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Might have been...either that or he was trying to get home to see if Sancho was there, lol

Thanks Robert, I really appreciate that.

I do not have a level on the scope...one of these days I'll get one. After a full day of competing, a little dry fire was more than I cared to do, lol. Usually I do take a couple three dry fire shots before turning on the cameras but not after I have already fired close to 600 rounds or more.

@@Halfmilesniper Yeah, that's what I meant, dry fire before shooting🙂or during some testing if you think your pulling shots. I know it's probably not easy when your making a video and some people don't realise how helpful dry firing can be, At least it is for me and slows down the pace a little. Thanks for your videos!

Thanks, I really do appreciate that.

LOL, that ain't no lie...they use a fork lift to move those benches. Might hurt my back trying to get it in the truck!

You speak the truth...not sure how I did it but I threw my back out once...in my sleep, lol. Woke up and couldn't hardly move, I was jacked up for about 4 days...yeow!

Groceries and fuel have been eating into my shooting money too, now the car insurance is taking a huge bite...going up 21% on each vehicle as the policies renew...outrageous.

LOL. I remember watching both the Real McCoys and the black and white Gunsmoke series as a kid...who am I kidding, all the TV was black and white in our house until the mid 70's, lol. It was a treat watching TV in color at grandma's house. That wind was pretty stiff, it was like that every afternoon too for the whole week. Since I was looking at the 200 yard drop I figured let's just leave the scope set and let the wind push...I was pleased that much wind only moved the bullets about an inch right. That would be a fine 200 yard shot on a deer in that wind.

I hope so too, if it isn't spurs it is probably plantar faciitis, but whatever it is isn't bugging me much now but I will go to the doc soon...after my upcoming colonoscopy, lol. I have loaded this Hornady brass at least 17 times, I got it from Randle as once fired brass. I anneal every time I process and I am sure that coupled with the fact the brass comes out of the rifle cold has really helped prolong the brass life.

@@Halfmilesniper how does it grow each time ? When I was reloading the brass would grow .005-.006 each time but back then no one annealed

@@JeRKII interestingly enough, this brass has hardly been growing. I also trim each time I process and 50% of the time the cutter only kisses the brass, of the remain 50% most are done cutting after one revolution. I continue to be amazed at how easy this rifle/caliber combo is on the brass.

@@Halfmilesniper I wonder annealing, manufacturer or the load/caliber lots of questions. But its awesome you were able to load 17 times WOW!!!

@@JeRKII I think a combo of annealing and as I stated, the caliber just being easy on the brass. I hope the Lapua brass lasts me as long.

Glad you enjoyed it. WhoTee's live ran a little longer, long enough I was able to bounceto my video and still get close to a half hour more at WhoTee's, lol.

No Tom, no experience with the 260 Rem. The guy who taught the AR manufacturer course I attended has an AR platform in 260 Rem and another in 280 Rem, but we didn't get to have any range time with them.

260 Rem and 260AI in bolts. LFARs in 260s. Love that cartridge.

@@donbenson5292 Savage Striker, Savage Model 11 and Remington CDL Limited Edition all in .260 Rem. My favorite cartridge.

Made for a really long week on the range ahead of the 2 day drive home, lol. Seems my sneakers were aggravating the issue as well, switched to my work boots and things started getting better. I still have a little "ache"...enough that I'll visit the witch doctor soon.

​@Halfmilesniper Depending exactly how pain feels if a padded heel insert doesn't help perhaps a cardboard cutout under the insole may help cushion it. A sometimes fix. Foot pain calls for desperate measures. Beam or Daniel's only temporarily numb things 😂. So I've been told! Take care. 🙏👍🇺🇸

@@billdye3530 just changing into my boots started allieviating the pain immediately. It was weird how the back of the sneaker was putting pressure right on where it hurt but the boots didn't. Every day folks on the range commented that I looked like I was walking better...by the end of the week I was walking normal...well, normalish.

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Talking with a few of my teammates and other competitors it may be plantar faciitis as well, but I'll let the witch doctor make that determination, lol.

Thank you Mike Webb, I really do appreciate that.

The only time I remove the human factor is when I use a Ransom rest for testing my match ammo in the pistols or to test if my barrel is shot out on my match pistols.

No John, I work off the bipod or a heavy bag if the rile isn't set up for a bipod.

@@Halfmilesniper oh ok I see ,I believe that's a good idea cause you wont always be able to strap it down ,, but of course you know im a slingshot mouse hunter,,lol 😆 greatbstuff man , God bless 🙏

@@johnswank9114 almost always a method to my madness, bwahahaha

Sorry, that is one of the drawbacks to working solo as the guy, the camera guy, the sound guy and the editor. Sometimes it happens.

@@Halfmilesniper I understand. Consider maybe putting the camera directly above facing down and you would always be in view then.(?) Thanks

@@user-sq6nm5og8r I ended up doing just that on a semi recent video where I was breaking something down. I used my large tripod with the ball mount and was able to get a nearly overhead shot of what I was doing. It seemed to work out so much better. This video thing is a much harder gig than it looks, lol.

