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Guns and Blowin Shit Up!
alta:
yep, gotta start somewhere, but I really don't think a .380 is it. All of the dates I've taken to the range were very comfortable with .40 and .45 auto, even in a S&W Shield. The only things I've got that a date hasn't shot is the .454, .480 and .50ae. I even had one that shot my ruger only .45 colt loads.
Then there was one that was scared to shoot the garand. I finally coerced her to fire it and before I could say anything the clip had popped out. I handed to her with a full clip in it.
richkrt99:
Went old school this weekend...well about 20 minutes worth anyway. Busy with chores.
shooting 38 spcl rounds (158 FP) out of this is sweet. No kick, not at all loud but thumps the target well enough. Lever action is fun to shoot.
richkrt99:
Went "new school" this weekend...AR-7.62x39
Finally got the "flash hider" in (actually Witt Machine's "muzzle rise eliminator") to complete this build (well, so far anyway). Other than not all the FDE parts being the same color, I am very happy with this build. It shoots much better than I expected. Not a single malfunction, jamb, or feed failure of any kind so far, using 4 different cheap ammos so far; Tula (steel), Mesko brass (Yugoslavia), ZSR brass cased, MaxxTech Essential (steel). All have cycled well without issue. Gong's the gong every time.
alta:
the only problem with using different colors from different manufacturers is they don't all use the same exact shade, except for black
richkrt99:
And yet another installment....
Loaded some "new" powder this weekend. Russian made supposedly closely similar to IMR 4064. It looks fugly, but it worked just fine. I'd guess I'd call this a square flake powder? Bigger chunks than ...well anything I've used so far but it worked just fine. Started at lower end of load, made/fired 5 rounds and all fired well. Then 10 & same result, then 30 more and quick mag dump. Worked well and I'd say mid range load - even though I'm at the bottom of the "estimated" load data. It expelled my brass very uniformly to 4 o'clock position and not quite coffee can uniform, but prolly 5 gallon bucket would have caught 42 of the 45 shells. I loaded couple hundred rounds but didn't fire anymore.
I did notice it fills the small 223 cartridge almost to the top and as the press progressed through stages, it would shake down a bit in the brass. I did not have any trouble metering it (I checked about 10 times - every 25 rounds or so) and checked the weight was spot on. I had one that the shell was full to top so I dumped it and did again - and this happened 5 times in a row. I measured it 5 times ands the weight was spot on. Not sure if there was some dried crud inside the brass taking up space or what, but it was a little unnerving so I just tossed that piece of brass. This powder is bigger pieces and seems a little big for a small 223 shell, but it fired nicely.
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