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   Ground Control liked post by Fee Knicks On thread : Old Fashioned Fun With A Slug Gun

   Air rifles are murder on scopes - the recoil is so violent that the reticles are torn apart. Unless its an air rifle rated scope , or the rifle is not of the break-open design.

   Liked On: 24-07-2024, 05:45 PM

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   Ground Control liked post by Tentman On thread : Old Fashioned Fun With A Slug Gun

   Haha they are great fun. I wasn't allowed one as a kid cause M&D didn't believe in shooting birds (so I got 3 rounds of 22 at a time and sent to shoot rabbits). Now I'm a big kid I have one, we...

   Liked On: 24-07-2024, 05:45 PM

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   Ground Control liked post by 19Badger On thread : Seating Depth Test. Waste of Time?

   Well I'm going to go against what everyone above says about seating depth. My "tuning" method is done with 3 shot groups, work up powder charge to see what the rifle likes, adjust seating depth...

   Liked On: 20-07-2024, 08:48 PM

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   Ground Control liked post by Micky Duck On thread : What Have You Loaded Today

   I loaded fifty expectant mums(2year old dairy heifers) in truck n drove them four n half hours down the road then unloaded them at two different locations...and didn't use prodder at either...

   Liked On: 11-07-2024, 08:43 PM

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   Ground Control liked post by gimp On thread : 223 on deer

   Experiments ahoy 254509

   Liked On: 10-07-2024, 02:14 PM

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   Ground Control liked post by gimp On thread : Looking for a good all around rifle

   Indeed. 6.5CM with a 120gr would be more or less the same on tye receiving end

   Liked On: 08-07-2024, 07:47 PM

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   Ground Control liked post by gimp On thread : Looking for a good all around rifle

   Ftlbs of energy as a metric does not tell you anything about how a bullet will perform to kill an animal. What kills animals is holes in vital organs. The bigger hole, the more efficiently the...

   Liked On: 08-07-2024, 02:04 PM

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   Ground Control liked post by dogmatix On thread : Cheek Riser

   Haha, the professional version of my amateur job. Even with the cut out for the sling swivel which I saw was needed. Mine also now has a velcro tab to attach ammo/mag holders. 254358

   Liked On: 08-07-2024, 10:10 AM

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   Ground Control liked post by Kelton On thread : Gun Porn, show off your new toys

   Over the moon with this as usual Cam makes it all to easy and deanes work is fire, enough said!

   Liked On: 07-07-2024, 12:54 PM

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    Ground Control liked post by gimp On thread : Testing a conventional approach to load development

    For those interested in understanding further whether the testing methodology is valid - Does shooting 20 round groups allow us to see and measure differences in precision? Here is an...

    Liked On: 03-07-2024, 07:20 PM

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    Ground Control liked post by Tentman On thread : 3 shot groups are useless!

    Some further interesting results. Shot today in nice conditions. A different rifle, newly assembled using a Zermatt arms Origin action, a Savage 223 barrel reamed to 22 Creedmoor by Greg at Custom...

    Liked On: 30-06-2024, 10:42 AM

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    Ground Control liked post by gimp On thread : 3 shot groups are useless!

    Barrel heat in a Tikka - is it a factor? Is the apparent "2 together then a flier" due to barrel heat, or simply random sampling from the distribution? Well here is a 9-shot group from a factory...

    Liked On: 30-06-2024, 10:39 AM

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    Ground Control liked post by Scott Cowan On thread : Sako 75 Carbon stock build

    Built this for a mate. Paulownia stock with carbon wrap. 550g finished, I didn’t go all out making this one light, takes too long as I found out prepping a sako 85 stock that will come in finished...

    Liked On: 27-06-2024, 07:06 AM

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    Ground Control liked post by Shearer On thread : Gun Porn, show off your new toys

    New glass for the two Tikkas. 253352 T3x "Carbon Light" gets a Z5. 253353 And the T3 308win goes bush with a 1-4x Steiner. Thanks to the forum members (and ex member) who contributed.

    Liked On: 24-06-2024, 06:40 PM

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    Ground Control liked post by Jake77 On thread : Photos of your dog

    The toe Warner on a quick overnighter before the weather turned. Was watching some hinds through binos on a grass face about 1200m away and dog was doing a good job of acting like she could see them...

    Liked On: 24-06-2024, 06:31 PM

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