Happiness is new lead

 

1. You need an excuse to go shooting?

   Posted by cmblake6       06/25/2008  at  03:08 PM  



2. No, but it helps motivate me more. Working up a whole new load from scratch can be tedious, even with good software tools and load manuals and all the right stuff.

   Posted by Drew458       06/25/2008  at  04:49 PM  



3. 2000 fps and weighing 433grains. That would really put some lead in your pencil. What’s the recoil like though? I experimented with some .223 cast bullets. They were ok with gas checks and lower velocities around 200fps but the powder choice was tricky. I ended up using XMP5744 in a .223 Remington. It was an interesting project but cooking your own projectiles is a bit of a pain in the rear!

   Posted by LyndonB       06/26/2008  at  09:10 AM  



4. Guns have never really called to me. I learned how to shoot, learned why good judgement is vital in someone who’s armed, etc… but owning a gun and shooting it never was more than ‘meh’ for me. However I gotta confess that I’m finding all the physics and engineering going into slug design to be fascinating as hell.

   Posted by GrumpyOldFart       06/26/2008  at  10:57 AM  

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