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Gun range 2020 & beyond!

Discussion in 'Hobbies and Interests' started by Czed, Aug 24, 2020.

  1. Eckie

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    There you go...using that dreaded "L" word....
     
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  2. FatBoy85

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    I'd love for it to be so. :D then we'd be a bunch of walking talking pack rats with thousands of rounds, all of our guns and likely 30 cord of wood give or take and some other miscellaneous things we tend to pick up in this walk we call life.
     
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    I think it was shot but forgive me as I may have the 45LC wrong but I don't know what their intentions if they had a slug in there or not. It may have been fire forming(thank you, forgot the term) a cartridge that was compatible and it would just blow out the necks. Bear in mind, I only intend to pick up cartridges from Mag-Tech that are .410 bore anyways. All we currently own is a single shot .410 Hartfield. Novelty, I know but I think it's the fun of a small shell plus the thrill of a limited range shot. magtechLG.jpg
    This method just seems a lot easier for when I decide to go low on a powder load and load this with #12 shot for varmints. I know there's several powders for .410 and I believe I own two of them (lil gun and H110.) More research to come on this but I thought I had read that with brass, they require a different powder?
     
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  4. jo191145

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    Cool. I think I’ve seen one, just one of the brass 410 shells in my life :) Can’t imagine what they charge for those things nowadays.
    This was always a decent place to find reloading data.
    Hodgdon Landing | Hodgdon
     
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  5. FatBoy85

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    It's decent on their website , $34 plus ship? At least I think I find that decent for shells that last 100 plus shots.
     
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    Nowadays,,,,,,nope, wouldn’t complain. It’s a miracle you can find them really.
     
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  7. GHinNH

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    Just be very careful with powder selection. You're changing the rules significantly switching to brass. Some powders have very tight thresholds and will react suddenly violent to under or over charge.
     
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  8. FatBoy85

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    Exactly. I don't want to overdo it. That's why I'm leaving this kind of hobby for later to just find out what works best and do my research. There's not a lot out there for all metal shells and we're not simply doing the Tom Hanks, News of the World using dime as shot. Made it FAR too easy to reload and there was no reloading bench, etc. Until I secure such a recipe, I'm gathering supplies only. And thank you for that advice. Any little bit helps. At least building a shooting bench on which to experiment later with strings doesn't seem out of the picture.
     
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  9. Eckie

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    :rootintootin::rootintootin:
    Might want to build a nice protective wall near the bench as well....
     
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    Lots of fast burning "shotgun" powders are successfully used in pistol ammo, but generally have very narrow margins. Little wiggle room for experimenting with charge weight to squeeze the best accuracy from them, sometimes small as 0.5gr will differentiate start load to max load. They work fine as published as long as the performance and accuracy is acceptable to the shooter.

    I'm sure there are forums with folks that have experience with using brass, but some of them are down right dangerous with their blanket statement "expertise". Caution is always warranted any time a new to me/you load is developed but nothing to get too overly concerned about. It's all been done successfully before.
     
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    IMG_20210616_150427.jpg Visited my friends range today
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    110 yd rams with a rossi .22
    My compact Nikon AR-15 scope does good on a .22.
    He won a marlin .22 for 5.00 on a tip board the Rossi is a clip fed clone of it IMG_20210616_151544.jpg
     
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    This arex pistol is very well made IMG_20210617_163806.jpg
    And accurate
    With a very nice trigger system
    Double and Single action cocked and locked
    Carry also.
     
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    Went to the range today for the first time in a year. I had my pastor with me and another friend. Our pastor was shooting his new Mossburg 9mm pistol for the first time. He did well with it. Felt good to get back into shooting again.
     
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    Bet it did...after about 6 months I've been itching for going but this weekend it will be triple digits and I'm gonna let that pass first. The nice thing is the ammo must be less cost prohibited to get you to go out.

    Czed , I swear that black rifle (Rossi is it?) looks so much like my Savage 64 f.
     
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    9mm ammo is finally coming down in price. I wasn't aware Mossberg made a pistol.
     
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    They make 2 versions of the 9. The small one uses a single stack making it a 7+1 and the other one comes with 2 double stack mags, 13 and 15
     
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    I wondered that too!
     
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    I looked them up, looks like a nice couple of carry pistols. The price appears to be not Mossberg like though.
     
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    The larger one has an almost 4 inch barrel which would make it a bit too large for me for CC
     
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    I've seen them rebadged as Mossberg that's mine
    And Rossi
    The rossi has a better stock.
    But mine was 50.00 on clearance at Walmart at the time
    Wish I would've bought several for the kids in the family.
    Very accurate for a budget rifle with
    A crappy trigger.
     
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