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You might want to consider holding out for the AndiScan micro A2 doppler ballistic velocity chronograph.

https://youtu.be/7GPcSZWBL3Q

At the moment, Brownells has H4350 in stock.     

https://www.brownells.com/reloading/powder/rifle-powder/hodgdon-powder-h4350-prod34642.aspx

I picked up a box of 6.5mm Lapua 136gr scenar-L bullets and was looking for a little load data. I will be using RL16 and possible H4350 for powders and was looking for other experiences with this bullet and powder combo's. TIA, Stu!       

This Doppler radar chronograph is in beta version from a European manufacturer. It is not for sale yet but looks like it is gonna be in the $800.00 range. It can be mounted on the rifle using a pic rail or on a tripod stand like a camera stand. Weighs just a little over 5oz.

Here is a video that shows how you can mount it and explains some of its features so far:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GPcSZWBL3Q

Lone star ticks carrying a virus that could potentially prove fatal to humans have been discovered in Georgia, a new study reported Wednesday.

The Heartland virus is an emerging infectious disease that can cause symptoms such as fever, diarrhea, fatigue, muscle or joint pain, headache, nausea, and a loss of appetite, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Many individuals who have been diagnosed with the Heartland virus have had to be hospitalized due to their symptoms and some who had underlying health conditions have died.

There are currently no vaccines or medications that work to prevent or treat infection of the virus and antibiotics do not work.

Scientists from Emory University who are researching the Heartland virus said they have discovered it is circulating in lone star ticks in central Georgia, providing new evidence as to how the tick-borne virus may evolve and spread geographically and from one organism to another.

Lone star ticks, also known as Amblyomma americanum, are the most common tick in the state and are mostly found in woodlands with dense undergrowth.

They are named after their unique appearance—a female lone tick has a silvery-white, star-shaped spot on the center of its back.

Scientists at Emory University sampled nearly 10,000 juvenile and adult lone star ticks across the state between 2018 and 2019 and found the virus was prevalent among the population.

The ticks were collected from sites in Georgia's Putnam and Jones counties and separated into groups, each containing either five adults or 25 nymphs, then crushed and placed into a solution to test if they were carrying the virus.

Their findings indicate that roughly one out of every 2,000 of the specimens collected from the areas carried the Heartland virus and confirm active transmission within the state.

One adult and one nymph sample, both of which were collected on the same date, tested positive from a site in Putnam County, which is used for hunting. Another sample of adult ticks, collected on a different date from a stretch of woods along a highway in Jones County, also tested positive.

The research was published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, a CDC publication.

"Heartland is an emerging infectious disease that is not well understood," said Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, a leading expert in vector-borne diseases, associate professor in Emory's Department of Environmental Sciences, and senior author of the study.

"We're trying to get ahead of this virus by learning everything that we can about it before it potentially becomes a bigger problem."

Genetic analysis of the viral samples showed that their genomes are similar to one another, but very different from the genomes of Heartland virus samples from outside of Georgia.

"These results suggest that the virus may be evolving very rapidly in different geographic locations, or that it may be circulating primarily in isolated areas and not dispersing quickly between those areas," Vazquez-Prokopec said.

Scientists now plan to collect ticks from across Georgia and conduct further tests to better understand factors that may raise the risk for Heartland virus.

"We want to start filling in the huge gaps in knowledge of the transmission cycle for Heartland virus," Vazquez-Prokopec added. "We need to better understand the key actors that transmit the virus and any environmental factors that may help it to persist within different habitats."

The Heartland virus was first discovered in two men in northwest Missouri in 2009 who were both hospitalized with high fevers, diarrhea, muscle pains, low counts of white blood cells and platelets, as well as other symptoms related to tick-borne diseases.

As of January 2021, more than 50 cases of the disease caused by the virus have been reported across the states of Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee, according to the CDC, which noted that the majority of those diagnosed with the disease became ill between May and September.

