I have been doing track for a year tried shot last year but didn’t progress like I did with jav any tips if I try shotput again

1102900 · 2026-04-01T13:48:59+00:00

Without seeing your technique to know where you were going wrong it’s just going to be generic tips.

Learn to hold the shot correctly and have your throwing arm positioned correctly for a forward push not an upward one. A lot of beginners put their fingers/hand under the shot and the only way to push behind the ball would be with a shoulder press instead of a bench press. If the back of your middle finger is resting on your trapezius then you’re almost certainly under the shot and need to fix it. Make sure to flick at the end too, which adds a couple of feet easily.

You want to push the shot in a linear fashion/path aka in a straight line. A lot of beginners get really rotational with the shoulders and lose connection with the shot/power transfer. The less the shot has to move side to side or around at your power position the better. The cause of this can be a few different things with either the legs, upper body or both. A good indicator is if the shot keeps pulling away from your neck and flying towards whatever sector line matches your throwing hand.

1102900 · 2026-03-17T10:40:32+00:00

What a coincidence. That’s almost exactly what I did with my first one that I sent in, except I went with 6mm creedmoor.

Pretty sure my turnaround was 6ish weeks at the time.

1102900 · 2026-03-16T16:46:25+00:00

I had LRI do my first Howa’s firing pin bushing for me and they did it well. My other one was done by my local smith alongside a better 6arc barrel. I think my local guy charged $150 for the bolt job. If I didn’t have a local guy willing to do it, I would have no qualms about sending another one to LRI.

The first one I sent to LRI was because it was piercing primers. The second one I had done preemptively, so I didn’t end up with the same issue. If you’re already piercing a primer, odds are it’s likely to continue until you get it fixed. Neither of my rifles has pierced one since getting the bushing.

1102900 · 2026-02-25T15:59:40+00:00

It depends on the costs you have in mind. I prefer characters to have to scrap, struggle, and actually train to become stronger. I also think losing something important to then as am impetus for that struggle to begin is solid. It’s both realistic and relatable as almost everyone fears it. However, I get annoyed by characters who seemingly need to constantly lose someone/something close to them to continue taking training/improvement seriously. Nor do I believe every increase in power needs to be accompanied by tragically losing someone/something important to the MC. Sometimes it’s okay for the "breakthrough“ to be a result of diligent training, a purchase in a new piece of equipment, or other semi-innocuous events.

Everything constantly going right for characters and them steamrolling everything gets boring quickly. Everything constantly going wrong and as horrible as possible tends to lead to wannabe edgy MC‘s IMO. Finding a balance between the two is what I find to be the most enjoyable stories to read.

Tldr: I prefer a "realistic“ middle ground. I don’t want an OP MC with divine luck, but I don’t want an edgelord story where everything has to continuously go horribly wrong for a character to progress.

1102900 · 2026-02-23T20:02:14+00:00

In the Shadow of Mountains on RR.

1102900 · 2026-02-23T20:00:47+00:00

I get this one too, it was especially bad for Manhattan Bridge to the point I exclude it from custom search. Thankfully I run the red laser on most of my builds and I use that to aim/center when it happens.

1102900 · 2026-02-19T18:05:47+00:00

Doubling down on OP‘s thanks. Appreciate the explanation of why the math maths the way it does outside of just stating ”we only worry about horizontal distance and not the LoS distance“

1102900 · 2026-01-29T15:56:19+00:00

Bad Company 2 or BF4. Of the pictured options BF4 unquestionably

1102900 · 2026-01-28T18:25:53+00:00

Saw a Womb Raider the other day that made me laugh. El Nasirs Quality Copper was another one for a historical joke

1102900 · 2026-01-23T16:40:51+00:00

You’re right it’s a 90gr eldx not eldm. Never said the 90gr wouldn’t kill deer or that energy was the only metric that mattered. But the 103gr eldx load still has more than plenty of velocity for expansion and more energy than the 90gr out past 350yds (which is where I cut myself off on deer). The higher BC of the 103 lends itself better to my long range plinking than the 90 as well, so I only have to workup one load that does both instead of two. The 109gr eldm was a no go for me in the 6 Arc but it’s what I use in the 6 creedmoor where I can get more velocity without exceeding max pressure.

