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I bailed on cars and coffee this morning. Not a fan of going in the rain, and the chowder heads that merged the event with another car club decided to have anew meeting place. In an open air retail shopping center, the largest one in Charlottesville just a couple of weeks before Christmas, and not too far from all the U.Va. sports arenas.
Yeah I stayed home
sometimes, folks do not know when they already have such things JUST RIGHT.

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Old 12-06-2014, 07:37 AM
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folks never know when they already have things JUST RIGHT.
There, fixed it for you.

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Old 12-06-2014, 08:16 AM
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Found mounts for my rear wing!

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Old 12-06-2014, 08:19 AM
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It's 64 and sunny here....
Old 12-06-2014, 08:55 AM
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it is going to get to be about 60 here. very warm weather for winter in utah.

ammo prices are almost as cheap as what i can reload, in .223/5.56:

Independence 5.56mm 55gr FMJ 20rds XM193I - .223/5.56mm - Rifle Ammunition - Ammunition

Federal 5.56 55gr FMJ-BT 90rds on Stripper Clips XM193AF90

at 0.28/round, that is only about 0.04/round more than it costs me to reload.
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Old 12-06-2014, 09:28 AM
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PSA had 20ct boxes of federal xm193 for $5.99 the other day.....under 30¢/rd for low volume, brass cased is nuts
Old 12-06-2014, 09:53 AM
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Plowing snow here. We were supposed to get 2- 4 inches and change to rain this morning.
Got about 4"s by 6am changed to rain for about 5 min. mid morning and then back to snow.
May have to go back to work this evening if it doesn't quit soon.
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Old 12-06-2014, 10:08 AM
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The guy that has the place where I poked holes in paper last week started reloading. The he discovered how much washing and cleaning of the cartridges was involved. He sold off his reloading stuff and just buys new. He got lazy and decided he wanted to have fun not have a chore. His side yard will be a sheet of brass soon.
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Old 12-06-2014, 10:08 AM
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well, the ammo i like to feed the .308 is well over a dollar a round. i can build the same, but better, for about 36 cents/round. when i go out with the .308, i usually shoot between 40 and 80 rounds.
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Old 12-06-2014, 10:10 AM
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Jesus......I just did the math.....at the ~30¢/rd I usually pay for ammo, a typical range day still runs me $150 just in .223


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Old 12-06-2014, 11:07 AM
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The guy that has the place where I poked holes in paper last week started reloading. The he discovered how much washing and cleaning of the cartridges was involved. He sold off his reloading stuff and just buys new. He got lazy and decided he wanted to have fun not have a chore. His side yard will be a sheet of brass soon.
I don't shoot enough to reload, but the mean landowners where I shoot make me pick up brass.
Old 12-06-2014, 12:33 PM
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My 7 is about $1.25 a shot for the loads I like, not too bad but considering I have yet to get a single zombie in my cross hairs it seems a bit much
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Old 12-06-2014, 02:23 PM
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i could reload for your 7 at about 0.38/round.
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Old 12-06-2014, 03:17 PM
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I save my brass, Dad reloads, right now I am working on stocking the brass. He already has the dye's for that caliber
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Old 12-06-2014, 03:19 PM
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nice.

when i first got my .308, i bought some NATO rounds at $13/20. they were all over the place. so, i started reloading. i got lucky and pretty much found the sweet spot really quick. the stuff that is comparable to what i am loading (same bullet/weight) is about $25/20.
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Old 12-06-2014, 04:29 PM
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I like the federal 150gr soft tips, they are very consistent. $30/20
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Old 12-06-2014, 04:36 PM
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i use the sierra 168 gr BTHP matchking for target and the 165 gr BTHP gameking for hunting rounds. i've posted my targets before and i think they do okay.
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Old 12-06-2014, 05:10 PM
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Whenever I finally break down and get a precision rig, I'm going with one that shoots 300gr bthp...

Think I'm gonna switch to a 10.5" barrel on the AR....with the 7.5, head sized targets are I'll advised at 200....on the bright side, I'll be able to mitigate the length by running an a2 bird cage instead of the kx3....I can probably keep the added oal under 2"
Old 12-06-2014, 05:23 PM
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I like the light rounds for long range target shooting, they are much flatter than going to around the 300gr range.
Not to throw an I told ya so Joe but I called your longer range issue with that short rig.
Mt next rig 300gr will be on the light side.
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Old 12-06-2014, 05:27 PM
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300 is the common match weight for 338lm.....when I go long range, I'm going big.

The 7.5 has it's purpose and functions beautifully, but it's a 2-2.5 moa rifle and I know I can bring that down to 1.5 or so with those extra 3 inches..... I mean, who doesn't want am extra three inches

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