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- Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:21 am
- Forum: Link Up
- Topic: Shoot with other DTA owners
- Replies: 7
- Views: 27876
Re: Shoot with other DTA owners
...CORRECTION...please make it the Dallas/Ft. Worth area of TEXAS not Colorado Springs, CO for finding other DTA shooters. The current nanny-state nature of the State of Colorado as convinced me to go to my home state of Texas to pursue my career and learn long-distance shooting techniques I've here...
- Sat Dec 22, 2012 12:35 am
- Forum: Rookie Corner
- Topic: New Covert owner in Colorado Springs
- Replies: 25
- Views: 98386
Re: New Covert owner in Colorado Springs
Thanks Dan for the info on posting jpgs on the Blog here.
Kind regards,
Russell
Kind regards,
Russell
- Sat Dec 22, 2012 12:33 am
- Forum: Rookie Corner
- Topic: New Covert owner in Colorado Springs
- Replies: 25
- Views: 98386
Re: New Covert owner in Colorado Springs
Hi Seddo, Very astute observation my friend, I had left my 70 in/lbs t-bar torque wrench in the case when I took the rifle and optics to the gunsmith who was visiting a friend of mine here in COS and asked them to mount the scope (so they used a little more torque saying that 70 was to low and subje...
- Sat Dec 15, 2012 8:01 pm
- Forum: Rookie Corner
- Topic: New Covert owner in Colorado Springs
- Replies: 25
- Views: 98386
Re: New Covert owner in Colorado Springs
Hi Seddo, Hope your Christmas DTA covert arrived and is all you hoped it'd be. I FINALLY have pictures of mine but now it's looking like my newbie access level isn't gonna let me post the pics...GREAT! I'll putz around a little more trying to upload the Covert/optics/bipod pics but if not send a per...
- Sun Dec 02, 2012 2:30 am
- Forum: Rookie Corner
- Topic: New Covert owner in Colorado Springs
- Replies: 25
- Views: 98386
Re: New Covert owner in Colorado Springs
Finally had time to have the Covert .308 Win optics mounted and bore sighted by a Colorado Springs gunsmith along with eye relief adjusted so when I finish reading the FINE manual for a 3rd or 4th time I'll venture to one of the area ranges with 200-300 Federal Match Grade 175 boat tail rounds and t...
- Sat Nov 17, 2012 4:35 pm
- Forum: Rookie Corner
- Topic: New Covert owner in Colorado Springs
- Replies: 25
- Views: 98386
Re: New Covert owner in Colorado Springs
Hi Seddo... You posted: Any chance of a pic of your rifle? My SRS has a Sightron SIII 6-24x50 on it, i have a covert on order and a new SIII 8-32x56 sitting on my desk. I was thinking about putting the 8-32 on the SRS but i havent made up my mind yet. Well its been hell starting a new job in the are...
- Fri Nov 09, 2012 5:06 am
- Forum: Rookie Corner
- Topic: New Covert owner in Colorado Springs
- Replies: 25
- Views: 98386
Re: New Covert owner in Colorado Springs
Thanks for your sentiments/concerns. While I reveal I have scant experience in long range precision shooting, I HAVE in my repetoire a domicile composed of several former accomplished security industry gunners on a large well fortified spread. While I don't have DTA experience, I assure you my rooma...
- Thu Nov 08, 2012 4:14 am
- Forum: Link Up
- Topic: Shoot with other DTA owners
- Replies: 7
- Views: 27876
Re: Shoot with other DTA owners
I'm a new .308 Covert purchaser with bi-pod, optics and tool kit in the Colorado Springs area seeking to contact you to link up and visit a range of your choice to learn the setup, scope operations and general best practices on this rifle. Please see my thread in the Rookie discussion for my contact...
- Thu Nov 08, 2012 3:57 am
- Forum: Rookie Corner
- Topic: New Covert owner in Colorado Springs
- Replies: 25
- Views: 98386
Re: New Covert owner in Colorado Springs
Hello Dan & Mike... Thanks for the words of encouragement, offering videos on YouTube and replying to my post. I REALLY am a newbie to the precision long range rifle world and followed the blogs and articles I could in trade and public reviews on the DTA family of bullpup weapons. So I've landed in ...
- Tue Nov 06, 2012 2:42 am
- Forum: Rookie Corner
- Topic: New Covert owner in Colorado Springs
- Replies: 25
- Views: 98386
New Covert owner in Colorado Springs
Hello everyone, I'm Russell and recently purchased a new in box SRS Covert in .308 and procured a Sightron 8-32X 56mm SIII scope and GGG bipod for which I have not assembled. Any recommendations on set up, where to shoot in the area and the best way to break the rifle in while learning the right way...