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I think they're using the same.

My stuff shipped today. I am really impressed with Southern Ballistic Research, and would recommend them to anyone who wants to roll their own and wants a source for a great barrel.

I have been using hot water, even though the ultrasonic action of the cleaner seems to heat it up a good bit.

I saw a hog hit with a 600gr .458 SOCOM round fired from an 11" AR. At 80 meters it literally knocked a 250ish pound hog end over end. I've never seen anything like it. That hog made some great pecan wood smoked sausage, too.

A lot of people seem to like lil'gun with the 300gr SMKs.

That's pretty sweet! Nothing like being able to shoot cheap mil-surp, too One thing that I'm really liking about the 338 Spectre is that even though there is 338 headstamped brass coming from SBR now, it's really just a necked down 10mm magnum case. Running at subsonic velocities using pistol powders, your brass should pretty much last indefinitely. Dolomite, once I get this thing together, I might tap some of your expertise in working up some different loads. That is, of course if you're into that type of thing.

What case is that 7.62x25 based on?

I have shot some 300 Whisper in a bolt gun and really liked it. The general consensus on 338 Spectre is you get all the quietness of 300 Whisper, but about 20% more hit at the same velocities due to the heavier, larger diameter round. I may do an integral Remington 700 in 300 Whisper at some point. It's a great round, and really brings a smile to your face to shoot. Dolomite, I will be running switchblocks on both of these to allow for turning down or turning off the gas system. Turning it down should lead to less wear and tear from running suppressed. Turning it off will allow me to essentially turn it into a bolt gun. They're commercially available for the 338 Spectre diameter barrel. I may have to manufacture it for the .458 SOCOM. I'll have to recess both rail systems on the mill to allow for access.

So I've been casually planning to put together a couple of big bore ARs for about a year. One in .458 SOCOM and another in 338 Spectre. I've got a couple of SBR'd lowers, that have been earmarked for some wildcats, but just hadn't come together. I'd been talking to Marty over at Teppo Jitsu about building some uppers, but then he shipped out on an overseas assignment, and production went south. He's going to be gone for a couple of years. He transferred knowledge and equipment to Southern Ballistic Research out of Brunswick, GA. I figured at some point I'd give them a call. I gave them a call on Tuesday of this week, and talked to Buddy. I explained that I was looking for a couple of barrels, and he said they'd be happy to provide them. That they were just getting ramped up on the tooling, and were working a significant backlog that Marty had when he left. He mentioned that with both of these calibers, they like to provide bolts as well, as headspacing can be an issue. But, mentioned that they would be happy to put something together for me, and provided me with an email address to remind him of my order. I'm used to waiting for anything related to a wildcat caliber, so I figured, "okay, I'll see these barrels next year sometime." Imagine my surprise today when I got an email from buddy with my barrels, bolts and case gauges ready to ship! I've got a 10.5 inch barrel and bolt in both .458 SOCOM and 338 Spectre on their way. I'll be waiting a little while on the suppressor for the .458, but the advantage of 338 Spectre is that it works with a standard 9mm suppressor. There are going to be some south Georgia hogs in a big world of hurt this fall!

I agree with you on this, OhShoot. I've always been of the perception that if 160F is good enough for our whole food industry, it's good enough for me (even though I would likely reach a boil to avoid underestimating 160F). I actually got this info as a part of a survival class where there were concerns with certain viruses not being killed shy of a prolonged full boil. I checked it when I got back with a colleague who is a municipal water manager and she confirmed it. I'll try and dig up the specifics. I'll reiterate what I said before, though. While I carry more than one purification method while I'm in the field, and can improvise many more, if your life depends on it, don't avoid drinking because you aren't certain of the cleanliness. If you don't smell chemicals or sewage, it's not likely to kill you before you get rescued.

So long as your system is clean, evaporation followed by condensation is appropriate. Likewise, if you have the means to boil it, a 10 minute rolling boil will take care of all viruses, bacteria and other Protozoa. It won't take care of chemical contamination. Chlorine based treatments are another effective measure. An important comment should be made concerning untreated freshwater in survival situations. That is, the average time to rescue, whether self-rescue or from a SAR team is much shorter than the incubation time of any of the baddies we have in our waters in North America. And, they're all treatable at this point. If your life depends on it and you reasonably believe that you'll be found, drink the water. You'll die a lot faster from dehydration than you will from anything in the water.

It should also be noted with Clorox or other bleach products that after the treatment time, you can leave the container open to let the residual chlorine and the associated taste dissipate.

Mixing fresh and seawater is almost always going to get you in trouble sooner or later. I'd much rather set up a solar still or the like using some trash bags or 2 liter bottles to convert that seawater to fresh. I always carry some heavy duty black trash bags when I'm at sea on a smaller vessel. In a pinch, you put seawater in a container, partially inflate and seal the bag around the container, then collect your water as it evaporates and cools out of the bottom of the bag. There are a lot of variants of this that can be pretty easily improvised. Have you got a particular environment in mind?

Three drops of clorox to one quart of water. Best to run it through a cloth first if you've got heavy particulate matter. Wait an hour to drink... Up to 4 hours if it's really cold.

I would love to see this tested, but would guess that it might detonate. Both the current and amperage can be so high in lightning strikes that it would be nothing to get gap sparks. Even a small electrical spark inside a case would be enough to set a round off.

The thing that really matters in that safe, the fire rating, is likely shot. With the door being out of square, it also presents a nice pry point for a theif to try and get in it. I would write this safe off. At this point you've got a really heavy box that may keep an unmotivated person out. If your movers were insured, maybe you could make a claim on that. It's probably worth checking with your homeowners insurance as well to see if they'll cover it. Sorry about the accident. At least no one was hurt and your weapons were unharmed.

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Maybe we need to kick it off with some bowfishing stories or something. Kind of ease the transition I knew a guy when I was a kid who stocked a pond specifically for growing fish for food. He's a huge fisherman, but when he wanted to harvest these fish to eat, he'd just toss a handful of corn out into the water, wait about 2 seconds for them all to come up and feed, and then pick the ones he wanted and shoot them with an old pump Winchester loaded up with .22 shorts.

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That is awesome! I'll be pulling for him.

That's a great looking blade!

It is a great museum. So is the Fort Stewart Museum down in south Georgia. Just hearing the name reminds me of being a Boy Scout growing up. Our scoutmaster was a retired Colonel. If we were camping somewhere and our route to or from the trip passed any military museum, we stopped to check it out.

That's good to hear. Especially about the Velcro.

They've got a pretty good selection of threaded barrels in the case in the corner with the suppressors. I just recently picked up a Storm Lake barrel for my Glock 19. The price was good, too. It would have cost the same to order it online.

I think the P90 routine is tough because it's so long. You're tired after the static poses. Yoga is great low intensity strength/core training that anyone can benefit from. Not to mention the added bonus of the average participant being a lot better looking than the meatheads out there on the machines.