Researchers noted that there has been a single confirmed human infection of Heartland virus in a Baldwin County, Georgia resident who died in 2015 of what was then an unidentified illness but later discovered to be the infection after a retroactive analysis.

While little is known about the Heartland virus, the infection rate remains relatively low, and Vazquez-Prokopec said researchers don't want to create panic but rather raise awareness of the disease.

"There is no reason to panic," he told Newsweek. "Our goal with the study was to describe an emerging infectious disease for which we know very little. The main point for people in Georgia and anywhere where the lone star tick lives is that we are entering the spring. Ticks are very active and we show that there is a risk of ticks biting people and Heartland being transmitted. The lone star tick is the tick that bites most people in the South. As people venture out recreationally, we have to remind them about the importance of preventing tick bites."

https://www.theepochtimes.com/lone-star-tick-carrying-heartland-virus-found-in-georgia-researchers_4343302.html?utm_source=News&utm_campaign=breaking-2022-03-17-1&utm_medium=email&est=fmk3U5ikH8zXMkRNl4E%2Ffq25zXFXTyq%2Bk4KicZBySH9acOaKa2KtCWJf

QuoteStu,
BTW.  Did you execute your TX pig hunt?  They have gotten real scarce here.  No acorns in 2020 because of HC Laura.  No mast this year. We burned them down in past years.  Lone survivors will come roaring back.  I will bail out in a hot school zone if swine are present with a AR/AK and yell at the chirren to "Get Down!"  Doing the Lord's work.  We have worked up some accurate 156 Berger and 140 Gold Dot PRC loads and can't find any feral hogs to test them on.

Hey Sport! I re-vectored and will be leaving for a buddies ranch east of Sarasota, FL early Saturday AM. I will be there for a week. Will report back with updates. Stu

I will be down in Florida at a friends place for a week of hog hunting. Leaving in mid February. P. Dog hunt at the end of May.

Small Rifle Primers in stock at Bruno's Shooters Supply:

https://www.brunoshooters.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=primers

These Minnesotans have gotten up every morning over the last 60+ days for their daily morning dip! They were at it again this morning (Only -15 degrees F @ 7:30AM).

https://www.fox9.com/video/1019848?fbclid=IwAR2wTWc9VojEMCc-aw5fOyy3eQSr3JEIaVZYoAmU5sAunY16nBMUsqX6vqk

Me? Growing up I use to ski in a water ski show and one year we dragged the boats down to the Mississippi a little south of St Paul and went water skiing (I went bare footing).   

Tomorrow they get off easy, it will only be -5 at 7AM!   These Minnesotans have gotten up every morning over the last 60+ days for their daily morning dip! They were at it again this morning (Only -15 degrees F @ 7:30AM).

Me? Growing up I use to ski in a water ski show and one year we dragged the boats down to the Mississippi a little south of St Paul and went water skiing on New Years Day (I went bare footing).   

Quote from: jvw2008 on January 15, 2022, 01:12:48 PMStugotz your talent is starting to show. ?

Thx, I'm a symmetry kinda guy...     

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I have to latest model including the large screen and it will fit into the bore of my .204 Ruger boys.

I've been loading this bullet up (in 6.5 Grendel) behind 28.3grs of Power Pro Varmint off and on this morning. This will be one of the rifles I will be taking down to Florida for a week of hog hunting in mid February.

Quote from: bikemutt on September 10, 2021, 03:48:24 PMThen I folded like a cheap tent last week and ordered one anyway

Should see it mid November or so according to the latest report from Adam.

I couldn't wait. I got an A&D FX 120i scale and ordered an AutoTrickler powder trickler. Some where down the road I may buck up and add the V4 for my set up.

I built an AR10 loaded with all premium parts including a heavy 26" Bartlein barrel and it would hold 1/2" MOA 5 shot groups all day long. I was so impressed with that Bartlein B. I built a custom 6.5 CM bolt gun and that platform shoots even better! You would be hard pressed to come up with a better barrel for your rifle.