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Maybe we did. Did you open each brick and tray to see if the primers are actually still in there?

That's about all you won that day. Bazinga!

All i see is a fist full of SINGLES with 1 TWENTY wrapped around the outside. Pffft, amateur prank... lol

Dude, there ain't no conspiracy here. You're thread got canned. No one can see it. lol

Is that the pool where you bet on the next celeb to kick the bucket next?

It also could have gotten moved to the deleted bin but shows temporarily up in the 'new content' list.

While the M24 is decent as a package, there are other alternatives out there at the same price point that have a better parts list. If you can find one in stock, Savage sells a variant of the 10 HSP AccuTrigger with a 5R barrel and a more target style aluminum bedded HS Precision stock. It doesn't have an adjustable butt-plate though but thats nothing a slip on pad cant' accommodate if you need it. Either will need a cheek riser though. For your questions: 1. 223's are often a totally separate action/receiver since they are so much shorter/skinnier than 308 and similar centerfire calibers. Long and short generally refer to everything other than 223 caliber centerfire actions and it does refer to the overall length of the bolt and receiver in order to accommodate cartridges whose overall length is longer than a certain threshold. IF a cartridge is too long for a short action, it may not fit in the magazine, the bolt may not be long enough to feed/extract it and the ejection port may not be long enough to feed/eject cartridges, hence the difference. Specifically, 308 is a short action whereas most of the magnums (except for short magnums) and 30-06 are long actions. Theoretically, the shorter actions are more rigid than long actions so being able to use a short over a long is theoretically better and doing the same thing (ballistically with short mags) in a smaller package is often better. This is just the general 30,000 foot view of it though. 2. Adjustable LOP is very beneficial because we're all built differently. IF you are of average body proportions, it may just work for you out of the box. I have long arms and like a longer LOP so i always end up with an extended butt-pad at minimum. Adjustability also comes into play when setting up your scope. If the stock is too short, when finding your natural cheek weld on the stock, you may find it difficult to mount the scope in a neutral position where it supplies sufficient eye relief to all mag ranges if your scope is picky. Again, adjustability is nice but you often just set it and forget it so paying extra for complex mechanical stocks is a luxury IMHO when you adjust it once and thats it. On simple stocks, spacers or slip on extended pads often suffice. 3. 20MOA is great for 308 at 1000yds but you also have to look at the amount of adjustability in your scope elevation and ho much you have on the reticle. Big scopes with 30mm, 34mm and up offer more adjustability in the erector so they are easier to compensate for huge swings in elevation adjustment if you are goign back and forth from the 100 to the 1000 yard range. If you are truly going to shoot at that long of a range then by all means get the 20moa mount. If you're realistically going to be primarily at 600 and below, 0moa is fine though 20moa wont hurt. Ken Farrel sells 'tweener 5, 10 and 15 moa mounts to suit. Really be honest with yourself as to where you're gonna shoot, how far and your zero range and then take into account the amount of adjustability in your scopes elevation and its reticle and find the mount that best suits. 4. Unless you have a stock with an adjustable comb, a cheek pad is going to be darn near essential when you're using a 50mm+ scope perched atop your gun. Most folks will need about 1/2" give or take of elevation on a non-adjustable stock to get it to a nice natural comfy position where your eye naturally drops right into the scopes' view axis. Without it, you;'ll likely be looking at the bottom edge of the ocular and need to roll your head upwards which strains your neck over time in the long run. Having a good solid and comfortable cheek weld is just a part of proper marksmanship and with regularity and consistency of your body mechanics, you'll shoot much better and more consistently when you're not fighting the gun to be comfy. 5. Totally depends on the caliber you are going to and the platform you're using. Some easier than others, some conversions are impossible due to caliber size and equipment constraints. A good rule of thumb is that if your current config is a short action and the caliber you seek is also a short action, you should be ok. Same for long action. Keeping with a caliber that is of the same basic cartridge head diameter means being able to reuse your bolt/head and only swapping barrels. And last but not least, buy a SAVAGE!

Mine just arrived too but since Federal isn't "my brand", i don't know what to do with them. I think i'll run some experiments and see what happens with you shoot an entire brick with a 12ga slug! What could possibly go wrong?

Be warned, ammo for it is expensive and rare, as are the enbloc clips that it needs to shoot the ammo.

Those sentry locking cabinets at Dick's are perfect for this sort of stuff. Just enough security to keeps the honest people honest and also keep your stuff organized.

Any chance you have a NJ2AS sticker on the back of your rig and were rolling though Keansburg the other day?

What gun are you loading for? If you're not afraid to experiment with light 50-ish grain bullets or heavy 90+ grain bullets, your options open up a bit with some of the non-mainstream sites that cater to high power shooting. Check out creedmoorsports.com, they had some Sierra moly coated, Hornady and Berger VLD's. Unfortunately the heavies will be a single shot affair if you're loading for an AR. OTOH, The 52 grain Seirras are a great short range bullet though.

Orly?

The factory 10 round long body mags are pinned in the legal fashion with a blind pin that cannot be removed or reversed. the ones posted above are a modification to the factory 25 round long body mags with a simple, but easily reversable dowel block that can simply be removed by popping off the base plate. you can even buy those plastic limiter dowels on eBay and make your own but again they are not legal unless you blind pin the base plate on.

You hit factor is merely a simple calculation of your points and time and your place in class as a percentage of the winner as Frank pointed out. But for your classifier percentaged for your division national ranking, your raw hit factor for the classifier is calculated against a set of known "best of all time" hit factors for those stages to come up with your percentage as it compares with the rest of the nation. That's why you need to plug the HF into CMCalc to get that percentage.

Nordic is probably the absolute best in terms of reliability. They only make barrel profiles that are on the heavy side though. Tactical solutions has a fairly light sleeved barrel combo and taccom has the lightest overall with thier carbon sleeved system. As Steve said, cmmgs are good too, especially since they make m4/carbine profile barrels if you like that style.

This individual backed out of a sale agreement twice and left me hanging in wait 2 times to meet up with him to complete the transaction. 3/7 - DTtuner contacts me via PM to purchase a case of ammo from me and a deal is struck. 3/8 - He changes his mind, PM's me telling me "no thanks, i found a better deal elsewhere" and reneges on the agreement. 3/8 - He PM's me again telling me "Disregard that, i still want the ammo." Assuming his better deal fell through. I give him a second chance and we agree that he will pick up the ammo from me at 10 AM since he's going to be in the area running errands. 3/9 - 10AM comes and goes and he is a no-show. I contact him and he says he decided not to come by at the previously agreed time but he will stop over on the way back in the afternoon at 1pm. I decide to give him a THIRD chance and I agree to wait. 3/9 - 1PM comes and goes and he is a no show AGAIN! I contact him and he replies saying he isn't coming and provides a long laundry list of excuses. At that point half my day is wasted waiting for this guy to show up and i won't bother being strung along any longer so i tell him the deal is off. Beware of this user.

Didn't we use the same sheet of paper for both mine and Anthony's scores? In any event, i sent Matt and Vlad a note. Should be easy to resolve.

Now you can use those wobbly, wet noodle moon clips again.

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Assuming its a recent vintage, its certainly a good candidate for aging for a spell. Plenty of other imperials out there to drink right away.

That's even harder to get around here. At least The Alchemist is within a day's drive or conveniently located if you're taking a ski trip to vermont. Although there is a bar in Philly that occasionally gets a keg of it but its usually during special bar week.

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