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What are you trying to do with the gun, first off? Be accurate with it, and test it's accuracy? Start with 165s and 168s, and move to 175s. You'll see an accuracy improvement, unless that barrel is completely FUBARd when it was manufactured. 1:10" twist rate is "Over-Stabilizing" 145 grain projectiles. http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2013/07/over-stabilization-of-bullets-why-is-too-much-spin-a-problem/ https://sierrabulletsblog.com/2015/05/07/understanding-twist-bullet-stabilization/ I can shoot 55gr 5.56 projectiles 600 yards. They suck, but it can be done, with an "average" of "accuracy" through a couple different badass guns - and they're built for distance, with badass barrels and everything else. It's not gonna be MOA, though, but it'll hit a full sized IPSC plate most of the time. Doesn't matter what the twist is for that projectile at that distance, as far as accuracy goes - but twist matters. They're gonna suck from a 1:7 5.56 barrel. They'll be a little better from a 1:8" barrel. They do pretty damn decent from a 1:9" barrel. They excel from a 1:12" barrel. They just don't ever "excel" at 600 yards. I can drive a 75 or 77gr 5.56 projectile to 800~900 yards, semi-accurately. It's gonna hit more than it's gonna miss - but I wouldn't hunt that round at that distance. I'd risk a shot on an IPSC plate at that distance, and hit it more than miss it. I wouldn't hesitate to hunt a (5.56) 70gr Barnes TSX at 500 yards on bigger animals, or 600 yards on a coyote, though. You're doing the same thing with 145s in a .308 Win gun. You just about blow through the ultimate range of the 145gr projo in a .308 Win load around 400 or 450 yards - IF you were shooting it through a 1:12" twist barrel... - after that, it's gonna be shiit. It's not a long-distance projectile - it's too short, and too fat (sectional density comes into play here, as well as BC).

I think you forgot about another box... This is not a "small closet" we're talking about... and this is just the start... of "All Ron..."... Just for a "weekend..."...

^^^ And those shots could only happen at higher elevations, such as AFG. Not even possible shots at sea level, or in the war zone surrounding Iraq. Those guys maximized the environmental conditions for the terrain they were deployed on - and God Bless Them for it.

YOu guys are completely missing the boat on this one, and it's about projectile weight vs. barrel twist rate. 145s through a 1:10 is gonna suck, and it's gonna keep getting worse the hotter the barrel gets. This isn't about rate of fire - it's about the right ammo for a 1:10 twist barrel. 145s would do much better through a 1:12 twist barrel, but they're not gonna be the greatest, or anywhere near, through a 1:10. OP, you need to move to heavier projectiles and ditch the 145s except for plinking ammo. Your rate of fire is not that high, based on what you're describing.

Badass, brother - I told you I was in a mud hut in AFG with a bunch of guys, listening/watching Mat Best and another guy banging' a guitar and singing some hilarious songs... One of them was something about alien ass-rape...

145gr outof a 1:10" twist barrel is gonna be marginal at best, even if it was loaded to match-standards. Too light of a projectile for that twist rate. I'm sure it's getting worse if you shoot it fast. A little bit of barrel-heat difference is gonna make a bigger difference, because that little bullet is being spun so fast...

I found that one already...

Very well could be, and that was going to be my question - What ammo are you shooting? I'm in AZ, so I can tell you heat does have an affect. It shouldn't make your gun go crazy, though.

I'm glad to see it spreading up North!!! I've let my participation slack for a few years now, but I need to get back in it. I was instructing up to 2013, and I need to get back in it. Project Appleseed is a great, great even to hit up, and there's many to choose from in every state down here. What do your instructors teach for history? Here, it's one hundred percent about the events leading up to 19 April 1775 - the start of the Revolutionary War, and why/how we got to that point of "The Shot Heard Around The World."

Brother, there's ALOT of it here already, and two giantass Amazon boxes were here when I got home... Let me know when the bulk of it will arrive, because I'm just DYIN' to get a "group photo" of all this stuff... You don't have a "corner of the closet" in the bunkhouse room anymore - you have HALF of the closet...

I love Canada, and the people. My sister-unit for a decade was 3 PPCLI. Those are some hard bastards - love 'em. We partied every year for a week with them, and the date revolved around 5 December 1944. Menton Day. Much respect...

You shoulda seen the look on my face when the bastard pulled out the grenade launcher... that I promptly snatched away and went nuts on...

Just lookin' out, brother - They are quite possibly the largest AP dealer out there, and there's no "proof" to my theory, just what I see. You'll see limited edition painted sets on APs announcements, and they're sold out within minutes sometimes. There will be MANY available on Schuyler's website for quite awhile afterwards... That = BIG Aero dealer... Another great Aero dealer is "Arm Or Ally." They just used to be Monmouth Reloading, and I've bought from Monmouth for a long time. Once they branched out solidly into "hardware," they decided to change their name to reflect "more than just reloading." Both those companies are very solid, as well as Bking... I wish I got a cut from this shiit...

Hey fucker, I caught that one...

NICE FIND, BROTHER!!!! I'll check into that one. Right away, it will need a mil-dot scope, Boyd's TactiCool stock and DIP bottom metal. I love my Mark II FV-SR, it's a badass little bolt gun, for all things .22LR. I've found myself dreaming that it had just a little more punch, though. This will solve that. Damn, then I need to paint it like this one...

P80 gives a Glock the proper grip angle, of the 1911... John Moses Browning was a genius. Polymer80 recognized his genius, and incorporated that design into their Glock frame. Both as smart as fuk, and I respect both companies.... P80 "fixed" the most common issue with the Glock design... and fixed both worlds...

I was local there, with those fuckers, for 12 years, brother. I lived in the wet-side of WA for most of my adult life. The two greatest things in nature there are the Elk, and spotted owl...

^^^ Solid Aero Vendor, right there, along with Schuyler Arms.

They're great, with gravy. Just like spotted owl. Bitchin' recipe for that one.

I'd hunt the hell out of my 13.5" if I was never going over 150 yards. I'd hunt that thing to 300 yards without question. No way would I go over a 16" .308 Win AR barrel for that distance. No way.

That looks like that fucker I cooked a few months ago... That guy needs "more grill..."

That's a pretty damn nice setup, all in one kit. Very nice.

One of the greatest songs ever made, brother - good pick.

Why didn't you run the gas block wide open from the very beginning, and test it? You stated (in red above) that it was wide open. Further down, you state that it fired on setting five, but you have to open it further to setting seven to get it to function...