Muzzle flash at night

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doubleh

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Yesterday afternoon I was killing time watching various YouTube videos while babying my bum leg and ran across one of the Ruger 5-7 or whatever it is called, 2200 fps or something like that out of a 22 caliber hand gun. Wow. what a fireball out of a tiny little 22 round. When firing a long string quickly it turned into a long streak of light. I also watched a couple comparing it to the 22 tcm for power and the tcm won both of those contests. Both have basically the same fps velocity and use a 40 gr. bullet. The only difference I see is the pointed bullet the Ruger uses vs the flat point of the tcm. Both have a pretty good whop on impact for a 22 caliber.

No links as I didn't even think about posting about either when watching.
 
PistoleroWadcutterGANG said:
I want to try the TCM. Learn what's what and reload a bit. Tried the old (BOZ) thing back in the day. regards
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I traded for a tcm rifle earlier this year. Since it is a propriatary cartridge there is little reloading info available and none in manuals. I managed to find some online. WW 296 seems to be the most likely powder. Using a pointed 40 gr, bullet require seating them deeply to fit in the magazine. This appears to work OK and most report velocity in the 2800 fps range from a 20" barrel.

I haven't been able to experiment with it except for shooting some groups at 100 yards with factory ammo on one range trip. I had the wrong top on my rest and my shakey pills weren't quite doing their job. Despite that and some wind I managed to get groups in the 1 1/4" range indicating if I had the proper equipment and no shakes it would be a minute of angle cartridge even with the rifles 5# trigger pull weight. I have to say, except for the heavy pull, the trigger is a really good one. I got the pro varmint style poly stock. It is sturdy and not the flimsy crap found on a lot of today's rifles. With the adjustments it can be made to fit perfectly. My only dislike is the fact that fired round bolt lift is very heavy. If and when some mobility returns I will see what I can do to lighten the trigger and start experimenting with loads. I have a great deal of 296 powder to play with. I see this as a nice small varmint round and there is also a chance that in the end I will just use factory ammo.
 
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Muzzle flash can be manipulated:
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I'm pretty sure my p229 in .357 Sig could double as a flash bang inside of a dark room.
Throws a pretty good fireball at night, almost like an old Mosin.
 
I traded a semi-auto 22 magnum pistol for the rifle. It was seriously ammo finicky and the ammo selection wasn't great. Accuracy wasn't exciting either so I got rid of it. It blew doughnut shaped fireballs. Standing to the side they were easy to see in daylight. Behind the sights you couldn't see any evidence of one. The muzzle blast was louder than the tcm when shooting. Lots of noise and light for not a lot of results at the target. Under the tin covers over the ranges the 22 mag was annoying even with good ear protection, The tcm isn't. It is not nearly as loud as a 223 with the same length barrel.
 
My 3" bbl 686 puts out quite a flash with the hotter loads. Quite impressive at night.
 
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