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[June 8] DURC Open
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25-05-2008 01:02PM#1
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It wasn't me! wrote: »Can't retrospectively send you to Munich though.
Wouldn't have been enough anyway. Cutoff for Munich was 589. 0 -
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It wasn't me! wrote: »You make it sound as though you haven't been trying, showoff.
Oh, I have been trying. 0 -
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Kinda hard to buy a batch of Tenex when there's only 100 rounds on my license.
At the moment, I'm confident that the ammo is better than I am. Indoors, I can usually call the placement of the shot quite accurately. Outdoors, there's always the chance that I haven't read the conditions correctly so I'm not quite there yet.
I haven't had any fliers with the Match EPS, the only issue I've had with them has been that a few of them have failed to go off.0 -
That can be fixedKinda hard to buy a batch of Tenex when there's only 100 rounds on my license.
Aye, and if you were shooting in the 570s I'd say don't bother, but that's twice you've been in the 580s so far and if it's where you're shooting, then doing the batch-test thing will bring you another few points without any training being required. The only thing to worry about would be that you don't overthink it - send off barrel, buy 10,000 rounds, then forget completely about it until you've shot them all. Don't go off with this mucking about with weighing bullets and measuring rims and all that claptrap. Batch testing is the 90% item there.At the moment, I'm confident that the ammo is better than I am. Indoors, I can usually call the placement of the shot quite accurately. Outdoors, there's always the chance that I haven't read the conditions correctly so I'm not quite there yet.
Batch testing, well yes you get less fliers, but the point of it isn't flier reduction, it's shrinking the group size a little bit more.I haven't had any fliers with the Match EPS, the only issue I've had with them has been that a few of them have failed to go off.
It's not mandatory - look at Michelle's performance last august in Bisley, and that was without batch tested ammo - but it is worth doing when you reach a high enough standard and you're hitting the point now.0 -
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That can be fixed
Yep, it's on the to-do list.Aye, and if you were shooting in the 570s I'd say don't bother, but that's twice you've been in the 580s so far
...in the last year.Batch testing, well yes you get less fliers, but the point of it isn't flier reduction, it's shrinking the group size a little bit more.
It's not mandatory - look at Michelle's performance last august in Bisley, and that was without batch tested ammo - but it is worth doing when you reach a high enough standard and you're hitting the point now.
I'll definitely think about it.0 -
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I've had one or two do odd things, and Tenex at that (had a round keyhole through an indoor 25yd target once), and we've seen very odd things happen with ammo in the club over the years (including a batch of exploding ammunition according to the minute books!) but it's odd enough to make me wonder - Conor have you checked your firing pin and it's spring? Were these total duds or did they fire when you re-cocked and tried again?Thats funny, I've never had a round fail to go bang, and thats in a good few years shooting smallbore and previously, fullbore.
Oi you, quit that kind of thing, it's technically libellous!Is X buying seconds?0 -
Thats funny, I've never had a round fail to go bang, and thats in a good few years shooting smallbore and previously, fullbore.
I've been using Match EPS for about 2/3 years and never had one fail.
I've had 4 Match EPS fail to ignite on the first strike of the firing pin*. 3 of those went off when rotated and struck again. The other was during a match and didn't want to extract (which is sometimes a problem with the club KK200 I'm using) but when extracted I set it aside and continued the match. When I got back to the range I destroyed it but the primer looked like it had partially burned. :eek: Scary stuff.Is X buying seconds?
*Cheap mode* You can get seconds?
* And 1 Lapua Master, years ago. As an RO in DURC I've seen maybe 5-10 other rounds of various other brands fail to go off the first time.0 -
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I'm still waiting on the "I learnt about shooting from that" postWhen I got back to the range I destroyed it but the primer looked like it had partially burned. :eek: Scary stuff.
:rolleyes:*Cheap mode* You can get seconds?
Money saved buying cheap ammo <<< Money wasted by using cheap ammo while trying to get to international level 0
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