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You guys are making me crave meat jun! I've been traveling lately, don't know if they have meat jun at blue ginger cafe lanai?Should have at Cafe 565 across the park.
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What did you like about the Timney triggers?Mainly price and they offer triggers for most of my platforms in single stage which I prefer. My bolt actions are all Winchester's. My friend has a Jewell in his and it feels good. It is around double the cost of the Timney. I don't think Trigger Tech has a version for the Win M70. I've replaced triggers mainly to get the pull weight down. My preference is about 3.5# and some of my stock Win triggers were about 5-6# as I try to keep my pull weights no more than half the rifle weight. I also use the Timney in an AR and Ruger 10/22.
Of those three, your thoughts between them? I have heard good things about them and pricing range is decent. I know many folks who have Timney, but haven't tried them. I heard their Glock triggers are quite popular, but that's a much different story.
I'm always interested in direct comparisons of products, but I can have only so many guns.haha
Are you bolt actions for target shooting? Plinking or just to have? Hunting? Intended application gives great context.
The folks I've been following shoot the .284 Shehane/Wheeler stuff and (don't quote me on this) they are pushing their stuff regularly in the 2800-low 3000 fps range. My current .308 loads are in the meager 2500 fps range. Maybe in the 2600 fps range tops, but out of a 20" barrel. New gun in the works will have a much longer barrel. I'd have to look up the common 6.5 loads, but I do recall that the 6 mm variants are barrel burners. Not the 5000, or even 2-3x that much for .308. Of course reports since I'm probably at around 2000 rounds in my factory gun.To me...anything over 3100-3200 will have reduced barrel life. Just take a bit longer between shots. At 2500 rds, that'll still take me a while to burn out the barrel. Just replace it. Unless you're buying carbon Proof barrels, they aren't too pricey. I recently replaced two pre-1964 30-06 barrels that were heavily worn. I have no idea how many rounds my grandfather and father shot through those old hunting rifles. My 22" 6.5 CM only gets 2550fps from factory Hornady ELD-x's that are rated 2700fps. Gotta handload to get anything near 2800fps from mine. At about 50fps/inch, a longer barrel will only realize a moderate increase in speeds.
But wow, 22-250 is pushing 4000 fps! Yikes! I was shooting with one of the black powder guys a while back and he let me shoot is 22.250. I blame him for getting me started down the bolt action rifle road.
I read they are barrel burners like a 22-250A 22-250 can reach up to 4000fps. You might get up to 2800-2850fps with the 6.5 Creedmoor. I wouldn't put it in the same class as the 22-250. The 308's speed is similar to the Creedmoor's depending on the grain weight.
Some people go very early to KHSC to secure spots. They must have been very disappointed after traveling all the way there.Even more when they had to turn around and get stuck in the traffic coming out of Hawaii Kai.
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Yeah, this is what my friends and I did back in the day.
Nowadays if you commission a well known builder to make a gun for you, expect to wait years.
If you actually want a good shooter, you can buy a fancy upgraded gun off the shelf at à reasonable price and hand it off to a reputable mechanic to fine tune the action. That process might only take a year or so.
I went YG last week, just to see what kinds of handguns they had. They weren't that busy plus they limit how much people in the store but there was nobody outside.Those Federal Powershoks aren't considered target ammo. Most people use them for hunting as they're soft points meant to expand upon impact. Most range loads are typically full metal jacket (FMJ) that don't need the ability to expand. I think that price is about par for the times. Pre-pandemic price would probably been around $20 or just under. In the calibers that I've used for hunting, they were accurate enough and got the job done. For 223, if not for hunting, I'd save them for self defense.
So maybe that was part of the reason but we had a no rushed discussion of the various handguns they had. It's amazing that you can have your mind set on one particular gun then change your mind when you get to handle and discuss the other types available.
Anyway, the only 5.56/.223 they had at that time was Federal "Power Shok" 55 grain SP in .223. One box was $29.95 for 20.
Anyone know how much that ammo was going for pre-Covid ammo shortage? Also is this considered "good stuff?" Seems like a rip off price to me but I bought 1 box in thanks for their time discussing handguns.
Plus I like to have different types of ammo of the same caliber instead of just range/bulk ammo.
what if you already have an appt after may 10. will they still honor your appt?Wondering same thing... I have an appt on the 10th.
if i already have an appt, i no like wait in line
Yes, that was a lucky find 2 years ago; I don't find (or buy) them all, lol. Looking at the enlarged pic, there seems to be quite a lot of pits and scratches; price is usually commensurate with condition.
Lol, in your dreams. Those years represented the best craftsmanship of the post war Era. Slide flats absolutely flat with mirror polishing and the deep, rich bluing that Colt was famous for. Generally the slide to frame fit was good and triggers crisp. The Series 70s guns, while still nicely polished and blued, were rattle traps compared to guns of the 50s and 60s.
Unless the seller has absolutely no clue you won't find one for less than 4 figures. Check sold prices on the auction sites, as there are damn few ever offered for sale locally (I've only been doing the gun shows for nearly 40 years now...)
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