KimE 487 Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 On 23/01/2021 at 12:52, Sausagedog said: My rule of thumb ( that's English for my own measurement or guide) is that if it dont bounce back at me and hit me it's useful I shot a pellet rifle at a oak board ad a kid had to stop then the bullets hit my leg. 1 Quote Link to post
Sausagedog 7,381 Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 17 minutes ago, KimE said: I shot a pellet rifle at a oak board ad a kid had to stop then the bullets hit my leg. Me too. I thought the knot on a pine board would be good to aim at with my new air rifle as a 14 year old kid. I watched through the scope the pellet rapidly returning to me and only just ducked down in time for it to miss my face! I also was looking to load a muzzleloader with a very small charge for squirrels. 15gn resulted in a ball returning from the scotch pine stump! So I went to 20gn, they stuck in it! 1 Quote Link to post
Wolfdog91 6,263 Posted January 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 So little update got about 50 pieces of lake city 5.56 rang brass prepped for the most part. Full length resized with a shoulder bump or around 0.005"was gonna just bump the bare minimum of 0.003 which is kind of the rule for semi autos but after messing around my chamber seems to prefer the slightly deeper shoulder bump. It would chamber a lighter bump but tool a little more effort and since this gun rides around in the back seat of the truck or on the four wheeler it gets dusty and dirty alot so figured a little more "wiggle room" in the chamber to help with dust and what not couldn't hurt. But yeah cut out the military primer crimps, deburred, all that good stuff and they're in the wet tumbler with some stainless steel pins dish soap and hot water to clean off all the excess lube and clean up the primer pockets . Side note : I had head stamps on that LC brass that ranged from 1990 -2018 so out of 100 piece I decided to just use 50 from the last decade so my test batch will be a mix from 2012 being the oldest to 2018 being the newest. Would have preferred eveything be within a year or two as fare as lot wise but hay what can you do I did try and film my brass prep process but I'm kinda sick right now and not sure if the footage is really worth showing might just come back and explain what all I did at a later date Quote Link to post
Wolfdog91 6,263 Posted January 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 15:05, Sausagedog said: Me too. I thought the knot on a pine board would be good to aim at with my new air rifle as a 14 year old kid. I watched through the scope the pellet rapidly returning to me and only just ducked down in time for it to miss my face! I also was looking to load a muzzleloader with a very small charge for squirrels. 15gn resulted in a ball returning from the scotch pine stump! So I went to 20gn, they stuck in it! Got a divit in my forehead from a BB bouncing back off of a full water bottle and clocking me 1 Quote Link to post
Wolfdog91 6,263 Posted January 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 Went ahead and pulled them out gave them a rinse and they look pretty good to me lol Tossed them in the dehydrator and they should be ready to load in the morning 1 Quote Link to post
Wolfdog91 6,263 Posted January 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 50 Rounds loaded up for testing tomorrow 2 Quote Link to post
Wolfdog91 6,263 Posted January 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 So got to shoot some today. Only got to shoot my sighter rounds before I had to stop due to battery problems with my target camera and chronograph but was able to get ten rounds total. The first five being the best and the send group being worst because I was rushing trying to get the shot off before my chronograph and target cam died. Here's my little set up. Plastic folding table , rear bag,bipod got a stap across the table as a bipod stop. So basically 1" @50yd ( only doing 50 right now to try and weed out what shoots the best quickest.) Pulled the 5th shot so not counting it. And my chrony readings Only around a 22 fps of standard deviation doesn't seem too bad . Gun functioned very well only had one hang up and really only think that because of my crappy old mag. Last round hold open at the end of each mag too so all and all its looking promising. And heres my load notes if anyone was curious about the details 2 Quote Link to post
KimE 487 Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 On 27/01/2021 at 22:05, Sausagedog said: Me too. I thought the knot on a pine board would be good to aim at with my new air rifle as a 14 year old kid. I watched through the scope the pellet rapidly returning to me and only just ducked down in time for it to miss my face! I also was looking to load a muzzleloader with a very small charge for squirrels. 15gn resulted in a ball returning from the scotch pine stump! So I went to 20gn, they stuck in it! Cupper bullets riccochet in rifle speed, saw a video then a guys hat were nocked of then he shot a .270w. Steelshot riccochet in shotgunspeed IF you hit a rock they fly everywere. 1 Quote Link to post
Wolfdog91 6,263 Posted February 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 Just got the case prep video up Quote Link to post
Wolfdog91 6,263 Posted February 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2021 And the loading video Quote Link to post
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