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.

~17 inch pounds should hold it.

@Crye_Salesman curious on your opinion. I know it's a budget option but is it a poor choice? For context, I only bring in around 400 a week.

I’ve got a failure to fire every 3-4 rounds.

Switched out BCGs and still an issue. Could it be a light hammer strike?

What kind of failure?

Is it not cycling or not firing at all?