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The Rio de Janeiro Military Police Special Forces Battalion replaced their Colt M16A2 Carbines and FAL rifles with Armalite AR-10 Carbines and AR-10T sniper rifles in 2014, two years before the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. The Armalite retains 7.62 NATO but drops two pounds and eight inches...

16-inch in-service Armalite carbine:

I agree. Mine's old, and the only wear I have is the bluing is worn around where the case heads sit.

Just OK. It's now on its third barrel and second stock.

My 700 has been bedded in both an H-S and now a KRG Bravo. I think the 'smith used Marine-Tex or Devcon. This is how it grouped in the H-S (ten 308 / 168 Match Kings over 42.5 Varget):

I have a used Redding T-7 and a new spare turret (I believe from Brownells or Sinclair) still in the bubble wrap. I have a primer arm, new in box, that I will have to find. I want to trade the stuff above as a complete package for a Bonanza or Forster Co Ax. Thanks.

Hang on to a copy of the match bulletin and you should be fine to bring whatever. A 338 Lapua will do if your hardware has the capability and you already have data. This fella in Australia routinely runs standard-caliber rifles (30-06, 308, 300 Win, 338 Lapua) to outrageous distances, and his...

Nope, but if he's making 'em, I'm buying one!

Please do NOT use Brasso or any other ammonia-based polish on cartridge brass.

In my experience with .308 Winchester and .338 Lapua Magnum your 100-yard zero will NOT change. Where you are going to find variance is in the amount of drop you will have at your extended distances at altitude due to thinner air density. You will gain about 25 to 45/50 feet per second in...

What a beautiful specimen! Supposedly the best example of M1 rifles (if you can own only one) is a 1942 Springfield before wartime production demand pushed for as many rifles as they could deliver. With a new Criterion you have what many would consider the equivalent of a depot overhaul rifle...

354 laser-ranged yards with a single 165 Ballistic Tip over 43.5 of 4064. 10,000 feet above mean sea level. Dead right there.

BRAVO! That's a fantastic accomplishment. Kudos to you for your patience -- I'm sure it was quite gratifying after the long wait. Your barrel looks like a piece of artillery settled into the action. :) Once you've shot up all that 168 and you transition to serious bullets you'll be REALLY...

The one I shot was a hammer shooting military Mark 248 Mod 0 (190-grain Sierra Match Kings) and MK 248 Mod 1 (220 Match Kings). You got yourself a nice weapon!

Your die does not give you enough neck tension if bullets are advancing out of the case at all. If feeding from the magazine causes the inertia of the bullet to overcome your neck tension (the same effect as a body not wearing a seatbelt once the cartridge seats -- the bullet keeps moving...