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You can literally survive for weeks minimum without eating anything. Especially if you're carrying an extra 30 like me and most Americans. Survival is about hypothermia and water.

Hypothermia is a bitch. You'd better have layers or a way to start a fire. Not hard finding twigs to start a fire until there's a foot or two of snow covering the twigs.

I need to caveat and say that after oiling the gun last time it also locks back with steel ammo. So it does lock back with steel case but not as reliably as brass. My only other issues with the gun functioning were while playing with the gas block and adjusting a brass catcher that sometimes blocks my ejection port. So no issue with the rifle.

I do something similar to the socket but I have a small piece of pipe on a swivel that I use to tilt the neck between two propane torches that are in holders.

They have completed lowers. The only stripped lower says 6.5 creedmoor on it.

Blem from PSA. I bought it a few months ago. No issues other than it doesn't lock back with steel ammo after I changed the buffer and buffer spring. Brass does lock back.

I have the same upper and it came with the lower build kit. The tube that came with mine is the right length. I got the blem lower from them.

Only my bag is down. I have two puffy jackets and a vest for layers. I try to reduce how often I use them due to not wear out expensive garments when packability isn't needed. I've used wool sweaters before I buy from the thrift but invariably I accidentally wash it and turn it to child size.

The benefit of synthetic puffy or down for that matter is they pack down nice when you don't have them on. I always used to backpack when it gets down to the 20s and 30s in the spring because it's good training for hunting. Much colder I don't care for it but I've hot tented with my buddy heater and a 20 degree bag just fine.

...if he could only have five guns. Of course, he spends most the video talking about 1911s. 11 days ago.

She needed a slightly different outfit for the holidays. Whoever said you can't wear white after labor day never had a black rifle.

Paper clip and a small flash light. Dim interior lights and put flashlight into neck and it'll light up splits.

Because resewing the dividers in would be much more difficult than glueing in the insert or sewing the insert at key points. One reason is that many of the other add ONS like MOLLE, straps, and mesh pockets were probably sewn after the dividers

One way to increase brass life which I most adore is to buy good brass. Otherwise, the main culprits to brass loss and their cause/solution would probably be: 1.). Loose primer pockets:. Pressure 2.). Neck splits:. Annealing 3.). Case head separation:. Sizing Obviously if number 1 is getting you then you might never see number 3.

I'm not an expert but what you are doing is generally what the experts recommend as the 'best' 'optimal' way. As others noted you can probably get away with sizing against the shell holder without much lost unless you have a poorly headspaced chamber.

Then why do you eventually pitch your brass? Mine dont separate because I check with a paper clip and they get retired before they risk doing so.

I'm not sure if case sizing is a primary determinant of accuracy but tailoring loads to individual guns certainly is so if you are loading to accuracy then having different loads for different guns is already a given. If you have a accurate load you want to use in multiple guns then I would size based on the smallest chamber. It's all a matter of degrees. It's a common reloading adage that 'excessive' headspace causes case head separation and the relevant measurement is to the shoulder not the trim length of the case. Also while we think of sizing shoulder bump at the front of the case, expansion during firing happens at the case web at the rear. Why? Because ,upon firing, the pin jams the cartridge forward until the shoulder contacts the chamber. The brass then expands rearward into the bolt face to about whatever distance you bumped the shoulder on the case. Hence why case stretch in the webbing is directly related to shoulder bump. .003 is not all that close and is commonly recommended for semi automatics. .002 for bolts. Shorter perhaps for more precise reloaders. I'm also tempted at times to just screw the die against the shell holder and run with it. Not optimal but it obviously works.

The dummy round might be useful to see if you're measurements are off if you're inexperienced or as a future reference to set your dies. That's if you are concerned about safety chambering a live round. It would potentially have to be primed to be accurate. The reason a dummy round wouldn't be all that useful is because if you have problems chambering a round it will probably be because of one of your reloads being a bit off what you intended or because of debris or rust in your chamber. The closer you size your brass the higher odds you have of this happening.

You will get more case life minimally sizing as long as you get reliability. I would see if your .003 bump works reliably in your rifle. Trim your cases (as necessary) after sizing. When the fl die squeezes the case the brass needs to go somewhere...and this squeezing action includes more than just the shoulder set back.

Factory barrels are luck of the draw. If I can get 1 moa without doing something crazy I'm pretty happy. I have an aftermarket barrel on my bolt gun that's under half with the best load and about half with another. It also cleans with almost no visible copper.

I don't think he lapped the bore he lapped the receiver, the receiver face perhaps.

...for what it is.

Mine is açcurate.

I think one thing we can be certain of is that certain online retailers aren't coming out of this worse for wear. At the same time I bought my primers from Midway for $80 per k, Brownells was selling the exact same primers for $95. I've also noticed that both midway and Brownells are frequently more expensive than lesser known retailers for the exact same product.

I was able to get 1k of the milspec primers a little while ago. They also have some primed pull down lake city brass online. I didn't know about them not sending the emails out to everyone that explains why I never get emails I guess.