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Originally posted by exx1976:
You cnc your foam?!

Jealous.

My brother owns a custom motorcycle company and a machine company. He has everything from manual Bridgeport knee mills to new Mazak VMCs and lathes and pretty much everything in between.

That includes a Wardjet 5 axis waterjet machine that has a 20'x40' bed and 5' of travel on the Z axis.

So I take advantage of that as often as possible

Once we get the design finalized in Mastercam, cutting it will only take a couple minutes.

I'll post some pics up once I get it done. Only obstacle is trying to work around my work schedule and the machine time that actually makes him money.

There was a huge thread years back on arf.com about hot wire cutters for foam. Ive always used electric knives for my cutouts but to be fair I dont display em. The pelicans are used for shipping and transport so close is good enough.

Jlemmy, curious if you remember your triggers coming with this card or if this is something new. Still calling to discuss with them Monday but since it says "new" on it, it got me wondering.

Just got home from the 600 yard cold bore shoot. My elevation was perfect even though DA was +1100 from yesterday when we sighted in, but the wind killed me. I apparently need a LOT more practice at that. I was 20" right, and I held 10" left. Yes, there was a slight breeze.

Won the 50/50 though, so I'm happy.

The winner was about 1" from center with a 6 dasher.

7 of the top 10 were shooting 338 lapua.

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Originally posted by jelrod1:
Jlemmy, curious if you remember your triggers coming with this card or if this is something new. Still calling to discuss with them Monday but since it says "new" on it, it got me wondering.

I don't recall that card. My newest CG is at least 1-2 years old. Perhaps a change was made and it can now be set up as a single stage. I just remembered a conversation with Tom back before I committed to two stage triggers. Whereas he warned against it. Hope it works out for you.

Thanks. I tried everything I could for about an hour today to get it to fail and couldn't. Have all the travel removed from the first stage and the break feeling the same as my Jewells. Actually feels pretty sweet. I'll let you know what they say and if anything has for sure changed.

Exx, that looks like a fun time. The 6 Dasher giant slayer!!

Last couple of steel matches I planned on shooting were cancelled. Having a bad case of match withdraws got up a half hour before I went to bed and took a long drive with a fellow shooter over to the Western Slope to shoot a steel match that we haven't shot before. Night before made a dope card based on the elevation and the predicted temp for my 6.5x47 130VLd's. Cool place to shoot, all the targets were up against a very high canyon wall. The match director must be half mountain goat to get to where he had some of the targets. Target distances 200-800yds, ranging in size from 1-2 MOA or so. The toughest target was high up on the canyon wall, 8" plate at 800yds tucked inside a cave. Most of the targets were from 600-700yds all shot prone. As my buddy and I set up our stuff, I looked around at the other shooter. Sure enough spotted a couple "StarBucks", faces in their electronics/holding up their wind meters.....knew they were not my competition! I plopped down and started looking around through my scope, clearly could see a suspended river of mirage a 100ft or so off the canyon floor flowing R-L. As I glassed up higher on the canyon wall where most of the targets were could not see the mirage nearly as clear. OK, need to drop back down and keep a eye on that mirage if I can't see it in my field of view. My 6th or 7th target was that 8" plate at 800yds. Knew what I held for the previous hit for wind, checked the mirage again, slowed down a tad, held a little less and hit that plate! I shot very well, won the match!

In this thread We talk a lot about our rifles, scopes, calibers....which is certainly fun. The more I shoot, the more I know to get good at LR shooting it's all about getting rounds down range and reading conditions.

exx1976, how did you determine the 10" hold for the 600yd cold bore shot? What's the equate to in wind speed?

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I shot very well, won the match!

Nice! So where was this match?

FWIW, I can't make the next T3 match, assuming it goes on Saturday -- duty calls, Board of Directors meeting.

I took a guess at where to hold to be honest. I have very little practical experience in trying to determine wind conditions like that. The range I normally shoot on is rather sheltered in terms of wind.

That one experience, that one shot, has opened my eyes to the weakness in my knowledge, and I need to work on it. Not sure how, just yet. Thinking about buying a kestrel, and trying to guess the wind based on what I see, and then using the kestrel to see how close to correct I am.

Seriously, my "wind call" was a WAG. I got nothing man. Lol

Thanks fritz. The match was just north of Rifle. Beautiful spot shooting up against that canyon wall. Scott went with me, knocked him off his throne, he's been on fire lately. Sorry to hear you're not making the next T3 match.

exx1976, good plan getting a Kestrel, guessing the wind and checking is a good way to learn. With some time, you'll get it. Suggest a simple model, stay away from the models with DA.... If I remember correctly your home range only goes out to 600yds?

