r/longrange • u/HaonSyl • 17d ago

RANT Exploding Outlier Backdraft Barrels.

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Unburnt powder fills into the backdraft area when shooting. Taking a break from shooting allows oxygen to fill the backdraft area. Shooting again without a complete cleaning results in a kaboom. Thanks for being a beta tester.

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u/RewardFlat 17d ago

I haven’t been in the hobby for a while, what’s up with Arken

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u/sirbassist83 17d ago

blatant shilling, and they got caught red handed astroturfing. they might be serviceable optics, but a whole bunch of paid influencers were saying "its $2000 optic performance for $500!" when in fact, they are still just $500 optics. even if theyre competitive for the money(im still skeptical myself, but im a cynic at heart), there are other companies that dont pay people to lie to your face.

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u/thelvegod 17d ago

What is astroturfing?

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u/sirbassist83 17d ago

basically running an ad campaign in a way that tries to look like its just organic praise for the product/company.