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You might want to take a look at Howa.Tikka 223’s are pretty scarce. Are there any other good options?
Ruger American’s are no go for me. Alright specs on paper but terrible quality. I have two friends that got them. One shot lights out but had a horribly sticky bolt. The other’s stock was misshapen and pressed on one side of the “free floating” barrel.
Do you happen to know twist rate on those?You might want to take a look at Howa.
Anyone using CFE223, H335, or H4895 with the 69 TGK or the 77 TGK. I don't have any 8208 anymore. I want to load both at AR mag length for my 18" and 10.5" AR rifle and pistol.
I'm using 26gr. Of CFE223 under 69gr Nosler CC, CCI primers, mil brass.Anyone using CFE223, H335, or H4895 with the 69 TGK or the 77 TGK. I don't have any 8208 anymore. I want to load both at AR mag length for my 18" and 10.5" AR rifle and pistol.
It can be fixed, but why buy a gun that’s good once you do the QC that the factory should’ve done and possibly void your warranty in the process. If they missed something you can see plain as day on the rack what other problems might be hiding?The RAR Predator I bought had the barrel touching the forearm on one side. It took 15 minutes with a rasp to cure that, it is not as though I had to worry about "wood to metal fit". The bedding block works.
What I did would be hard to see the way I did it, I don't see it voiding the warranty. Ruger, Tikka, whatever, I pull the barreled action anyway to adjust the trigger and inspect everything, so no hassle on my end.It can be fixed, but why buy a gun that’s good once you do the QC that the factory should’ve done and possibly void your warranty in the process. If they missed something you can see plain as day on the rack what other problems might be hiding?
A Tikka is a couple hundred more and has a solid design and quality. Possibly the Howa too, still looking into that one.
For the record I’m not a Ruger hater, just disappointed with what I’ve seen from the RAR
We killed 5 deer total this year with that load, and all died very quickly, but we had zero blood trail. On all five deer I had to poke my finger around to find the entrance......no blood on the outside of the deer. Some did exit, but same thing.....couldnt find it without poking my finger around to find it.First post here, hope it's formatted correctly.. Performance from Federal Fusion 62gr factory loads until I can find 77 TMKs. 115 yards, 30ft decline, 18" barrel. 40 yard death run. Great blood trail from the shot all the way to the doe.
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Black dawg, how far were those shots?