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Fuckin awesome picture.

He's done it again - but this ride is WICKED!!!

PM Sent.

Not even a resemblance to hamburger, once those bastards get through with someone... <lmao>

Hey brother, didn't mean to make it sound like only a few people can do 1k yards with this cartridge - not the case. With the right amount of elevation adjustment in the scope, it's not bad. You just have to account for wind to get it there. You can take it further, too. Routinely taking it to 1,500 is gonna require a badass rifle setup, and you doing your part everytime. On the gap between receivers - 0.060" is a pretty thick feeler gauge. Does that go all the way through both sides? Or, is that rocking the upper in the lower, and getting that kind of gap on one side? Seems excessive, but I haven't measured any of mine for that gap before.

crimson, I'm glad this is sorting out, and the build is progressing. However... HOW IN THE HELL DID I MISS THAT JACKASS?!!? :bat: :rant2:

Not a Pic of the Day, but a vid. Here's a new one from Mat Best... <laughs>

^^^ laughed my a$s off when I saw that comment... <lmao>

Beach has one, and brought it out last Sunday - I like that rifle! His setup is very well thought out, too. The MI keymod VERY SMALL diameter handguard is awesome! We'll probably need him to get some pics of it in this thread... <lmao>

^^^ Yep. If it's a new rifle, unfired, then there's alot of parts that still need to mate together. It would be understandable that things will be dragging on these big heavy things. <thumbsup>

300 Win Mag will get to 1,500 yards - accurately, and with a decent amount of energy. 1k yard shots with the .308 are definitely doable, once you get your elevation. Checking and adjusting for the wind is tougher the longer you go - that's the hardest part. There's a big difference in 800 yard and 1,000 yard shots. That additional 200 can be a beitch. The cartridge will certainly do it. <thumbsup>

DAMN! Great vid!

Right on, Brother Jacob - good review below! <thumbsup> http://zombease.com/beachin-tactical-rifle-sling-review/

Looks like Berger is getting some new projectiles out there. I missed it when these were announced. http://www.bergerbullets.com/what-are-the-differences-between-the-otm-tactical-classic-hunter-and-elite-hunter-bullets/ The selections look great, and the weights are right on the money for modern barrel twist rates. I need to pick some of these up and load them up. Match OTM Tactical bullets – designed for cartridges and rifles that are used in combat These Tactical bullets are designed to bridge the gap between functionality and the highest possible ballistic performance. They are designed with a specific cartridge in mind, and will be successful at either magazine feedable lengths or loaded long for single shot firing situations. They are also made with thicker jackets, allowing them to perform reliably under the most abusive conditions found in tactical competition, tactical situations and in combat. The Hybrid bullet design blends a tangent and secant ogive. This gives shooters the best of both worlds by providing the best trajectory performance, while at the same time not requiring the bullet to be tuned to a specific seating depth like the VLD bullets. Now Available: – 22 cal 77 gr Match OTM Tactical – 30 cal 175 gr Match OTM Tactical – 30 cal 185 gr Match OTM Tactical Juggernaut (which means Transonic Stable) – 30 cal 230 gr Match Hybrid OTM Tactical – 338 cal 250 gr Match Hybrid OTM Tactical – 338 cal 300 gr Match Hybrid OTM Tactical

Only once in awhile... <dontknow> :banana:

Haha! True! Last summer at work, I had a customer show up with a wrecked POS motorcycle stuff into a junk enclosed trailer. Damn trailer had a roll-up door rigged on it (and I do mean that - it wasn't original that way). I'm trying to tug this bruised up bike out, with two other guys pushing in the front of it, and I SLAMMED my mellon into the sharp edge of a piece of angle iron - that shouldn't have been there... Heads bleed, so there was blood everywhere. All I could muster was "FUK@!@@!!!" and walked out of the trailer. I'm walking through the shop, pushing on that cut as hard as I can, blood all over the place - and the rest of the guys were freaking out. They wanted to take me to the hospital, lay me down on the floor, whatever. Guess they never saw that much blood so quickly before... <lmao> I just told them to get the fuk away from me, and I'd be alright. Washed it out, dumped some kinf of anti-bactierial goop in it, and held direct pressure on it with a clean rag. It eventually stopped. No gunshot wounds, no arterial bleeding, clear airway, all my bones still pointing in the right directions - what's the reason to go to the hospital?... <lmao>

Hell yes, you are a veteran.

In the past, I had fantastic luck with PPU match ammo, in both 5.56 and .308 Win. I've used the 69gr OTM and 77gr OTM for the 5.56 rifles, and damn is that stuff accurate! Same with 168gr OTM and 175gr OTM for .308 Win - accurate! However, lately, I've been having problems reloading the 5.56 cases. I stopped using them to make 300BLK brass, because the bases bulge. Easy to see after them come out of resizing. No more cut down PPU for 300BLK. Well, before this range trip, I loaded up about 500 rounds of 55gr range ammo (mixed .223 Rem brass, CCI 400 primers, 25.3 gr H335 and Hornady 55grain FMJBT projos). Great load. Stuck a PPU case in the RCBS full-length sizing die. STUCK that bastard, good. Bulged base, and the full-length die didn't agree with each other. The rest of the PPU .223 Rem cases that I have, I'll watch closely. If they're anywhere near tight in the die, they're going in the trash. This is only the 2nd or 3rd loading on most of them.

He's no small man... <laughs> <lmao> :hail:

Loving this rifle! Next paycheck will bring a rear sight change for it.

Pics of what happened? Since it's apart now, and all. Was the bolt pushed too far into the carrier, and a gas ring caught some internal ridge in the carrier?

*** THAT BASTARD!!!*** <lmao>

Here's a start - dig into the regulations, and print copies of the regulations - don't print a webpage. Make sense? http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/firearms-and-ammunition Another comprehensive article: http://www.wikihow.com/Travel-on-Airplanes-With-a-Gun DO NOT USE the stupid TSA locks! You cannot - they won't let it on the aircraft with TSA locks on it. Militarily, we always used Pelican cases and Hardigg cases. The two companies have kinda combined now. It's unpossible to fuk up a Hardigg case.

I think I'm gonna get this and cut it down to 13.7". More tomorrow, when I'm thinking more clearly...

I can't believe Ron's Armalite had a failure...