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I think I am the only one on this site that still cleans his barrels.
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I think I am the only one on this site that still cleans his barrels. I clean mine about every 30 to 50 shots. Maybe that's why they don't shoot 1/4 moa groups?
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Clean mine but not as often. Usually at the range and fire a couple of fouling shoots before leaving.
Never take life to seriously, after all ,no one gets out of it alive.
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Campfire Ranger
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I clean mine around every 40-50 rounds, more often if the barrel is newer. Give it a blast with Wipeout, then forget about it until the next day. Contrary to what I read, my experience shows my guns shoot tighter when clean.
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Oh Jesus...I think I just cracked a rib!
We should have drinks some week.
D Just to finish the story. Here's a pic of the cockpit with the three controls labeled. It's difficult to see the red lines indicating each control. You can understand that if he was unfamiliar with them, or panicked, he would press or pull the wrong thing. The stores jettison switch was covered with one of those silly stickers and not witness wired. It was very easy to accidentally knock it off. Everyone that did cockpit checks had spares in their pocket. If you look below the "Drag Chute" label, you can see one of the armament panels. the M61 20mm gun was very accurate indeed, but suffered from barrel burnout if the pilot held the trigger down. The barrels would superheat and the armourers would have to change all six, if one gauged out of spec. 20mm barrel were only cleaned when the gun was due for inspection. That didn't happen for thousands of rounds at a time.
Safe Shooting! Steve Redgwell www.303british.comGet your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain Member - Professional Outdoor Media Association of Canada
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Campfire Kahuna
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Stuff like that is why jobs for human/systems designers exist.
Do you know if they ever figured out a 0/0 ejection seat for the 104?
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Campfire Outfitter
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Yes they did. Martin Baker made one. Mk7? GC7? Something like that.
Safe Shooting! Steve Redgwell www.303british.comGet your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain Member - Professional Outdoor Media Association of Canada
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Campfire Kahuna
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Well, I have to say I'm amazed. Vast improvement from the original.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Yes. Yes it was.
The M61 is a hunting rifle. It's just that not as many people get to shoot them. If you'd like, you can start a GAU8 thread. It's a hunting rifle too, but has seven barrels, not six, like the M61. It's a bigger gun as well - 30mm vs 20mm.
Safe Shooting! Steve Redgwell www.303british.comGet your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain Member - Professional Outdoor Media Association of Canada
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Campfire Kahuna
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The 30mm will over penetrate on anything that isn't...wait...it will do that to armor too. -sigh-
We used to have 3 barreled 20mm on the Cobras back in the day. I dunno why. Wing stub mount. ratta-tat-tat
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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If you're shooting bison...a Minute of Bison will work!!
Even birds know not to land downwind!
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Generally speaking....if the truth were known...not in every case mind you....I suspect that 100% of the so-called hunting rifles will outshoot 98% of the hunters using them!
Even birds know not to land downwind!
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Campfire Kahuna
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Have you always been a pessimist?
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Meanwhile, back to "hunting rifle accuracy".....
One three in orange pastie @ 200yd, with two 7mm or 30 cal holes in it, in FEB.
One three in orange pastie @ 200yd, with two 7mm or 30 cal holes in it, in MAR One three in orange pastie @ 200yd.......
RARE is the rifle and shooter that can pull that off.
Actually I stole that from John Burns' former neighboor. He was another gun-writer who actually could shoot.
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Campfire Sage
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Meanwhile, back to "hunting rifle accuracy".....
One three in orange pastie @ 200yd, with two 7mm or 30 cal holes in it, in FEB.
One three in orange pastie @ 200yd, with two 7mm or 30 cal holes in it, in MAR One three in orange pastie @ 200yd.......
RARE is the rifle and shooter that can pull that off.
Actually I stole that from John Burns' former neighboor. He was another gun-writer who actually could shoot. Imaginations are powerful things. Good job TAK. Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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The 30mm will over penetrate on anything that isn't...wait...it will do that to armor too. -sigh-
We used to have 3 barreled 20mm on the Cobras back in the day. I dunno why. Wing stub mount. ratta-tat-tat I knew one manufacturing executive whose company made some of the component parts for a heavy gun like that. Years before I knew him he was invited to the first test shot of the gun, along with a bunch of other vendors. He wasn't a tech guy, and could not tell me the model of the gun, but he did remember vividly that at the first shot, the projectile penetrated through the armored steel target, through several concrete walls intended to stop the round, through the wall of the plant, and through two cars in the parking lot. The test was deemed a success
"...the designer of the .270 Ingwe cartridge!..."
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All of the early tests were hush-hush.
When the press got wind of the govt wanting to use depleted uranium rounds, civilian and military officials vehemently denied it. Within the year, they had that train derailment with all the DU. Or was it a case of mistaken identity? Perhaps they were jelly beans.
One DU projectile could tumble a 72 ton tank, but DU rounds are ineffective against moose.
Safe Shooting! Steve Redgwell www.303british.comGet your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain Member - Professional Outdoor Media Association of Canada
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Campfire Kahuna
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but DU rounds are ineffective against moose. I think you're pulling my chain. And would there be anything left to prove that Bullwinkle ever existed?
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Campfire 'Bwana
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That depends on whether there is anyone there to hear him fall over.
A wise man is frequently humbled.
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