The insanity continues but is paying off!

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Uh, you got a new gun and you got shoot it even though it wasn't with what you wanted?
 

462

California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Uh, you got a new gun and you got shoot it even though it wasn't with what you wanted?
Bought the rifle I wanted in late January. The shut down occurred shortly afterward. Finding dies, brass, powder, primers and bullets was hit and miss, and took a while. As is almost always the case, nothing is ever available locally, and the world's shut down caused the local gun store to close. The Hornady 55-grain FMJ was the only bullet I could find. A few weeks after I bought my rifle, my local friend and occasional shooting pard bought a new Howa mini-action .223, but couldn't shoot it for several months till he paid $100 for a set of Lee dies and I gave him a supply of the 55-grainers.

It wasn't till this year that I was able to find the spiffy Hornady 68 and Sierra 69-grain match bullets.

So, yeah, it was two years of shooting the rifle without quality bullets. But, when AR shooters couldn't find any ammunition, I was enjoying shooting my new rifle.
 

CZ93X62

Official forum enigma
Bought the rifle I wanted in late January. The shut down occurred shortly afterward. Finding dies, brass, powder, primers and bullets was hit and miss, and took a while. As is almost always the case, nothing is ever available locally, and the world's shut down caused the local gun store to close. The Hornady 55-grain FMJ was the only bullet I could find. A few weeks after I bought my rifle, my local friend and occasional shooting pard bought a new Howa mini-action .223, but couldn't shoot it for several months till he paid $100 for a set of Lee dies and I gave him a supply of the 55-grainers.

It wasn't till this year that I was able to find the spiffy Hornady 68 and Sierra 69-grain match bullets.

So, yeah, it was two years of shooting the rifle without quality bullets. But, when AR shooters couldn't find any ammunition, I was enjoying shooting my new rifle.
Roger that.

I acquired a Browning 348 lever gun about that same time. Getting componentry has been quite an adventure, and continues to be that way. That one of the most common USA calibers had components that were made of unobtainium says loads about the state of our supply chain and suppliers that service this hobby venue. Any venue this politicized is bound to be a clusterBLANK of epic proportions.

"Politics--humanity's ball and chain." (Edward Abbey)
 

JWFilips

Well-Known Member
Had a chance to get out yesterday morning to shoot some Low Node hollow points with my 340 Savage 30 WCF
As usuall 50 yard targets & 10 shot groups ( weighted Cases, Weighed Bullets, and Weighed powder charges! all within .1 grain ( except the powder charges were exact) I got these moulds from Ben when I got my 340 Savage 30 -30, but I made bigger and deeper pins to go about 2/3 deep Not for expansion but for stabilization I feel HP bullets shoot more accurate targets Especially in low node.
I didn't have the best morning shooting because my BP has been running high & I saw the result when I got the cross hairs @ 18 power on the target! Pulse in my neck was causing havoc! Needless to say I saw my doctor later that day to get my BP med upped!
I like the groups but I know I should have done better!
I shot all the 310-291 so I don't have a loaded case to sho but I never finished shooting the 310-267 so I have a sample below!
310-267 HP.jpg
319-267 HP target.jpg
310-291 target.jpg
 

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Well, IMO, low node or not, I wouldn't want to be standing down range if you were mad at me!!! ;) Nice shooting Jim!
 

L Ross

Well-Known Member
Roger that.

I acquired a Browning 348 lever gun about that same time. Getting componentry has been quite an adventure, and continues to be that way. That one of the most common USA calibers had components that were made of unobtainium says loads about the state of our supply chain and suppliers that service this hobby venue. Any venue this politicized is bound to be a clusterBLANK of epic proportions.

"Politics--humanity's ball and chain." (Edward Abbey)
Once upon a time, before I even owned a .223, the squad guns all became AR's. I fumbled the controls trying to run one at qualifications. Having owned an 870 since childhood, I used to demo the 5 clay pigeon trick at qualifications. The range master would ask me to show what an old pump gun could do. Anyway, with the hand writing, (printed with crayon, not cursive with a quill), on the wall, I thought it behooved me to attempt some familiarity with the dreaded black rifle. 5 gallon buckets of brass accumulated, Weidner's had a big ass box of 6,000 Hornady FMJ's on sale for peanuts. 748 was acquired, and of course those itty bitty hard primers. So in one of those lucky confluences in space and time, I had all the components and no rifle.

