Originally Posted by FRAG-AFE

I know it's been forever (all summer to be exact) but I haven't forgotten about this thread. I just got bogged down with work and other things that needed to be done. In addition, I haven't bought any more ammo and I didn't want to fire everything I've got and have a really expensive paperweight in a nice case. On the bright side, Hornady finally shipped the free 100 projectiles that I got (for the cost of shipping) for purchasing their .308 die set. I got the set broken in when a friend asked

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Originally Posted by FRAG-AFE

After today's outing, I have determined a couple things about my rifle and future needs.

1 - the trigger is in need of some refinement. I have heard nothing but good things about Bill Springfield, and at $59 it seems like a great deal compared to paying the $700 for a PRG-1 trigger pack ( http://triggerwork.net/hk9xrifles.html )

2 - an upgraded recoil buffer, muzzle break, or both are needed in the future
$98.95$149.95

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Originally Posted by FRAG-AFE

Now for the fun part. I've spent all of this time and money setting up. I managed to acquire a total of 13 20-round magazines, and I purchased ammo as it came available. Admittedly, my original intent is to hand load for this rifle. I also know that it has a habit of denting the poo out of the brass. Because it was a nearly new rifle, I picked up a range of surplus through match grade ammo and some things in the middle. Most with varying weights so that I could try to figure out what bullet

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Originally Posted by FRAG-AFE

All was not well in my world of customization. After putting so much thought into the scope mount like making sure that it would give me enough clearance to still use the iron sights, adaptability, etc. there was an unforeseen problem. Once everything was mounted and I was checking out the fit of the rifle with the scope I discovered that I was getting more of a chin-weld than a cheek-weld.

This led me to my next purchase. From the beginning I wanted to model this rifle as

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Originally Posted by FRAG-AFE

As some people may notice (though there is only one person other than me looking at this right now as far as I can tell) I have a paper cutout in my case. Space reserved for the scope and mount that I had settled on after a bit of time looking. The mount took a while of sifting through reviews and trying to find a balance of price, quality, and things that I thought would be important. I wanted a one piece to avoid having to worry about the rings not aligning properly. Another advantage of the

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