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Thread: Why 'scopes need to be robust...

  1. 27-07-2018, 04:09 PM #1
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    Why 'scopes need to be robust...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5pVya7eask
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  3. 27-07-2018, 04:49 PM #2
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    Yikes , but yeah 50 cal gonna be a fair bit more violent than most hunting calibers
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  4. 27-07-2018, 05:25 PM #3
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    Ironic that scope has the word "Bender" written on it...
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    270 is a harmonic divisor number[1]
    270 is the fourth number that is divisible by its average integer divisor[2]
    270 is a practical number, by the second definition
    The sum of the coprime counts for the first 29 integers is 270
    270 is a sparsely totient number, the largest integer with 72 as its totient
    Given 6 elements, there are 270 square permutations[3]
    10! has 270 divisors
    270 is the smallest positive integer that has divisors ending by digits 1, 2, …, 9.
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    There are quite a few vids out there with stuff flexing like that and not as big as 50 cal either
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  6. 27-07-2018, 05:56 PM #5
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    TERMINATOR will sort that.
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    Real guns start with the number 3 or bigger and make two holes, one in and one out
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    Why would you have a long picatinny rail not screwed down to the action ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bagheera View Post
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    Why would you have a long picatinny rail not screwed down to the action ?
    Because it works as is.
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    Yep I was watching a program on the Discovery channel about Alaska where a guy was shooting in his 30-06 prior to hunting season, the amount of flex in the action/scope in super slow was a real eye opener, made me think about what I'm using on my rifles.
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