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33 minutes ago, Dunc said:
No. In my case, I need a precise 100 yd zero (with a 600/1,000 zero) to set up Strelok to take me out to 1400 yds +
Interesting. I just set up "Shooter" with 100yd zero and dialled 1400yds (.308 155) and got 81.7moa. Reset the zero to 75yds and got = 81.7moa !
The trajectory between 75 and 100yds has no appreciable difference for .308 at 2850 fps. It isn't a calculation error as far as I can see
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The Zero Range is available for the purpose of zeroing - isn't that a better bet?
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9 minutes ago, furrybean said:
Are you a Buxtonian?
Nope, Stoke. Buxton is partway between Badger's sett and my gaff so an ideal location for Spud's new megastore
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8 minutes ago, meles meles said:
Maybe we could find an under-utilised tunnel at the back of the sett. Could be quite useful to have all Spud's stock close to paw. Better to stock up on bullets than bog rolls we thinks...
Gold is for the mistress -- silver for the maid -- Copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade." "Good!" said the Badger, sitting in his hall, "But Lead-- Hot Lead -- is master of them all."
With apologies to Kipling....
Let's split the difference and get Spud to move to Buxton! Go on, you know you want to Mark 😁
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12 minutes ago, 1967spud said:
more good news to follow soon , we may be moving, now looking for 10k sq feeet
Stoke is cheap (in many ways..) you could relocate here and save me on p&p 😁😁
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Hi
My 2.5 Ltr ultrasonic is now redundant as I've bought a big one so I can process .338 cases all in one go. The capacity is big enough to do 100 .308 cases in one batch. I use a drop of detergent and citric acid if they need brightening.
The timer is adjustable with a maximum run-time of 8mins and I've found I need to run about 3 or 4 cycles in hot water to get sufficient cleaning.
It's identical to the Lyman product only without their branding. It's got a built in heater and a timer function. Complete with basket & power cord.
£40 plus £7.50 p&p mainland UK
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On 3/9/2020 at 1:28 PM, gazzarM1 said:
Playing devils advocate momentarily, it would seem that in the absence of an explanation of circumstances at this time by the FCSA people seem to have made up their minds as to what has gone on .
As stated recently it would be a wise course of action to wait for the entire story to be made public before talking of ill will etc .
The 'entire story' - It seems reasonable to look with some skepticism. So far FCSA have made no attempt to widen their explanation beyond the club (as is their right of course). Marc on the other hand has given a full brief from his point of view. It would be good to hear from FCSA directly in an open forum.
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On 3/9/2020 at 12:22 PM, Deker said:
Unfortunately this is true, I have already heard some club members from one of the clubs I shoot with (including a club secretary) mentioning that they will no longer support the FCSA due to only hearing one side of a story (and not interested the other side), it would probably be worthwhile the FCSA putting their story across in full if Marc had already lost the shooting rights as I can only imagine this conversation hasn't only happened in the club that I'm in.
There are two widely diverging stories about the actions and outcomes. Marc, I'm sure we can all agree, organised, campaigned and set up this facility. He put a huge amount of effort into the project. Marc insists he had no intention of pulling out so somehow FCSA have negotiated with the lessor to take the lease away.
FCSA have no obligation to explain their actions to the wider community
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I don't think it's a simple answer. Muzzle velocity also contributes to spin rate and bullet weight isn't a simple concept either as length and axial distribution matter too. Add in the drag effects and bullet profile etc etc...
Obviously calculated effects are important to get into the ball-park but I'm a firm believer in empirical testing - shoot it and see 😁
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Looks like my "facts" might have some traction yet..
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37 minutes ago, saddler said:
Would that be using gravy salts or cornflour?
or rue if it's not too dangerously European !
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Just looking at the facts:
Gardner's Guns had no intention of pulling out of the 'old' range - confirmed by Marc Gardner
FCSA have 'negotiated' a lease on the range and intend to operate it as their range
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On 3/1/2020 at 4:42 PM, terryh said:
Just been working on a new Marlin 1894, focussing on the internals- not sure if my memories good, but this rifle does seem a bit rough inside compared to the same model of a (good) few years ago? But it’s a lot smoother now.
The thing that I had not looked at on previous rifles was the setup and how the forend & magazines was all fitted together, it all looks a bit ‘stressed’.
Now there are various articles on ‘bedding’ the forend of lever rifles, putting RTV between the mag tube and barrel under the forend, opening up the barrel bands etc.
Anyone have any real world experience on this, must be something that can be done to balance out things? As it stands the more rounds in the magazine the greater the pressure on the underside of the barrel near the tip.
Cheers T
I have a .44 1894 Marlin (Remling) purchased new in 2015. Absolute garbage out of the box - burrs and swarf in the action, trigger was beyond diabolical. I spent many hours fettling it, fitted a "Wild West Trigger" kit and it's pretty reasonable now. The barrel is ok thankfully and the rifle is reasonably accurate for a carbine under-leaver. The magazine is fine if the band screws are tweaked but not tight. All-in-all a piece of USA made crap out of the factory but hey-ho, plenty to do in the shed can be fun 😁
Henrys on the other hand are mighty fine guns. Old Marlins are pretty good I'm told and the new ones have improved a lot since the Remington buy-out has re-tooled and sorted production processes. I just got me a dog..
