Black Diamond kit vs XR
08-14-2004, 03:36 PM
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Black Diamond kit vs XR
Walmart has the Black Diamond Blister Pack Kit for $250. As I seen in a different posting Bass Pro Has just the XR as the stand alone gun for $200. My questions are which is the better value older model blister pack or new XR ? And in the kit how much of the other stuff would I use or are those extra products better to buy outright & exactly what one wants ?
08-14-2004, 05:04 PM
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RE: Black Diamond kit vs XR
It has a few sabots , the primer / deprimer, a video , cleaner & lube . Possibly some more but thats all I can think of now. The kit has the older Diamond 22 in ver . Ive seen them at Walmart, Dicks Sport, Places such as this.
08-14-2004, 06:05 PM
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RE: Black Diamond kit vs XR
I would personally get the Bass Pro $200 rifle. The XR has a 26" barrel and is a very well balanced rifle. For the $50.00 savings you are loosing the longer barrel, and trading it for some stuff that will be shot off the first time out or eventually replaced by better quality items.
Buy
a clear powder measure
a pound of loose Triple Se7en FFg
a T/C dog bone capper
a CVA capper/decapper (a cheap plastic one comes with the rifle)
CVA Slick Breech Plug and Nipple Grease
some quality gun oil like Birchwood Casey Sheath
a bore brush
a .50 caliber cleaning jag
a T/C T handle short starter
a box of Buffalo Bullet SSB 375 grain sabots
a box of T/C 240 grain cheap shots
a box of 209 primers I use Winchester W209
most of the other stuff you will need are around the house already.
rubbing or denatured alcohol and windshied washer fluid make an excellent bore swab solution.
1/3rd murphys oil soap, 1/3rd 91% isopropyl alcohol & 1/3rd hydrgen peroxide (a.k.a. MAP) makes a real good cleaning solvent.
Old white socks makes excellent cleaning patches. So do white cotton T-shirts.
A lot of this stuff takes time to learn and gather up. In the long run you will always have the XR instead of the shorter version.....
just my opinion.
Buy
a clear powder measure
a pound of loose Triple Se7en FFg
a T/C dog bone capper
a CVA capper/decapper (a cheap plastic one comes with the rifle)
CVA Slick Breech Plug and Nipple Grease
some quality gun oil like Birchwood Casey Sheath
a bore brush
a .50 caliber cleaning jag
a T/C T handle short starter
a box of Buffalo Bullet SSB 375 grain sabots
a box of T/C 240 grain cheap shots
a box of 209 primers I use Winchester W209
most of the other stuff you will need are around the house already.
rubbing or denatured alcohol and windshied washer fluid make an excellent bore swab solution.
1/3rd murphys oil soap, 1/3rd 91% isopropyl alcohol & 1/3rd hydrgen peroxide (a.k.a. MAP) makes a real good cleaning solvent.
Old white socks makes excellent cleaning patches. So do white cotton T-shirts.
A lot of this stuff takes time to learn and gather up. In the long run you will always have the XR instead of the shorter version.....
just my opinion.
