Yeah man, why not 
I have a super soaker that I use for water fights with my nieces and nephew, tactical training courtesy of the USMC, and a childish love for playground games. When and where are we meeting to get this battle kicked off?!?! 
To keep this strictly topical, today I purchased supplies to make a bunch of .338 Lapua Mag hand loads because I am getting together with some of my buddies next weekend for a little long range shooting competition and I canât wait to send those suckers home with lighter wallets and deflated egos lol!
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Is shooting .338 still like shooting $5 bills? The price always scared me off, but a bolt gun in .308 or 6.5 has been on my list for some time. I mostly pop 5.56 and .22 when I have time for the range.
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It does indeed get a bit expensive, but a .338 is what I was behind over in the sandbox and I really only shoot it when Iâm going for precision over extreme distances or shooting competitively with others. The guys I am meeting up with are all vets from the same unit and/or program I was in and some were in it with me others were in it before or after. Meaning these guys are some of the best shooters the Marines, and by extension the US military, has ever fielded. When we get together to shoot it involves big bets, but, more importantly, winner takes home big bragging rights. Being the kinda guys we are, we all legit think weâre the best.
That aside, .338 is my favorite calibre to shoot and if it was financially feasible I would shoot it all the time. When youâve gotten to know a round like itâs an extension of your fist, fired countless rounds of it down range in battle situations, and relied on it to keep you and your fellow Marines/soldiers alive, itâs hard not to favor itâs use whenever possible. I can shoot and shoot extremely well with anything, but .338 is, IMO/IME, the perfect long distance/sniper round.
This little get together will be the first time I get to take my Accuracy International AXSR out against some real top shelf competitors rather than just at my ranch or the shooting club. Donât get me wrong, there are some fine shooters at the club and who shoot with me regularly, but the guys Iâm talking about have skills that itâs next to impossible to acquire as a civilian. Itâs going to be so much fun and Iâm gettinâ psyched up just writing about it! 
Edit: I should add that I have plenty of long guns and hand guns chambered in just about every calibre imaginable because I love to shoot just about anything. Did you have a specific .308 in mind?
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Nothing particular at the moment, I barely get to field my AR, 1911 or carry gun (Glock 43) as it is lol. I actually pared down my collection a couple years back to consolidate ammo types and reduce redundant pieces. It sounds like you boys are doing some DISTANCE shooting, farthest I ever went was quals, dropping it in the black at 500y with irons on the old A2s (I was airwing). I mostly shoot 25-50 yards these days, more destressing than challenging haha. Iâm still pretty âPizza Boxâ but I can make shots when I need to.
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Makinâ shots when you need to is what matters. Iâm actually slowly pairing down my collection for basically the same reasons you did. That said, I have a collection of rare and hard to find pieces that wonât be going anywhere and I have some sentimental pieces that Iâll keep no matter what. The modern stuff that I can pretty much pick up anywhere, anytime if I need it again is what Iâm slowly consolidating.
And, yes, weâre gonna be shooting at some extreme distances. 1500 meters and beyond is where weâll start getting to see whoâs been keeping themselves sharp. We also do moving target shots and even âtrick shotsâ for bets. Sometimes guys will do iron sights competitions. Basically whateverâs clever or comes to mind for fun. As much as weâre all competitive, weâre also all very good friends/brothers and having fun practicing the discipline weâre trained to be the best at is the name of the game.
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1/3 of my AliExpress package came through - pretty sweet Open Heart cable, with a free little carrying case (which was super nice of them) that I didnât know was coming in. The cable is actually really really nice in terms of behavior, doesnât seem be stiff at all. Ear hooks seem to be a little aggressive but that can be fixed. Its extremely light weight with nice black metal hardware with gold accents.
For $27 I absolutely cannot complain.
OH! Almost forgot, it also came with a real leather loop with a little button to keep it closed. Really really nice touch as I have a few of these. All in all - good purchase 
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I really like that cable bought one myself
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That a 2.5 termination?
Nice - thought it was going to be heavy but itâs probably one of the lightest cables I own. Good stuff
It is, sir
There are several 338. Which one? Any magnum will be very expensive.
Mostly due to foreign manipulation, WEF/NWO, & its pupets, everything is expensive. A brick of 22LR isnât that cheap anymore, compared to 5 years ago, especially 20 years ago.
I snagged about X worth of rifle ammo just before it disappeared a few years ago & have only fired a few to check zero & kill hogs & coyotes a few times. Letâs say, when Iâm out, nobody else can use my rifle against me.
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Yeah the milsurp dry up has been rough (remember when Nagants and Spam Cans were pocket change?). I was definitely referring to .338 Lapua btw, which I have been told is akin to âhaving a rifle chambered in $5 billsâ, and that was way back like a decade ago. I have always steered away from niche chamberings for cost/availability purposes, but if you shoot competition I suppose that one canât argue with great ballistics!
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I had a 338WinMag 20 or 30 years ago & a stainless/laminate Ruger M77. It was beautiful, but it just kicked too hard. Never even got it sighted in. Very unpleasant to shoot.
When I found out about the ballistics of the 6.5 Grendel, compared to a 5.56, & a 6.5 Creedmoor; I thought it made the most sense so thats what I picked, & I figured every little militant commie running around will have an AK or 5.56. Those will be readily availble after I run out of ammo.
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External drive arrived. Windows reports 16 TB.Data transfer tops out at 30 GB.
Opened dispute at aliexpress.
Got the refund âŹ30 after bs support ping pong. Had to drill the case open and send photos because my evidence was not âgood enoughâ.
32GB micro SD.
Letâs see if they ban the seller.
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Got my money back as well no the seller did not get banned but product is still listed was a tough battle to get my money back!
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Thatâs crazy! Was it you or someone else that predicted it would be an SD card in a case? Or did I read that somewhere else entirely? Either way, I love how they didnât even go as far as to use a high capacity SD card either. They just went straight bare minimum 32GB. Itâs like they ran out of enthusiasm for really trying to pull off this fraud attempt half way through lol!
On a serious note, Iâm glad you got your money back, bro. I guess they didnât have much of a choice once you ripped it open and showed them the SD card. It says a lot about AliExpress that the seller and, perhaps more egregiously, the âdriveâ are still up on their platform. If that doesnât doesnât remind us all to have a âbuyer bewareâ mentality when purchasing from sites like AE, I donât know what will.
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Love my J2 interesting you bought both well done. AKM for me .