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Equipment:
- Ammunition:
- The effect of temperature
- Federal 168gr Match
- Federal 175gr Match
- General comments
- Hornady TAP
- M118 ball
- M852 ball
- Sierra 175gr Match King
- Barrels:
- 5R Barrel Technology
- Flash Hiders - some thoughts on flash hiders
and muzzle breaks
- Fluting a barrel
- Remington composite barrel
- Remington barrels - twist rate
- Selecting a barrel
- Selecting a barrel length
- Binoculars
- Bipods
- Carry
cases
- Drag
Bags
- Firearms
Safes
- GPS
- Handguns
- 9mm vs .45, and the guns
- Choosing
- Glock
- Night Vision Scopes:
- Russion NOD
- Rifles:
- AR15 - some thoughts on building and customising
- Browning A-bolt
- Calibers:
- Choice between 6mm ( .244 ), .257 and
6.5mm ( .264 )
- .270 Win
- .300 Whisper
- .308 VS 30-06
- 338 Variants
- 7.7 Japanese
- CIL
- Designated Marksmanship Rifle
- Dragunov
- Followup comments
- Enfield
- HK91
- M1 Garand
- M24 SWS
- M21/M25
- M40A1
- Mauser Actions
- Remington 300 Ultra Mag
- Remington 700
- Remington 700VS
- Remington 788
- Remington M700 feeding problems
- Remington M77
- Remington Tactical Light
- Remington VS Savage
- Romanian Romak-3 Dragunov
- Ruger M77
- Ruger Mini-14
- Safeties
- Sako
- Savage
- Shootout between manufacturers
- SSG
- UARS
- Winchester Sharpshooter
- Wind Runner .50BMG
- Selecting a rifle:
- Choosing between an AR-10 and an M1A
- and details of each
- General - for hunting and accuracy, what
sniper calibres etc.
- Medium to high end - and their copies
- Selecting a .308 Semi-auto
- Selecting a caliber/bullet for Urban Sniping
- in LE type scenarios
- Suppressed sniper rifles?
- Scope Mounting:
- Building your own rings
- EAW Mounts
- General comments on scope mounting
- General comments on scope mounts
- Mounting directly onto barrel
- Mounting the scope permanently
- MWG Mounts
- Shims
- Scopes:
- Manufacturers:
- Burris
- Kahles
- Leupold
- Leupold BDC's and M3 scopes ( 
Feb 24, 2003 )
- McMillan VisionMaster
- Nightforce
- Redfield
- Schmidt & Bender
- Shepard
- Springfield Armory
- Tasco
- Unertl
- US Optics
- Weaver Scopes
- Technology/Techniques:
- Ballistic cams?
- German style picket-post reticle
- How do I choose?
- Parallax
- Resetting to zero?
- Reticles
- Choosing yours
- Testing your turrets
- Turret increments
- Turret Tagz
- Spotting Scopes:
- Angled
or straight eyepiece?
- Bushnell
- General comments
- Kowa
- Lens flash
- Swift
- Stocks
- Arctic Warfare
- Choate
- HS Precision
Sunshades & ARDs: Scope
and spotting scope
- ARD
- Butler Creek
Fieldcraft:
- Camouflage:
- Ghillie suits
- Making your own
- Carrying in the field
- Glasses - do you wear them in the field?
- Painting a barrel?
- Rifle camouflage
- Data/log books:
- Field books
- NSW Log Book
- Field
Supports
- Gear
- what to take along in the field ( also includes discussions on field
shooting supports )
- Measuring
distance - in the field
- Mildot or laser range finder?
- Muzzlewrap
- how to protect your barrel
- Night
Paper
- Shooting
from the stalk
- Slings
- Stalking
& creatures - watch where you're going
- Thermal
detection
- Tracking
- Waterproofing
your BDUs
Handloading:
- OAL
for your rifle chamber
- Ballistics
programs
- Ballistics
for the .223 - some thoughts on bullet and load selection
- Ballistics
for the 300 WM - some thoughts on bullet and load selection
- Ballistics
for the .308 - some thoughts on bullet and load selection
- Blending
powders?
- Brass
damage
- Brass
for 308
- Case
capacity used
- Chronographs
- Compressed
loads
- General
comments
- Military
brass
- Moly-coating
your bullets - some tips
- Remington
BR brass
History
- Sniper
rifles used in SEA
- Snipers
in World War II
Medical:
- Supplies
in the field
Miscellaneous:
- Books
- The
media's portrayal of killers as "Snipers"
- Publications
and reviews
- Shooting
the gun out of a perp's hand?
- Women
and Guns - Is the woman in your life interested?
- Women
in combat
- Youngsters
and Snipers being "Cool" and visiting Sniper Country
Shooting skills:
- Acceptable
target wobble in sight picture?
- Alternative
Shooting Positions
- Attitude
- Bolt
manipulation
- Bullet
trace & vapor trail
- Cold-bore
shot?
- Competitions
- for scoped bolt-guns
- Competition - Canadion DCRA
- Dust
signature
- Flinching
- Moving
targets
- Missing
long shots
- Safety:
- General
- Hearing protection
- Negligent discharges - and training
- Shooting
in the wind
- Effects of altitude
- Shooting
on a slope
- Shooting
under stress? Winter biathlon
- Trigger
techniques
- Windage
- Windage
for M16A2
- Changing
zero - same rifle, different shooter?
Technical:
- Bedding:
- Devcon Plastic Steel
- How do you do it?
- Breaking
in a new barrel
- Cleaning
- Cleaning the M1A
- Cold-weather
testing your equipment
- Crowns
- Cryogenic
treatment for barrels - does it help?
- Determining
barrel twist - existing barrel
- Firelapping
- Gunsmithing
- general comments
- Magnus
Effect ( spin drift )
- Night
Vision Scopes - how to zero at night
- Out-of-the-box
acuracy - Including custom-built rifles
- Receivers
- Refinishing
your rifle
- Remington
Bolt Disassembly
- Sako
extractor for Remington 700?
- Slamfires/double
fires - why and how to prevent
- Selecting/determining
best twist rate
- Triggers
- Savage
- Remington
Training:
- Dry
firing
- Failures
- Instructors
and schools
- Teaching
your Youngsters - some thoughts on the must and must nots
- Yards
and meters