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Topics: 41 / Replies: 1075
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Re: New SOCOM sniper rifle

Is it R100 000 more accurate than an 0.5 MOA Howa owned by Piet at local Long range Club ?  ?Nope but you do get really tacticool stickers and a ...

2 years ago
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Re: High/er pressures: rifle vs shotgun

Steel shot and bismuth seem to be the next popular loads. However, traditional barrels cannot always handle the "pressure" of the steel shot...

2 years ago
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Re: IMR 4955 - odd burn rate

I'm amazed that such an established manufacturer from the most litigious country on the planet would get something that wrong.

2 years ago
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Re: High/er pressures: rifle vs shotgun

Steel and other hard metal shot is pretty much the next/current thing. Lead is being banned all over the place for environmental reasons. Loads based ...

2 years ago
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Re: High/er pressures: rifle vs shotgun

If pressure is not such a problem in shotguns, why are shot cartridges relatively slow? It seems that most shot travels somewhere between 1200fps and ...

2 years ago
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Re: High/er pressures: rifle vs shotgun

Theres an article that I tried and failed to find that deals with pressures in shotguns. The author, a ballistician, performed experiments where he so...

2 years ago
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Re: FLAT point powder coated .303 bullets

I got a 22mm 5 shot group with these out of my 270 Win. 133gr Lyman gas checked and powder coated.People of Pope and Louverin's generation shot c...

2 years ago
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Re: My case prep

I think people tend to assign values to some reloading steps inconsistent with actual results.^This. A small fraction of reloaders I have ever met mea...

2 years ago
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Re: Dry curing meat.

My hog shoulder has now hung 7 day, in a fridge set at 5.5 cel.I called Cody and asked him what he thinks about my meat. " Whatch mean Daaad"...

2 years ago
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Re: Hunting with shotgun slugs ??

Brandewyn en buskruit mieks mos nie 😉 ;)Thanks a lot!It simply means that it is doable, and that it will work. How much damage does it do to meat? In...

2 years ago
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Re: Hunting with shotgun slugs ??

I have a 6 different slug molds and went deep down the rabbit hole of load development for them.The best is from a Russian company called Svarog. It&#...

2 years ago
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Re: Verdwaal / Getting lost

This stadsjapie can get lost in a big back yard. Always impressed by the natural navigators I've been in the field with.

2 years ago
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Re: How Cody was brought through some of the fears I had.

This reminds me of how relatively hard it is to start smoking. You've really got to want to do it and I don't remember anyone ever saying th...

2 years ago
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Re: Doppe skoonskuur / cases and abrasives?

Thanks, I would be surprised, if such an experiment was not done. I wonder of the taper on a case wall would exacerbate the situation, and a modern st...

2 years ago
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Re: Doppe skoonskuur / cases and abrasives?

The MOD published guidelines on what a lubricated round would do in a smelly and why it was was to be avoided when proofing. The increase in bolt thru...

2 years ago
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