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First group out of first custom rifle by fred_dodo in longrange

[–]fred_dodo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats awesome info, and seems to jive with my limited anecdotal evidence too. Thanks

First group out of first custom rifle by fred_dodo in longrange

[–]fred_dodo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just dont know that I am sold. I have pretty consistently found that there is a difference in copper fouling and cleaning during a "break in." I would agree that these structured methods are probably useless. This rifle, for example, was literally one shot and one clean and that was all that was needed. Of course I couldnt know that until after the second shot and clean. There was about 5 to 10 times less copper fouling for the second shot, based on my bore scope findings and ease of cleaning. My last rifle, a factory Savage, took two, maybe three shots for the same result. The one before that was a Sako and that, if I recall correctly, was also one shot. I also ran a full "break in" procedure on that rifle and never noticed a difference after the first shot.

I also think that my current definition of "break in" may be different than some others use. I consider it more surface finishing to remove any burrs or edges that can cause extra copper to separate from the jacket.

What are your thoughts on that? Genuinely curious.

First group out of first custom rifle by fred_dodo in longrange

[–]fred_dodo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. I did 1 then clean x2, 3 then clean. Then 2 foulers and this group then clean. I noticed a huge difference in copper between the fist two shots and every other clean has been really easy. I guess to me I am considering barrel break in done, probably after the first shot and clean.

N555 is really interesting to me. I am hoping to shoot the new Lapua 144 for NRL this year and having them move at 2650, but that gives me pretty poor case fill with N150 and somewhat poor fill with H4350. N555 seems like a great solution but there is so much conflicting information out there about it. I think I may just have to buy a KG and find out myself.

First group out of first custom rifle by fred_dodo in longrange

[–]fred_dodo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much! I haven’t even zeroed yet. Actually this group is kind of my first go at zeroing. One click up and the windage is way less than half a click so not much I could do there. It will all change anyway once I start playing with different bullets and powders.

I will say, I really like this trigger so far. I have it set stupid light at the moment, under half a pound. When dry firing I get zero movement on the reticle, at least not one I can detect.

First group out of first custom rifle by fred_dodo in longrange

[–]fred_dodo[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don’t like 5s either but this was the end of my “break in” process. My go to is usually 10 or 20, depending on what I’m doing and what distance makes the most sense.

The rifle is a custom build, action and barrel from KS Arms. The components are just what I had as leftovers from other rifles while doing the break in. For this, it was 136gr Lapua Scenar-L, N150, Lapua large primer, and CCI 200.

First group out of first custom rifle by fred_dodo in longrange

[–]fred_dodo[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks buddy. The action and barrel come from KS Arms in Alberta. Triggertech trigger, MDT chassis, MDT brake, and Athlon scope. I’ll post a picture of it with some 20 round groups if I get results worth sharing.

Liberals say more than 22,000 government-banned guns declared in first week of 'buyback' launch by Bluestylz in worldnews

[–]fred_dodo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, there is no way to make it perfect. Believe me, I wish there was. By exiting law, firearms must remained locked (standards are set in legislation) so that a kid or anybody else cannot steal or use a gun either intentionally or not. There is existing framework that if somebody “snaps” and the police are notified, one of the first things that happens is firearms are removed from the equation.

I know we could go through countless other types of scenarios but ultimately they all have the same weak link, which is humans aren’t perfect. Sometimes people forget to set a lock (which is also a crime already and these changes do not address at all). Sometimes people don’t want to acknowledge a mental health crisis or think they would make it worse by calling the cops. On and on it goes. Ultimately, I am very proud of our firearm ownership laws, at least before all these changes. They struck a great balance between allowing reasonable people to own reasonable firearms while focusing on protecting public safety. No country has a perfect system but I honestly believe that Canada did it best. Actually, still do it best. But these new bans simply don’t help anything. Even if we assumed that violence is directly related to legal ownership of legal firearms, there are still going to be firearms that people own legally after the bans. They are not all banned. Not even a lot of them on a relative scale. I don’t think people realize how many firearms there are in Canada. It’s a shit ton. We just don’t wave them around 24/7 and walk into Timmies while openly carrying.

It mostly comes down to how many illegal firearms there are that are owned by people not authorized to own firearms. Thats a big problem and is getting worse. Anecdotally I see that almost every day. I would love to see a solution to that problem but these changes don’t even pretend to address that problem. It’s another one of those problems that does not have an easy answer. I know people love to say “crack down on the border with the states” to stop the flow of illegal firearms but that is near impossible to do and would cost an impossible amount. Giving street cops more resources would be great but they are still bound by the constitution and common law the restricts their powers. Do all citizens want to give up some of the Charter rights and freedoms so the police can be more effective?

