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Reloading scale? Weight Range: 954 GN; Resolution: 0.02 GN; Stabilization time: ~3 seconds; Cost: $286.00, plus shipping. Type of sensor is unknown. Strain gage? Link to balance: https://www.hogentogler.com/veritas/s63-reloading-scale.asp

I dunno. Give ol' Joe enough time, and he'll ban them military derived "sniper rifles", which are capable of "mass destruction"..... Proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1csr0dxalpI&list=PLMr6skDjeptbX7SjaXcwCjemTH7H7WH7N&index=2 Seriously Bill, nice looking rifle. Bet it's a shooter...

Official Mini-Palma targets are 100 yard targets. Dimensions are under Rule 4.15: A Mini-Palma is a fun and competitive match, the 100 yard distance helps in reducing elevation issues that plague 200 yard rimfire shooting.

Old news. US NRA has an official smallbore target for 200 yard prone shooting, dimensions are under rule 4.13: In the 1990s, I found 200 yard practice w/ a .22 rifle was good training for Long Range prone. (Have not shot 200 yard smallbore in over 10 years, should probably restart doing it...

Suggest disassembly of bolt, and thoroughly cleaning the inside with an aerosol spray. Reassemble after the spray has died, DO NOT lubricate the inside of the bolt, striker, or mainspring. What is described could indicate the firing pin is either moving slowly, or incompletely, caked-up...

The fix? Wash out the interior of the tires, on a frequent basis. Failure to do this leads to an accumulation of unburnt powder. This is one cause of fires in indoor (and outdoor) ranges, Glock in Smyrna, GA lost an employee to such an accident in 2003. The Range Source Book discusses this...

ATF registers suppressors, but (IIRC) only ones mounted on firearms. The "tube suppressor" (i.e., fiber filled barrels, insulated tubes, or a series of rubber tiles) does a wonderful job of suppressing muzzle blast, but does nothing for the supersonic crack of the bullet. The latter requires a...

Why wonder on what to do? DO NOT think that simply plowing a clearing, and building a backstop is all that is involved in building a range. The (US) NRA publishes a very useful document known as "The Range Source Book". Available as a (very large) 3 ring binder, it is also available on a USB...

Change in policy? As of this afternoon, Walmart is supposedly returning guns and ammo to store shelves. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/walmart-returning-firearm-guns-ammo-store-displays/ https://www.npr.org/2020/10/30/929610020/in-reversal-walmart-puts-guns-back-on-display...

Not sure about the plastic used by Remington, but the bedding in 1990s synthetic stocked Winchester Model 70s with BOSS brakes was - some sort of clear silicone. Drill some holes in the stock, make sure the silicone goes through the holes. Odds are, the silicone won't come out (unless it...

Believe the US Army put out a bulletin about forbidding the use of charcoal grill cleaners for removing carbon on M16 rifles in the late 1960s or early 1970s. Issue was not carbon removal, which the "cleaner" excelled at, but rather, its effects on the 7076 alloy of the receivers. Seems the...

What??? I can't use a laser guided bullet, loaded into a .50 BMG case? https://www.cnn.com/2015/04/29/us/us-military-self-guided-bullet/index.html

Storage in adverse conditions - hot weather comes to mind. As for consequences, SMS Karlsruhe comes to mind, as does IJN Mutsu.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Karlsruhe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Mutsu#Loss

Sometimes, the HAZMAT fee is.... NOTHING. Pay attention to the site, subscribe to their weekly emails to see what the current deals are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgKO543Sur4

Tim, Check out some of the other (earlier) award winners on the Improbable Research website.

For those that do not know, the Ig Nobel prizes are awarded for items that make us laugh - and then make us think. From the website at https://www.improbable.com/ig-about/winners/#ig2020: The 2020 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded at the 30th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, on Thursday...

Not sure what you mean, Jerry. This weekend was supposed to be in the 90s, but the smoke from the nearby fires has reduced the sunlight reaching the ground. (And turned the skies orange on two of the last three days - Saturday was grey and semi-overcast.) Local temperatures are now expected...

7.5 tons of the steel forms part of the USS New York (LPD-21). It was melted down, and became part of the bow of the ship. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_York_(LPD-21)#Construction Not a lie.

I have an A&D GF series balance, it uses electromagnetic force restoration. In "live animal" weighing mode, stabilization occurs in about 1.5 seconds. That's pretty quick for weights down to .02 grains (resolving limit for measurements in grains.) "Stabilization Time" of the GF is listed as...