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GrapeApe wrote: ↑Wed Dec 10, 2025 11:34 pm YOU are going to have to stand on the stock to see through that scope

More of a chin weld…. It ain’t that bad….

CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 10, 2025 11:38 pm It’s uh, uglier than old people shagging.

But at least they gettin’ some!

Elk Creek wrote: ↑Wed Dec 10, 2025 11:39 pm
More of a chin weld…. It ain’t that bad….

For normal people, maybe.
But you... being one of the few people that has to look UP to Zedrick...

GrapeApe wrote: ↑Wed Dec 10, 2025 11:44 pm

Elk Creek wrote: ↑Wed Dec 10, 2025 11:39 pm
More of a chin weld…. It ain’t that bad….

For normal people, maybe.
But you... being one of the few people that has to look UP to Zedrick...

Truth. I have a box I carry for door knobs…

LOL

I use an I pad for a flat screen tv and my I phone seems like an I pad so……

You make a smaller target as well,
Kind of like those reduced targets.

Makes life easier for you though, your enemy will calculate you as being further away than you actually are, and overshoot you

Shoot low sheriff they’re ridin’ shetlands!

LMAO

GrapeApe wrote: ↑Thu Dec 11, 2025 12:43 am You make a smaller target as well,
Kind of like those reduced targets.

Makes life easier for you though, your enemy will calculate you as being further away than you actually are, and overshoot you

Oh you better be nice to him. He’s quick of temper and he throws a mean fast elbow to the nutz!!!

I AM being nice to him.

I guarantee at any distance beyond PBR, he'd be a LOT harder to hit than I am.

Him, vs the literal "broad side of a barn"

Yeah I’m really a pacifist… no real fight in me.

Well it makes pretty little cases! The scope set up is not going to work, but I knew that going in. I lost 2 cases during fire forming. 10% loss isn’t bad… can’t wait to get this one dialed in, first step complete, it works.

Sweet

They are absolutely pretty little cases. I wonder if Starline would do better fire forming? Their brass is pretty strong.

The S&B hornet brass seemed quite susceptible to cracking.
Even in a standard hornet chamber.
PPU hornet brass is actually among if not the best

JunkCollector wrote: ↑Sun Dec 14, 2025 1:07 am The S&B hornet brass seemed quite susceptible to cracking.
Even in a standard hornet chamber.
PPU hornet brass is actually among if not the best

Good to know! I’ll track some down

Never healed with them before but.....
https://aeammo.com/closeout-ppu-rifle-a ... ps-50-box/

I know their (PPU/ Prvi Partizan) 223 and 7.5x55 Swiss brass both seem to be rather soft

Man, I wanna get out and shoot more! Stupid scope setup…. Oh well it will get fixed up.

Even though you were fire forming, how did it shoot?

CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 15, 2025 5:15 pm Even though you were fire forming, how did it shoot?

ZERO RECOIL! Decent trigger. Scope was out of elevation to the tune of a foot or so, was windy (like blow target stands over windy) and low angle sun caused “white out” in my scope because of time of year and shooting directly south. In short. Was hitting an12” steel plate at 100 pretty darn well!!!

I got to digging around in the “pile of cool stuff” and I have a Lyman 17a in a euro dovetail, and a newish marbles tang for a 1885. I think I may just put irons on it and have a great 200 yard rifle. Clean, light, simple and period correct. Hmmmm new direction.

It's a good direction

JunkCollector wrote: ↑Tue Dec 16, 2025 10:14 pm It's a good direction

VERY good direction. The .22 Hornet has never been a long distance affair anyway, basically a short range varmint gun. At 200-300 yards this will be a slam dunk hit producer on steel. Very satisfying...