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    My Glock 20 is perfectly reliable. The only time I ever heard "limp wristing" was from a gunsmith who had just "combat tuned" my Colt...
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    Calvin45 reacted to Frank in the Laurels's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    ..side shot thru both lungs, good as a 460wea or anything else...
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    Calvin45 reacted to Batsin's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Haha Haha.
    Wait a minute!!! Does this possibly mean that I no longer need to follow my Grandfather's advice to occasionally drive at 100mph to...
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    Calvin45 reacted to Batsin's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    That was decent rule of thumb with the simple cup and core bullets or even large diameter solids from the last century. I have looked...
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    Calvin45 reacted to akmtnhnt's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    The amount of people that don't understand this is baffling.
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    7mm 183-grain Sierra Match Kings, trimmed with a meplat trimmer, then drilled to 0.0465" and polished with 00 steel wool.
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    Calvin45 reacted to cohunt's post in the thread 6.8 SPC with Like Like.
    16" ---- 90tnt- 2830 95ttsx- 2830 110ab-2730 120sst- 2470 130 fusion- 2520 20"----loaded long 130 fusion- 2690 130 vld- 2760
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    Calvin45 reacted to cohunt's post in the thread 6.8 SPC with Like Like.
    110 accubond are also very good for deer--- if you get more advanced into loading for the cartridge then 130gr fusion bullets work...
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    Calvin45 reacted to BALLISTICJESUS's post in the thread 6.8 SPC with Like Like.
    I shoot several AR’s in 6.8 SPC. Currently a 12.5” and a 16”. Both have ARP barrels. I settled on AA2200 as my go to powder for 90gr...
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    Calvin45 replied to the thread 30-30 for elk?.
    The Barnes 150 tsx .3030 bullet has one heck of a big hollow point. Will open up at .30-30 speed for sure and penetrate like a mono...
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    Calvin45 reacted to cohunt's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    Nah--- you can't kill anything with the measley 30-30-------nobody has ever killed anything with a 30-30 Can you hear me smirking? Dont...
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    Calvin45 reacted to Salmonhead's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    Consider the Maker Rex 150 grain also. Maker does a good job of having their bullets have a low impact rating to open. I think Swift...
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    Calvin45 reacted to Northkill's post in the thread Why I Crimp with Like Like.
    The crimp isn't enough to create a pressure spike, at least you shouldn't be crimping that hard. You can get a significant spike if the...
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    Calvin45 reacted to itsthemann's post in the thread Zastava M70 Mauser with Like Like.
    Not that it makes any difference, but its chambered in 8mm mauser, and I dont intend to keep it that way if it takes other mauser barrels.
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    Calvin45 reacted to Nimrod's post in the thread Zastava M70 Mauser with Like Like.
    The Zastava guns I have seen/owned were pretty much the same as any other M98 Mauser. The 8mm is actually a pretty good cartridge...
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