Tom Freeman
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If you and your ammo will hold about 1-1.5 MOA at 100 yards it will be a good trainer.
Follow through is much more critical with a rimfire.
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I load 45 ACP and 45 AR on my 1050.
All I have to switch is the shellplate. All else stays the same.
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For factory ammo that isnt bad at all.
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Absolutely. My home range only goes out to 600.
Without much effort, 12 inch plates at 1,000 yards are very hittable. Going 5 for 5 on a full size IPSC at 1,000 yards is common.
Past 1,200 yards the bullet starts to go subsonic and it gets dicey.
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I have a couple AR-10s in various calibers like 308, 260 and 22-250. They recoil a lot due to the heavy bolt and carrier. This makes spotting hits/misses more difficult than a AR-15 based caliber.
I did some load work ups on my 6 Grendel last month and settled on H4895 instead of Varget. Here is what a 105 Hybrid can do at 600 yards with a 16X scope. Thats 5 shots inside about 4 inches.
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I have shot my 6 Grendel out past 1100. The 105 gn bullet goes subsonic a little past 1,200.
Smacking 1-1.5 MOA steel wasnt hard.
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I almost always leave powder in the hopper. But we dont have much humidity in Colorado.
If I thought powder clumping could be an issue, I would empty it each time.
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I am very happy with my Ckye-pod. It was more of a jump than going from a Harris to an Atlas.
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I went through my first RO class in the mid to late 90s.
Saying the S word, as in Slide, was considered a bad thing and not in the rulebooks.
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We would have come over but we took our plane and MAFFS system to Oshkosh.
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MGM. Buy once, cry once.
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For my 929s.
I am using TG and jacketed 147 RN or plated 165 RN. I could not get decent accuracy with Clays in 9x19.
I clean under the ejector star maybe every couple thousand rounds or so. Maybe pull the sideplate and add some lube but thats about it.
For my 625s.
I use Clays under 230s and clean about the same.
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Forster for sure.
Whidden makes good stuff and is an incredible shooter, but he still needs to work the bugs out of his dies.
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I am using TG under plated 165s and jacketed 147s.
Cases eject fine.
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I am using HSLD pouches.
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I would guess thats too close.
Take the handguard off and see if there is rub marks on the brake or the inside of the handguard.
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Not really. You can do it if you like, but not many people do that anymore.
You will most likely see a velocity bump around the 150-200 round mark with cut rifled barrels. Plan on reworking your pet loads at that point.
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50 minutes ago, verla said:
why put a thunder beast on a rifle that the threads are off axis with the bore? makes no sense.
Why put any can or any other muzzle attachment on a rifle with off-center threads?
If the threads are not cut correctly, it doesent matter what you put on the end of it.
Do some more research on POI shift with muzzle attachments. Brakes, flash hiders, cans, ect will change point of impact. Its just the way it is.
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22 hours ago, verla said:
why would putting extra weight on the end of the barrel change the point of impact if you are shooting from a solid rest?
It just causes the barrel to behave differently than if there was nothing on the end.
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2 hours ago, verla said:
does the use of a suppressor change the point of impact?
Yes. You are throwing 10-16 ounches of weight on the end of the barrel.
Its no big deal if you always shoot it with the can on.
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Most guys shooting more accuracy oriented matches use Thunderbeast cans.
AAC can be hit and miss for accuracy and repeatability.
SAS makes a good can. A touch loud and they have a history of not treating their dealers very well.
I have never seen a PTP can used at a match. Their site shows that they are some heavy cans.
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I had one on backorder from Brownells for many months. Find somewhere that has them avail for backorder and get in line.
We hooked a remote up to it and use a car battery to power it.
We shoot ours at 75-80 yards, they need about .3 mil lead. Fun little target.
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Cheryl was a wonderful lady. Full of life and always smiling.
Cheryl and Rod could always bring a smile to anyone they met.
I last spoke to her on Mothers Day. I told her that I missed her.
I wish I made made the trip down to Albuquerque to see her more often.
I am sorry for her families loss.
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I know a few guys that do, but they are harder to shoot well.