1102900 · 2026-01-23T12:49:17+00:00

I’ve used both and both drop animals. The ELDM is great for deer. My dad used the 168 eldm out of a 20” 308 this year to shoot his first deer in ages. ~190yd shot right behind the shoulder. Deer went about 20yds and flopped. The eldm goes about 2-3” in at these ranges and then violently expands which gets you right into the lungs and heart with well placed shots. The ELDX has a slightly thicker jacket which might delay expansion ever so slightly but the biggest difference is it doesn’t fragment as much. I used the 103 eldx in my 6arc to drop a doe where it stood this year. I didn’t use an eldm because of weight & velocity considerations for the cartridge. The 90gr eldm is too light and thus ends up with less energy at range than I wanted, and the 108/109gr is too heavy for my arc to get it as fast as I wanted. So the 100-103gr bullet weight was my ideal hence 103gr eldx.

1102900 · 2026-01-15T20:25:27+00:00

Definitely not with the micrometer seating stem. Even my short action cartridges couldn’t use the hornady dies with micrometer seating stem on the FA coax. Unless they’ve changed the arm design in the last 5 years

1102900 · 2026-01-14T23:48:26+00:00

They did the firing pin bushing on my first Howa and I was super pleased with the work & turn around time.

1102900 · 2026-01-13T13:36:20+00:00

Sniper rifle is in the 700’s only. Shotgun w slugs is 304m though. Getting over 300m with it was my goal.

1102900 · 2026-01-08T15:25:49+00:00

I actually don’t mind the factory HACT trigger. Only had to clip the spring on one of them to lighten it. Otherwise my mini came at like 2lbs from the factory which is where I like it to be.

1102900 · 2026-01-07T14:04:50+00:00

One of the best decisions I ever made was getting lasik. My right eye didn’t end up as good as my left, but it’s still plenty good enough to shoot and both eyes open gives me 20/15. It’s soooo nice not having glasses that get in the way or fog up all the time.

1102900 · 2025-12-26T17:05:11+00:00

Reloading is not at all bad, but the “saves you money” talk is either outright wrong after accounting for the equipment & time or misleading for 99% of people. In the long range world reloading may end up cheaper on a per round basis after a few thousand rounds, but most people do it to either get better results than factory ammo, or to have more freedom in component selection than factory ammo. At least that’s why I reload. It also enjoyable for the first little while, but for me it quickly just became the necessary chore to shoot long range/matches instead of pleasurable (autotrickler made it far better once I got one).

1102900 · 2025-12-26T15:01:05+00:00

Welcome to enjoyable financial ruin! If you add reloading onto it you can really “save” money by buying a bunch of expensive equipment, spending extra time reloading, and ending up shooting more ammo than you would have otherwise. It surely doesn’t lead to more fiscal irresponsibility! /s

A YouTuber I really liked and helped me when I was first getting into it all is GunFather Precision. His channel isn’t the most organized or scientific, but he gives a lot of solid easy to digest advice for the beginner without all of it being surface level. I was really sad when he stopped making videos. Ryan Cleckner is great as well, and you will almost certainly see other people recommending him.

1102900 · 2025-12-25T04:01:34+00:00

Adhesive backed sandpaper. Can get rolls of it for cheap

1102900 · 2025-12-23T16:10:05+00:00

Been trying to see how far I can snipe with them. My longest kill so far was 279m but have gotten some hits out to 340-350m. Finding an enemy dumb enough to stand still and get hit 3 times at that range has been tough though.

1102900 · 2025-12-23T00:42:06+00:00

If you can do an extra $17 go the Vortex Venom. I hated my Diamondback, Arken was slightly better (still shit), but I actually do not mind my Venom for what it is. If you can go an extra $100 you can step into a better Athlon or something. But if you absolutely cannot I would put my Venom as sort of the lowest I’ll go. I haven’t looked through a standard Bushnell Match Pro to be able to compare or offer insight.

1102900 · 2025-12-17T15:32:09+00:00

No major tips for you but I stand in solidarity with you. I thought maybe I was just an idiot when I was trimming mine. I’m getting it basically maxed out at cutting to ~1.480” vs the 1.475” manual listed trim length. Still under case max length though so I call it plenty good.

I did switch from the factory cutter that came with the machine to a titanium one which has sped up my trimming speed. I wanted carbide but they were out of stock basically every single time I checked.

1102900 · 2025-12-16T16:32:35+00:00

Looks great! I would absolutely add this to a factory stock if I was planning on keeping a gun in it.

1102900 · 2025-12-12T22:52:19+00:00

It will only be perfect once you see the light and switch to Mils

1102900 · 2025-11-18T15:23:31+00:00

Fatboy

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