My First
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They let Utahns make their own ammo? What next?
Just kidding. Looks perfect.
I ran a bunch of Berry's from Sportsmans and Cabelas before I switched to lead from Missouri.
Don't forget the big sale at Gallensons today and tomorrow. CCI primers should be on sale. http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=11200179&cat=&lpid=&search=Gallensons
Just kidding. Looks perfect.
I ran a bunch of Berry's from Sportsmans and Cabelas before I switched to lead from Missouri.
Don't forget the big sale at Gallensons today and tomorrow. CCI primers should be on sale. http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=11200179&cat=&lpid=&search=Gallensons
rfwobbly
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Congrats! Now comes the not-so-fun part....
Emptying them back out.
Emptying them back out.
Deus Machina
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Just remember that your first few loads aren't going to be accurate at all.
You'll be flinching and trying to keep your head away from the gun.
They seem to get a lot better after that first handful, for some reason...
You'll be flinching and trying to keep your head away from the gun.
They seem to get a lot better after that first handful, for some reason...
Okay, I'm bumping this because I finally got a chance to shoot the dern things.
It was an interesting experience.
I was just planning on being happy if the bullet left the barrel. But it was better than that, much better. My reloads seemed to be more accurate than factory, and they had way more manageable recoil. In fact on the first shot the low recoil surprised me so much I had to check for a squib. I thought maybe they were way under-powered but they seemed to hit my steel spinner just as hard as factory loads (each spun the steel 4 times around). I know that isn't an accurate measurement, and that I won't know the real difference w/o a chrony, but I'm not sure it matters at this point.
I ran them through the following guns:
STI Spartan
Para Nite-Tac
Springer Loaded
Beretta Cougar
Beretta PX4
Beretta Cx4
All cycled normally. All the spent cases flipped over my right elbow and into a nice pile, the brass cases in one general area and the nickel cases in another (very polite of the cases to automatically separate themselves--must be the weight).
Very happy with the results!
The following is entirely gratuitous gun porn showing all the pistols locked back after last round fired:
p.s. I scrounged 200 pcs of .45 brass at the "range" so I'm feeling like it was a pretty awesome day all around!
It was an interesting experience.
I was just planning on being happy if the bullet left the barrel. But it was better than that, much better. My reloads seemed to be more accurate than factory, and they had way more manageable recoil. In fact on the first shot the low recoil surprised me so much I had to check for a squib. I thought maybe they were way under-powered but they seemed to hit my steel spinner just as hard as factory loads (each spun the steel 4 times around). I know that isn't an accurate measurement, and that I won't know the real difference w/o a chrony, but I'm not sure it matters at this point.
I ran them through the following guns:
STI Spartan
Para Nite-Tac
Springer Loaded
Beretta Cougar
Beretta PX4
Beretta Cx4
All cycled normally. All the spent cases flipped over my right elbow and into a nice pile, the brass cases in one general area and the nickel cases in another (very polite of the cases to automatically separate themselves--must be the weight).
Very happy with the results!
The following is entirely gratuitous gun porn showing all the pistols locked back after last round fired:
p.s. I scrounged 200 pcs of .45 brass at the "range" so I'm feeling like it was a pretty awesome day all around!
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qajaq59
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Ahhh, it's such a cute little thing. Are you going to wait till it grows up to shoot it?
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