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trigger29
Optics Master Extraordinaire X = 180 Y = 90 (X+Pyro)+(Y-Pyro) = ? Joined: September/29/2007 Location: South Dakota Status: Offline Points: 4353 |
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In all honesty...... you probably wouldn't regret it.
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"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." |
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Steelbenz
Optics Jedi Knight ROLL TIDE ROLL Joined: January/03/2006 Location: Heart of Dixie Status: Offline Points: 5153 |
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I will give one negative on the magnetospeed and how I know you don't want to shoot groups with it is I was working up a H4350 load for my 6.5CM and shot groups while having the bayonet attached. Got a 5 shot group that was .3 MOA, had ES of 26 and a SD of 9. Felt like that was "The Load" and loaded up some more. Shot it at 500 yards, now without the magnetospeed and had 2 MOA vertical stringing group. Checked the load again with the chrono and yup same 2708fps with an SD of 8. The bayonet changed the barrel harmonics that much.
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"Don't argue with a fool! From a distance you can't really tell who's who!"
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Alan Robertson
Optics Master Joined: October/31/2009 Location: Oklahoma Status: Offline Points: 1763 |
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Hunt with your magnetospeed attached.
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"Garg'n uair dhuisgear"
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Steelbenz
Optics Jedi Knight ROLL TIDE ROLL Joined: January/03/2006 Location: Heart of Dixie Status: Offline Points: 5153 |
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I never hunt with that rifle. Just my ARs.
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"Don't argue with a fool! From a distance you can't really tell who's who!"
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nralifer
Optics Apprentice Joined: July/26/2016 Status: Offline Points: 165 |
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Alan, for some reason your comment cracked me up
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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. TR
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Kickboxer
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I'm going to do it... Seemed like a good idea... |
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Bigdaddy0381
MODERATOR Georgia peach Joined: February/27/2007 Location: Georgia Status: Offline Points: 13680 |
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so your getting a radar huh.... It will help A LOT when you start loading for all those AR's you have.
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P&Z Firearms , Pro gun cleanings and gun repair and wood refinishing.
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Kickboxer
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hunting with the magnetospeed... |
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Kickboxer
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But, I like radar...
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nralifer
Optics Apprentice Joined: July/26/2016 Status: Offline Points: 165 |
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Jason and I tried the radar with his suppressed .338 Lapua. Just got all kinds of funky numbers in terms of BC measured. Looks like a good loud BANG is the best way to trigger the radar to get muzzle velocities. Will need to repeat with the muzzle brake and use ear muffs and ear plugs and warn the county that the noise they hear is not artillery.
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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. TR
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nralifer
Optics Apprentice Joined: July/26/2016 Status: Offline Points: 165 |
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One thing about the radar, it eats up a lot of batteries. We got a rechargeable Pocket Juice battery pack from Walmart for about $25 and were able to run the radar for 4 hrs straight and only used 25% of the power on that pack.
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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. TR
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Kickboxer
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As I stated earlier in this, using a microphone for a trigger initiation is an art… we spend hours adjusting ours (a little play on words there) at every test. Angles required for max efficiency change due to atmospheric conditions, minor changes in systems locations, etc. It should be possible to adjust the mic so that your trigger functions properly even with a suppressor (more difficult using subsonic ammo)… OR, you can just go to unsuppressed and save some time and effort, but you lose all the fun of experimentation… and that doesn't give you data about what is happening when suppressed. You are getting reflected and diminished sound on exit which could create multiple triggers, and if subsonic you are not getting the sound barrier "pop". Definitely more of a challenge. Not sure what testing suppressed will buy you, other than the sheer joy of testing things…
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nralifer
Optics Apprentice Joined: July/26/2016 Status: Offline Points: 165 |
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Thanks for your comment, Kickboxer Very illuminating (no pun intended). Looks like we will need to use Jason's Lapua with the muzzle brake and hope it does not blow the radar off the table.
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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. TR
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