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June 12, 2020, 07:57 AM | #26 |
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If you can, borrow a chrono from someone--labradar is the best IMO--and get some readings from that. Using your barrel length and charge size you should be able to get a good idea what approx. pressure you are running at/near. Grendels are really pushing the fine line when you look at the thickness of the bolt breach wall and that's why I would be nervous about pushing them too hot. Most of an AR is overbuilt to withstand higher pressures--so the weak point will be the case head. I've shot thousands of grendel cartridges and they tend to stretch pretty easily in very warm loads, watch for things like primers that go in without much resistance and periodically check to see if the shoulder needs bumping back. I find I have to watch grendel cases more closely for these things than others--like a 6.8Spc case--regardless of what the "give me grendels or give me death" crowd says.
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June 12, 2020, 09:25 AM | #27 |
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ive had the primer issue already but that was with an powder that ive had for years i ended up getting rid of the powder either moisture or something got in it and it wasnt right. i havent stretched a primer pocket or case since switching to ppv.
most of the brass im using now has 6/7/8 reloads on it and im starting to split some case necks. but i have been checking case/shoulder on all of it and im good which reminds me ive got 300 new pieces of brass i need to run threw my case trimmer as far as chrono data my rifle been 50- 100fps faster depending on bullet for a given published load data depending on bullet could just be my chrono need to borrow friends magnetto speed one of theese days , and invest in a labradar at some point anyways and an annealz machine lol |
June 13, 2020, 10:00 AM | #28 |
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i guess the scope issues was my fault , switched over to my 90g tnt profile and it was all back to normal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh33Y7X6qx0 |
June 13, 2020, 07:37 PM | #29 |
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Alota overkill but got the Creed doing pest control duties tonight 90g tnts moving at 3567fps
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June 13, 2020, 11:33 PM | #30 |
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and a few shots from tonight , those 90tnts are extra nasty out of the creedmoor
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June 14, 2020, 12:34 AM | #31 |
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Nice--I see you bought one of those battery packs. I was curious--did you find the on-board battery in the scope eventually starts gradually losing it's ability to hold a charge?
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June 14, 2020, 01:13 AM | #32 |
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my 4k hasnt ;lost any ability to hold a charge i use the battery pack on my x sight hd 2 it doesnt have onboard rechargeable batterys , it takes 4x aa batteries and the only ones that last are high quality lithiums and at 4-6 hour run time its gets expensive fast
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June 14, 2020, 07:04 AM | #33 |
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Ah--didn't notice it was a different scope. Still, a rechargeable can only take so many cycles, have you heard if the newer x-sites can be "refurbished" with a new battery fairly easily?
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June 14, 2020, 11:38 AM | #34 |
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iirc the 4k has a 10y or lifetime warrenty on battery , ill dbl check on that for ya
i also meant to tell ya if ur ballistics calc is comming up wrong dbl check ur scope hieght numbers in the scope |
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June 14, 2020, 01:46 PM | #36 |
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what i do is keep a spare sd card just for saving my profiles , this way if i ever reset the scope which i do from time to time i just pop in that card and import all my saved settings
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June 14, 2020, 01:48 PM | #37 | |
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June 14, 2020, 02:15 PM | #38 |
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haha dont worry when i first got mine , i screwed up alot , took a good bit of time to learn everything and all the tricks
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June 14, 2020, 02:17 PM | #39 |
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btw heres 4 frames on the last shot in that vid , those 90g dump a ton of energy even on such a small critter
frame before firing , firing , and the next 2 frames after 33.3 ms each frame |
June 15, 2020, 10:13 PM | #40 |
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friends view of my 100y headshot on a rockchuck
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June 16, 2020, 05:27 AM | #41 |
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Did you stop to change your reticle style and color? The reticle on my 4K pro is quite fine, thinner than what it looks in the menu.
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June 16, 2020, 09:05 AM | #42 |
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i change mine all the time depending on what im shooting at , and color based on lighting conditions
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May 9, 2021, 11:19 AM | #43 |
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its been a while so i dug the ole ar-10 out
loaded up a ladder with 100g nosler custom comp hpbt;s to shoot after work with 6.5 staball cci magnum lrp's in norma prime brass 47-47.8g of 6.5 staball loaded to oal of 2.645 made a few changes to the ar-10 since the last outing with it new adjutsable gas block , strike industries fixed stock , now running a std buffer spring and buffer again |
May 9, 2021, 06:14 PM | #44 |
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and i hate this thing again back in the safe for another year
groups were so bad im pretty sure either my scope is broken internally , or one of the rings/mounts is loose ill have to check over that later if its not that the cm just hates the 100g noslers , which is kind of funny considering it loves the 90g noslers and speer 90's |
May 12, 2021, 06:19 AM | #45 |
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What did the chrono data look like?
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May 13, 2021, 01:37 AM | #46 |
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3150 ish fps on my high end charge of 47.8 with the mag primer i could go up a lil more but i dont see a point with the 100g noslers
this was the first 4 rounds , a scope sighter , and then 3 more , every charge weight shot this bad |
May 13, 2021, 06:16 AM | #47 |
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I've built 4 creedmoor AR's they tend to be touchy about the "holy grail" load that shoots best--but they all do shoot bugeyes when I find the right load. What I meant by chrono data what was your standard deviation and extreme deviation? I don't shoot small varmint sized bullets, I usually shoot larger higher SD/BC bullets that I seat as long as possible in the case--so that might be a possible issue.
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ill prolly load 5-10 in some unanealed fl sized brass like ive always done before and see if it makes a difference. i did check my scope and mount out and everything is aok there might be a while before i do it though i have 2 new 6mm arc barrels in the mail , not to mention like i said the creed has been a safe queen everything my creed can do so can my custom grendel build and its cheaper to shoot lol |
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