bradders

On 4/2/2019 at 8:12 PM, gunner said:

And carlos hathcock behind it ? 

Carlos Hathcock used a Winchester M70

The rules say:-

"You must state a price. This is not an auction site"

22 minutes ago, lapua said:

is someone not going to suggest i try a T8 reflex?

i give up. Help me Bradders!

Nope

All sound moderators give -28 to -32 dB reduction, if their spiel is to be believed, but they all work to an extent

Actual reduction is subjective, so pick one and be happy, and don't go constantly chasing the latest and maybe not so greatest all the time....and stop asking for 2nd hand ones, when in actual fact it's highly likely no one else has one

Ase Utra are great

I have 5 of each, all black and all brand new
£225 each and postage at cost

8 minutes ago, newsatten said:

No 

you had an opportunity to make an offer and choose not to

Which is all academic as it's sold 

 

10 minutes ago, maximus otter said:

Isn’t it terrible what you see when you haven’t got a gun?

maximus otter

Nope, unless the bloodlust is too strong!

20 minutes ago, norman said:

hi just new on the site  I would to ask a member from lankishere a .223 rap he has /or had for sale if he knows the number of the mag as I have a .223 Quadlite and am not finding the proper mag for this rifle please the new 527 mag don't fit?

1 hour ago, brown dog said:

Stunning.

A brilliant old boy, can’t help having a tear rolling down my cheek after seeing that 

When I had a 45/70 Marlin I loaded up some 405gn bullets with the max load for Varget, 55gns..........JESUS, my arm was dead for 2 days 😂

Multiple piercings.....your firing pin is knackered

46 minutes ago, cheshirelad said:

I am now measuring to the ogive.

That won't help if you're loading to mag length

Load 20, find the longest one via OAL and seat that to 2.250" then lock the die off and seat all the rest and occasionally check to see none are longer than 2.260". If they are then reset the seater to 2.250" and leave it at that.

15 minutes ago, cheshirelad said:

Been out and bought a Hornady comparator, now to go and do some measuring.

That won’t do anything to help

So the way I see it, a 1/2 MOA barrel is a 1/2 MOA barrel, no matter what type of rifling is inside it, or what kind of wrap is on the outside of it, and once a bullet has left the barrel, it no longer has any influence on said bullet.  (Interior vs exterior ballistics or whatever)

Therefore if the barrel can launch the bullets well then the deciding factors are not the barrel, but the marksmanship ability of the rifleman, and Josh is a fine shot.

Repeatedly nailing a gong at 1400 is no easy thing, but sometimes you just find your groove and everything comes together

15 minutes ago, MrCetirizine said:

Where are you measuring? I've found them very consistent from base to ogive.

He's talking about to the bullets tip

Well done to young Ben, he's improving all the time and his Dad has turned out to be a formidable shot in CSR to boot 

28 minutes ago, Ronin said:

Have these bullets got Boatrights cannula ring ?

A cannula is a needle and valve they stick in your hand to draw blood, a ring around a bullet is a cannelure

Cannula

Cannelure

4 hours ago, Re-Pete said:

And if you don't belong to a photo hosting thingy?

Very easy on FB, without having to join yet another "community"..............

Re-Pete

First world problems....

That's more like it 🙂

45 minutes ago, brown dog said:

I've not been able to. I don't think the functionality exists.

t's easy if you use a photo hosting thingy

9 hours ago, ejg223 said:

Hope we get to see some pictures of the event.

Good Luck

edi

You'll definitely see pics, there were plenty of the last event, you probably won't see any results though.....which is a bit bizarre.

I've searched the PRL website and the Facebook page and still can't find any...am I looking in the wrong place? 🤔

41 minutes ago, GeorgeB said:

I don't think any FTR shooters would use GGG 7.62x51 ammo - not in a competition anyway. Most use the Lapua Palma small primer brass.

Look, once again I have to explain this

Michal is in Poland and uses a fair bit of GGG products

There is currently an issue with Barnard extractors and some 2019 GGG .308 ammo, I would make enquiries and get this issue rectified before taking delivery

17 minutes ago, gruntus said:

Another question to Bradders in relation to Pops question, I'm presuming you may have been shooting quick strings?

Did you see much evidence of crazing due to heat?  Can that be resolved with setting back/re-reaming?

ATB

G

I’ve never compared a rapid fire barrel to a slow fire one, so can’t say, I’m not a great believer in borescopes 

Setting back will only take care of the most extreme erosion in the throat, but there will be erosion everywhere, so you’re not getting a new barrel, just one where the wear will be accelerated

Plus with the costs of gunplumbing/labour charges and proof, the actual cost of a blank at a couple of hundred quid is quite negligible

Barrels are consumables, treat them as such

22 minutes ago, Popsbengo said:

Bradders

In principle is it a matter of removing the barrel, and machining / reaming the chamber back to spec?

 

In theory yes, but it’s never that easy

Many barrel tenons have an undercut at the shoulder, so you would have to go back at least that far, that’s .620” on an AR and around 1” on a Rem for example, some barrels wouldn’t be suitable for this, especially if the swamp starts just after or near the recoil lug area

Furthermore it won’t remove the fire cracking that could be quite substantial and pronounced further down the bore

In short, setting back is a false economy with increasingly diminishing returns

Once a barrel is done, it’s done