They had some
Monies left over from Ian and threw themselves a Pizza Pity Party. Lots of smiles and laughs. If I had to guess on head count, probably 30+ people, but not 40. Three had Alzheimer’s (easy to see them from those without). The thing about trailer parks is like churches. It’s...
We left Monday 9/30 at 4pm and arrived there on Tuesday about 3pm. Drove through.
His place had 6” of surge inside the whole place. AC was down, so tasked FIL with figuring out the AC and went to work on removing drywall, insulation, molding, cutting out cabinets And flooring. We got AC...
Heading to Florida with FIL (87) on Tuesday.
They had had undetermined amount of surge water in their trailer. It was basically flushed in 2022 with rain water after Ian’s wind lifted the roof and 20” of rain fell in the area… this time, ocean surge got the park. We’ve heard 6-18” depending on...
My first 45/70 hand load was the Hornady 325FTX and it shoots reasonably good and has enough for deer or black bear. But being a little bit of an old school guy, the plain 300 HP is right up my alley. I was looking for recipes on the 300 and a bit frustrated as the recipes were all over the...
So finally got the Garmin on the range.
Testing 45/70Govt with H4198/wLR/Hornady HP 300 grains.
Starline brass
Recipes were driving me crazy with a huge range. Decided to use H4198 55.0 for starting load. Hodgdon data shows
55.0 @2,221 fps 27,600cup
Max load
60.0 2424 gps and 40,000cup
Here’s...
Thank you Dr Mike!
I see what you say about not fussy… they are all flying fast!
Will post results. Expect it might be two weeks maybe three. FIL on bear hunt and granddaughter in S Carolina having a birthday… so I could be going to the UP to help drag a bear or heading to SC for cake and...
Thanks Phil! Many of the rounds passed to me were H4831, mostly 59 and 58.0.
Scared me a little as didn’t seem to matter what bullets he used.. loads were always the same… I shot some and ran them over my magneto speed. V was good 2950-3050, but groups were loose…the Nosler manual had the...
Looking for the quickload report that show powders ranked by projected muzzle Velocity.
22” barrel,
Starline Brass,
Nosler ballistic tip 130gn.
Primers I have them all.
I do have a good Barnes TTSX load that works with RL17, but unsure if that’s any indication of good performance of a cup...
I use the RCBS M1000 to check my electronic weights. Using the Franklin. Mine has been stabile for years, but just this week it got whacky with floating by some measurements… so I’m replacing it. Wife asked today and I think I’m getting a charge master for Christmas. I have had not RCBS and...
The ones I used at Cabela’s on 9/19 are all expired.
I see Cabela’s.com has a price match guarantee. They will beat lowest price by 5% off lowest qualifying web site or retailer.
I’ve never done that, but have to think Amazon is a competitor and they are typically in 584 range.. so if you...
Sierra GameKing Hollow point 0.277” diameter, 140 grains. 327 pieces (3 full boxes plus a partial). I haven’t tried them.
Should work in 270WIN, 270WSM and 6.8 Western. Or any other 0.277 caliber cartridge.
Came with a used Mod70 I picked up.
Continental USA only. Post interest here and PM...
350 legend is pretty nice for young shooters. Max charge is 20-23 grains depending on the powder… mild recoil… plenty of energy to 200… it’s an option.
Would imagine and AR platform might have less recoil…I’ve been shooting an 18” and it’s 1” at 100 with factory ammo…
I’ve put three crop damage deer in the freezer… nice to have tenderloin and back strap often… have two more days of crop damage then I have to focus on caregiving while 87 Year Old FIL tries to fill his bear tag in Michigan UP NewBerry Bear Management Unit. … he’s on the far west end of the...
Big UPDATE!
Purchased today, 9/19/2024 for $475 out the door.
Here’s where and how.
Cabelas.com
Used codes
24FALL75. Worth $75
24CLUB919. Worth another $60
Used 17.85 in club points
Included free shipping or instore pickup
Included 6% Michigan sales tax.
Just an hour ago told my...