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I think I like my model 325 TR a bit to much to try this.I used 2400, I don't remember how much, but it wasn't a heavy load.
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I think I like my model 325 TR a bit to much to try this.I used 2400, I don't remember how much, but it wasn't a heavy load.
No. But it was scattered about with nearly a box full of Remington 45-70 cases! That part was awesome, as I was a 45-70 loader/shooter then. Whoever was shooting there was obviously not well informed.Was there any blood on the case?
At the time I tried this there was an article in a popular gun magazine about this conversion some were even putting a small choke tube onto the end of the barrel. Because the rifling in the pistol is so shallow it was almost like shooting a smooth bore.I think I like my model 325 TR a bit to much to try this.
And shortly after the magazines got lawyers aka fun police...LOLAt the time I tried this there was an article in a popular gun magazine about this conversion some were even putting a small choke tube onto the end of the barrel. Because the rifling in the pistol is so shallow it was almost like shooting a smooth bore.
No difference than shooting snake loads out of my .38Spl.And shortly after the magazines got lawyers aka fun police...LOL
It's amazing what you can get away with in regards to the wrong ammo. We've been conditioned to think that using the wrong ammo will guarantee a blown-up gun and missing fingers and eyes.Different, but on the same vein, when hunting one year I came out of the brush and found a bunch of brass on the ground where someone had been shooting. I picked up one really cool case. A 300 Winchester Magnum that had a super short neck and a Weatherby radius to the shoulder. I really wonder how that worked out? The belt held it in place and it was the proper diameter bullet. The throat was pretty long....
I used to do long-range handgun, too, here in UK. It was originally an experiment in lunacy, undertaken by an ex-Royal Marine named Gilly Howe, and used nothing more than the service Browning GP35, out to 300m. It was such a hoot AND success that it rapidly grew up into a proper facet of shooting sports, and despite the problems involved these days, is still practiced. Just that the handguns, of any calibre you can dream up, must be 24" long and with a barrel at least 12" long.Years ago when shooting handgun metallic silhouette I loaded a bunch of 330gn cast for a Ruger Super Redhawk. Even though the crimp was tight (so I thought) by the third round the remaining two were backing out under recoil so much they tied up the gun so the cylinder wouldn't rotate.
Why I thought it was a good idea to use an untried load in a state title shoot I do not know...
It almost looks heart-shaped. Valentine's Day is coming give it to your sweetieI may have created a new caliber for a triangle shaped boolit. I forgot to check the dies when I switched from the Lee Pro1000 back to the Lee turret. Oppsss.
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I loaded up a ladder test for 300BLK since I'm using the same powder/bullets and this time with CCI 450 primers instead of 400's, will see how it goes.
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No plunk test, yeah?loaded a new cast bullet to a OAL standard to 45apc. tried to chamber it in my 1911, stuck.
nope, last time I made that mistake. Ive only been reloading a year or two. that was a while ago. getting the cartridge out was also quite scary. just kept my thumb under the hammer and rammed it out with a shotgun rod.No plunk test, yeah?
nope, last time I made that mistake. Ive only been reloading a year or two. that was a while ago. getting the cartridge out was also quite scary. just kept my thumb under the hammer and rammed it out with a shotgun rod.
yes, I know. I didn't do a plunk test on that one, which is why it got stuck.
um, you need to take the barrel out of the gun for the plunk-test...
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I had so much trouble with .452" cast bullets in 45ACP that I just gave up. My old Colt would eat them, but they were a reai PIA in every other 45 I have/had. Besides, I HATE scrapping lead.loaded a new cast bullet to a OAL standard to 45acp. tried to chamber it in my 1911, stuck.
I had so much trouble with .452" cast bullets in 45ACP that I just gave up. My old Colt would eat them, but they were a reai PIA in every other 45 I have/had. Besides, I HATE scrapping lead.
I just switched to plated or jacketed bullets. The increase in cost was offset by the lack of frustration and the shortening of cleaning time.
I'm with you. I'm happy as hell for those folks that use lead and have been happy with it for many years. My one experience was with a S&W 629 that leaded like crazy. I can still see those little threads of lead coming out of the barrel/rifling's. And I'm sure I could have tweaked loads to stop the leading, decided not to dick with it at all! I've recently tried coated lead and I think that worked pretty good in a .30-30 Win 94 and a .45 Colt lever gun. No cleaning issues!I had so much trouble with .452" cast bullets in 45ACP that I just gave up. My old Colt would eat them, but they were a reai PIA in every other 45 I have/had. Besides, I HATE scrapping lead.
I just switched to plated or jacketed bullets. The increase in cost was offset by the lack of frustration and the shortening of cleaning time.