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http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1542832303 Message started by Culpeper on Nov 21st, 2018 at 8:31pm |
Title: Adventures in Ammoland or I should be committed Post by Culpeper on Nov 21st, 2018 at 8:31pm
So far the only thing I have reloaded is the mighty .30-40 cartridge. Fairly easy and straight forward to load and understand. A primed case, forty grains of 4350, a bullet and bing! It's done.
Then there is the .300 Blackout. How bad could it be? I have the handi-rifle I borrowed from a buddy so I might as well give it a go. A primed case, 10.1 grains of H110, a 220 RN bullet and. Wait. Ten point one grains? This stuff looked like fine ground sugar. I looked at the bottle and turned to a buddy and asked if pistol loads were all like this. He just gave me a Cheshire cat grin and said yep. It is at this point I heard Bugs Bunny in my ear saying "Tsk tsk tsk, poor little maroon". Sheesh. Then I thought about the five pounds of H110 I bought at the beginning of the Great Barky Dry Spell. "Dear Lord" I said to my buddy. "It'll be thirty years before I use it all up." Got a big laugh out of that one. He said I best get to shooting it up. Having never reloaded for pistol meant this was an eye awakening moment. I got through fifteen cartridges and called it quitsville for the day. My brain was tired. The one good thing I discovered was a .22WMR case filled to 1/32" south of the case mouth comes in just shy of 10.1 H110. That sped up the process a bit. Now to do the other fifty cases. And what to do with the five hundred or so 45AR cases? Signed, "Formerly Naive" |
Title: Re: Adventures in Ammoland or I should be committed Post by psteinmayer on Nov 22nd, 2018 at 3:18pm
You never cease to inform and amuse me Culp! (snicker)
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