Correct, my home range goes to 600. A buddy has 800 on his property not far from me, I'm sure I'll shoot there some this summer. One of the guys from the regular 420 match said he'd like to get me into an invite only event this summer that is 2 days long, steel match, shots to 1307.

I don't know what I need yet for windage. The gear geek in me wants the 4500 with the Bluetooth to integrate with applied ballistics. Dunno.

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Originally posted by offgrid:
The match was just north of Rifle. Beautiful spot shooting up against that canyon wall. Scott went with me, knocked him off his throne, he's been on fire lately.

The Rifle area sounds like a nice change of pace. Is this a regularly scheduled match?

On Sunday I tromped around the family ranch, mainly looking for new target and shooting locations. Given the recent snow storms and the warm temps, it's approaching high mud season on the plains. I kept driving to an absolute minimum, which meant humping steel around by hand. Set T-posts in three new target locations, got a wild idea of using telephone poles crossing the property as possible shooting locations (kneeling positions, rifle supported from paracord slung around the poles).

And I found a prone shooting location which just barely allows an 805 yard shot to my biggest piece of steel (18"). I'll need to keep the weed whacker handy to see the target from prone. Wind reading from this new location could be interesting.

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The more I shoot, the more I know to get good at LR shooting it's all about getting rounds down range and reading conditions.

Yep, any bumpus with a wallet can buy good kit.

It is learning how to use it and read the conditions that make a shooter a great shooter.

I have a lot to learn based upon my last few matches.

I envy you guys out West. All that room to shoot.

RMD

Talked with Tom about the CG trigger. Says there is absolutely no problem using it as single stage. He has one of his rifles setup that way. He says the safety is not tied to first stage travel in any way anymore. Has been that way for quite some time (years). The problem would come if you remove the first stage travel and then keep turning. That would reach a point to start affecting the sear and that's why he said that was on the site in that addendum.

He also explained to me how to remove the overtravel if I wanted to. Made a good case to keep it though.

I wish the machining looked better on mine but the important parts are slick and it breaks very clean. I like all the adjustments it has and the ability to use single or two stage. All is good in my little world again

Jelrod - what is the adjustment range for pull weights on that, and what did it cost you?

Set up as two stage I think they advertise 10oz to 3.5lbs. As single I don't know. In the oz's but not sure the total range. I could easily get it to feeling like my Jewells but they are not set at their lightest point and I didn't try any lighter after that. My only concern at this point is the shoe placement fore/aft compared to a Jewell. Will probably be OK but will have to get some time behind it. I'm also going to try as two stage to see if I like it better. Just good that I can put it back to single if it doesn't work out.

Having a machine shop myself I am disappointed in the machining of some of the parts. The issues I have are hidden under the cover and don't affect functionality but some shortcuts were taken at some point to speed production from earlier models. The machinist in me wants to send it back or rip it out and machine on it myself, but the practical side knows the function will be fine and the sears are butter slick. I'll live with it for now.

Here's their order page. Mine is the solid shoe at the bottom.
http://www.x-tremeshooting.com...ge=mod-22-order-page

Do you have to remove the action to make these adjustments, or can they be made while in the stock?

I'm filing this away for later use in case my jewell gives me hell in the field.

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Originally posted by jelrod1:
I could easily get it to feeling like my Jewells

Too...much...information...

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Originally posted by jelrod1:
I could easily get it to feeling like my Jewells

Too...much...information...

Exx,

In my case with this Atlas having a trigger hanger I can just remove it and do it. The trigger has to come out to adjust 2nd stage pull weight, so according to how your stock/action is you would probably have to pull the barreled action and knock the pin/pins out holding the trigger then adjust. I think you can pretty much adjust everything else while in, assuming the trigger guard has enough room around it.

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Originally posted by jelrod1:

Having a machine shop myself I am disappointed in the machining of some of the parts. The issues I have are hidden under the cover and don't affect functionality but some shortcuts were taken at some point to speed production from earlier models. The machinist in me wants to send it back or rip it out and machine on it myself, but the practical side knows the function will be fine and the sears are butter slick. I'll live with it for now.

Glad to hear there is no issues with setting up as a single stage. I guess even my newest CG is older than I thought.

On the machining I understand completely. I earned my money as a machinist for some time long ago. If it makes you feel any better, I have the same complaint about the Tubb T7T trigger. Some of the surfaces look absolutely horrible. However as in the case of yours, the functioning is there.