I've got the finest piece of precision gear sitting in my safe and hand loaded ammo in my ammo can... and the rain keeps coming.

I keep thinking I should just go to ASR but the rain keeps on coming down harder.

Today is a perfect day for reloading, cleaning and organizing gear and honey-do projects so you get some honey-do credits to turn in when the weather is nice.

AR15barrels wrote:Today is a perfect day for reloading, cleaning and organizing gear and honey-do projects so you get some honey-do credits to turn in when the weather is nice.

Did my honey-do list yesterday.

Cleaning the garage now so I can set up the reloading equiptment I got. Whoo hoo

Any good football games on today? I've got some coors light.

MichaelV wrote:Any good football games on today? I've got some coors light.

nah.. Chargers kicked ass on thursday night. Thats all that matters. ;)

DEN @ OAK Oakland Coliseum 4:15 PM Tickets CBS 715 126 (DEN) 127 (OAK)

This looks promising. Go Broncos!

DirtRacer151 wrote:
nah.. Chargers kicked ass on thursday night. Thats all that matters. ;)

San Diego still has a team?

MichaelV wrote:
San Diego still has a team?

haha your rooting for Denver?!!! While i must agree that anything is better then the Raiders ill have you notice that the Chargers are beating them both in the division

DirtRacer151 wrote:
haha your rooting for Denver?!!! While i must agree that anything is better then the Raiders ill have you notice that the Chargers are beating them both in the division

I am the lamest sports fan ever, I root for denver because I grew up there but I couldn't even tell you who the QB is or coach. Lame.

MichaelV wrote:
I am the lamest sports fan ever, I root for denver because I grew up there but I couldn't even tell you who the QB is or coach. Lame.

I couldn't tell you their coach either.. the old one got fired a few games ago

MichaelV wrote:I root for denver because I grew up there but I couldn't even tell you who the QB is or coach. Lame.

Better get some longer pants.
Your birkenstocks are showing.

AR15barrels wrote:
Better get some longer pants.
Your birkenstocks are showing.

Thanks to google:

Coach: Josh McDaniels (FIRED)

QBs...

15 Tebow, Tim QB ACT 6'3" 245 8/14/1987 0 0 Florida
9 Quinn, Brady QB ACT 6'3" 235 10/27/1984 4 Notre Dame
8 Orton, Kyle QB ACT 6'4" 225 11/14/1982 6 Purdue

ColdSteel wrote:
Hey, quit laughing at our resident Prius driver...

yeah, I grew up in a broken home. And drive a prius because I've been married for 10 years and have given up all hope of being happy. (or more accurately, studly)

AR15barrels wrote:
Better get some longer pants.
Your birkenstocks are showing.

I did got to school in Boulder.

MichaelV wrote:
yeah, I grew up in a broken home. And drive a prius because I've been married for 10 years and have given up all hope of being happy.

are you gonna come out on the 24th? It looks like that might be the only dry day this week!!

DirtRacer151 wrote: are you gonna come out on the 24th? It looks like that might be the only dry day this week!!

Possibly, the wife might have other plans for me.

AR15barrels wrote:Today is a perfect day for reloading, cleaning and organizing gear and honey-do projects so you get some honey-do credits to turn in when the weather is nice.

just finished about 3 hours of honey does

This rain is REALLY pissing off my pig, he's stuck on the porch instead of out in the yard getting dirty.

AR15barrels wrote:Today is a perfect day for reloading, cleaning and organizing gear and honey-do projects so you get some honey-do credits to turn in when the weather is nice.

Exactly!

I can't reload. Don't have a garage so my reloading equipment is out on the patio. Have a waterproof tarp covering everything and there's enough roof cover to protect the gear but not enough to cover me from the rain.

Hoping for a break in the rain so I can reload some ammo for the 24th.

DirtRacer151 wrote:It looks like that might be the only dry day this week!!

I would not bet on it.
If it rains every day up through the 23rd, the roads into the spot are not going to be passable and the ground is going to be too wet to lay on.

It needs to dry out for at least a couple days before we can shoot at the spot.

AR15barrels wrote:Today is a perfect day for reloading, cleaning and organizing gear and honey-do projects so you get some honey-do credits to turn in when the weather is nice.

I just finished reloading for my 416 Barrett. When the rain stops I'll be ready for some fun. I'm curious to see how this loads are going to perform.

Christian

Nice work Christian. Are those lathed bullets? and you know now you are obliged to post pics of the big gun. ; )

AR15barrels wrote:
I would not bet on it.
If it rains every day up through the 23rd, the roads into the spot are not going to be passable and the ground is going to be too wet to lay on.

It needs to dry out for at least a couple days before we can shoot at the spot.

So basically your saying that your hair might get wet so you don't wanna go? ;)

My truck will make it up the road and we can lay on tarps. As long as its not down pouring ill be there. An ez-up will help if there's a light tinkle. I just wanna have some fun!!!

MichaelV wrote:Nice work Christian. Are those lathed bullets? and you know now you are obliged to post pics of the big gun. ; )

Sorry, I forgot the pictures.
The bullets are lathed.






And this is the best group I got so far, with my load. For this gun to get it to shoot well, you need to load for it. The factory loads suck big time.

Nice rifle Christian! I'm not too familiar with the .416-- interested to see what you can do with it. How far have you shot it? Do you take it to ASR?

