YellowCake
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- Nov 23, 2010
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I really wanted to try W231. Might have to run down to the gun show this weekend and grab a pound. I currently use xtreme 230 gr rn plated with 4.8 gr bullseye.
Like Walkalong said, two of the best all around powders.Thanks since I started on this forum my powder list is now has gone up. I usually get 800x and 700x for shotgun and just bullseye and 2400 for pistols and revolvers. Now I added unique & w231.
I agree with Skip_a_roo, try the 4.7 ones before loading 5.0.My inclination is to load another batch at 5gr, shortened to 1.260" OAL. I've also got 1.260" 4.7gr that I haven't chronographed.
I threw a tennis ball out on the range this week. My third shot was a good one, and the ball bounced over the berm. Bummer. I thought it was a pretty dead tennis ball, but evidently not. Do you load them up with pennies before shooting them? I like aluminum cans--they jump pretty good if you hit them right.
How do you determine the desired velocity for a given bullet?
Work, work, work! Man, that is all I have done in the past year, WORK!
It was getting in the way of my hobby, friends!
Well, I decided I was going to end the long dry spell of sending magnitudes and magnitudes of projectiles downrange!
So, the other day, I made a trip by the indoor range and gun store just to say "Hey" and let them know I was still alive. Talked with a bunch of the guys there and when I went to leave, one of the younger fellows hollered: "Hey, what kind of brass do you need?"
I tried to be humble and said: "Awe, I haven't been here in awhile and.... you don't need to do anything special and..... I have all I need and........." He said: "Wait a minute."
So, trying not to be rude, I did just that when low and behold, he came out with this:
Well, what could I do at that point? Let me ask you what you would do! Proudly proclaim: "I said I didn't need any brass?" Well, brothers and sisters, not me, I just said: "Thanks, thanks a lot!" and left.
What do you do when you get gifted about 1000 mostly once fired 45ACP brass? I'll tell you just what I did. I sent the wife out on a mission to find me something new to shoot it out of!
Since I had to work so much, I thought I would do some phone shopping and found just what I wanted:
This is a Glock 21. It is the "SF" (short or slim frame) variety. I have had another G21 but it was the regular grip style and I had a hard time shooting it well. I wanted to try the smaller, different angled grip of the "SF" version.
This one was bought used. It has Glock night sights too and all for just a bit over $450 with tax.
Thursday night, I took it, son #2, son in laws #1 & #2 to the range with me and we "let fly" with some bullets! OH WHAT A TIME!
And this thing is a tack driver! Shooting the same loads out of it that I do my PT1911 and get great groups too.
Well, let me qualify that a bit, 4.7gr of Bullseye under a 230gr TMJ (Berry's).
I am not a big fan of striker fired handguns, I just don't usually shoot them well. This one I shoot almost better than my PT1911! (Not any of my wheel guns though! )
Need to clean this baby now and look for an after market barrel so I can shoot my cast boolits out of it!