What did you do at the range lately?

Worked down (not up) some loads today trying to find the how little powder I could use and still get all my ARs to cycle.

Working with 55gr boolits and H335.

18.3 gr seemed to be just about the lowest I could go and still keep everything functioning. Below that, I had function issues and and the accuracy went out the window. With 18.3 gr I was still shooting just about 1 MOA. When I dropped to 17.9 gr, I only had 2/5 on the paper plate and I had to manually cycle the gun because the bolt wasn't going far enough back to catch the next round.

I tried to make it to the range last Sunday morning, but I had to turn around after driving two blocks from my house, when my car hit a sheet of black ice --- here in the North East --- and slid 50 feet without crashing into anything.

Last Saturday, I did some trigger time shooting my Mas 49/56 in 308 --- with my newly purchased titanium firing pin --- and had fun shooting my metallic cowbell target offhand at 50 yards with my .177 RWS Model 54 recoilless at 50 yards.

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Project I have been working on. Shot a 88 with my cast bullets and yanking the trigger at 50 feet.

Made it out with my new Bighorn/Chanlynn/XLR 260 for the first time. Headed to Chaffee with friends and confirmed everything, then ran timed drills from 285y to 560y on steel. Also practiced some positional drills at the same ranges. New rig shoots like a dream! Even stretched out to 1030y and hit a bowling pin sized target 3 outta 5 times. Gotta love an all Colorado made rifle!

Took the family out to Ben Lomond. My wife is scary good with a Glock. Got my six year old son shooting his little Savage Rascal. He keeps getting better. Gotta pass it on.

Just a great day.

Watching a few guys last weekend shoot their 223 bolt guns made me get the itch to yank off the 300 Whisper barrel off my Bighorn action and screw on the 223 Ackley barrel.

I had not done much load development with it, pretty much just fireformed brass. 223 Ackley and 300 Whisper both feed flawless out of Accuracy International 223 mags.

I went to the range with a bunch of test loads. 24.5 - 26.5 gns of Varget under a 80 gn Sierra. I wanted to try Varget because I have a lot of it.

The 26.5 gn load easily put 5 shots inside 1/3 of an inch at 100 yards. It chronographed out at 3010 fps with a low ES.

Going to load up a small batch and see how they shoot at 400 yards.

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Originally Posted by Hoser

Watching a few guys last weekend shoot their 223 bolt guns made me get the itch to yank off the 300 Whisper barrel off my Bighorn action and screw on the 223 Ackley barrel.

I had not done much load development with it, pretty much just fireformed brass. 223 Ackley and 300 Whisper both feed flawless out of Accuracy International 223 mags.

I went to the range with a bunch of test loads. 24.5 - 26.5 gns of Varget under a 80 gn Sierra. I wanted to try Varget because I have a lot of it.

The 26.5 gn load easily put 5 shots inside 1/3 of an inch at 100 yards. It chronographed out at 3010 fps with a low ES.

Going to load up a small batch and see how they shoot at 400 yards.

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How did it shoot?

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Originally Posted by Tim K

How did it shoot?

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Didnt make it to the range today. Stuck in the reloading room teaching reloading 101 to a friend.

Shot my first 20 10mm reloads thru my new KKM barrel. And 20 .380 reloads thru wife's sig and my Glock 42. All went well. Wife liked the lower recoil of the reloads. Not one single issue.

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Originally Posted by Hoser

Watching a few guys last weekend shoot their 223 bolt guns made me get the itch to yank off the 300 Whisper barrel off my Bighorn action and screw on the 223 Ackley barrel..

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Hoser, this new match of yours is PERFECT for a 223 semi auto. Don't need much more for 300 yards.

I am seeing more matches for semi auto lately ... raton SRM, T3 may have semi auto match this year, your new match. My JP is going to get a workout this year! [Beer]