Obturation
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Hey all,
Hope everyone's feeling good.
Thought I'd share a quick story from the range .
I'll start by saying , my brain was slightly dysfunctional - I was concerned by my dwindling brass supply ... Then I realized most of my brass was tied up in loaded ammo- duhhhhh. Time to hit the range so I've got some brass to occupy my free time.
I lucked into a brick of large rifle primers and figured I'd focus on some fine tuning of my 45-70 loads. I've loaded 45-70 a few years and always just kind of settled with pretty good and never really spent the time to get the load exactly to my liking.
So off to the indoor range. One other lane occupied by a father and son , shooting some kind of puny who knows what modern cartridge . I gave the guy a heads up that it may get a little loud and boomy. His kid, a boy about 12 or so looked interested and the guy said "no problem". I fired a few rounds and noticed his kid peeking around the barrier. I let him take a look at the cartridges in my hi tech zip lock bag and I could tell he was used to seeing something significantly smaller. I offered to let either of them try it out (with trailboss loads) and it was an immediate "no way!".
The part that was funny to me was when one of my pieces of brass hit the floor and rolled in their direction . the kid grabbed that thing like it was treasure and stuck it in his pocket. I always police my brass and hate losing any but seeing this young fella so excited to get something he thought was cool felt good. I just smiled and kept on shooting.
Maybe there is a hope for the future generation .
That's all, not too great but worth sharing I thought.
Hope everyone's feeling good.
Thought I'd share a quick story from the range .
I'll start by saying , my brain was slightly dysfunctional - I was concerned by my dwindling brass supply ... Then I realized most of my brass was tied up in loaded ammo- duhhhhh. Time to hit the range so I've got some brass to occupy my free time.
I lucked into a brick of large rifle primers and figured I'd focus on some fine tuning of my 45-70 loads. I've loaded 45-70 a few years and always just kind of settled with pretty good and never really spent the time to get the load exactly to my liking.
So off to the indoor range. One other lane occupied by a father and son , shooting some kind of puny who knows what modern cartridge . I gave the guy a heads up that it may get a little loud and boomy. His kid, a boy about 12 or so looked interested and the guy said "no problem". I fired a few rounds and noticed his kid peeking around the barrier. I let him take a look at the cartridges in my hi tech zip lock bag and I could tell he was used to seeing something significantly smaller. I offered to let either of them try it out (with trailboss loads) and it was an immediate "no way!".
The part that was funny to me was when one of my pieces of brass hit the floor and rolled in their direction . the kid grabbed that thing like it was treasure and stuck it in his pocket. I always police my brass and hate losing any but seeing this young fella so excited to get something he thought was cool felt good. I just smiled and kept on shooting.
Maybe there is a hope for the future generation .
That's all, not too great but worth sharing I thought.