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So, the Valk factory ammo - The Federal 75gr factory loads went 2748 fps with an ES of 58, and the Hornady Match 88gr ELD-Ms (factory ammo) went 2578 fps, ES at 45. I don't know what barrel length they're quoting for their loads, but the Hornady box states 2675 fps on the back of it. Mine were Hornady 88 ELD-Ms going 2831 fps with an ES of 64, from a Ballistic Advantage 18" SPR barrel. Not happy about that spread, but I'll work on it. ARC: Only thing it's ever shot are Hornady Match 108gr ELD-M factory ammo. Those were quoted on the box at 2750 fps from a 24" barrel. That factory ammo went 2616 fps with an ES of 48 today, again through a Ballistic Advantage 18" SPR barrel. My final handload is going 2680 fps with an ES of 41. Gotta work on the mags for the ARC (I think), because it locked back on every last-round in the mags, but didn't pick up the next round, only on my handloads, every single time. Had to "click" the trigger, then charge it to get the next one in the chamber. That factory ammo cycled every single time, though, but it was loaded into one of my older used Grendel mags. I'll be looking into this, whatever is going on, and solving it.

That's fun in the beginning - then you're asking her why she's telling you it's "fine" when you think she looks upset. That's when the shiit-storm starts... trust me on this one, bro...

It's a trap - don't fall for it.

Just got the pic of what Matt called the "survival fire" - and I feel worse now, for not dragging my ass out there with some more wood...

I think you gotta tell that to @JBMatt - these 3 shots below are less than 8" overall - at a mile, that's less than 1/2-MOA right there! This is the kinda stuff you can do, when you're on it out there, and the wind stays EXACTLY the same for a minute...

Both great, for powder levels, speeds, SDs, accuracy. Both the ARC and Valk loads are above what Hornady lists, and the speeds are beating both of the factory Match loads from them, with the same projectiles they're loading. Accuracy, when I do my part, is excellent. I jerked two of the Valk shots and called them, out of 5, but the other 3 were bug-holed touching. Coffee, and Kenny's Food Coma from his cooking. They're doing their part, I need to do mine. P.S. I might like the Valk again.

CFE223, 88 ELD-Ms. Runnin' a 'lil hot, at 2831 fps from an 18" barrel. They're cookin', man. Like one of your 10mm loads...

You SCORED, man!!! You better keep her - she listens.

Went back to the chrono and ran 5 of my Win Mag loads through it - 225gr Hornady ELD-Ms, and the average speed is 2923 fps with an SD of 22.4. @JBMatt thinks I'm insane.

So, I get up at 6:30am, make coffee, gather my shiit up and load it, and I'm out of the house around 8am. I'm out there around 8:30-ish or something, and there's a CARAVAN there. Kenny brought out some people to shoot - which is WAY cool, but DAMN was there a group there. I think @JBMatt already slayed the Mile once, before I got there, but it was a hoot. There was activity on the firing line, so I picked a place to put up paper targets at 100, to start documenting the load development for the ARC and Valk. I went through the ARC stuff, went right to the Valk stuff, and I hear Matt saying "Just got the Mile AGAIN!..." Fuk, my time is coming, and I'm gonna have to get up there and do it. Shortly after, he yells "GOT IT AGAIN!" Damnit... I dragged my hardware over there to the setup shooting position, and got the scope dialed. It was 16.9 mils of elevation last time, so we're starting with that. Density Altitude, because it was still cold-ish, was something like 500 feet. Great. I got on that bastard on the 6th round. Now, Matt already hit this fucker 3 times. So I'd like to think that MY SHOT was the one that hit him right in the bread-basket. After all, there are 3 that look alike - and one is different... So, Matt snatched that pic when he went out and checked the target, and he repainted it then. In the afternoon, we went back after it - and the sun was just screwing us over. Density Altitude by this time (it warmed up considerably) was something like 2700 feet. BIG change in DA, and the wind was all weird... It was hard to even FIND the target, let along focus on it, and such. It SUCKED. Well, I got on that thing, brought 10 rounds, and forgot to adjust my elevation - I went back to zero. So, first round is kinda short - by about a thousand-ish yards... We saw the dirt splash, and Matt says, "What the HELL was that?!" Uh, hold on, bro - lemme dial up some 16.9 mils here in a second... Start going through the mag then - lose the target. NO! I GOT IT! I shoot, and it's 50 yards to the right or something. Well, I THOUGHT that was the target - I can't FIND the bastard right now in the sunlight! Change mags, go back at it, and I hit it on the 6th or 7th round, don't know which. The pressure was on, and Matt was slinging me some MAJOR shiit... So, he takes up the position, and the 2nd round into a mag, he hits. Then he hits the NEXT one. Next is slightly right, between the target and the t-post, THEN HE HITS THE DAMN THING AGAIN!!! 4 rounds in succession, 3 hits! God was either smiliing down upon us, or laughing at us, but that shiit worked out RIGHT!!! So, here's the pic of that one. Again, 3 of these things are just like the others - and one is different. I'll just say I was aiming for the carriage bolt, trying to knock the target down. I did hit the left t-post sometime in that series... Pretty damned EPIC DAY, right there, men.

