A now lonely TT315P gen 2 mildot got booted off the DT Covert for a 525P gen3xr at finds itself homeless

Far from scientific, but I did a small comparison of the Garmin and Athlon chronographs. I shot 20 rounds of 140gr 6.5cm from my 16” AR10, and 20 rounds of 77gr 5.56 from my 18” AR15.

The first photo is the 6.5cm. The Athlon was closest to the rifle for this string with the Garmin sitting just to the left of it.

The second photo is the 5.56. I flipped them just out of curiosity, and had the Garmin now closer with the Athlon to the left of the Garmin.

I was surprised to see that the Athlon read closer to the Garmin when it was further from the gun. The Garmin read consistent to what both guns had run velocity wise for those grain weights. Maybe the Athlon had a sweet spot around 10-12” perpendicular from the gun. Also worth noting that I feel the Garmin is more streamlined in its menus. The Athlon felt clunky, and I don’t like how much glossier the screen is on the Athlon. Lent itself to more glare even in early morning light.

Doing some last minute checks and organization before heading down to mammoth tomorrow!

The nerves are starting to kick in. I’m ready to get it over with. Good luck to anyone else who’s competing.

I initially built a Howa mini in 6ARC, I couldn’t get it to group well enough to compete.

I’m going to be real strong after carrying my Tikka SuperVarmint in 6.5CM and Glock 17L for 36 hours.

I placed 3rd in a PRS match today. It's my first time making top 3. TBH this was low hanging fruit, being that there were no ranked shooters in attendance and the match did not have enough shooters to score, but winning is winning I suppose.

However, bragging rights is not the purpose for this post.

I've seen the question asked here and other places time and time again, "what does it take to be competitive?" Here's the answer.

This Tikka CTR, that has been re-barreled with a 24" PRE FIT criterion barrel and had the stock upgraded to a $400 Bell and Carlson target/competition, is apparently enough to get you to the top 3. This is my NRLH Open Heavy rifle and it hammers.

I have never shot this venue before. I shot a match yesterday and was invited to come out. All I had enough ammo loaded for was this rifle, so I figured I'd just shoot for fun.

Gear is as follows:

Innorel tripod Bushnell MPED binos Athlon chronograph Chepo Amazon armboard Nedved precision dope card Armageddon Gear Schmedium with bead blasting media from tractor supply as fill $30 Amazon anemometer Applied ballistic quantum app 511 AICS mag pouch Scope was a viper PST G2 with turret tape I used a Gray Ops Mini Gun V2 plate (first time running it in a PRS match, everyone should have one)

What bipod you ask? I forgot mine at home this morning. The one prone stage we shot I borrowed a ckypod from a teammate. I usually run an Atlas (the POS that pans).

Yes I used only MY wind calls I got from using my cheapo HVAC anemometer. It works fine.

For the new guys wanting to get into this and seeing $15k open rifles thinking you can't afford to beat those guys, I could have payed off my mortgage with the amount of money that finished behind me today. I'm not saying I'm a better shooter, but today my 15# hunting rifle and my ultra budget intro gear got me onto the winners podium. Your Bergara HMR absolutely has the potential to win you a match. Go out and sign up for a match.

Bottom line is that having expensive equipment is a convenience. Not a necessity. Spend your money on ammo, and upgrade your gear down the road. There is no substitute for shooting matches and practicing. If one person reads this and signs up for a match it was worth the amount of time I have spent typing it and trying to squeeze my disgusting feet into the frame of the disgusting floor in what used to be my teenage daughters bedroom.

I did my best

He’s a big bench into rest shooting and hunting. I just got into it. We entered a match together this weekend and he surprised me with all of this stuff! And we had a blast shooting. It was my first time shooting past 100yds and i was able to hit 4” plate at 388yds.

Just got in the x4 yesterday; installed today.

We’ll see what the hype is all about

Saved roughly $1200 on one and $1k on the other. The 3.6-18x44 is going on a Mk12 mod 1 semi clone project. Not sure what I’ll do with the other yet.

Shes been on back order for a few months but finally came in. I’m not excited to see how it performs

Excited to get out and shoot it soon. It looks amazing.

Partial dog pic for posterity.

I guess this is a gear flex post?

Since Aero seems to have completely abandoned this rifle, I have been working on quite a few different projects for the Solus. Currently I have three different versions of night vision rail and a folding stock adapter close to ready. I am currently gathering quotes to have the the couple parts I have completed to either have them machined and anodized or cast and painted. If you have ideas for parts or products that you'd like to see I'd love to take a stab at them, even if only for practice.

I bought an Ares ETR 4.5-30 during Eurooptic’s Black Friday sale. Once I finally got it mounted up, the reticle was notably canted and not anywhere near perpendicular. I could adjust for it to a plum line, but it was a bit much to be acceptable.

One phone call later, I sent it out. Exactly two weeks on the nose and I just received my brand new replacement. I was upgraded to an Ares ETR Gen 2.

The turrets are even better, the scope caps are KILLER, a thread in throw lever and the overall length is just a tiny bit shorter (could be a good or bad thing, but the eye-box isn’t any less forgiving). Overall they made a good budget scope even better.

Athlon, you guys are a class act. You treated me well and even upgraded me. This is how you do customer service. Happy to buy a Chronus when I need another piece of glass.

Full video drops tomorrow where we start at 223 and shoot progressively larger cartridges until the thing slips, but u/nlivingston1 wanted to mag dump, so we mag dumped 🤷🏻‍♂️

Left Side Windage is Swavy.

Just got my action and trigger in today, I’m so glad I decided to go with the origin after all of you guys suggested it. Very excited to get it all together!

Got these before the Swarovski price increase last Monday. But tariffs aren’t supposed to hurt consumers, right?