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Originally Posted By forcefed:
Ordered. Thank you. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By forcefed:
Originally Posted By M4-AR:
www.amazon.com/dp/B00G9QOBX6I've redone the foam since this pic, but it works well. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/38811/IMG-5920-216776.jpg
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Originally Posted By M4-AR:
If you decide to go with different foam, this was posted here and I did this as well. www.amazon.com/dp/B007J2JJYKhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/38811/IMG-7355-247020.jpg View Quote |
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I'm late, and it's too damn drunk for this.
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Originally Posted By Finslayer83:
Interesting. So you're bottomed out on the scope? Not to be insulting you did unlock the zero stop right? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Finslayer83:
Originally Posted By M4-AR:
It's not a bad rifle. pretty easy to upgrade/swap parts. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/38811/IMG-7154-246795.jpg Although I still can't get the damn thing zero'd at 100yrd. Razor is at max and it's still 1.5 mil high. So you're bottomed out on the scope? Not to be insulting you did unlock the zero stop right? |
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I'm late, and it's too damn drunk for this.
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Originally Posted By forcefed:
Ordered. Thank you. View Quote ETA: Didn't go down far enough to see somebody else had recommended it! Attached File |
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question for you guys, I've never had a barrel that needed "breaking in" and frankly my process has been to shoot the crap out of a new barrel. This hasn't led to any lack of accuracy or whatever over the years.
Going to shoot the PVA barrel this weekend and is there anything special I need to do or just zero it and start shooting? |
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Originally Posted By grimhollow:
If you go back a few pages, I have a post of how I did my case like this. I switched the foam out with Kaizen foam, which was about $25 for a sheet. ETA: Didn't go down far enough to see somebody else had recommended it! https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/198606/image-247616.JPG View Quote I really like the case, especially for the price. |
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Originally Posted By Finslayer83:
question for you guys, I've never had a barrel that needed "breaking in" and frankly my process has been to shoot the crap out of a new barrel. This hasn't led to any lack of accuracy or whatever over the years. Going to shoot the PVA barrel this weekend and is there anything special I need to do or just zero it and start shooting? View Quote "Shoot a half dozen rounds, lightly clean. Repeat. Break in is complete. Then shoot it. Done." |
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Originally Posted By TerryH:
I asked the same question of Josh @ PVA when I got mine. Here's his response... "Shoot a half dozen rounds, lightly clean. Repeat. Break in is complete. Then shoot it. Done." View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By TerryH:
Originally Posted By Finslayer83:
question for you guys, I've never had a barrel that needed "breaking in" and frankly my process has been to shoot the crap out of a new barrel. This hasn't led to any lack of accuracy or whatever over the years. Going to shoot the PVA barrel this weekend and is there anything special I need to do or just zero it and start shooting? "Shoot a half dozen rounds, lightly clean. Repeat. Break in is complete. Then shoot it. Done." |
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Man, you do love purple.
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Good results. Your shooting 6 shots each yet 3 shot groups. To really tell how your ammo is performing, 5 shots per group normally tells me a lot more.
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Originally Posted By Finslayer83:
question for you guys, I've never had a barrel that needed "breaking in" and frankly my process has been to shoot the crap out of a new barrel. This hasn't led to any lack of accuracy or whatever over the years. Going to shoot the PVA barrel this weekend and is there anything special I need to do or just zero it and start shooting? View Quote Just how I normally do it |
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View Quote Scope looks fine cosmetically, not sure if there is a way to test it without it being mounted? Kinda wonder what was wrong that they had to refurbish it in the first place |
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Morning range update.
The PVA barrel freaking shoots. 5 shot .5" group using the Hornady AG 140g. Just cleaned the know your limits rack at 500y. Off to 1k. Per the magnetospeed I'm averaging 2602fps out of the 20.75" barrel. |
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Rob3220:
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Originally Posted By Finslayer83:
Morning range update. The PVA barrel freaking shoots. 5 shot .5" group using the Hornady AG 140g. Just cleaned the know your limits rack at 500y. Off to 1k. Per the magnetospeed I'm averaging 2602fps out of the 20.75" barrel. View Quote .285 G7 for that Hornady 140gr HPBT worked great for me at long range, FWIW. |
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Originally Posted By avboiler11:
That seems slow...I had a 18" Criterion 6.5 Creedmoor Rem-Age barrel that got 2664fps with Hornady 140gr Amax Match ammo. .285 G7 for that Hornady 140gr HPBT worked great for me at long range, FWIW. View Quote Shot 150 rounds today. Need it to settle down a bit and see what it can do again at the 300 round mark. 100y Attached File 200y Attached File |
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And the next project...
$70 at Sam's Club. Seems pretty nice. Has pick and pluck foam but I ordered Kiazen foam from Amazon. Sams Club 44" Case Same case on Amazon for $179.00. Elkton rifle case on Amazon |
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Originally Posted By Finslayer83:
I should of also noted that's the first 10 rounds put through it. Shot 150 rounds today. Need it to settle down a bit and see what it can do again at the 300 round mark. 100y https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/164007/IMG-2630-249678.JPG 200y https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/164007/IMG-2629-249681.JPG View Quote |
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My new RPR in 6.5 CM just arrived yesterday. I'm hoping to get to the range in the next couple of days, but for now I'm playing with it, getting a preliminary setup for everything, zeroing my scope and so on.
