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  Proverbs 24:17-18 says, “Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.” The wrath of God is always just and righteous. Yet even though that is true, we still should not rejoice at the down fall of our enemies. God will punish evil and that punishment is righteous, however our true desire should be for all to change and do right rather than be destroyed by the vengeance of God.
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  yeah... that looks ok. :D
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  Had my 6 creed barrel in my DT and was shooting a new load with 107smk. I think it is going to work. 100 yards 3 10 at 200 yards. 5 at 400 yards. 1st shot was high adjusted dial. 3 very tight 2 left struggled with mirage..This load is a keeper. So my good buddy Bob Hart at RW Hart had Hart barrels spin up a DT barrel, there first. He chambered it in his wildcat 30 Hart cartridge which is a improved 300 weatherby mag cartridge. He was nervous and excited to see what it would do. This was a first for Hart barrels and a first for him to chamber. He loaded up the ammo at loads he uses. 3 shots 210 berger VLD at 100 yards 3 with 190 Nosler comps at 100 He was very impressed with the DT platform. These where shot on different days. The DT platform just performs.
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  Been shooting a lot of 17 hornet this year. Tried two types of factory ammo, both 20gr poly tipped. Hornady and Federal. Feeding: Hornady had significantly worse feeding issues in the CZ 527 American I'm using. The rims would get caught on the extractor rather than slide up under it nicely. These mini-mausers are essentially controlled round feed, and fairly intolerant of non-uniform brass. The Federal feeds much better, almost never presenting an issue. Hot/cold?: The hornady was loaded very hot. Shocker there right? (not) So much so that the brass is visibly bulged out at the web. Not even worth attempting to reload it. The Federal is loaded much more reasonably. No bulged cases, and significantly higher quality brass. Definitely going to use it for future loading. Precision/Accuracy: Both the hornady and Federal share the same zero in this rifle, which is quite nice. However the federal prints slightly smaller groups and has significantly fewer flyers. I attribute this to significantly higher quality brass. Both hornady and Federal track with each other out to 300yds, and share an approximate 3600fps muzzle velocity. The decision on which to buy and recommend is simple for me. Federal has proven to be the best and safest performer. I also like the 50rnd boxes of the Federal vs the 25rnd boxes provided by hornady.
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  Well it looks like i will settle on the Sako quad. It is the synthetic model with aftermarket bolt knob and bottom metal. Just getting conformation pics for the model and should be mine. Ill report back when its in hand and has a couple shots down range.
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  I like Dillon presses, but you need to be loading a lot to make it worth it. I have a couple of 550’s and a 1050. The 1050 will really crank out some ammo and has provisions for powder check. It primes on the pull so you don’t have to push to prime. It also swages so you don’t have to worry about mil brass which is sometimes an issue with 9mm. The 1050 is only good if you are either loading one caliber only, or if you are loading several thousand at a time. It takes about 45 minutes to do a complete caliber change...especially if primer size needs to be changed. The 550’s are what I do most of my pistol loading on. I have one for small primer and one for large. I can change out calibers in under a minute. Each caliber has toolhead, dies, and powder measure attached. I don’t load 1000’s at a time, so these are great and much faster than single stage. I can do about 400 an hour if all goes smooth. The 650 is between the two, but not worth it in my opinion. Either get the 550 or step all the way up to the 1050.
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  Indeed, and apparently I should have done it sooner. Oh well, all set for now I think, I'll probably have to get some new/more chokes to full the gaps though.
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  @hypo we almost take pride in it lol. Probably one of very few New Englanders here or should I say New Englandahs 😂
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  @dddoo7 bummer, but I completely understand that situation.
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  @orkan I went and looked today and he only had a demo Thunderbeast and they are on backorder so I passed. I wanted to place it on my trust but since I did the trust years back all the people on the trust need to be printed and photographed at least that's what I was told and that also swayed me to wait. I didn't like the mono baffle design of the Texas brand anyway, I have one of those already. Trying to get all my chickens to go get fingerprinted is going to take a while so I might just put the stamp in my name and later attach it to the trust ( another 200 ) or I think there is a loophole where you can get around the fee, I'm not sure though. Either way there damn sure ain't no rush. I would rather get what I want and what is right.
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  Well, I did the second one yesterday and it wasn't exactly a plug and play kind of thing. It had a Redfield/Leupold one piece base like most of the Mauser rifles I have that employ three mounting screws. The hole centering was the same with the exception of the rear hole and a little tweeking with a small round file fixed that. A pass through with a slightly larger bit for the through hole would have worked also. The problem was the stripper clip hump on the receiver. Some people grind all that garbage off when they use a military Mauser action and some leave it there, like me. Lazy. EGW designed these rails to be placed on the receiver with the leading edge .250 rearward of the front receiver ring so the mount clears the hump and you can do a four hole mount. That's what you want. I don't remember if I did the original drill and tap on this rifle or my buddy Dwight that did the barrel fitting and bolt forging but anyway it was too far forward and the rail hit the hump and only one hole could be used. Bummer. There is a couple of ways to drill and tap a Mauser receiver for either the Redfield type or the rails and I have done both. One is by measurement hopefully in a milling machine with a nice read out and a Kurt vice and snap jaws with built in parallels and the other is a fixture. The fixture can be used with a hand drill, yeah right. Or with a drill press. The only catch is the barrel has to be out of the action. I have done a couple with it and it wasn't any fun. I rigged up a vise in my drill press to mill this rail out so it would clear the hump and it worked. Just took a few minutes more and only have one screw in the rear of the rail however it's a hunting rifle and I don't see how it could fail. Happy Fourth.
