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    Barrel life Ruger American Predator

    Thanks for your help!
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    Barrel life Ruger American Predator

    Thanks for your help!
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    Barrel life Ruger American Predator

    Looking for a budget rifle in .308 to learn and plink with while reaching out to 300 - 500 yards. How many rounds of normal pressure loads can I expect the barrel to last? I have read 3000 - 16,000 rounds with normal pressure .308 loads. Riiiiiiiiiight.........thats why I'm asking for real world...
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    Glock bulge or smile

    Thanks for the info and pics! Very informative. Any reliability or failure to feed type problems with the wolf barrel?
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    Glock bulge or smile

    New Reloader: Glock Bulge or Smile I’ve learned through research starting my reloading journey that Glock’s and other semi autos have unsupported chambers. I now understand the only fully supported chamber is a revolver. Please don’t go there. My question is: Why does Redding only offer their...
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    Opinons on Armalite M15 - 18" Tactical?

    Overall this looks like a great package and Armalite seems to have a good reputation. Any thoughts from current and previous owners? Likes or dislikes. The Armalite M15 - 18" Tactical seems to have the features I want. 18" barrel stainless steel barrel with a Cerakote finish and 1 in 8 twist...
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    .54 cal. sabot 1 in 60 twist?

    It is OK to use .45 and or .50 cal bullets that are short and heavy for caliber in a .54 cal. sabot in a rifle with a 1 in 60 twist? I have a Lyman Great Plains front stuffer in .54 cal w/ a 1 in 60 twist. I understand this is optimal for round balls. At the time of purchase I was a newbie to...
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    Trimming and deburring

    New to reloading using a Redding T7 Turret Press. Will be reloading pistol and rifle brass. Just ordered the Sinclair / L.E.Wilson Stainless Ultimate trimmer w/ micometer to trim brass. Not the cheapest but it makes the most sense for my OCD relationship with repeatable accuracy. As a...
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    underground storage rust prevention

    Looking to store toys in a tube buried in the ground long term (years). I've done a lot of research of rust preventatives but not in this application. I understand Ezox and RIG are great for normal storage. Will they work in this application. What about Mil-Spec Cosmoline? Toys will be...
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    Is static electricity dangerous w/ reloading?

    Newbie…..and I’m thinking it is. Please educate me as I don’t want to get blown up! My area is carpeted so it’s probably going to happen with walking and normal operations around and on the bench. I would like to shop vac the area and bench to clean up metal shavings, debris etc. Shop vacs cause...
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