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Backwoods Camping Essentials

Backwoods Camping Essentials

Many avid campers think they have the essentials for any type of camping. However, if you have never been camping in a remote location or backwoods camping before, you will need to revise your regular camping gear list. Backwoods camping can be a literal walk in the...

Air Rifles for Small Game Hunting

Air Rifles for Small Game Hunting

As big game hunters and centerfire rifle shooters we like to overshoot our targets -- delivering more than enough energy to cleanly kill our target. However for small game hunting like squirrels, rodents, skunks or other pesky critters modern air rifles are more than...

Barrels, Projectiles, and Cartridges, Part 2c

Barrels, Projectiles, and Cartridges, Part 2c

  Case Prep for the AR10 This is directed specifically at the AR10. We use one type of case only. The Lake City LR, and our lot of 1,000 is a 2004 Mfg stamp. These are once fired and collected by Bartlett. If the LR is not headstamped then you probably have machinegun...

Barrels, Projectiles, and Cartridges, Part 2b

Barrels, Projectiles, and Cartridges, Part 2b

    Moly Impact Coating:   This is our process. Yours will vary, but this has proven itself for us. If you projectiles are to be Meplat trimmed and Pointed, do it now. Moly is something we're using in a projectile dedicated AR10 Custom Build rifle with a Walther 17-4...

Barrels, Projectiles, and Cartridges, Part 2a

Barrels, Projectiles, and Cartridges, Part 2a

Ok. Even though the process isn't rocket science, this isn't exactly short. I'm posting all of the info I have from a 2 year period of successfully doing this. The main thrust of hBN is not to improve accuracy, but to prolong barrel life. When properly prep'd and...

Barrels, Projectiles, and Cartridges, Part 1

Barrels, Projectiles, and Cartridges, Part 1

I didn't realize how much interest there is in hBN. It really does make a huge difference in barrel life, so I'll repost it and leave it here. Answering email after email from a dozen different boards is getting really to be a chore, so here it is. Both Dad and I...

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