LOL, very true...wait for the next one...we'll just say the law of averages comes into play.

LOL, I think I just did, bwahahaha

yep, the Chevy didn't even flash his brakes in a feigned attempt to stop.

Oh so very true!

We do have right on red here however, this intersection the northbound traffic, coming from our left, gets the green light so those turning rght have to wait for cross traffic to clear, The black chevy pick up that blew the light going straight forced those turning left to wait for his impatient self.

For a power braking spin of the tires, yep...except the minivan was waiting for the traffic coming from the left (who had the green) to clear before going but he was definitely riding his brakes the entire run to the stop light, lol.

@Halfmilesniper Thought it might be a hybrid & electric kicked in leading upto stopping so they applied brakes a half mile back or wanted guy behind to know they were stopping 🤣. Or never took park brake off.

@@billdye3530 LOL...75% braking recharge, lol

I anneal every time I process the brass. This batch of Hornady brass has been loaded 17 or 18 times and I am pretty sure it is at it's end.

Definitely got your moneys worth out of them , try ADG brass it is way better

@@RicardoGonzalez-ug6xm Even better, a viewer sent them to me as once fired! He really got his monies worth, lol. I do have some nice shiny new Lapua brass I'll be trying out soon.

I know, but I sure do hate having those days, lol.

Last year the ammo ran just fine. I am 99% certain the brass has reached the end of it's life cycle. I have never loaded rifle brass this many times before. Now, the end group was a bit larger than I am used to but I was also at the end of a very long day. Soon I'll have some video up using different (as in new) brass...you'll see.

Thanks Lance...

Nope, I left a word off...it's 7000' altitude. Apologies.

I don't like running the bipod on these cement table either, for the same reasons, plus there isn't any "stop" to gently load the bipod against. Thanks for watching, I really appreciate it.

I know the F Class shooters, like Erik Cortina, load long and the final seat before their match. He does travel with an arbor press I believe, for final seating of the projectiles. They do make some nice clam shell holders that are good for travel but I haven't ever seen any avaiable. Those allow you to store laying flat as opposed to standing on end.

@@Halfmilesniper I believe the claim shell one's are older style I have 1 that I bought second hand. I do put 1/2" foam rubber in the lids on my case like you have in your video it puts just enough pressure to keep shells from dancing around in transport but not enough to alter seating depend. Also it's cheap and easy to cut to shape. Just don't use the dense stuff like memory foam

@@JeRKII hmmm...I'll have to check into that. Never considered "foaming" the lid.

@@Halfmilesniper I truly debated making that info public as it's controversial subject. In fact I might delete it because of that reason. I don't shoot competition but when I did go a few states away every year I rationalized that if I was to keep them from bouncing around for hours on end that I should have less compression going on

For sure! Until you get acclimated to the altitude, just walking the range can take your breath away, lol. Ranges like this teach you how to breathe for every shot.

😁, lol...it was. You forgot to add in day one at altitude, I hadn't yet acclimated. You can hear me sucking wind, lol.

There was just a little bit of rush, I kept expecting someone to come driving up to the sight in range...not lucky enough to always get a range to myself but mostly it was not being acclimated to the altitude yet. O2 levels are getting thin at 7K feet, lol.

@@Halfmilesniper True that!

Most definitely!

It is nice, can't always get range time alone even on a facility this big. If I would have had just a little more room I would have brought my table, lol...but with all the guns, gear, equipment, parts and tools plus clothes for both of us we were running out of room. You are correct, the grey boxes are 2" x 2".

Absolutely Chris!

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LOL Ken, as they say for many things, there's 3 kinds of folks...those who have, those who will and those who will again, lol

This range is only 1150 miles from my front door, lol

Too funny rustynut!

Thanks for watching fluffy, I really appreciate it.

You got that right!

No problem Randle, make it if you can or catch it on the rerun. Do what you need to to feel better.

Prayers for your return to good health.

🙏🏻🙏🏻 Randle!

Hope you get better soon.

Glad I could help, hope H4831 works well for you too. Thanks for watching, I really appreciate it.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed that.

All good, no worries...that's what the reruns are for, lol.

I actually only measured the OAL once after someone inquired...I have not been measuring by OAL for seating, or checking jam I have been measuring from the ogive to base for my measurement, which is 2.381". OAL measures out at 2.995" but can vary a lot based on bullet tip deformity etc.

Due to the magzine I am running, which is an ACIS 3.175" magazine the folks at MDT advised that I load as close to 3 inches as possible to ensure proper feeding. The book OAL is pretty short compared to what I have been running.

@@Halfmilesniper I load 6.5 PRC for a buddy’s couple of rifles. They’re all book COAL. It’s worked well in both rifles. Everything from 120 ttsx, 140 Accubonds, and 143 eldx bullets have been accurate. Good luck with your search.

I did another 200 yard group and drop test this year...plus shots at 600 yards and beyond 1100 yards.

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I tend to agree with you, and will likely give those two another try. For the next few tests I kept seating depth where it was though. I appreciate the input, thanks.