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You can use whatever your preference is for dies - RCBS, Hornady, whatever. I have a mix of those two brands, mainly, and maybe 3 sets of Lee dies. The Lee Factory Crimp die is available separately, usually for about $15 each. No matter what RCBS or Hornady dies I have - I have a Lee Factory Crimp die for each caliber. It stays in the box with the other dies. 6 ARC is a good example - I waited for Hornady to drop their 2-die set for that, then grabbed a Lee Factory Crimp die as soon as it came out.

Polaris: Any 2013-up RZR 900 is a great machine, way easier to work on than the other ones. Polaris Rangers are the utility rigs with the dump beds, but they're some of the most maneuverable rigs in existence. A RGR 900 would do what you want, well, even though it has a dump bed. With a 2" lift and 1" wheel spacers, you can clear 30" tires easily. Yamaha Rhino 700s are EFI (over the previous Rhino 660s, carbed). You can't break a Rhino drivetrain - they're tough, and go anywhere you point them. 4WD, lock the front diff, go. Kawasaki Teryx 750 and 800s are good, and have a toughass drivetrain, like Rhinos do. The 800s were drastically improved over the 750s, for everything maintenance. Warning about a Teryx - doesn't matter which one you get - changing a drivebelt is a real motherfucker, no matter which one it is... Suzuki never made a side-by side. Can Ams are electrically/electronically pretty fucking complicated machines. They don't have "electrical circuits" for the most part - it's all CAN-BUS communication from electronic part to electronic part. If you don't have the dealer-only BRP "BUDS" diagnostic system, you're not finding out what's wrong with those rigs. Even their jet skis and snow machines are like that... It's easier to work on a modern Porsche than it is to work on a Can-Am/BRP rig. That's my $0.02 on the whole side by side state of affairs right now, brother... EDIT - There's a Yamaha YXZ-1000R out there, 5 speed manual and a real clutch pedal to push. Great rig. They have a Sport Shift version of it that's a paddle shifter, no clutch pedal. Great rig as well. They just came out in 2016, so prices will still be high. There's a Honda Talon, too, with Honda's ESP (Electric Shift Program), that's damn near a manual, but that's a newer rig, too, so prices on the used market will still be higher...

Nope. If anything, it makes them all uniformly as accurate as you loaded them. Puts a uniform crimp on every round - as long as you pay attention to sizing them the same case length. Even it they're a few thou off, in case length - the crimp puts consistent tension on the projectile.

It's an amazing process to watch, especially at night...

^^^ @392heminut NAILED IT...

There's 3 of them on the Nissan right now. Both doors and hood.

My Big Truck was stolen, brother, and I was burning the midnight oil hunting people. I didn't find the people that did it, but i got my truck back. Last week was pretty wild. My Big Truck needs some work, and I've got alot of shiit to replace. I trip-mined the Nissan in the mean-time, and I'll trip-mine the Big Truck once I get it back to the house. The Big Truck is locked up at the shop right now, until I can get door locks and a new ignition in it - then I can lock it up at the house again. Trip-mined. I never realized that my weight-distribution hitch system for my trailer costs $600 - but I need to replace that key item. Not gonna happen again... Never...

Welcome to Arizona. Several years ago, here, Jon @planeflyer21 and I offered to "take you on a tour" whilst out here visiting, to this direct area. It's an eye-opener. In early 2004, the US Army re-started a Viet Nam War Era skill again, and started teaching "Combat Tracking" again. I was lucky enough to be in the pilot class, and the Level 2 advanced class directly afterwards. We were the proof-of-concept for the training curriculum. I think the only other person here that I've ever told that to was Greg @edgecrusher. That's a damn good video, brother - thank you for posting that.

DON'T buy a RZR 800, if one pops up. They're a PITA to work on. Doing clutch work sucks, the air filtration system sucks, and even changing spark plugs sucks - I shortcut a sparkplug change by taking the headpipe off the cylinder head, to get the rear plug. Even changing the oil sucks, and the oil filter dumps oil all over your skidplate, and there's nothing you can do about it. I removed the skidplates on those damn things just to do an oil change, because it's less mess, and less for me to clean up afterwards. No RZR 800s, brother. If it's a 900, make sure it's 2013 or newer.

