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I am just getting into rifle reloading and need some advice on which of 2 die sets to purchase. I am reloading 6.8 SPC to be used in ARs. Option 1: RCBS Full Length Die Set - Group A. https://www.natchezss.com/rcbs-full-length-die-set-group-a-popular-rifle-cartridge-6-8mm-rem-spc.html Option...

https://www.outdoorlife.com/story/gear/nikon-will-no-longer-make-riflescopes/ I pulled this from the 6.8 Forums and it caught me by surprise. Has anyone else heard or read anything else about Nikon leaving the scope market? I've been running Nikon for years with great success, and like...

So my youngest daughter has been eyeing a Savage Axis Youth combo in .243 with the Muddy Girl Serenity camo at Walmart. I know this is a budget gun, but I want to capitalize on her interest. A quick look at a couple examples show inconsistent barrel channel in the stock, but that can be...

So with my recent retirement from active duty, and a little more time on my hands, I am looking to set up a space for reloading rifle and shotgun. I have an interior room in a barn I want to configure that has a concrete floor, completely walled in, and not exposed to the elements. It is...

Seems about once a year or so we get a discussion on the merits of match bullet use on game. I normally advocate for the use of hunting bullets since they were built for the purpose of... hunting. Until this year, however, I had never seen anyone use match bullets on game first hand. This...

Just read "Army Updates Functions Check, Malfunction Drill After M4A1 Mishap" by Matthew Cox from Military.Com on the Early Bird. It appears there was an AD with an M4A1 in a failure mode previously unseen with the selector switch between semi and auto. Maybe better in NFA section, but I...

Same critical caveats I provided on the SASS thread concerning "Military Times"... I guess there are more weapons projects in the SOCOM arena, to include an M240 replacement in .338 Norma Mag. I had always thought that IF any of the military organizations were to embrace the .33 cal, would...

Going through the Early Bird this morning, I came across an article by Military Times that is sure to generate some interest...

I just finished reading an article that the USAF is now ordering the Sig P320 along with the Army to replace the M-9. That got my mind to thinking. We saw in the last few months the DoD release the 1911s to CMP. Do you think we will see the M-9s released in the same manner in a few years...

A couple months ago, my 16 year old daughter expressed an interest to shoot her own deer this season. She's sat the stand with me as a spectator, but has only shot air rifle and .22lr. We got to the range and got her comfortable shooting her AR in 6.8 and she was holding about 3" groups at 100...

I've been sitting for years on the decision to start reloading. I took a basic class offered by Grafs in St Louis when I was stationed at Scott AFB, just to get a feel for it, and own/have read both the Lyman and Hornady manuals. I was holding out for a Dillon 550 and other parts/pieces that...

Ok folks, I'm mounting a Nikon M-223 mount on a flat top AR and it just doesn't want to slide on from either end of the upper. This is my first experience using a one-piece scope mount on an AR, as I have used rings on all my others. I can get it started about an 1/8" with a little finagling...

I'll be the first to give anything by the "X Times" (X=insert branch here) the stink eye for value added reporting, but it appears that the search for a new weapon for the Army in 7.62 has died on the vine...

I am looking for information on the new Nikon Buckmasters 2 line of scopes. I can't seem to find much information on them. Prior to a couple years ago, the Nikon lineup in ascending order was Prostaff, Buckmasters, and Monarch. Back then, the Buckmaster was a descent quality scope in the...

Since Brian Pflueger is no longer around to start this thread, and in honor of the rifle deer opener in Missouri, here is a place u can pass the time and share the play by play for those so inclined. Been in the stand about an hour now with my 10 year old son. We ran off a fork and young 6...

Over the last few years, several companies formed to take advantage of the property needs of the hunter. Organizations like Base Camp Leasing, Whitetail Properties, etc, all act as middlemen in the process, soliciting properties for lease from landowners, and marketing them via their websites...

First, let me start with saying I have the utmost respect for the staff on this board and appreciate the efforts you make to keep it clean and value added. Over the years, I've picked up on little tidbits here and there that have given me limited insight into some of the backgrounds of...

The USAF has done a wonder on my previous hunting seasons. They killed my 2012-2013 season by sending me to AFG. They killed the 2013-2014 season by sending me to NM for training the entire winter and part of spring. Although this sounds good (who wouldn't want to take an oryx, elk, or deer...

Fox News is reporting another shooting at Fort Hood. Details still sketchy at this point beyond there being casualties and potentially 1 active shooter down. In light of this, and with the DoD's continues policy of firearms restrictions on base, does anyone think they might reconsider that...

I've been thinking about adding some offset iron sights to a couple hunting ARs. I have free float tubes (no rails) and railed gas blocks on them. The pictures I've seen show folks mounting them exclusively on the receiver and the rails on the handguard, but none on the gas block. Considering...