5R rifling

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I've got 130 MK, 150 MK, and 168 MK all loaded and ready to go. :-bd

I'll be there for SB and HP. Will be hanging with the Team Lapua group, and will watch for you on Wednesday. I'm usually wearing purple. Lots of purple. :ymdevil:

(Apologies to Varn for hijacking your thread. :oops: )
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The Lapua crew lets you hang around even though you are shooting those old antiquated SMKs?? :-? Hehe
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Yep. They can't really complain since Lapua doesn't make a 7mm match bullet. In fact they only make ONE 7mm bullet, a 160 gr Naturalis (unless something has changed very recently that I don't know about yet). ;)
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Slackers.
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AddictedToSB wrote:Yep. They can't really complain since Lapua doesn't make a 7mm match bullet. In fact they only make ONE 7mm bullet, a 160 gr Naturalis (unless something has changed very recently that I don't know about yet). ;)
Well Trent I would say this should tell Addicted and the Guru about how much Lapua thinks of his 7mm cartridge, old, out dated are just a few of the thoughts that came to mind =)) =))

Bob, Move to the 6.5 and never look back. ;) :D
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For some reason Lapua chooses not to cash in on the huge North American .284 bullet market. Why ?
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Yeah its a shame they dont offer any 7mm slugs for match shooting my 3 groove 7mm is hungry.
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Maybe some smart guys at Lapua took about five seconds figuring what the market would be for a 7mm bullet and decided that they didn't need a tax write off.
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Jim Beckley wrote:Maybe some smart guys at Lapua took about five seconds figuring what the market would be for a 7mm bullet and decided that they didn't need a tax write off.
OHHHHHHHHHHH! =))
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Mark, I have been shooting Kriegers for the last 18 years. I won't buy anything else. I know there are other good barrel makers out there, but I am happy with Krieger. Al
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Lemme see...the Japs had a 6.5, and the Italians and lets not forget the Swedes...remember 7mm is ballistic perfection :)) :p
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Maybe back when TR and Bucky O'Neil came up San Juan Hill they were, but not today!
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JB...the 6.5 is an old design. Probably pre-dates TR....it ain't new and its OK . 7mm is still the ballistic perfect design..Sectional density etc. You know the .25 is a great projectile diameter and I bet its easy on recoil...no boo-boos..... :D
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Snake, My only hope is that there is enough explosive compound some where that would blast you and McAlice into the present, but don't look like thats going to happen.
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BOOOOM!!!!!

Smoke clears... Nope, still stuck in the 80's.

Beckley, we need more explosives! Get some of that dynamite that McAlice is always shooting at. Maybe that'll work!
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