I personally wouldn’t trust the strength of aluminum, not even 80 series alloy. All the ones I have looked at online are made of stainless steel. I have not seen any made of titanium, although I’m sure there mite one or two made from that metal. Titanium is used for some suppressor centerfire rifle ...

Thanks for the firearms info.

Next question. What is IMSSU ?

How long ago were the prices raised ? I haven’t shot any competition in a few years, so I haven’t followed what’s going on as for match bullets, at least price wise. If this is a more recent thing, it could be something to do with a rumor I heard recently that Sierra is going to offer factory loaded...

nutcase, Every one who manufactures bullets with copper and or lead the prices have been raised over the years. Part of it is just the standard cost of materials have been raised. Copper usage has increased do the it being used in more electronic components and devices. It is also traded such as gol...

Back in the early 1990’s when I got back into IHMSA, I used a T/C Contender 14” in 7T/CU with Speer 130 gr for the chickens, pigs, and Speer 145 gr for the turkeys and rams. Always did the job. Ended up using Nosler 140 gr BT latter. The Nosler’s cost more money, but because of the tapered bullet ja...

Found this gun doing an image search. The image is from a gun club in Australia. I tried contacting the gun club but no reply. Anybody have an idea as to the make ?