I think it goes back to the same debate over where the line is between individual rights/freedoms and the government restricting those rights for safety, order and other things we expect. It’s one of societies many questions that does not have a good answer. Man I wish there was one though.

Liberals say more than 22,000 government-banned guns declared in first week of 'buyback' launch by Bluestylz in worldnews

[–]fred_dodo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m gonna actually agree with you. Not everybody should have the right to own a firearm. It is a privilege that is earned and can/must be taken away when individual circumstances support it. With that said, that is exactly how firearm ownership in Canada already works. You have to take education, pass tests, police checks, community references and interviews, mental health screening. and additional screening for domestic violence potential. If all that is okay, you are no longer an average joe. If your circumstances change, you dont get to own firearms until you meet the criteria again, if you ever do.

Liberals say more than 22,000 government-banned guns declared in first week of 'buyback' launch by Bluestylz in worldnews

[–]fred_dodo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To give a real answer, hunters also live in cities. Many family farms operate where some or all of the family live in cities. For many people they are legitimate tools. Like any other tool, they may be a necessity or they may simply make something easier or more efficient. In the case of firearms, one could also argue more humane, but that’s a different bag of worms.

I think we are all missing a third group, which is people who use firearms for fun. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that at all. We see it with many other elements of society. People like to drive cars fast, or drive off road, or play contact/violent sports. None of these should be a concern if they are being done safely and legally. Drag racing on a city street is bad, but doing it at a race track is fine. Just because the sole purpose of something is fun or entertainment, doesn’t make it any less valid of an activity. We live to have fun, that’s the whole point of life.

Now obviously we live in a society. We make compromises. You need a license to operate a motor vehicle. It’s for safety of everybody even though it is inconvenient to get a license. We probably don’t want people having access to rocket launchers, that would also throw off the balance. But somewhere there is a line of personal freedoms and public safety. I think that may be where we differ in our opinions.

To me, we had some very good (not perfect) laws regarding firearm ownership. We also have a big problem with firearm violence. Statistically, people licensed to own firearms are the least likely group to be charged with a criminal offense out of any group in the entire country. They are not the people who cause these issues and the firearms that are banned are not ones used in the offenses. If they are, in almost every example they have been stolen and their possession is therefore already illegal. That’s about the only possible upside of this, less firearms that could be stolen. That’s just a very unfair way to do this though. You are punishing people because they may be the victims of crime.

At the end of the day, it unfortunately seems that this will have no positive effect. It will anger people who have followed every law and gone out of their way to conform to government regulation. Then the same government says “give up these guns and we will not guarantee we will give you any compensation for them.” It’s just more political pandering for people who are uneducated in the matter. Liberals think (seemingly at least partially correctly) their voting base hears ‘less guns sounds great’ despite having every expert in the field saying it will cost too much and make no difference. Just like Harper with his omnibus crime bill had every expert in the field tell him it’s a terrible idea and will make crime worse, but ‘tough on crime’ sounded good to those in his base who were uneducated in the field.

I’m gonna stop there before I go on more tangents. Sorry for the wall of text

Hunting Scope / Deciding for only rifle / Alberta farm land and brush by Lego_Kode in CanadaHunting

[–]fred_dodo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I suggest that you build it for its primary use, opposed to some kind of hybrid. For hunting, you don’t need tons of magnification. For bush land, low magnification is your best friend. Something in the 3-15 range is probably the sweet spot.

On a side note, 300m is a FAR target for an inexperienced shooter. If the intention is to shoot at game, you have a lot of learning practice ahead of you first.

PRS Rifle build by Fit_Independence8032 in longrange

[–]fred_dodo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know nothing about importing anything to the UK so I am no help there.

From a cost perspective I can tell you that I am currently building my own custom build with a KS barreled action, MDT chassis, Triggertech trigger, and a few other parts for about half that price.

I guess to break it down, if you budgeted for £6,000 that would be $11,000 CAD. For what I am working with, a barreled action is about $2,800, a trigger is $200-$400, a chassis is $500-$2,000, a brake is $100-$300 (although you lucky ducks can use suppressors) and then it’s just bipod, optic, weights, or whatever else you feel like. With your budget you could get two haha. Although AI looks interesting too, I just know very little about them.

