Hunting and shooting thread

[FergusonTO35]

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon in KC.

Thought I would get the Badger Ordnance M2013 300WM out and let my wife send some lead down range.

691yds, 190gr SMK's

I am truly blessed to have a wonderful wife who can shoot and enjoy my hobbies with me!

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You got a can on that rifle?

 

[Catman]

A link to the short video I took while she was shooting:

https://youtu.be/quawz6BaAmE

OUTSTANDING!

 

[Jetmd]

Yes Sir, ThunderBeast 30P-1

One of the very first made. Has served me well for many years.

Chet

 

[FergusonTO35]

So, you can shoot 600+ yards subsonic?

 

[Jetmd]

No this is full load, muzzle velocity is 3045

3.7 mil to 691

Hearing safe with the can.

I have a 338 ultra in jail, that can on the 300wm is incredibly quite!

We tested it and the 30P1 side by side and wow what a difference.

On my M40A5 no difference at all. Just not enough blast to make any difference.

 

[FergusonTO35]

Yesterday I was practicing with my snubnose .38 and touched off a round without earplugs just out of curiosity. Woah, that thing is as loud as any rifle I have ever tried just without the supersonic concussion.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Yesterday I was practicing with my snubnose .38 and touched off a round without earplugs just out of curiosity. Woah, that thing is as loud as any rifle I have ever tried just without the supersonic concussion.

What grain weight were you blasting?
I've been considering a 6 shot .38 for a while...how do you like yours?

 

[srb08]

Yesterday I was practicing with my snubnose .38 and touched off a round without earplugs just out of curiosity. Woah, that thing is as loud as any rifle I have ever tried just without the supersonic concussion.

I had a friend who liked loud, fire breathing loads. I loaded him some 125gr jhp's over WW296, in .357M brass He shot those in a 4" colt MK3. He could clear the firing line at the public range we used to shoot at. The muzzle blast was sharp and brutal.
Short barrels are loud.

 

[FergusonTO35]

What grain weight were you blasting?
I've been considering a 6 shot .38 for a while...how do you like yours?

3.1 grains Accurate Nitro 100 under a 150 semi wadcutter from a Lee mold. Ive had my 637 for several years and it is great gun. Added the reduced power rebound and hammer springs and it has a great trigger pull. The 637 is a 5 shot, I also have a Taurus 856 6 shot and like it very much also.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

3.1 grains Accurate Nitro 100 under a 150 semi wadcutter from a Lee mold. Ive had my 637 for several years and it is great gun. Added the reduced power rebound and hammer springs and it has a great trigger pull. The 637 is a 5 shot, I also have a Taurus 856 6 shot and like it very much also.

Do you roll yer own, and is .38 ammo hard to find up your way?

 

[FergusonTO35]

Yes on both accounts! Haven't bought factory .38's in years.

 

[srb08]

Do you roll yer own, and is .38 ammo hard to find up your way?

Factory .38 special is pretty much unobtanium right now.
My sister has a bunch on order with an expected delivery of June or July.
Rolling your own is the only way to go, if you shoot much at all.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Factory .38 special is pretty much unobtanium right now.
My sister has a bunch on order with an expected delivery of June or July.
Rolling your own is the only way to go, if you shoot much at all.

Hmm...sorry to hear that. I don't own a .38, but my 86 yr old Pa has a .38 by his bedside.
I'd like to grab a box or two for him.

 

[full chizel]

.380 is impossible to find too. Online its anywhere from .85-$1.50 a round and i’m not pay that.

 

[ramrat]

Factory .38 special is pretty much unobtanium right now.
My sister has a bunch on order with an expected delivery of June or July.
Rolling your own is the only way to go, if you shoot much at all.

I got lucky a couple weeks ago and bought two boxes.

 

[ramrat]

I have a small lee melting pot and lots of lead. I thought about getting a bullet mold. But its the wrong time to get into reloading. I do have the dies for 38/357z

 

[FergusonTO35]

Even bullet molds are outrageous right now. Just wait awhile for the panic to die down, eventually it will.

 

[FergusonTO35]

I have a small lee melting pot and lots of lead. I thought about getting a bullet mold. But its the wrong time to get into reloading. I do have the dies for 38/357z

If you would like to borrow a mold, let me know. I have a bunch of them.

 

[ramrat]

If you would like to borrow a mold, let me know. I have a bunch of them.

I might take you up on that. Thanks

 

[CrystalRiver1]

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