Re-Pete

I've read bits of this story over the last couple of years, but I'm not completely clear on what happened.....am I correct in thinking that the construction went ahead despite no formal planning permission being granted?

Pete

I'd like to know how you'd measure a 2 thou jump...........you're shoving a curved taper into a hole, and with a copper jacketed bullet, you'd need a temperature controlled environment to ensure that all the bullets had precisely the same profile when seating them. That's assuming that the bullet manufacturing process itself has zero tolerance, and that there's not an atom of carbon or copper or airborne dust in the throat...

And then there's the brass..........

But I could be wrong

Pete

What Roy W said..........RS 52 is my powder of choice with 80 grain bullets.

Pete

Nice actions............I have two.

Pete

Is that £27.50 a kilo. or is it a 500g pot?

Pete

Walther s/steel.....it'll last forever.

Pete

Yes, it took me a long while to work up a decent load.....I started with 136 grain Scenars and RS 60, (8 twist 750mm Lothar barrel).

My current load is 37 grains of RS52 with 123 grain Scenars at 2.80" COL at around 2890 fps.

Pete

And unless you bolt the thing down to a block of concrete on the firing point, how can you be absolutely certain you're not having a bad day yourself?

There are so many variables in this game it's impossible to cater for all of them all the time...... just shoot, and then shoot some more.

Pete

Teslong +1......easy to keep a photo record with it, too.

My 223 after a clean.

Pete

The only thing a clean patch tells you is that the patch is clean............you need a borescope to tell you the truth about the barrel.

Pete

In the interests of maintaining "balance".........

https://countrysquire.co.uk/2021/06/01/statement-questions-for-packham/

Always pays to hear both sides of the story before forming an opinion........not that you can trust anything you read these days.......

Pete

Here's one I did a few years back.....I shoehorned an old Musgrave barrelled action in 6BR into an Anschutz Match 54 stock, one of the proper walnut type from the 70's. I just made two sawcuts and fitted the centre threaded adjustment screw together with a couple of bits of stainless rod for the guides. All very Heath-Robinson, but it does the job......and achieved with just a Workmate, tenon saw, and a pillar drill.

Pete

In our case, they just set the chrony up next to us, and asked what calibre/bullet weights we were shooting.

Pete

There's very little published data for some calibres.  Among others, I shoot 6x47, which I'm told is a "wildcat" calibre, and data is hard to find. Fortunately, I have a good load using an easily obtainable bullet/powder/primer/brass combination, and with a sensible MV. (I wouldn't even contemplate reloading without access to a decent chrony..... )

We had an impromptu check of our MV's carried out by staff at Bisley a couple of years ago (using a Labradar), and it was suggested at the time that this might become a random unannounced procedure, but I've not seen it since.

It could reduce the number of incidents caused by irresponsible reloaders, (the brag "Yeah, it's a stiff load, but OK in my rifle" springs to mind), but then again, no matter how careful/competent a person is, accidents will happen.......

Pete

Well having tried both standard TR and 300m briefly with a 308, I'd have said that 300m shooting definitely trumps standard TR when it comes to required skill level......

Pete

Same thing Friday morning......my partner and I had the 300yd firing line to ourselves, and conditions were near perfect.....warm sun towards lunchtime, and little or no wind.

The NRASC had a session running at 600 yds, about 10-15 bods, and there were a few at 200, and that was it. Even the Lord Roberts cafe was empty at lunchtime.

Doesn't bode well...

Pete

RobinC, are the 300yd electronic targets at the other end of Century not suitable? Two of us had the whole 300yd firing line to ourselves yesterday morning.........

We normally go roughly once a fortnight, weather permitting.

Pete

Amen to that...but then again, I'm still having fun........😁

Pete

There's absolutely nothing "nice" about this bit of anti-shooting propaganda..........have the mods ever considered the effect that posting shite like this could have on casual site visitors?

Pete

Open Office does it for me, and it's free...........I have the "Range Attendance" log, which has dates, venues, distances, rifles used, rounds fired, who was there, weather, and any general comments about the session, plus, the reloading log, which is exactly that

And in 15 years, no-one has ever asked to see them.. 😥 

However, at renewal time, my firearms office does ask for a copy of the NRA Bisley rifle useage log, which covers dates and rifle serial numbers. AFAIK, they just want proof of use.

They know we reload all the stuff we shoot. I explained that way back to pre-empt any comments about the "ammunition purchased" section of our FAC's being empty, so I assume it's on file. 

Pete

Consider carefully Gun Pimps' comment about the trigger...........I have a Musgrave in 6BR which came with an RPA 2-stage trigger that's well past it's sell-by date, similar to this:

https://rpadefence.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/41-0001-rev-1-quadlite-trigger-assy-setting-1.pdf

I spent an age trying to find a suitable alternative and there's nothing out there, so I bit the bullet and took an Arkansas stone to it.

I managed to grind the badly chipped sear and bent edges to the point where it regained full 2 stage operation and worked safely once more, breaking around 400gms.

It's on borrowed time though, because I think the original components may have been case hardened, and if they were, this layer has now been ground off..........a pity because the rifle will still shoot 1/2 MOA groups.

Pete

https://www.opticswarehouse.co.uk/elite-essentials-tactical-53inch-sniper-drag-bag

I have one that looks identical, branded Ridgeline, New Zealand, but possibly made in the PRC........whatever, it's a good cheap alternative to Aim, very well put together with a removable rucksack, but a tad heavy.

Pete

ps, just found mine:

https://www.mmsporting.co.uk/shop/rifle-accessories-bags/ridgeline-tactical-rifle-bag/

Me neither........but I did get a 5 shot group of 0.37 moa at 300yds a couple of weeks ago when the flags were stationary, so I must be doing something right.......(with my 6BR, RS 52, 105 Scenar))

Pete

https://soldersandfluxes.co.uk/p584/A8-Flux-for-Stainless-Steel.html

Worth a shot for £6........? (plus p/p...)

Pete

There's a lot of us about.........

Pete