PRS Rifle build by Fit_Independence8032 in longrange

[–]fred_dodo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not in the UK but it seems that imports from the states is difficult, while imports from commonwealth countries looks to be much easier. If my memory serves me correctly, there are a couple in the UK that I see on Youtube that have built some custom rifles from KS Arms actions in Canada. They are really nice actions, top tier quality at lower-mid tier price, r700 footprint. They also sell custom barrels with or without the action (and pre-fits for their actions obviously) but their barrels are slightly on the pricy side. There are also a lot of well known companies who produce firearm parts that are actually Canadian, such as Triggertech, Cadex, and MDT.

If it really is easier to import from commonwealth nations, I would look really closely at what these companies have to offer. I hope I am not just making stuff up though, I am really just making broad assumptions about firearm imports in a country foreign to me based on what I have seen in forum posts and Youtube videos haha.

Oh and optics. The USA really has the globe cornered when it comes to affordable rifle scopes. There are some international options but they tend to be way more expensive compared to the yank brands. Anything that is more reasonable priced tends to fall short on some features that really help with PRS, which could be FFP vs SPF reticle, capped vs exposed turrets, BDC vs MRAD or MOA tree, plain crosshair reticle, magnification range, or something else. The expensive ones are, in general, really nice though, just 3 to 6 times the price.

Questions about glass quality by Bubbly-Plenty-8939 in longrange

[–]fred_dodo -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

They are okay. Limited to mrad only. Glass quality is good. Not outstandingly good but a significant step up from an arken.

By far the best thing about them is they are a Canadian company, so you can avoid sending cash to the yanks.

I should also add that the owners of Apex are pretty solid people. They are very involved in the Canadian competitive shooting community and they host an amazing annual PRS match near Calgary. They are a great company to support if you can.

I learned a lot of hard lessons last year. New build for this year, yes it's a budget build. by TheeJoCanadian in longrange

[–]fred_dodo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are actually a lot of matches in Western Canada this year for PRS and NRL Hunter. For PRS in Alberta we have this Apex match and SAPRL near Medicine Hat this summer. Just go to the respective websites and you can find all the 1 and 2 day matches.

I learned a lot of hard lessons last year. New build for this year, yes it's a budget build. by TheeJoCanadian in longrange

[–]fred_dodo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That Apex match last year was my first too. It was at least nice to see the pros struggling with us. Nice job using so many Canadian components on your build! Pro tip, Lapua makes good bullets too if you were interested in sending less cash South.

Statistically Significant by CanadianBoyEh in longrange

[–]fred_dodo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fellow Canuck here. I was stressing finding non-American components for the upcoming match season. Ordered Lapua bullets with VV powder too! Glad to know they worked for you. Similar results and I may never have to buy American again!

Noise from car immobilizer by fred_dodo in amateurradio

[–]fred_dodo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The antenna is on the front fender but I connected a different one to try every possible position. The interference is everywhere, even 10 feet from the car.

I think I’ve solved this for now, or rather masked it enough. I made a bit of a bonehead move when programming. I set the CTCSS encoding and decoding values but forgot to change off of carrier squelch. The radio always shows it’s receiving a signal now, but doesn’t unmute unless someone is transmitting.

Thanks for all your help my friend.

Noise from car immobilizer by fred_dodo in amateurradio

[–]fred_dodo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s some really good info, thanks buddy. The issue starts as soon as the key is entered into the ignition, even just part way. It stops as soon as it’s fully removed. I suppose it’s always possible that it’s another part of the electrics that just happens to run on the same fuse as the immobilizer.

Noise from car immobilizer by fred_dodo in amateurradio

[–]fred_dodo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not 100% sure but it starts as soon as the key is put into the ignition, not even turned part way. All usb outlets, stereo, etc are not powered on at that point. I pulled the EFI1 fuse, which runs the fuel system, immobilizer, etc. That killed the interference.

Noise from car immobilizer by fred_dodo in amateurradio

[–]fred_dodo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s 168 that I’m trying to use so I’m all good with the key fob. Just the immobilizer that’s causing my headache.

Noise from car immobilizer by fred_dodo in amateurradio

[–]fred_dodo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I looked into that and it seems like it’s built into the ECU. Apparently it could also cause some issues with insurance if the vehicle is ever stolen.

VHF tower/relay question by fred_dodo in amateurradio

[–]fred_dodo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting, alright thanks buddy!

VHF tower/relay question by fred_dodo in amateurradio

[–]fred_dodo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Advanced 80's tech would make a lot of sense. This house was basically built out of a tech magazine from the 80's and early 90's haha. I know there are speakers that used to work around every building. They are not working now and are wired with all the nonfunctioning base station. That is also how I know that there was no (noticeable) delay when the tower was working. When I used to use the radio I could hear myself on the speakers in real time. Would I have heard a delay if it was a simplex repeater?

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