I bought a LARGE lot from an estate a few years ago. The old man that had owned it, wrote the date of purchase on each brick. The oldest I found was Federal Wildcat from August 1976, and shoot great.
I have the cz 455 tacticool. Put and adjustable cheek rest on it, a trigger kit and torqued the bedding screws. Then bought about 8 different types of target ammo to test. Mine likes the wolf match extra. 25 yards is 10 rounds in 1 hole
I sent around 120 different firearms that belonged to a friends widow to "Old Barn Auctions" in Ohio. you can look up their website to get the number, ask for Steve. He has everything in his auctions from high end down.
I've got steel plates out to 500 on my range. A friend of mine has ruger american in 223 and 308. I believe the 223 has a leupold 2x7 and the 308 a 3x9. He hits the 500 pretty consistently. It gets boring after a while with my precision guns and I start ringing the 300yr with a ruger american...
Ballistol
(from Brownell's)---Originally created for military use, Ballistol has been used extensively in Europe for over ninety years to keep firearms clean and free of troublesome lead, copper, and powder residue. Cleans & dissolves traces of copper, lead, brass, and zinc. Lubricates and...
I took a 10 inch long piece of 4" pvc pipe and cut it in half long ways. Then glued 3/4" thick high density foam inside the pipe. Mounted this on an old video camera tripod as the cradle. I have used it with 22lr, 17hmr, 223, 308, 7mag, 45/70 and 300 mag. Does fine with all. It wont hold my 50...
My neighbors son recently bought a new Ruger American in 450 Bushmaster and I'm beyond impressed. He came over and asked me to help him mount his scope and zero it. It comes with a picatinny rail, so you don't have to worry with Ruger rings. With the scope it is just under 7lbs. Trigger breaks...
1. Armalite AR10T, or Adams Arms
2. never shot comp, killed multiple deer, hogs and coyote with Armalite, just got an Adams. Always use FGMM 168
3. Buy, the Armalite target models are amazing and the Adams has a 1 MOA guarantee
4. see above
5. I used armalite mags and the AA uses PMAG
6. Leupold...
I worked with FN for a couple of years. That was our armory at def-tech, just outside of Quantico. We did T&E, some training and fit and refurb.
That SSR with the can on it was the very first one built.