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The accuracy is what matters, brother - and that one's got it. Nice work.

Necro-Post... And this might be the board record, and I did it to myself... Almost 15 years ago, last post. This one is coming back out for Fall, and getting used, and it'll shoot 450 yards with the red dot. With 150gr Hornady FMJ-BTs... What an awesome gun, that's been neglected for so long... I made another thread about this thing, years ago, but it was just titled a "Range Day" thread, and I drove it to 500 with the red dot on IPSC full size plates. There are so many of my "Range Day" threads, that I can't find that one. This gun rocks...

Well, in all honesty, seriously... Haven't your years here been a type of therapy? Have you recovered something, in this time?... Of yourself?... Tell you what - you fuqrs have given me even MORE PTSD...

I'm pretty sure that this is the most amazing thing I've ever seen posted here...

I finally went to Berger 85.5 projectiles, no polymer tip, and they work WAY better than that 88 ELD-M for the 22 ARC. I'm sticking with the Bergers. I need to get back on those guns, sort the rest of the kinks out, and get a good report up. It's down to detailed brass prep now, and everything will be running smooth. I picked up how many matches I'm going to, have been shooting more, loading more, and when the 22 ARC gave me so many problems with that 88 ELD-M, I started working towards solutions - then worked up loads for the other guns - and shot them in the matches. I finally put the 2 guns in the safe, and focused on the others that weren't giving me any shiit... Time to get them back out and finally sort them out, and get the info out.

Have you shot it yet?... What ammo do you plan to shoot? I ask for a reason - I'm fighting 22 ARC on 3 different rifles, have been for 2 years, and the ammo can only come from Hornady. 12.5", 16", and 18". Got 'em all, 2 years now. The Hornady Match 88 ELD-M is NOT designed for gas gun use. The guns don't run. I can provide pictures of the issues. That's a bolt gun-only loading, and they won't come out and say it.

I fully endorse this statement, in the highest regard, with proven results as to such. And, there's SO much more you can do with it. MDI is another one. Det Cord's Big Brother.

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They will not steer you wrong. I've been a devotee of them since May 2010. They make great stuff, don't lie, do what they say and say what they do... I was waiting for your measurements before I suggested them, directly. Great people, great parts.

Oh, for the takedown detent and spring, AR15 parts will work. The key is cutting a piece of stiff wire to the proper length to take up that extra distance. On the original DPMS LR-308 lower parts kit, they used a stainless steel rod, sized properly, with standard AR15 pin and spring. Detent goes in, spring goes in, rod goes in, from the back. That later changed, for DPMS, and both went in from the bottom, and were captured by the pistol grip.

The Aero Precision-produced STAG-10 uppers should work. I have two of them (full receiver sets), and I actually prefer them over the standard M5 sets. They are Armalite/SR-25 cut, SR-25 pins and threading, which is DPMS-sized. Aero Precision sent out the STAG-10 lowers with takedown and pivot pins, just to make sure they worked with the lowers. They were specific to the lowers themselves, due to the lower machining. The important measurement for you to get is the diameter of the pin hole, and the width across the lower receiver at both those pin locations. On the Ruger. If you can get me that information, I can point you in the direction of pins that will work. Welcome back.

I was just coming in here to state exactly that. 22LR is a weird little round, when you're trying to get it out there a ways. Supersonics hit the transonic shake, and do really strange things. If you can KEEP then supersonic the whole way to the target, they would do great. If you start out subsonic, or very close to sub (Mini-Mags are great), you won't have a hard time because they don't go through that shake. We're talking about a projectile that has a G1 BC of 0.172... for the 40 grainers... It's no distance wizard all by itself, ya gotta work to get them out there. Really hard... We had a 248 yard target at the last match I went to, and I got it. It was between 9 and 10 mils of dial to get it, though. In all honesty, I was shooting expensive stuff that my rifle loves, the SK Long Range Match ammo, 40gr. However, when I was doing ammo testing, I'd already settle on the CCI Standard velocity because of how well it grouped through that rifle at the 50 yard zero. And, I know it hasn't let me down in the past. Then... A "buddy" walks up and hands be a box of the SK LR Match... It was just a little bit better, in terms of 50 yard groups and performance. Speeds were very close, both sub. FWIW, on CCI, Standard Velocity is identical to MiniMag in performance, with the difference being the projectile coating. MiniMags are copper washed, Standards are just lead. That's why I preferred them in the Appleseeds - SVs are cheaper than MiniMags. Sounds crazy, but that's what it boiled down to.

Light it up!

CCI Standard Velocity is what I always shot for Appleseed courses of fire. It has never let me down.