I do take it to ASR, but usually I’m all the way at the end of the line. I shot it at ASR at 600 Yds. I was planning on going this Monday but with this rain looks like it’s not going to happen.
Right now I’m in between developing some loads for it, but as soon as I’m done (and I should be done very quickly) I’ll take it to about 2400 Yds.
Christian

sniperghost wrote:as soon as I’m done (and I should be done very quickly) I’ll take it to about 2400 Yds.

You could totally sniper elephants at 2000yds with that.

AR15barrels wrote:
You could totally sniper elephants at 2000yds with that.

If it keeps raining like this, I'll have to seriously consider breaking out the IBS.

buffybuster wrote:If it keeps raining like this, I'll have to seriously consider breaking out the IBS.

Indoor backstop?

Lew just dropped off a Beeman air rifle at my place today.
I wish I had a full 10m inside my house.

AR15barrels wrote:
Indoor backstop?

Lew just dropped off a Beeman air rifle at my place today.
I wish I had a full 10m inside my house.

Arent there plenty of flying rats in your neighborhood you could practice on?

brian01tj wrote:Arent there plenty of flying rats in your neighborhood you could practice on?

The problem with shooting the squirrels is that there are apartments and a school behind my property where the critters are likely to end up.
Dead squirrels all around my property are going to raise attention that I don't need.

AR15barrels wrote: If it rains every day up through the 23rd, the roads into the spot are not going to be passable and the ground is going to be too wet to lay on.

It needs to dry out for at least a couple days before we can shoot at the spot.

For some random reason, today I was thinking of the spot and that we should build an actual shooting platform... Pour 6 or 9 small footers, some 4x6 main support joyces and 2x4 or 2x6 joyce on some hangers, then 2x6 decking, seal it and call it a day. Would there be a worry of having it torn out since it's BLM Land or what do you think?

Maybe if the space relocated a bit off the beaten path... just thinking out loud. What are the rough dimensions the platform could be, 18x10? I forget how much room is up there.

Could probably do it more economically and this is overbuilt, but here's an idea. Could be done with 4x instead of 6x but the added strength vs. cost would be worth it imo.

Build List:

4x6x10 (3x) Main Joyce $13.50 per = $40.50
2x6x8 (10x) Joyce $3.40 per = $34.00
2x6x10 (26x) Decking $4.30 per = $111.80
2x4x10 (2x) Decking $2.70 per = $5.40

Total: $192

aermotor wrote:
For some random reason, today I was thinking of the spot and that we should build an actual shooting platform... Pour 6 or 9 small footers, some 4x6 main support joyces and 2x4 or 2x6 joyce on some hangers, then 2x6 decking, seal it and call it a day. Would there be a worry of having it torn out since it's BLM Land or what do you think?

Maybe if the space relocated a bit off the beaten path... just thinking out loud. What are the rough dimensions the platform could be, 18x10? I forget how much room is up there.

im pretty sure there would be problems with building something like that on BLM land.

Are you off friday? We're all going shooting in the morning. Have you thought anymore about Liggett at the end of January?

I thought there was a prohibition on making any improvements on BLM land?

Though it's a fine idea. Hate the thought of some shitbags coming by and making a bonfire.......

Yea figures, well if we know someone with private land it's always an option.

Are you guys going up the spot or Angeles? I was possibly going to go Angeles on Friday morning to zero my new TRS-1 since my Nikon went down...

Haven't thought too much sadly, but still want to go if I can make it happen.

AR15barrels wrote:
The problem with shooting the squirrels is that there are apartments and a school behind my property where the critters are likely to end up.
Dead squirrels all around my property are going to raise attention that I don't need.

I was referring to pigeons, but hell squirrels would be fun too. Too bad I dont have any of those tree critters running around my neighborhood.

aermotor wrote:
For some random reason, today I was thinking of the spot and that we should build an actual shooting platform... Pour 6 or 9 small footers, some 4x6 main support joyces and 2x4 or 2x6 joyce on some hangers, then 2x6 decking, seal it and call it a day. Would there be a worry of having it torn out since it's BLM Land or what do you think?

Maybe if the space relocated a bit off the beaten path... just thinking out loud. What are the rough dimensions the platform could be, 18x10? I forget how much room is up there.

What the hell is a joyce?

You guys are a bunch of sissies, your guns and scopes are water resistant, go shoot in the rain. ;)

buffybuster wrote:I thought there was a prohibition on making any improvements on BLM land?

Though it's a fine idea. Hate the thought of some shitbags coming by and making a bonfire.......

The only way to add improvements to BLM land is to lease it...and as you can see from the attached regulations that process is time consuming and costly.

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/te ... .2&idno=43

sniperghost wrote:
Sorry, I forgot the pictures.
The bullets are lathed.






And this is the best group I got so far, with my load. For this gun to get it to shoot well, you need to load for it. The factory loads suck big time.

Somebody needs a few more presents under their tree.... Nice Kitty Kamo.....

Thats what I want for christmas....Pu__y waiting for me under the tree..... ;)

Gnzrme wrote:
Somebody needs a few more presents under their tree.... Nice Kitty Kamo.....

Thats what I want for christmas....Pu__y waiting for me under the tree..... ;)

LOL.. That's a good one.

Chris wrote: What the hell is a joyce?

You guys are a bunch of sissies, your guns and scopes are water resistant, go shoot in the rain. ;)

Joyce/Joist bah watever ;)