No Arctic Cat. Don't even think about it. Textron bought AC a couple years ago, and we had to put new Textron stickers on all the inventory. Then, they realized that they trashed the brand name, and sent us new "Arctic Cat" stickers to put on all the inventory a year later. THEN, they fucked over all their dealers, and started selling to Bass Pro Shops - under some Bass Pro new brand name "Tracker" - at WAY cheaper OTD prices than dealer-cost, as an Arctic Cat DEALER... We dumped them, as a dealer, 2 years ago, because of that. Almost every single Arctic Cat Dealer in the US dumped them, over the same thing. There are very few places that you can still go, and get them serviced or repaired. AZ went from about 50 dealers, down to 3 dealers. I still get called about parts that are showing in my inventory, that were sent back to the company when they fucked all their dealers - and those parts don't show in MY inventory?... Desperate dealers, trying to hang on, and get parts from an old system that shows I have them - and I have none. Stay away from the Arctic Cat, at all costs. You'll never get support, never find parts (there are no more dealers), and Bass Pro doesn't do service work unless they sold that machine, and they track it by VIN. Don't buy the RZR 900 if it's a 2012 or older. Big changes in that line for 2013 models, and they were big improvements. Lemme know what else you got, brother. I'm here for you @Magwa

1995~2004, I'd scuba dive the Puget Sound for those fuckers, and the Red Rock Crab, too. The Dungeys had to be 7" across the shell to take them, and they had a limit. Smallest haul, from the combo of the two different crab was 24. Largest haul was 36. One tank of air. I would take the entire next day to cook them all, but it was worth it.

Sell the gun now - gun prices right now are pretty crazy, new and used. Use the funds from it to build something else that will be around for awhile. Build your own gun, From Aero Precision M5 upper and lower pieces. It'll be around forever. Just my $0.02 on it all - get out of that DPMS G II while the market is hot for ANY gun out there...

That Ranger profile that they make is a lighter profile version of the Recon - but they're both badass barrel profiles. For any standard caliber, I'm all about Ballistic Advantage, and preferrably their Mk12 SPR profiles. For weird calibers, I'm all over the Wilson Combat offerings - they do it all.

Phonecall to them is the only way to know. Remington killed off the DPMS brand. Call them and ask about parts availability.

Here are some older articles I've saved on this mindset - they're all good, and worth the read, individually. @Madhouse https://www.offgridweb.com/preparation/50-shades-of-gray-man-blending-in-versus-standing-out/ https://www.offgridweb.com/preparation/survival-self-awareness-the-gray-man/ https://www.recoilweb.com/gray-man-in-kabul-beyond-the-t-walls-150137.html

You're in my old stompin' grounds, down there in Sierra Vista. I was there several times through the years for a couple schools, then there full-time from 2004 to 2013, almost continuous. We have a great group of AZ guys here, and get together often. We also have a great group of guys that WISH they were AZ guys, too, and they get together with us twice a year. Welcome aboard.

With the Valk torn down to do all the 6 ARC testing, my Valk is done until the LaRue stuff comes in for the real 6 ARC. I don't see my Valk coming back up before the Fall Shoot, and don't think I'll have enough time to get any real load RE-development done for it. It'll be ready for the Spring Shoot in NC, though. @Matt.Cross

I need to get on that box of 500 105gr RDFs that @DNP listed on my build thread, and work a load up for those.

Damn, - they also has 108 ELD-Ms listed as in stock, too, last week when I checked. I'm sitting on 600 of the projectiles, so I'm good for right now. Need brass, though. Good heads-up, brother.

Hell yeah, @Bear!!!

Ooooh!!! That's my bitch, right there!

That Alliant Reloder 22 is by far my favorite powder for .300 Win Mag, brother - hands down. It works great. That stuff has my 225gr ELD-Ms moving at 2805 fps from a 26" barrel. It's magic.

DAAAAAMN!!! I'm on MidSouth all the time and didn't see it!

They're still only doing the 20" and 24" for .260 Rem. Way more demand for the 6.5C with the Gamer crowd, so it gets the 16". Custom 16" .260 Rem barrels are a possibility, when all this silliness dies down. It'll be the Ranger profile that they make (damn good profile). My next barrel from them will be the 16" 7mm-08, in the Recon Tactical profile.

Bill, where did you find the brass?