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    Need new Scales......Which one perfectionist type recommendations needed!

    http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2012/10/secrets-of-the-houston-warehouse-read-this-classic-article/
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    Measuring target distance with GPS

    Use a handheld GPS. Fix the shooting point and then go to the app in the GPS where you search for a fixed point in the database. Once you run that it gives you a distance and direction to that point. Now go to the target point and you can then move till you have the correct distance or close to...
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    Measuring target distance with GPS

    I am a land surveyor and have checked my Garmin Etrex 20 against my survey GPS that gives 20mm accuracy. It differed 3m. That should be good enough to first fix your shooting point and then the set out your target point once you are close to the distance. Most survey apparatus with a laser...
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    QuickLOAD way off from reality. Solutions?

    The pressures that QL calculates when the speed is used are not very accurate. Speed will be a good barometer, but with new propellants the speed norms for calibres are being exceeded by large margins. I normally calculate nodes that give 50-55K psi for hunting purposes. For target shooting the...
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    QuickLOAD way off from reality. Solutions?

    I do not adjust the weighting factor as that reduces pressure when lowered. If you have info where pressure has been measured then you can calibrate and amend the WF so that pressure agrees. Very few instances have however occurred where accurate pressures are available, so I stick with the...
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    QuickLOAD way off from reality. Solutions?

    Essentials :- 1. Select calibre and bullet type. Change bullet length if different from actual measured. 2. Change barrel length to measured from cocked bolt to muzzle tip (ignore muzzle brakes) 3. Measure case capacity and enter. 4. Enter COL as used - from tip of bullet to base - this...
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    QuickLOAD way off from reality. Solutions?

    QL needs to be calibrated to predict loads close to nodes calculated via the OBT method.
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    How much powder?

    Our limits in South Africa are 2,4kg in total at one site.
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    RELOADED .270 STICK AND CAN NOT CLOSE BOLT SAKO RIFLE

    Although case hardening is only addressed after 3 to 5 firings, the newer annealing processes make it easy to do. The advice is to do it after each firing to ensure consistency on all the cases. The work hardened cases have extra spring back that can stop chambering.
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    Scope suggestions for under $1000

    https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/arken-optics-update.264925/
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    Arken optics update!!

    As a product provider I was impressed by the honesty and pride in his product. No BS promises as to delivery times. You guys are lucky. We foreigners are sucking the hind nipple.
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    Which countries are our members living in?

    Is it not Iceland??????? Province of Gauteng. South Africa
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    What is your favorite rifle in your arsenal?

    P14 action converted to 7x64. It is such a proficient killer.
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    What’s your five? 5 Calibers to do it all...

    My choices here in Africa. 223, 243, 7x64, 30-06, 375H&H
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