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Great press. I have one and a second turret head.

I’ve had a couple cams set up for about a month now and had the same problem with both. I must be doing setting something up wrong. I first checked them after about three weeks in an area with a lot of thick mesquite growth next to a pretty good sized open area with long grass. First I put both cams on trails in some modestly thick cover and when I checked them, one 32 gb card was full with more than 4000 photos and the other had over 1500. Obviously they were almost entirely false triggers. The catch is there were no false triggers at night - they were almost all between 10 and 3 during the day. Moved the cams to areas with less cover and checked after a week to see if that helped and the same thing happened, except both cameras were full of blanks. There were legit triggers too so the cameras weren’t completely malfunctioning. The obvious correlation is the time of day which I would attribute to the rising temp. There was a lot of wind at night while they were up and not a single false trigger happened from branches or grass. Wondering what’s going on and how you guys get around this. The area is in the southern units south of Tucson of that helps. Thanks!

Well I’m not certain yet but I was able to rule a few things out. It wasn’t triggered by shadows moving across the ground as the sun moved across the sky, and it wasn’t set off repeatedly by the ocotillo swaying in the wind or the shadows from it. Next thing to test out is if a higher number or concentration of branches swaying combined with warming temps are the cause. What is also likely is one of the cameras was simply too close to patches of tall grass, which warmed as the day went on and triggered the camera as they blew around. That is really hard to avoid out there if I want pics of those travel corridors. I’ll have to figure something else out.

Okay, well interesting results from my entirely unscientific experiment and miniscule sample size. I set up both cams in a couple positions. I covered sharp shadows as the sun moved around and set up right in front of an ocotillo that was moving in the wind. I fully expected to have at least one setup give a bunch of false triggers, but to my surprise none of them did. So that’s good since it tells me the problem is avoidable. Thanks guys.

Well we’re gonna find out. This morning I set them both up in my backyard with one facing the wall and the other on top of the wall facing the street corner with no vegetation to trigger it or cast shadows. After a few hours the one on top of the wall had no false triggers. Just cars and people. The one facing the wall was another story. My toddler found it and moved it so it was catching the corner of the grill cover blowing in the wind. 779 photos in three hours haha. I repositioned the one on top of the wall to within view of an ocotillo at about 15 yards facing west as the sun moves around on a day with a pretty good wind. Experiments are fun if nothing else.

Thanks for the replies. I did a little more digging and found some interesting information on how the passive infrared (PIR) system works on most modern cams. The way it looks, it has less to do with wind than it does with shadow. The most common condition that makes this happen is bright, clear days in areas with little to no overhead canopy (sound familiar, Arizona?) that result in prominent shadows cast. The cam picks up the change in the nearby IR signature as the shadow moves both from the wind and as the sun moves across the sky, hence endless false triggers during those hours and absolutely none after the sun drops below a certain point in the horizon. So in effect, the wind by itself isn’t enough to cause the false triggers in this case. Mostly it’s the changing IR signature, compounded by windy conditions. I’m going to try a few experiments near my house and see if I get different results. Frustrating but if there’s a workaround I’ll find it. Thanks again!

Combination of warmer surroundings from the sun and blowing grass and branches maybe?

Why would they only go off during midday and not at all at night even during windy weather?

Very good points above about neck tension. Don’t worry if your bullets seat smoothly but you still get them though. Mine seat pretty easily using a bushing die with .002 neck tension but I still get them and there is absolutely no effect on accuracy. Your dies should be fine. Other factors like consistent brass prep, annealing, etc will play a bigger part in accuracy than that ring ever will, and even at that you probably won’t notice a difference until you start stretching it out. Post a couple pics of you’re still unsure.

Oh cmon. I sold my other dies and sacrificed eating out a few times for a couple months to cover the remaining $150 for the Redding Type S set. We’re talking about reloading dies, not a Porsche. Seriously.

I switched to Redding dies for my PRC using the VLD seating stem and I get the rings you’re describing on my 156s as well. I remember reading something about the rings on Redding’s website and the takeaway was it’s not hurting the bullets and won’t negatively impact accuracy. As long as you’re not actually gouging the bullet or anything crazy like that, let them fly. Those bullets are perfect for the PRC. I also completely disagree that Hornady is the only option for dies when it comes to the 6.5 PRC, or any other cartridge for that matter. As long as you have a quality set you’re good to go. Redding, RCBS, Hornady, whatever.

I’m near Tucson. If you decide to sell a brick of the 210s I’ll give you a good price for them. PM if interested in that or a trade.

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The action is incredibly smooth.

As the title states, I’m looking for recommendations for a gunsmith in Tucson or Phoenix. I need a smith with a reamer to expand my 6.5 PRC chamber a couple thousandths at the .200 line, and before I hand over my rifle to have that done I would like to hear from a few people with a positive experience with them. Thanks.

I did over email this morning.

I put in a few calls today. He was one, waiting to hear back.

Exactly, except I’m way past clickers. After two or three firings my bolt will completely stick even in 50 degree weather.

$500 Basically new Viper HST 4-16x44 scope in MOA. I bought this scope new a couple months ago and used it only twice at the range. The rest of the time it sat in the safe. I’m just not using it since I have one more scope than I have rifles in use so I figured I would offer it up. Comes with Warne low pic rail rings and original box. Please PM with interest or state in a comment if you want it. Located in Corona de Tucson.

Sale pending I thought our Dyson died the other day and already replaced it but then we figured out it was just a clogged filter. This is a 10 year old vacuum but it's working fine. Just trying to get it out of my house since we have a new one. Both filters were changed about two months ago. Gotta meet me near Corona de Tucson or Vail. $50 PM me if interested please.

I wasn’t thrilled with the price tag, and I looked at other options, but I sacrificed some other luxuries and took the plunge. All good things to report. Haven’t seen the video about the DIY version so I can’t speak to that, but I can tell you that up to this point I have analyzed eleven different variations of caliber and brand and annealed almost 1000 pieces of brass. If you can follow simple instructions you can anneal your brass in no time. It’s a bit tedious sitting there piece by piece but if that’s not the definition of a first world problem I don’t know what is. Handy device, especially if you shoot multiple calibers or brands of brass due to its simplicity and if you can split the cost with one or two others its definitely the way to go. Once I started using it, my ES dropped and accuracy improved across each rifle. Those weird fliers disappeared too.

Corona de Tucson

Sold Looking to sell the following for what I paid for them. (SPF) 2 unopened 1-pound jugs of VV N555 $55 each (SPF) 2 boxes of Berger 130 hybrids, one unopened and one with 90 bullets. $50/$45 2 boxes of Berger 130 VLD Target, one unopened and one with 90 bullets. $50/$45 1 unopened box of Berger 140 hybrids, $50 Located in Corona de Tucson.