TSG

I think that an RFD friend may have a new TRG barrel in stock. would you like me to ask?

sports pursuit is worth a look. Depends on what sort of warmth you want. I use Keela for work but Montane seem very good as well. 

http://www.diproductsinc.com/Products.aspx?CAT=3601

this is where I got mine from. 

I got a similar one for my Sako Finnfire . Makes  it far better to use. Mine is on the correct side however!!!

I think this may have something to do with NRA approval and getting representation as a discipline on the NRA general council which can give access to funding for overseas shooting. Just a guess.......

Thanks Andrew.

As you made them Roger this sound sensible!

TG

I am reloading 9.3 x74R  ( more of a large varmint calibre) and TBH its quite expensive using premium bullets. I do not mind shooting them at animals that require that sort of bullet  but for competition use it seems a bit of a waste. There are a few Short Range Heavy Bullet competitions and practices. 

So to the question, 

the bullets are hard cast with gas checks. With jacketed bullets I would load with N140 I would start at 55 grains of N140 which runs out just over the 2000 fps mark.I i have looked at Quick Load with RS 36 which is similar to Reloader 7 which i use with 405 Winchester and  cast bullets but I am being careful around case fill and trying to avoid fillers ( or paper patching!) 50 grains of N140 should produce a similar result,

so has anybody done some loading with cast bullets using jacketed data at starting loads with gas checked bullets?

any replies welcome, remember sometime ago somebody  thought 375 H&H  was the 6.5 creedmoor of its day,

Blimey!

Difficult choice around Quartz or Automatic. I have been caught out with battery changes in the past although there are some reliable people out there. My last service on my Seamaster  was about £300. I do not wear it much now but it has a sentimental value to me. 

Much as you have set your heart on an Omega, the Timefactors Royal Navy Divers watch is in my opinion a great  every day option at under £500. i would not pay nearly £8000 for the latest 007 option in titanium  but you can find some good prices out there. 

Beware of refinished watches. Brown Dog had a good titanium one on here recently but not sure if it sold. Also do not discount the Brietling Super Ocean  Heritage. Very 1960s

Good luck with the search , discount anything with holes in the hands,

Thats a volkswagen Polo, MOT expired, so suspect the Traveling  Organised Criminals 

Matt, you are quite right I think! Watches are just easier to hide than rifles form partners! Having worked in the City of London for 30 years the changes are remarkable ( I was there last week and it’s a ghost town) 

The very rich still have plenty of money to spend  on ‘stuff’  and the cost of a Rolex is not much to them, hence the rise of the watch resellers. Perhaps it’s just another way of gambling, which international trade appears to be. My submariner, bought in 1978 for £299 paid for the deposit on my first house!

On a more sober note I now think we are creeping towards a far more serious crisis in the UK which we have no resources to control. Both of us however will be able to tell the time! 

I see your point with this. I have a seamaster and two Rolex sports watches  however  they are a considered investment. They outstrip the potential of firearms considerably and of course saving cash. However, I am not actually convinced now that much is worth anything. In the post Covid world will time matter much? For me I look at them and see a potential but if somebody gives me £25 an hour to do a job for them then I am happy. I suspect if I was in my 30s I would be well pissed off with it all! 

I seem to remember GPMG barrels had stelite ( probably spelt differently) liners in the first few inches to stop any damage. All of our G36s (not a popular carbine) have chrome lined barrels which get very hot but accuracy is not that much of an issue at shorter ranges. Only my opinion but I suspect suppressors do not help much for accurate target shooting as I think they cause much overheating. 

I think  Helston Gunsmiths may do these or Primetake.  Also quite popular in grenade simulators for the airsoft community

This is now needed to book on BAMS. Anybody seen one? Nothing on the NRA website.

thanks

TSG

Some show and tell for this morning. (The deactivation mark is on the cylinder in case you were worrying!)

The Smiths is Ok but as I said there is something about the dial. I chose not to but a new Explorer because I thought the crown too small compared to the Air King. I have the Quartz Precista Diver  which I like a lot, . Have you looked ar the Christopher Ward Sandhurst? 
Although I have been told ‘no more watches or large calibre rifles or rifles or knives and why have you got 23 rucksacks and lots of coats’ I shall ignore this and perhaps buy a Seiko Alpinist as its quite niche!

5 minutes ago, TSG said:

 

Timefactors Smiths Everest

I have one and it is like the old Explorer 1 although not quite right on the dial! ( I have the Rolex  Bloodhound Air King which is very fussy on the dial but is essential a Milgaus without the disco glass an double clasp.

 

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I have one and it is like the old Explorer 1 although not quite right on the dial! ( I have the Rolex  Bloodhound Air King which is very fussy on the dial but is essential a Milgaus without the disco glass an double clasp.

Omega Railmaster or Citizen ecodrive Promaster Tough (without the RM badge) 

this is an original from around 1996

Enkosen, who are based in Northern Ireland sell this and some Submariner clones. This one apparently allows you to dive to 1000m and release the helium on the way although I think my own rear mounted release valve would be doing something similar. Anyway I bought one and very  nice it is. Still tells the correct time, got 20% off and if you find yourself in a Bond type of situation heavy enough to use as a knuckle duster. ( I took the orange strap off)

Well just  my opinion slightly influenced by home delivery beer! AI and Tikka tac are both pretty good, but our doctrine where I work ‘prone is dead’ as far as rifle shooting is concerned and improvised shooting positions being the next new thing. Based upon this I use aTRG in 260 rem and a Tikka CTR in the same calibre for  target shooting, but I am starting to think that you could do just as well  with a heavy barrel Blaser apart from the magazine capacity. 

Perhaps part of it is the kit, I collect watches and as my wife point out they all tell the bloody time why do you actually need one that costs £6000. 

Have a great evening,🦌💀

from memory the SLR kit came in a green box and contained a barrel insert, magazine and internals. Cannot remember how it worked but it was self loadingp

I like to think we are all sensible as well. I just think its better to leave this alone after seeing some of the rubbish that was put on SD and personal attacks on people with differing  opinions of the Covid 19 restrictions and shooting. I will therefore do what I do and leave it to you to do what you do. 🦌💀