Wow, you have got some skills. Very nice lathe work. I actually have some 2000MR. Just about a 3/4 of a pound. Was that load with the Gold Dot?You went in way after I got out. I was 303x2. Is 276xx the old RADAR Operator. At that time they also went Biloxi for school.
There were 5 of us who went to school with Westinghouse, as there was no school set at Biloxi at that time. I was a staff sgt, the ranking team guy during the 43e evaluation at Bergstrom. The final tech order verification at Westinghouse in Maryland, I represented TAC west of the MS River. We had reps from NG, TAC, European, Pacific, Training, and Logistics Commands. We were there for over a month.
Our unit did the maiden deployment of the 43e. 5 day convoy one way to the desert. Out of the almost 4 years I was at Bergstrom, I spent many months combined on 45 day deployments to the CA and NV deserts.
My 1st duty station was at Biloxi for almost a year after basic. Then off to Cape Lisburne. The FPS 20 tube type was the RADAR at that time. Then on Bergstrom.
Now, back to your regular programming. I chambered my 6.5G from a 6.5x47 take off barrel. I harvested 23 inches from a 30 inch tube. I didn't do any load work, just copied loads from the Grendel group.
This is what I got, range 200 yards. Have not shot the upper since then. The 2000MR load is 31.4, not 31.9 as my buddy annotated so in group app. I just made my own Grendel bolt from take M16 bolt. Opened it up cleaned the bolt face in the lathe.
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Yessir, 276 - Scope Dope. Radar Ops. Aerospace Control and Warning Systems Operator sounded way more cool. I think it has been combined and is part of the Command and Control career field now. I joined in 1988. I was part of TAC until McPeak came in as the AF Chief in 92 and combined us with SAC to make ACC. That along with uniforms that looked like Delta airline pilots and the bicycle test replacing PT standards. It took a decade to recover from all of his crap.
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