Then William Jefferson said we really shouldn't have those nasty things, and iffen we did, the hangy down thing that hold the bullets can't be too big, and the gun itself shouldn't look so scary. He signed the bills, and I signed the 4473's. A happy marriage of components and tool was initiated. William, I pick my nose and flick boogers at you.
 

CZ93X62

Official forum enigma
I trained folks on the AR-15 starting in 1999, after two decades of using and training Ruger Mini-14s. I have always owned a Mini-14, since about 1978. I've had access to AR-15s since 1987 with the teams I worked with and trained, but compared to the Mini-14 the AR-15s are rather delicate. AR-15s are NOT DEPUTY-PROOF; Mini-14s are eminently so, about equal to the Rem 870 in that respect. Former service-folk had difficulty with the Mini-14's magazine insertion, which needs to be rocked-into place; their M-16 training of the straight shove into place did not apply to the Minis.

Like L Ross above, my purchase of an AR-15 was mostly out of spite--to throw cold water on the Kabuki Theater of Kalifornistan gun laws that most agencies ignore with enthusiasm where I live. I take great pleasure in thumbing my nose at Suits and bureaucrats whenever possible.
 

JWFilips

Well-Known Member
Sorry Guys Yes a typo
It is a 311-291 and a 311-467!
Thank You , Ben! He should know ....He gifted those mould to me and I will always cherish them!
 
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JWFilips

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OK Range day today but switched it up!
Shooting Low Node with my 1984 era Ruger 77V in .243 winchster. Using the heavy NOE 246-105 FN!
The first load I had was 25 cartridges , loaded with 5.3 grains of American Select This load averages between 955 and 970 Fps
Smokes Clear PC / sized .246" I shot the 10 shot group first; Left target then I shot The 15 shot group on the right after the 11th shot I realized I went beyond 10 shots and that set me up for failure in my mind!

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The next 25 Cartridges , while not Low Node ( Subsonic) Were shot with 7.0 grain Unique ( Approx 1250 fps)
Same bullet coated with Smoke's Clear PC but also with a light coat of BLL !
Sized .246"
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JWFilips

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Got My BP dropped to normal by my Doc on the high end the past 2 weeks plus Pulse rate is way down for me *80 Beats / min Lowest I ever had! However my wife takes my BP with a cuff & steth 3 times a day! She was a Medical assistant in her past. However she is worried my Bottom number is too low which is almost as bad as a high first number! One of the new pills has me up every 2 hours to pee!
Even though I'm using tamsulosin which originally fixed that problem! Hey Brad can you trouble shoot this? :headscratch: :)
Another part of the insanity !
 
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RBHarter

West Central AR
It's a diuretic he's betting on water bloat causing your BP . So now you're dumping water like an inland bay on an ebb tide . Which is fine if retention is the problem but if it's not you're going to get dehydrated.
 

Missionary

Well-Known Member
Hey CZ93... We ordered a box of .348 from Starline 10 days ago. Arrived 4 days later in ILL-nois.
Strike while the "brass" is hot. You can easily sell the excess....
 

Glaciers

Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Hey CZ93... We ordered a box of .348 from Starline 10 days ago. Arrived 4 days later in ILL-nois.
Strike while the "brass" is hot. You can easily sell the excess....
In the last month before coming down to the lower 48 I ended up with 5 new boxes of Winchester 348 for about a buck each. With that my stock is about all I’ll ever need.
 

johnnyjr

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Did some shooting with my Savage 340 /30WCF today at 50 yards:
Pretty much my usual load for the 165 NOE Ranch Dog...Today it was 6.2 grains American Select with the NOE 165 Gas check base sans the check because it was powder coated with my usual Smoke's Clear PC Load coming in at just subsonic ( the way I like them).
The insanity well; every bullet was weighed to .1 grain, every load was weighed to 6.2 grain ( +/ - 0 grain): twenty five of the cases were weighed to .1 grain...then the rest varied!
The top two targets were shot with 10 round each of the .1 variance cases! The center target was shot with 5 of the .1 variance cases but the other 5 were random! The bottom targets were shot with all random weights of brass!
The top targets were my first 20 shots ( which are not usually my best) So I think it was an interesting experiment!
The best thing I got out of it is I got my rifle trigger discipline back after one year of only shooting pistol!
Oh yes,
The lower left target has 11 shots and the lower right has 9 shots! Had a mild senior moment!;)

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I'm learning more. My next move is to have the check remover from one of the molds I have. It's bound to make the bullet shorted and weight less. Should be interesting..