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  Load dev for a 20" barrel isn't really any different than load dev on a longer barrel. Start low, work up... find the node and stick with it. http://www.primalrights.com/library/articles/load-development Here's an article on load dev I wrote a few years ago on the subject. You might have a look at the berger 135's, H4350, and Lapua brass. Start load of around 38gr should be fine. Obviously bullet choice will be determined largely by your desired application, as well as what performs well in that particular barrel.
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  Speaking for myself, my problem wasn't getting impacts so much as getting all the shots off in regulation. We had 90-120 second stages where we had to change positions in some cases 2-4 times and engage up to 4 targets with 8-10 rounds. In most instances the targets were known distances but a few were unknown. Most targets were inside 700 yds. We had to shoot prone left and prone right, seated left and seated right, standing supported left and supported right. I did notice the guys that shot before me that tried to engage multiple targets and cranked their dope did not fire all their rounds. It seemed that the guys that were proficient with a tree reticle were more successful. I used my tree reticle but my transition to different positions was admittedly bad mostly because I have some weight I need to shed. If you are in good shape, practicing getting locked into the positions I mentioned as quickly as possible might increase your score. Best of luck.
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  I have just over 100 rounds on barrel, I think it should be settled in. Shot this today 5 rounds at 100 yards. I got sloppy on one shot. load is: 143 ELDX 210 M primer 57.7gr H1000 ADG Brass 2.320 to ogive. I have not played with seating depth yet but this 6.5PRC is going to be a hammer. Thank you Travis.
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  @martino1 said in Supreme Court Bans Civil Seizures: It'll be interesting to see where the municipalities make up the revenue shortfall. Maybe we'll be in for more speed traps. Many PD's budgets are determined by the amount of stuff they can 'legally' steal. 99% of the lawyers make the rest look bad. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain): "Lawyers are like other people--fools on the average; but it is easier for an ass to succeed in that trade than any other." Mark Twain was at a dinner party where he gave one of his customary after-dinner speeches. When he had finished a prominent lawyer stood up, shoved his hands in his pockets and said, "Doesn't it strike this company as unusual that a professional humorist should be so funny?" Mark Twain came back with, "Doesn't it strike this company as unusual that a lawyer should have both hands in his own pockets?" The judicial process is like a cow. The public is impaled on its horns, the government has it by the tail, and all the while the lawyers are milking it.
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  Chicken Shawarma Ingredients: 2lbs chicken thighs, trim excess fat off Marinade 1 large clove garlic, crushed 1 tablespoon ground coriander 1 tablespoon ground cumin 1 tablespoon ground cardamon 1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper 2 teaspoons smoked paprika 2 teaspoons salt Black pepper 2 tablespoons lemon juice 3 tablespoons olive oil Dressing: 1 cup whole milk probiotic rich yogurt 1 clove garlic, crushed 1 tsp cumin 1/2 lemon, juiced Salt and pepper To Serve: Flat bread, pitas, tortilla shells or Romaine Lettuce leaves Tomato, sliced Cucumber, sliced Red Onion, sliced *marinated onions are even better Directions: Combine the marinade in a Ziploc bag, squish it around real good to mix up the spices. Then add your chicken. Be sure to coat the chicken really well. Place in the fridge for 12-24 hours. The longer you marinade it the better. Be sure to mix up the bag a few times to ensure the chicken pieces get slathered in marinade. Combine all of the dressing ingredients in a small bowl, cover and place in the fridge. Heat grill/BBQ (or cook in fry pan on stove) on medium heat. Lightly oil your pan or grill. Place the chicken on the grill, cooking each side for 3-4 minutes. You'll want a light char on each side. Remove the chicken from the grill, cover loosely with foil, and let it rest for about 5 minutes. During this time, slice up your veggies, get your choice of wrap and sauce out. To serve: 1.) Slice chicken pieces into smaller chunks. 2.) Smear the inside of your wrap with dressing. 3.) Add chicken to wrap. 4.) Top with your veggies. 5.) ENJOY!
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  We are wrapping up our spring garden this week. Wednesday it rained almost twelve inches and last night another half inch but we got most of everything picked before all this rain. I went ahead and pulled two rows of sweet corn yesterday and cut it off the cob for freezing. I still have six rows I planted later than yesterdays that should be ready pretty quick. Sure hope it doesn't sour or rot. I mowed the major portion down of my corn but it wasn't doing anything so that's the way it goes. If it would have all made it I would have some major work on my hands like years past. We picked a few blackeyed peas and they are already in the freezer for the winter, eight two cup packages to be exact and we have a table full to be shelled right now from yesterdays pick. I made Polish Dill Pickles and my wife has been making sweet and bread and butter style as well as some kind of squash pickles. That may be a bust, never had them. I guess enough sugar and vinegar and you can tolerate them. We ended up with enough tomatoes for 16 half pints of salsa and some for the table to slice and put on sandwiches. Home grown tomatoes are so different from store bought hot house varieties. Dang mockingbirds sure like them. I got a few pictures before we picked and some of the finished products. Sweet corn silks are really colorful sometimes and for some reason I didn't have one single worm in the ears. I didn't spray anything on it I guess the moths didn't make it this year in all the wind we had. What little damage I had was from a chinch bug looking insect and very few of them. Pickle Factory Finished Wife's Canning Blackeye's G 90 Sweet Corn