Re-Pete

And I'm starting to really resent being punished again for the inconsiderate actions of others......

Pete

What surprises me is the behaviour of large chunks of Joe Public:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/illegal-rave-london-coronavirus-lockdown-barking-b1370972.html   

Why anyone with half a brain would want to get smashed, and spend hours face to face with others while jumping up and down to deafening "music (?)" and flashing lights, beats me.........

And it's not just here in the UK. I'm pretty sure that if everyone just followed the basics of keeping a distance, masks, and hygiene, the figures that the gov are basing their responses on would be very different.

Pete

The strategy seems to depend on maintaining some hope among the population that things will get better, so any sacrifice to speed this up is worth making.

As this virus mutates rapidly, the probability of an effective vaccine ever becoming available diminishes. They've been trying to find one for the common cold for years without success.

I'd rather that having explained the ramifications, they just let it run it's course and left it up to individuals to take responsibility for their own safety, and if necessary,  that of their nearest and dearest.

In the long run, the attempted cure may prove to be far worse than the disease............

Pete (over 60, so allegedly "clinically vulnerable")

Yep, just had a booking confirmed 😀

Pete

They made great diving compasses, too, 40 years ago...........still got mine somewhere.

What diameter is it?

Pete

From an RFD or a private seller? It does sound a bit odd, unless of course there's an explanation that you're happy with.........

Pete

So shooting strings is better for the bore then?................that's a good thought when considering how much ammo I'm currently getting through on the electronics...............😊

Pete

One more point......the exposure to the flow of hot high pressure gas is very brief, probably of the order of millisecs, so comparison with firecracking in applications where the heat is continuous rather than momentary, isn't really valid.

Pete

 Seems to me there's little point in frantically trying to get that last faint smear of copper out when the next round will simply replace it. It's been said many times that over enthusiastic cleaning can reduce barrel life more than normal wear and tear, particularly when using some of the expensive snake oil products currently in fashion.

And a clean patch only tells you the patch is clean..............

Pete

It's a cheapo Bergara barrel, so button rifled and honed a little. I'd like to know if s/steel barrels vary  much in their reaction to high energy powders like RS60, which is what this one cut it's teeth on.

I know about the metallurgy, and I certainly don't over clean........a little copper and a bit of glassy carbon is of no consequence, as long as the rifle shoots well.

Pete

How would you rate this.............excessive, not much? It's one of our 6.5x47's, a Savage mod 12 F/TR with an 8 twist 26"  Bergara barrel.

Round count is 2680, and it will still do 1/2 moa on a good day.

Pete

I jumped off the top with a tank once...............won the bet, but didn't do it again.

Pete

That's interesting, I belonged to a civvie SCUBA club that trained at Vernon for a while in the late 70's. (The club sec. had some useful contacts................)

I remember the bottom of the eastern end of the channel had metal tables and other stuff for the clearance diver training with cutting/welding equipment, and there was a diving board for the helicopter rescue divers.

Small world.......

Pete

The trigger is removed first, ultrasonic'd in a different container, rinsed with brake cleaner, then lubed. Different trigger makers have different opinions on lubing.

RPA recommend graphite paste on the sears and pivots, and grease on the springs.

For the CG Universal 2-stage triggers that I use, Jackson Rifles say: "lubricate sparingly with WD-40 or a similar light oil which will evaporate to leave a dry lubricating coat"

They then go on to say: "When used in dusty conditions, the trigger will operate without lube provided the pull weight is set to 500grams or more"

I put a spot of light oil on the pivot pins and give the rest a squirt of "Anti friction dry PTFE lubricant", which is also made by the WD-40 people.

Pete

It looks like the orange god emperor trump may soon be controlling a large quantity of the crap food a lot of Brits eat..................

Pete

This is my bling: https://www.invictawatch.com/watches/detail/8926-invicta-pro-diver-men-40mm-stainless-steel-stainless-steel-black-dial-nh35a-automatic  

Paid £85 for it a few years ago, but I'm almost afraid to wear it in case someone mistakes it for a Rolex and mugs me.................

Pete

Nothing at all................it's all down to what works for you. My partner shoots 16x-20x at all distances. I use 24x at 1000yds......then again, I shoot off a home made bipod, and I'm very happy if I get a 1 MOA group. Gluv hit the nail on the head.......it's all about your twitch coefficient.

Pete

At 300yds, I use 16x.............

Pete

Bisley's open with a splendid new on-line booking system...............you book, they confirm and tell you your target number, you pay, you rock up, you  shoot........simples

Re-Pete

I've got a slightly battered Seiko 7006-7080, a 19 jewel day/date self-winder bought in the 70's..................not a diver, but never serviced and still runs.

Gains around five minutes a month, which I can live with..........

Pete

For what it's worth.............I use a bog standard Lee de-capper which has a 1.58mm pin. I just tried it in some new Lapua cases in 6BR, 6.5x47, and 223 by dropping the case base first on to the pin...............they all dropped on under their own weight.  The 223 cases were a tad looser fit than the others.

Pete

You have funds.......

Re-Pete

I'd like the 6BR cases, please.

Re-Pete

I was a keen scuba diver, back in the days before dive computers etc. and I was going to ask how reliable/resilient the modern high end stuff is when actually used in anger.

In 1977, I had a Seiko 6105 that lasted 5 years before the seals failed, and I rarely went below 30 metres

Pete

Do you dive?

Pete