was not cheap but none of the good stuff is.

Acronym for Compact Semi-Auto Sniper System. It is a US Army program that came out of the AARs from AFG and IRQ for the need for a shorter compact sniper rifle. KAC had produced such a rifle for certain SOF units for some time.

^^^^^^^^^^ This! It's never over!

I had read a good bit on the Net about these barrels, then stopped by their booth at SHOT; talked to Nathan and Patrick(great guys), that settled it I had to have one. I bought one of the 18" Gunner barrels to replace a 18" JP that the throat was gone in and have been quite pleased with it. I mounted a L&S MK4 4.5X14 on it. When I first got it I shot groups at 100 with MK262, factory Hornady 75gr BTHP( both shot about an 1") and my handholds with Hornady 75gr BTHP(just under an inch). I then let it completely cool, shot a 5 round group with my handloads(just under an inch), shot a 30 round field course, then another 5 round group. Second group opened up to about 1.25" and had a shift of about .6" to the 6 o'clock. I don't shoot 3 gun anymore but think that this barrel would do just fine. I love the way the gun handles with the barrel and the price was good. I am looking at there 18" heavy fluted to build another upper for shooting varmints around the farm. YMMV but I am happy with what I got from them.

As a great Southern philosopher once stated "Well there you go." I have learned a new word and expanded my vocabulary. Chubchiks for all my friends!

Ok and I thought that I was the only one lost on the chubchik thing.........

Build it!!!! You always need another rifle!!

Check out the Durham Rifle and Pistol Club. that run lots of matches and are really weird into the local competition scene.

Lots of good advice here. Swapping out the upper is pretty easy and requires a few tools. Receiver block or a Geissele reaction rod, barrel nut wrench and some punches. I'll bet that there is a video of how to do online somewhere in Youtube. Flat top is the way to go; so much more versatile. Good Luck.

+1 for AR Performance! H makes awesome barrels!

The Koran in the Koranic Arabic version. Makes my head hurt. It has been a long time since language school.

Build that puppy and shoot it like you stole it!