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Brad

Brad

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I have been looking for a nice 45 ACP load for my 1911. I finally have settled on 5.2 gr of Promo with the MP version of the HG 68.
I took 200 rounds and a bowling pin to the range today. The pin didn't come home.:)
This also gave me a chance to play with my GoPro and see what I needed to do to get better videos. The other day I used it and didn't have it set right. This is much better.
 
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Brad

Brad

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If you look at the shadow you can see the camera on my hat. Took a hat that wasn't to important to me and drilled a hole in the bill. First one was off and the video was tilted. I drilled another one to the side an inch to account for tilt of my head when shooting.
I do wish the sound was better.
 
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Brad said:
If you look at the shadow you can see the camera on my hat. Took a hat that wasn't to important to me and drilled a hole in the bill. First one was off and the video was tilted. I drilled another one to the side an inch to account for tilt of my head when shooting.
I do wish the sound was better.
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It does sort of sound like you're shooting Blue Dot. That's a good thing!:)
 
JWFilips

JWFilips

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I think I just mentioned this kind of thing to Ian:
This kind of stuff just is a wealth of knowledge to our membership
Brad thank you for posting!
Jim
 
Brad

Brad

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Roughly 25 yards. The camera makes it appear much further.
 
Ian

Ian

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Hey Brad, I hear there are some guys with funny hats who invented a lube that doesn't smoke, doesn't get all runny in the heat, and doesn't stick to pistol bullets at low pressure.....want me to send you some? :D
 
Brad

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Ian said:
Hey Brad, I hear there are some guys with funny hats who invented a lube that doesn't smoke, doesn't get all runny in the heat, and doesn't stick to pistol bullets at low pressure.....want me to send you some? :D
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Ouch, that hurts.

I know, I know. If it wasn't such a pain in the keister I would use TNT for this. It is just a pain to switch up the lube in the Star.
Maybe I need to make some of Jon's recipe with beeswax?
 
Ian

Ian

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Brad said:
Maybe I need to make some of Jon's recipe with beeswax?
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If you want to pretty much be done with ever needing to experiment with recipes again, I'd concur with that. The other two I love are Barn's SL-71 and the recipe I worked out for Gman (it's in one of his threads in the lube forum) that is a reasonable facsimile of Jon's SL-68B, they're all pretty close to being the same thing and only differ significantly in the paraffin wax department and maybe a little in the chain-length spread of the microwaxes. All are excellent. You already have most of the stuff to make any of them, or probably all if you still have a little of that high-melt paraffin around.
 
smokeywolf

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Just watched two cool videos. One made in Hill Country, fellow shooting a suppressed M1A and another vid of a guy shooting a smoky 45 Auto somewhere in Nebraska.
 
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freebullet

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Nice!

In Brad's defense, it's so windy here between 10am-8-9pm I didn't know alox smoked at all for the first 3 years I was casting. I'd read it but, never seen it. Even a 75rnd drum of lead fired at break neck speed & I still had no idea it even smoked at all.

But, then again alox doesnt smoke as bad as Brad's load so......
 
Brad

Brad

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That smoke was hardly noticeable when I was shooting. Maybe I was busy watching the front sight?:D

The real test for smoke is indoor ranges. The smoke there just hangs and with the lighting it really is noticeable.

If weather holds maybe I can shoot again Wed.
 
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