Shooting Lead In Redhawk

[tightgroup tiger]

Well, here's this mornings efforts. The bullet has no issues whatsoever with case tension that I think would make Walkalong proud. It crimps great and chambers with .003 to spare with FC brass, I think Winchester will go barely. I took a look at my crude bushing wondering why in the world would I thread that ugly thing with a keyway in the threads. Then I remembered that I had an old 9mm die I haven't used in decades. Dang those things are hard, slow and steady with carbide insert to bore it. It sits at .432 right now, not messing with it any further until I make a trip to the range. If things look promising after that I'll fit the die with a spring loaded plunger to boot out the bullets and an inverted bullet holder for the ram which should make quick work of the task.

That round looks really good. Can't wait to here if the leading goes away.

Nice work.

I agree. Nice Redhawk Walkalong. A redhawk is on my list after the labradar. It won't be this year.

 

[Walkalong]

For whatever reason, I have just always loved the look and the feel of the Redhawk.

I bet Shimitup's latest loaded rounds will work well.

 

[Shimitup]

Appreciate the vote of confidence, the round in the photo is just a test assembly. I've got a batch of cases in the tumbler right now. I'll do a range report later in the week. Weather wise it looks to be nasty this week so it's likely to be off hand at the indoor range just to see how the leading goes. If all goes well, down the road there will be chrono data and targets shot from the bench.