The manual says there's a 5/64 wrench in the bolt shroud for adjusting the trigger, but doesn't say a word about how to open it. I've got to assume it's in the back where there's something like a cap but that cap doesn't seem to want to unscrew or come off. So I'm sure I'm missing something, but I don't see how to get that off. Does it unscrew like a conventional right hand thread? Bob |
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Originally Posted By MontanaAardvark:
My new RPR in 6.5 CM just arrived yesterday. I'm hoping to get to the range in the next couple of days, but for now I'm playing with it, getting a preliminary setup for everything, zeroing my scope and so on. The manual says there's a 5/64 wrench in the bolt shroud for adjusting the trigger, but doesn't say a word about how to open it. I've got to assume it's in the back where there's something like a cap but that cap doesn't seem to want to unscrew or come off. So I'm sure I'm missing something, but I don't see how to get that off. Does it unscrew like a conventional right hand thread? Bob View Quote |
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Originally Posted By TerryH:
Finished up the case tonight. $70 case from Sam's, $25 Kaizen foam and $10 worth of felt from Amazon. Little spray glue and a few hours work. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4265/35120336003_29a67f8120_b.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4209/35797564171_65223e05d4_b.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4306/35888947066_b50eb3d545_b.jpg View Quote |
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Chicken Farmer by choice hunter of shade tree's and hiding spots by nature.
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Originally Posted By MontanaAardvark:
No, the artist part fits. It's beautiful. I just picked up one of those cases from Sam's, and figuring out a layout was my priority for today. You've set the bar really high. View Quote |
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Originally Posted By TerryH:
Thanks for the kind words. I played around with quite a few different lay outs. I had also saved pics of other's cases any time I ran across one that I liked. I took what I liked from all of that for my lay out. I considered adding a Berry box for ammo but decided against it. View Quote In doing so I forgot to layout my suppressor in it. |
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This place is killing me. I just ordered a 6.5 RPR. Had to have one after looking at all the pics in this thread.
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Chicken Farmer by choice hunter of shade tree's and hiding spots by nature.
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Originally Posted By DitchDr:
This place is killing me. I just ordered a 6.5 RPR. Had to have one after looking at all the pics in this thread. View Quote Currently practicing with a precision build AR since I am still very new to long range precision shooting. |
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Added the Vtab to the stock today. This thing is an amazing piece of machining. Works great. I could never quite get comfortable with the stock in the prone. Being able to move the butt pad higher is really cool. No affiliation. Just think it's a great addition.
Fast Acquisition Products Just push the button the side and adjust up or down. |
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One followed me home today. I was about to bid on gunbroker but asked the local shop what they could get one for and he says
"We have one sitting in the back that is on sale from the distributor and you can get an extra 10% off because it has been sitting here so long" It was too long to fit in the rotary display cases so no one ever saw it. I saved enough I was able to get a Cricket for my kids and still pay less than anywhere else. |
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Originally Posted By ENGCPT:
One followed me home today. I was about to bid on gunbroker but asked the local shop what they could get one for and he says "We have one sitting in the back that is on sale from the distributor and you can get an extra 10% off because it has been sitting here so long" It was too long to fit in the rotary display cases so no one ever saw it. I saved enough I was able to get a Cricket for my kids and still pay less than anywhere else. View Quote |
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I'm getting a scope with 50mm obj. What height rings do I need? 0.87 or 1.26
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Originally Posted By TerryH:
Agree. I had 1.26" on mine and they work with a 50mm objective but barely. Better off higher. More clearance and better/easier cheek weld. I have 1.45" Vortex Precision on mine now. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By TerryH:
Originally Posted By M4-AR:
I went 1.5, I'm not sure I'd go much lower. This. Unlike a regular bolt action with a drop-comb stock, it's best to think of this rifle as being like an AR10. That straight buffer tube and stock really raises the eye position, even with the cheek rest bottomed out. Personally, I wouldn't go with anything lower than 1.4". If you're planning on a cheek bag/pad, you'll likely want one even higher than that. |
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This may be a dumb question but my primary long range shooting exoerience is limited to punching holes in paper and deer with different ammo for each task. Precision was usually 5.56 bthp and deer was usually 7mm mag 150 grain Remington core-lockt. Will match BTHP ammo work for deer? I know it is kind of the gold standard for match ammunition.
I would like to keep ammo the same so I'm not always re-zeroing but I don't know what the ideal "precision/performance" round is that I can also use for deer. Does such a round exist in 6.5 creedmore? Thanks in advance |
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Put a bullet into the vitals and deer will die...be it a match bullet or not. Plenty of deer have been cleanly and ethically harvested with a 168/175 SMK.
If you are concerned about "penciling through", I'd recommend using an Amax or ELD-M...the 168gr ELD-M is a *great* bullet for a 308 as is the 140gr for the 6.5 Creedmoor with a long history of very positive results on medium game. |
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TerryH,What cheek rest is that and yes Im looking at the butt pad part.
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Originally Posted By 26120:
TerryH,What cheek rest is that and yes Im looking at the butt pad part. View Quote Wiebad Mini Stock Pad |
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