The CZickness XLIII prepping for winter.

[gmcttr]

Nice shooting TD.

Soon you will be reporting "handloads - avg .35" ".

 

[MindfulMan]

You're on a roll now, Spicy !
I'ma gonna get me some of that Norma 77 grain, and give it a whirl in my Ruger Ranch rifle.

 

[mcapo]

Reba? Let me introduce you to Norma...Travis will be joining you both.

 

[Bennettjh]

Reba delivered a magnificent performance today. There are just a few rifles I have felt deeply connected to and this is one of them, along with my Noveske AR and my Howa 308 being the other.

I began with the slow, boring and mostly annoying process of breaking the barrel in per Howa's procedure. I don't normally do break in procedures, but my precision mentors insisted otherwise. I should mention that I bore sighted the rifle at the range by using the tried and trued way of removing the bolt and looking down the barrel at the target, then adjusting the scope to the same point of aim. I have had great success doing this and many times I've had bullseyes starting out, this was one of those times.

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After 20 rounds, it was time for initial ammo testing. Wolf Gold 55gr put together a stellar 3 shots on group #3 at 0.361", but I couldn't duplicate it. I am going to reattempt at a later date, because I was still getting to know the rifle and hadn't quite found my rhythm just yet, so I kinda feel like the ammo didn't get a fair shake. The target shows horizontal and vertical stringing as I ironed out my issues that gmcttr is coaching me on.

After slapping the suppressor on, it took the rifle from being a rumbling punchy little fellow to a more quiet & refined gentleman. It made the rifle a downright joy to shoot. The experience became zen like the more acquainted we became. I only shot Wolf Gold for the first 35 rounds unsuppressed, everything after that had the can on during testing.

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Now the good stuff begins to show. Australian Outback 69gr was impressive, but Norma 77gr stole the show. Which doesn't surprise me, because that stuff performs like high octane race fuel in my 5.56 Noveske AR.

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That looks like a good shooting rifle. Howa makes nice stuff.

 

[bcannon]

Reba? Let me introduce you to Norma...Travis will be joining you both.

Sounds like a menage a trois sprinkled with gunpowder

 

[gmcttr]

Reba? Let me introduce you to Norma...Travis will be joining you both.

Beware the jealous cannon.

 

[T-DOGG]

You're on a roll now, Spicy !
I'ma gonna get me some of that Norma 77 grain, and give it a whirl in my Ruger Ranch rifle.

If you find any, please let me know where.

 

[gmcttr]

FWIW, IMI has 77gr SMK also. They call it Razor Core.

 

[bcannon]

FWIW, IMI has 77gr SMK also. They call it Razor Core.

My Rec7 loves the Razor Core. Worth checking out.

 

[MindfulMan]

If you find any, please let me know where.

 

[MindfulMan]

FWIW, IMI has 77gr SMK also. They call it Razor Core.

Although I found their lighter bullets too 'hot', I've been building a small stash of this to try out. (yes, based on your previous recommendation) Someday, I will !

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

1. Yes, it's ugly. Ghetto Fabulous is my preferred nomenclature. Frankenrest here is all spare parts laying around the garage. Didn't use the Allen rest much except to clean rifles. I'm sure it's the cheapest model available. (I have a better one in the mix now.) It provided the legs and rest portion. Can go back to OEM if need be.

2. I love making something useful out of crap. I'm cheap and don't care about beauty pageant awards if it works. It'll be less hideous when I'm done.

You have a Rock. I give you The Block.

Patent Pending.

 

[wtburnette]

Morning all...

Normal not much sleep night. Ugh. More prayers sent to CM.

 

[patience0830]

Beware the jealous cannon.

He'll hath no fury like a cannon, spermed.

 

[churchmouse]

Side effect from chemo #1
Insomnia.
Sleep at 1:00 AM and the regular 2 hr maint cycles.
The 5:00 alarm and I see it is 30* outside so I built a fire and am wide awake.....

 

[88E30M50]

Morning folks!

If there's a bright side to being up, we may have a decent sunrise to enjoy

 

[Born2vette]

Good morning all. Prayers for CM and all in need.

 

[rkwhyte2]

Morning all
Prayers for CM and family. Heading out to Crawfordsville this morning for what I hope will be a short day. Nothing on the books tomorrow.

 

[T-DOGG]

FWIW, IMI has 77gr SMK also. They call it Razor Core.

I'm familiar and have some (that I got from you ), but that's 5.56 and the Howa is chambered in .223. That being said, I know some .223 rifles are rated to handle 5.56, for example CZ.



I sent an email to Howa to find out if their rifles are able to safely handle 5.56 before I find out for myself.

 

[bcannon]

Morn'n gents

I was informed lastnight that we theres a person with a 3D printer in the thread. Anyone know who it is?