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They should be.

Got the single shot adapter in from Gre-Tan today. Spent about 30 minutes getting it to fit all nice and stuff. Only took that long as I wanted it to fit without stressing the receiver. Got the JB out and made it semi-permanent.

Cheap barrel blanks are still 150 bucks. I have a couple of drops from a gunsmith. Only issue is this... if I thread/chamber I'm potentially in violation of some stuff. Hence using solid bar. No issue.

Hmmmmmmmm... I may need to switch my bullet choice from 80SMK to 80ELD-M

The Browning BLR comes in .308, .223, .243... Cool concept. Mag fed lever gun. Remington makes a pump rifle based off the shotgun line as well. Same calibers plus a few others.

That's one of my favorite rifles that I don't own. It just got more favoriter...

Remington 700 S/A. Remington 40x stock inlet for BDL. I'm currently looking for and hoping to find one that is ADL. Rock Creek M24 barrel 1:7 Weaver 20MOA pic base Timney Calvin Elite 2 stage I'm still working on what glass. I have an idea or two but I'll have to see how it all pans out. Budget will be a bit tighter on this glass purchase. I will post pics as I have them. Still practicing making stuff to dimension. Practicing on a 300 dollar barrel isn't my idea of a good time. I'm hoping to have it down to some kind of procedure before I get started.

Some have seen my 223 build. I was very lucky to be able to go to Michigan and watch the entire build along side a very talented riflesmith. I learned a ton. Along the way I also acquired a good sized lathe and am in the middle of acquiring the tooling to build a bolt gun from the ground up. On my own. All by my lonesome. Made a tenon to dimension today. Threaded it as well. Came out pretty well for an absolute amateur. I will be building a 6BR for my next one. I’m looking forward to the challenge. I have a stripped action that I will be truing the face, lugs, and all pertinent bolt faces. I will be cutting the barrel, threading the tenon, and chambering. I will also attempt to time the bolt handle and add a “tactical” bolt knob. The action will be converted to singleshot via a glue in adapter. I may give bedding a shot as well. It should prove to be an interesting experiment. Hoping for success. 43F2733A-E464-4708-8A5F-F9368F67634B.MOV

No remorse or guilt. I'm very happy with my decision and I work hard to buy the things I have. I'm comfortable with it. Just simply making comparisons is all.

^^^So much more eloquent than I could have said it.

Construction, repeatability, and finer details make up some of the difference but the Vortex no nonsense lifetime warranty has value as well. All that and I'll say this: If I can swing another NF, I will. @High Exposure and @Shane45 The last 2 sentences of my summation pretty much mirror your thoughts. If I wasn't competing I would have stuck happily with the Vortex. If it died at the range, I'm a member so no real loss as far as money. Just a bit of fuel and some time. But as someone looking to start competing (if I can ever get a corresponding Sunday lined up) I want any and all advantages I can muster.

If I still had the PST I would do that. Again, if I wasn't competing I would have stayed with the PST. For my purposes at the time (shooting no further than 300 in daylight conditions 90% of the time) it would have served me well. However given the vagaries of shooting a bit further with potentially inhospitable weather conditions the better glass makes sense to me. The differences are quite subtle. The PST is, give or take a $1000 scope. The NF NSX is about $2000. Glass quality is for sure better, but double? Construction, repeatability, and finer details make up some of the difference but the Vortex no nonsense lifetime warranty has value as well. All that and I'll say this: If I can swing another NF, I will.

Took the rifle out yesterday. To say the glass is awesome is an understatement. It's just so crazy clear. I was shooting at 200 with the scope on 20x and watching the bullets hit the target most shots. This is the part that may not be popular with some... The scope is awesome. I'm glad I spent the money on it and went for it. I think that the further the distance the more it will pay off. That said, as good as it is, I don't know that it's $1000 better than the Vortex it replaced. I understand the law of diminishing returns when spending big money for glass. And exactly to that point, if I wasn't competing this year, I would have happily stayed with the Vortex PST. It shot very well to 750 and I imagine that it would do just fine at 1k. That's me tho. And again, I'm very happy I did it. I'm not taking anything away from the NF, I'm just giving kudos to the Vortex at half the price.