I'm WAY SHORT on pics for this one, but @JBMatt came through! Couple weeks ago, it was decided and announced by Matt and DirtBike Tommy that we were shooting the Sunday after Christmas. Cool. A few days ago, Matt tells me that he and Tommy are headed out there later Saturday afternoon to get set up, and camp there - I'm IN! I tell him that I've still got some wood leftover to make a decent fire, and I'll be there. Then, Saturday happens. I have a plan, it's supposed to not take that long. Replace some adjustable radius rods on a buddy's RZR, and seal the trans shift linkage cover on another buddy's RZR - and they live around the corner from each other. No sweat. I had ammo that I had to load up to test the 6 ARC, and I started that Friday night. Wanted to load up some ammo for the .224 Valk, too - got that almost done, around 11:30am, when the first buddy asks what time to start the repairs. I say 1pm. I get there at 1 - he doesn't answer the door. I KNOW he's home... at 1:15, he opens the garage door, just got out of the shower... Alright... We bust the radius rods out, and the neighbor comes over, and talks FOREVER... Then, we go around the corner, I seal that trans cover up in quick order, and THEN!!!... Gun Pusher John calls. He decided to do the brakes on his wife's new-used commuter car, 2013 Honda Civic. Says he having trouble with the rear drums. Huh?! DRUMS on a 2013 HONDA?! You gotta be kidding me. So, by now, It's about an hour from getting dark, and I head over to John's - and stop for beer. If there's a fucking 2013 Honda car that really has drum rear brakes, then I'm gonna need some beer for this one. Man, did I. He and the neighbor almost got one side finished when I got there, so we finished that side. Now, keep in mind, I didn't take that side apart, so I don't really know what's going on in there until we move to the other side... Those damn things have SIX SPRINGS in them!!! FOR WHAT, HONDA?!!? Are you KIDDING ME HERE?! That was THE most complicated drum brake setup I've ever seen in my life, and for absolutely NO reason did it NEED to be that complicated... And what's my rule on that shiit? YOU DON'T COMPLICATE SHIIT WITH COMPLICATED SHIIT!!! If Mister Honda hadn't passed away years ago, he would have fired every single one of those Engineers involved in that bullshiit. No doubt. So, by the time I'm leaving John's, it's 8:15pm. WAY dark, by now - and then the text messages start flowing, from Matt - he's telling me that they're freezing to death, and they're burning - hold on, I need to QUOTE the text - "Lighting a fire. Gettin chilly. We're burning wheel chocks and plastic bottles..." Now, I had all the ammo DONE, even loaded up another 24 of the .300 Win Mags, just to take them. Good thing I didn't need that many - that'll come out later. I call Matt and get the story of how they're dying out there, and I tell him it's gonna EASILY take me an hour to case guns, load the truck, all that - in the dark - and forget something. I catch a TON of shiit for it, too. He says something about how cold it's getting out there, and I tell him it's still gonna be 72* in my house in the morning, when I wake up... Part 2 coming up.

Because if we know the internal depth of the receiver extension, then we know exactly what buffers to recommend to you to get it running right, when your (shipped) 3.8oz buffer isn't doing the job.

7 5/8" deep.

You talking about that hog? Or Belt Fed?...

Very well stated, Doc.

That's what I'm seeing from all the listed load data. I'll check my Barnes Manual, hold on... The Barnes Number 4 Manual lists COL for .270 WSM as 2.560 min~2.860 max. Not everything has to be loaded to 2.860". Like I said, the Hornady 10 Manual doesn't list a single COL over 2.785". Even the longest listed COL in the Barnes manual is 2.830", and that's only for the 130gr TSX-BT projectile.

Smartsses... Both of yous...

Well, I got back to this one late - we're shooting in the morning, south of Phx. I've got one hell of a shooting area down here, out in the middle of nowhere. We're running the 1-mile in the morning, sighting in a few guns and testing loads. One of the guys coming out is bring some people that are new to guns, so we'll get them running with a good start.

US Made firearms... The Ruger No. 1-S.

Punched my first batch of 6 ARC today - 170 of them, once-fired Hornady Match ammo. Getting ready to prime them up with some CCI 41s pretty soon. I'll get the initial ladder loads together tomorrow, and sort out what this gun likes the best, come Sunday morning.

Oh, Hell Yeah, man! Shoot, I don't have any brass or ammo yet, no dies yet, no projectiles yet. Figured that the .358 pills would be easy to find on local shelves... Hell, if they ever carried them, they're gone now! I'll get to it one day. I'll have the important stuff on-hand before Sleepy Joe starts up his bullshiit. Lower plus a complete upper.

MagPul M118 LS/SR 25-rd mags can take up to 2.830", brother. The longest COL listed in the Hornady 10 Manual, for any of the listed projectile weights, is 2.785", and that's for the 150gr InterBond and 150gr SST.

Tombstone is good to go. Haven't heard of Ammo AZ, though. What part of the state are you in?

NFA Items have to be engraved with the information of the "manufacturer." If you didn't buy your gun whole, like that at a dealer, and you assembled it yourself - that's legal. But if you're the one that asssembled your Tax-Stamped NFA gun from parts - YOU are the manufacturer. Your info has to be engraved on the serialized part of the gun. If all my pistol-braced guns are going to be NFA SBRs, just because they have a pistol brace - then when my stamp comes back, and my lower is engraved - I'm putting stocks on them. Fuk it, at that point, they're registered SBRs anyway.

Pssssshhh... Whatever. You dudes are up to no good. I can feel it in the words that you type. I'm watching you...