Gun range 2022,2023,2024

[damifino]

Any double action revolver fans here? Show'em if ya got em please!

 

[PA Dan]

I got a couple.

Smith model 60 .357
Taurus Raging Bull .44 mag
Colt Official Police .38

 

[damifino]

I got a couple.

Very cool! Back when I was a teenybopper and just getting interested in guns, the double action was the most popular. I think they are a elegant looking gun and chambered in many good calibers not chambered in semi auto's.

 

[Czed]

350.00 for a ar15

https://www.rkguns.com/et-arms-omega15-556x45mm-nato-semi-auto-16-30-1-rd-etagom556ml15.html

Parts kits are near that much.

 

[PA Dan]

I can't believe the prices I'm seeing lately on AR's! Seems like the time to stockpile!

 

[full chizel]

The S&W Bodyguard 2.0 .380 has piqued my interest.

 

[dieselfitter]

Been waiting on 15" mos-tek barrel over 8 months. 450 bushmaster pistol. Getting ready for deer season.

 

[Lnk]

Been waiting on 15" mos-tek barrel over 8 months. 450 bushmaster pistol. Getting ready for deer season. View attachment 429188

What can is that?

 

[Czed]

Taurus introduced 16rnd tx .22 compact mags up from 13rnds
Extremely comfortable.

 

[dieselfitter]

What can is that?

Silencerco. 46m. It mounts quickly on a brake.

 

[FergusonTO35]

Dang it, I need to stay out of the fun store. Dropped by today and they had a really nice Glock 23 Gen 4 just like my 19. Definitely not a high mileage cop gun, honest 95% finish and no signs of holster wear. I've been needing a .40 as I have dies/brass/molds already. I asked their low price and they said $385.00 total and I can layaway til Christmas. So I put some money down on it.

 

[PA Dan]

Ran to the range after dinner today. Shot the .308 a little and then the AR15 at the 300 yard steel plates. Fun evening.

 

[Lnk]

Ran to the range after dinner today. Shot the .308 a little and then the AR15 at the 300 yard steel plates. Fun evening.

What chronograph is that?

 

[PA Dan]

Old school Shooting Chrony F1 model I believe. The Norma Match 175g was shooting 2640's out of my 18" barrel.

 

[PA Dan]

Got three loads ready for testing in the .308.

Norma case
Win primer
Vaget powder
Sierra 168g Match King
OAL 2.780

Charges 43g, 43.5g & 44g

 

[Lnk]

I like the smk and the gamekings. Always shoot well. Looked at powder the other day. Price more than doubled since I last purchased some. Nuts.

 

[FergusonTO35]

I'm switching all my rifles to faster powders to get more loads per pound.

 

[Hoser]

The price of components here has made handloading more or less irrelevant for how much I shoot these days.
$55-70 a pound for powder, dollar plus for the projectile etc

 

[PA Dan]

I like the smk and the gamekings. Always shoot well. Looked at powder the other day. Price more than doubled since I last purchased some. Nuts.

I hear that. The little local shop by me has a great supply of just about everything. I looked on his web page to see if I saw Varget on the shelf. Pics were good enough I could read the prices. It was marked $25. Was over $50 now!

 

[FergusonTO35]

The price of components here has made handloading more or less irrelevant for how much I shoot these days.
$55-70 a pound for powder, dollar plus for the projectile etc

Biggest thing for me is, I don't like most factory ammo. It tends to be too weak or too strong and with a different bullet than I want. I could afford to do all my shooting with factory ammo but I don't like paying a high price for ammo that is not what I actually want. For example, most 9mm ammo is a 115 grain jacketed round nose at 1100 fps. I want a hard cast lead flat nose slug at 1000 fps. Only boutique ammo makers produce that sort of 9mm ammo, and its a buck a round or more. Likewise, I load my .30-30's about 150 fps slower than factory. Accuracy really tightens up, it's easier on my bony shoulder, and kills things just as dead. I load my .40 S&W to about the same as the old .38-40 with a 175 grain lead slug at 800-850 fps. Much easier to shoot and still puts the smack down when needed.