Message from @Artemis
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Boresnake, rifle lube (or grease if you’re a G), a brush (not brass or metal, it will cause unnecessary damage) q-tips (for getting to the area where the gas rings are)
Awesome thanks!
Attached with molle.
A small Allen key set wouldn’t hurt.
For those of you who have never heard of it, CherryBalmz gun grease is amazing for your rifle.
It’s entirely formulated for your rifle. I’ve talked to the guy who invented it.
It’s amazing how he’s so good at what he does, he understands the science behind everything as well.
And every single person I know who has used it has told me they don’t ever want to switch back to traditional gun lube.
I personally use alg go juice. Won't say it's any better than other stuff but it's safe for your skin, doesn't gunk up or rot, and rifles don't seem to quit when it has this stuff in it.
I use SLIP EWL, but the other recommendations are good as well
All good options
I hear good things about both SLIP and Go Juice
With the bolt gun I'm saving up for, I'm still kinda torn. Starting to lean a little towards 308 given 7.62x51 is available anywhere in the world and it may be better for learning ballistic calculations on.
Between 7.62 x 51 and?
6.5 creedmoor. I understand it's a superior cartridge ballistically, but 308 and 762 seem like they'd be more available to me in a crisis
Practically speaking, 7.62 x 51 is a good choice.
The availability of optics that have built in BDCs is pretty good as well for 7.62 x 51.
The optic I'll likely be getting is a nightforce shv 4-14x50 f1 in mil dots
Took me longer than i expected to find a mildot scope with milradian adjustments that was also under 2k
My dad already has nice reloading equipment with 308 dies so I'll be able to make my own when i visit
> Took me longer than i expected to find a mildot scope with milradian adjustments that was also under 2k
@Artemis
Exactly. I don’t see the usefulness of mildots if you’re not adjusting in miliradians.
Algebra practice if you're into that sort of thing lol.
After reading about mil and moa, I think mil would be more useful to me
Given that I'm a broke student, I've also been considering the vortex diamondback tactical 4-16x44 ffp in milrad. I know it won't be as good as the nightforce, but is it good enough?
I'm trying to be economical with my money.
I was going to say, broke college student and night force don’t go together
> Given that I'm a broke student, I've also been considering the vortex diamondback tactical 4-16x44 ffp in milrad. I know it won't be as good as the nightforce, but is it good enough?
> I'm trying to be economical with my money.
@Artemis
Does it adjust in miliradians?
Yeah
I mean the nf is relatively cheap for nf, at 1.2k
If the Vortex adjusts in miliradians as well as uses mil-dots, that to me is a good deal, if it’s cheaper than the NF.
Retails at 500, can get it on optics planet for 350. They're supposed to be tough as hell for the price
If it adjusts in miliradians (it does) THATS a hell of a deal.
At least it's marketed as being really tough, and there's reviews of people using it as a hammer lol
well damn
Only thing I don't like is that it doesn't have a zero stop
It’s a ~$700 difference at least.
Though it only costs one weeks work instead of 4 weeks, yeah
The rest of the money will be spent training. There's a guy in my state who's a retired sniper and owns a mile long range.
A precision rifle class with them costs $300
Super jealous
That’s cheap as hell
Also don’t forget to torque your scope rings down properly.