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Adrian, bloody brilliant mate, thanks
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38 minutes ago, Dellboy said:
and you cant list on an fac without a number and manufacturer
I had until very recently a chambered barrel without any numbering listed on my FAC. I sold it to a RFD with no problem.
Can someone point us towards a reference that explains this 'new process' please?
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10 minutes ago, One on top of two said:
All lead shot / ammo is banned by 2025
the euro chemicals agency has done their report. A vote by member states is just a formality.
beretta and browning ( the two biggest players. ) have all ready started to make plans and there new ranges of guns for the coming few years and onwards will be inline with the new changes. This is from the reps of both companies that I was with 3 weeks ago.
it’s no biggiethis was always going to happen
the uk just chose not to listen .As far as I can read, no ban is as yet approved and no date set. The ECHA called for evidence in Nov 2019 so there's quite a bit of water to flow under the bridge as yet and by then we will be ex-EU members so I'm not clear as to the applicability to UK citizens.
ECHA is not calling for a ban on indoor ranges or for military use (Q&A 1.9 & 1.12) and they are intending to look at derogation for 'historic' firearms.
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It's pretty clear that lead shot will be gone in a few years. The Eley rep at the Shooting Show told me they are steaming ahead to have solutions ready for market (additional to current). The ship has sailed, the conservation & shooting associations are onboard.
California has a total ban on lead bullets for hunting but they are still allowed for target shooting with no proposal to extend the ban that I can see. I would think any proposal to extend the lead ban to hunting bullets on environmental terms will not necessarily affect target shooters in the UK - especially as we have a Tory gov. with not much prospect of Labour getting anywhere near power for some years to come! There's an "Early Day Motion" that's been put down however not one Tory has signed up.
Unless the Gov. are going to re-equip the military I can't see a move to extend the removal of lead from target bullets (some mil ammo already has steel cores etc).
Time will tell
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1 hour ago, Mark II said:
A little off topic but then I did start the thread.
On a standard day on wind etc etc how much point of aim difference would .5 grns of N140 in .308 make at 100 yards
That's not an easy thing to determine as barrel harmonics may change as well as muzzle velocity.
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48 minutes ago, blueheckle said:
Can I ask what the camera is please I have tried a couple with my samsung pad and cant get them to work its an old unit which has not got a seperate USB port thanks
God knows. It was from eBay. I used it with my Dell laptop with Windows 7.0
I've adjusted it to work as a macro lens camera
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I agree and I can supply the very webcam I used! Extra £5 😁
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I may be able to shed some light on this:
There's no 5/8-24 UNF listed in "ANSI B1.1 Thread Data" charts - that's 5/8-18
5/8-24 is UNEF
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40 minutes ago, 1066 said:
I think it depends to a certain extent on how much you want to spend, what sort of volume you intend to load and just what sort of accuracy you are looking for. A good beam scale, costing maybe £100 should work very well, certainly as accurate (and often better) than any of the electronic auto dispensers (RCBS, Lyman, Hornady), costing £200-400. A good beam scale will still be working just well in 10, 20 or 50 years but most of the electronic scales/dispensers will be in the bin within 10 years, and often half that, in fact I believe most are only under warranty for 12 months
If time is of the essence, and you are not too concerned about a few kernels either way with your charges, then something like a Chargemaster might be just the thing for you.
If you're looking for speed with even more accuracy (at a cost £6-900) then the Auto-trickler, which combines an automated powder measure, a powered trickler and a high quality lab grade digital scale into one package is the way to go.
What ever system you use, you need to bear in mind that a single kernel of something like Varget weighs around .02 of a grain, about 5 kernels to 10th grain (and many powders are considerably more chunky) so having a scale, as used in some atomic research lab that resolves to x figures, unless you intend to cut kernels in half, is a bit pointless.
If you do decide to go for an electronic set up it's always nice to have good beam scale to fall back and as a cross reference. You won't load better ammunition than you can with a good beam scale.
Generally agree however it's not just accuracy it's also precision and stability. I can't see the benefit of auto trickles etc unless you're frequently doing hundreds of rounds. They are certainly no more (or less) accurate or precise.
I have a special super fine grater to reduce kernels down to micro grain readings 😂. Seriously, I do agree with 1066, one kernel resolution is the sensible limit.
All scales are affected by temperature change hence why metrology standards labs are temperature and humidity controlled. Beam and electronic scales need stable temperature and calibration checks to ensure repeatability. Don't underestimate the effect of draughts too
My move from a beam scale to a lab electronic scale was as much to do with easy reading as any intrinsic "accuracy" or resolution. Plus it's another gadget -which is always good!
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58 minutes ago, Bob57 said:
Buy it mark, it's a good deal😃
bugger, I'd better put the price up 😁
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