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Fun weekend!

jonk
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Saturday I shot about 30 rounds out of my muzzleloader to practice for deer season. I can report that it doesn't show a marked favoritism towards sabots or minie balls; and even shoots round balls ok, even though the 1:32" twist isn't optimal for them. Shoots pyrodex a bit better than Goex black FFG, and shoots loose pyrodex and FFG black both better than pyrodex pellets. I've had the gun awhile but never shot it much- Navy Arms Country boy inline. I'll practice once or twice more before deer season starts.

Saturday evening I loaded up 200 rounds of 9mm, 150 rounds of .45, and 40 round of 6.5 Carcano. I also cast 20 more .50 cal minies, as well as 20 .58 cal minies and 15 .45 bullets for my trapdoor.

Today I loaded ammo for the trapdoor and cast some 8mm bullets and some .32s.

Fun weekend. Life is good. What did you all do?
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  • mango tango
    Insulated and drywalled my mother-in-laws garage yesterday, and put up trim and primed the drywall today. Not as much fun as you had, but a prodoctive weekend none the less.
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  • e8gm
    Jonk,
    What bullet did you use for the 6.5? I too reload for the Carcano and until recently was not aware that the Carcano is a .268 and not the standard .264. It made a hugh difference in the accuracy of the rifle when the proper bullet was loaded. Graf and Sons has the Hornady 160 Gr. soft points in .268. I haven't seen them anywhere else.
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  • Turbo72
    Saturday I had to go to work all day. Today I did odds and ins around the house, and watched some football and chatted on the forum here and there. Pretty Uneventful for me.
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  • Colt Super
    Tried to help some people understand some simple concepts.

    No luck.

    A spade is still indeed a spade, but even a very nice rake is not a spade.

    Doug
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  • dcloco
    quote:Originally posted by mango tango
    Insulated and drywalled my mother-in-laws garage yesterday, and put up trim and primed the drywall today. Not as much fun as you had, but a prodoctive weekend none the less.


    You and your MIL must like each other. GOOD for you. Seriously!
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  • jonk
    e8gm:

    The bullet is available only at Grafs because Grafs contracted directly with Hornady to produce it. I haven't tried it yet myself.

    I have been loading two bullets, one is a pulled military bullet. It is of the proper diameter. They show up on auction occasionally, and I have a good stock of surplus carcano ammo that I got from AIM surplus awhile back. The primers have gone south, but the bullet and powder are generally quite fine in a freshly primed new production case... I reduce the load 5% though as sometimes the new primer has lead to pressure signs with the charge 'as is'.

    I also load cast bullets of .269" diameter. The mold is available from midsouth shooter's supply. It is a custom mold that they have on order with Lee. For mild loads up to about 2000 fps it does quite well also.
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  • pickenup
    Shooting and loading? Sounds like you had a pretty good weekend.

    We went to the last match of the year, for one of the disciplines I shoot. (Defensive pistol, no match in Dec) I ended up second place for the year. There was only a 7 point difference in the top 3 positions. 4th place was almost 30 points behind 3rd place. It was a good year. [:D]

    Trying to talk the wife into shooting a match next year, instead of just watching. I think she would do well. [;)]
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