Me too.

Sure. Bring cash... Thanks. Getting out Monday.

Heh. Me too... Although the next "Black Magic" will be coming off my lathe. I'm mentally preparing to spin my own threads/chamber. The mental game is the most difficult to overcome. That'll be a different thread tho.

Thanks gents. Blake, I've seen your stuff posted for sale and it's all droolworthy. High Exposure, thanks as well. Always good to get professional kudos.

Yeah. Normally I like lower power stuff. But trying to actually be "precise" I feel like the mag will be a benefit. Additionally one of my buddys is running the same scope and he wins a lot. So, in the interest of having as much advantage as possible, I went for it. Thanks for chiming in.

Well.... In the spirit of not leaving well enough alone, I went and changed optics. Mounted on top WAS a Vortex Viper PST 6-24 EBR2C reticle. Nice scope for the money and I'll probably own another one one day. However I wanted more of an almost "TIer 1" optic while still keeping some kind of sanity. And although guys like @Shane45, @Blake and @High Exposure may not consider it a true "Tier 1" piece of glass, for me... it amounts to insane money and I can't believe I was able to pull it off. Hopefully showing up tomorrow is a NightForce NXS 8-32 MOAR. Most likely it will rest in 4 screw NF Ultralight rings unless it fits in my Seekins. The Seekins are most likely too low, however. I guess we'll see. Yup, big magnification. Not normally my thing. To me, most optics with over 20x are a waste of money as the mirage can be brutal however since I will be shooting FT/R with this rifle, the option to go big was one I couldn't resist. Pics to follow if/when this thing shows up.

Actually I did my job. I went to work to make money to feed my family. I would take the time off to attend a rally if it was worth it. However I don't feel like it is. I also am one to believe that the rallies accomplish absolutely nothing. The elected powers have already made up their mind and no rally from either side will change anything. What will change their mind is if we, as a collective group, can get behind ONE candidate and get him/her into a position of power to change the way things are done in Trenton. Then, we get another ONE candidate to do the same thing. We use their tactic of incrementalism to change the way things are done. Additionally we need to educate kids, at the schoolwide level, that guns are fun, increase focus, will get them outside and are to be respected. Teach them the sporting side of shooting. A 22lr "PRS" style competition format would be amazing. However it has to be a lot of schools involved, not just affluent ones. As far as the "billionaire funding" argument, there are plenty of uber-wealthy gun owners that don't put up. It would be nice if one or two would to help fund a grassroots endeavor. Kids and backroom dealings are the keys. Rallies... not so much. Not to me at least. I've said this before, after SH, there was a guy on here that publicly declared that he was going to take a politician's job. Sent him a note and posted up and down this board. He couldn't even collect enough signatures to get himself on the ballot. That's why they feel they can be so bold. They are generally confronted by empty promises and threats from us. Last election, no seats turned. Tell me exactly why they should listen to a bunch of folks in front of the statehouse again?

Different circumstances but I just purchased a LNIB NightForce NXS 8-32 MOAR. I'll be shooting FT/R with it hence the insanely high mag. Great glass and the reticle is more than I'll be needing most days. My buddy has the same scope and it's why I went with it. I spent a few rounds behind his rifle and came away impressed by the scope. As to NF not having too many QC complaints @Indianajonze, that depends on the model and where you look. There is a certain, very well respected 'smith that has been quite vocal about tracking issues with the NF Competition scope line. He's someone who's opinion I trust given a conversation I've had with him and his abilities. He mentioned that he never ran into such a problem with the NXS line-up which was another feather in the NF NXS cap when making my decision. Good luck to the OP.

Shooting FT/R on Sunday. First time. I have 100 rounds loaded up and a ballistic chart from StrelokPro printed out. I’m hoping for the best. I haven’t had much time to practice or do any real serious load work but I think I’m in the ballpark with my current load. And yes, I’ve corrected right Here’s to hope!

I am. @Shane45 has two of these, one in 6.5Creed (AKA, the Magic Missle) and 300 Norma Magnum. I can't afford to reload the 300NM, but I'd like to try.

300NM...