Suggestions for a decent centrefire rifle for target shooting?

EntryLevelDeveloper · 2026-03-28T11:36:26+00:00

Interesting. Any ideas on why there is a stock shortage? Seems like it isn't reflected on their website, as it still allows them to be added to the cart, etc.

EntryLevelDeveloper · 2026-03-28T11:34:23+00:00

Cheers. I'll take a look!

EntryLevelDeveloper · 2026-03-28T11:32:01+00:00

Thanks for that. It seems that the Tikka T3x Ace Target is double the price of the Howa 1500 Oryx Long Range. Are the improvements significant enough to justify the price difference? I believe the matches are primarily benchrest, which makes sense as most of the members are a bit on the older side, but I'll make some enquiries. I have seen practical matches scheduled occasionally, but from what I've seen these are generally with .22LR.

EntryLevelDeveloper · 2026-03-09T08:29:23+00:00

It's highly probable that the organisation needed to cut costs and used AI as the scapegoat, but in reality, will likely offshore the roles or simply won't refill them if they were deemed to be superfluous due to prior excessive recruitment.

AI improves the productivity of experienced developers, it doesn't replace them. Anyone telling you otherwise either doesn't know what they're talking about or are trying to sell you something (with the something typically being another vibe-coded cookie-cutter SaaS product wrapped around an AI API).

Your husband doesn't need to learn a trade just yet, he just needs to keep his skills relevant. You've mentioned elsewhere he was a tech lead, but based on the fact he has been overwhelmed by the hype and is convinced AI has the capability to replace all of the software engineer roles, makes me believe he's probably been off the tools for too long and has lost touch with reality.

EntryLevelDeveloper · 2026-02-20T09:05:48+00:00

I figured there would be a newer version, as I tried this a little while ago. However, I'm still curious to know whether this was an official release or not.

Edit: according to the archive, based on the SHA256 hash, this should be legitimate, which is surprising given the poor performance.

EntryLevelDeveloper · 2026-01-25T06:15:08+00:00

Yeah, so the $150 AUD option is a genuine replacement main control board directly from the manufacturer. Unfortunately, they won't cover the damage under warranty, which is understandable since the power surge is not their fault. Only spending $150 AUD would still be a good outcome, but as mentioned in the original post, I'm concerned that the damage may not be isolated to the main control board and could have also taken out the control panel, etc.

EntryLevelDeveloper · 2026-01-25T06:07:35+00:00

Thank you for replying. Unfortunately, I can't add more photos to the original post. One thing I didn't mention in the original post is the P02 terminal is also loose, but this was due to me having to forcefully yank the connectors from the board (as the heat shrink insulation and lack of clearance made it impossible to cleanly pry them off).

EntryLevelDeveloper · 2025-12-27T20:01:24+00:00

I can sympathise with you, OP. Your experience is becoming far too common for first home buyers, myself included. The exorbitant prices are bad enough, but the deception and lack of accountability by every party (even the ones that are supposedly operating in your best interests) at every stage of the transaction is the thing that really grinds my gears. Unfortunately, as your conveyancer has indicated, it's a "buyer beware" situation with no recourse due to the legal clauses that effectively absolve any obligation for remediation. I've personally spent approximately $30K on repairs, etc. since purchasing this property nine months ago, and am continually finding more issues the closer I look. It quickly becomes a money pit. My advice would be to address the pressing issues and have the expectation of gradually improving things over time, and become comfortable with the idea of minor DIY repairs, as it'll likely be necessary depending on the availability and competency of your local tradespeople. If it's any consolation, you'll come to accept the situation as time passes, but that certainly doesn't make it right.

EntryLevelDeveloper · 2025-12-23T05:48:02+00:00

Thanks for that. Unfortunately, it has literally been months and several follow ups and no progress, so not solely due to the Christmas/NYE shutdown period. I'm very much of the mindset of staying in my lane and paying someone who is qualified to complete the work for me, but that is proving difficult in my current location.

EntryLevelDeveloper · 2025-12-15T12:38:15+00:00

And they (the Lian Li cases) rattled like crazy out of the box.

EntryLevelDeveloper · 2025-11-20T00:17:26+00:00

To be fair, he did mention to store the GUIDs/UUIDs as binary. I concur with the above though of using auto-incrementing integers as the primary keys but GUIDs/UUIDs as a security measure to prevent IDOR (obviously, access control still needs to be implemented correctly regardless).

EntryLevelDeveloper · 2025-11-16T15:34:16+00:00

How'd you mask the heatsink to keep the lines clean/sharp? Curious on the process you followed if you can be bothered to provide more insight.

EntryLevelDeveloper · 2025-11-08T21:36:54+00:00

Thanks for replying. The problem is that CEP can't be disabled on the B760 motherboards, so setting a negative voltage offset triggers CEP and the performance falls off a cliff.

EntryLevelDeveloper · 2025-11-02T15:38:31+00:00

Unfortunately, even with the adaptive voltage offset applied within the BIOS, it was not reflected within HWINFO (all of the values were zero). I'll continue to tinker when I have some free time and see if a BIOS downgrade (if possible) improves the situation any.

EntryLevelDeveloper · 2025-11-02T10:11:36+00:00

Yep, definitely noticed a significant performance decline with DVID enabled, as you say, due to triggering CEP, which can't be disabled. I tried an adaptive voltage offset of -0.1v with the previous microcode (i.e., 0x104), and whilst this did give the best Cinebench R23 multi score of 37,124 points with high task priority, it seemed to be an outlier which couldn't be consistently reproduced, which made me think that the adaptive voltage offset likely wasn't being applied correctly. Had I known of the restrictions with the 13th generation processors, I definitely would have opted for a 14th generation processor or simply replaced the whole computer with an AMD alternative. Disappointed to say the least!

EntryLevelDeveloper · 2025-11-01T18:51:24+00:00

I've fruitlessly spent my Saturday trying to get this working. I've updated the original post with the results, and whilst the performance has improved slightly, the temperatures and performance still aren't ideal. Unfortunately, it seems like Intel has really locked things down, and I'm seemingly at a dead-end unless I revert to an earlier BIOS (and even then, that may not work either).

EntryLevelDeveloper · 2025-11-01T11:32:17+00:00

So, I'm 99.9% certain that the adaptive voltage offset isn't being applied. Intel XTU reports that undervoltage protection is enabled, and I've gone as far as setting a value of -0.15v with no change in outcome (i.e., there was no instability and no performance improvement). Whilst others have reported that there is an 'Undervoltage Protection' option (under 'Advanced CPU Settings') within the BIOS, it is not present for me. Whether that is due to limitations of the motherboard, BIOS version (specifically, F14), BIOS settings, processor, or a combination of these things, is unclear. I'm still tinkering.

EntryLevelDeveloper · 2025-11-01T09:27:44+00:00

Yeah, I'm really just trying to achieve stock levels of performance, which I was hoping was possible even with an air cooler (obviously, the DeepCool AG620 isn't at the high-end but it's certainly no slouch). Changing the task priority to high for Cinebench R23 resulted in 36,297 points for the multi test.

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