What gun stuff did you do today?

[FNHman]

Finally shot the old Reising at the range the other day. Poor thing sat for so long with the previous owner you could not pull the trigger. Was stuck from old grease that hardened solid. Runs prefect now with no problems.

 

[Raven]

Finally shot the old Reising at the range the other day. Poor thing sat for so long with the previous owner you could not pull the trigger. Was stuck from old grease that hardened solid. Runs prefect now with no problems.

My most favorite sub gun I've ever rented. So jealous Just curious, is yours one of the WW2 and Pensacola PD surplus Reising's?

 

[FNHman]

My most favorite sub gun I've ever rented. So jealous Just curious, is yours one of the WW2 and Pensacola PD surplus Reising's?

Not really sure on this ones history. It's a model 60 semi auto. I'm trying to get more info on it. its a 2000ish serial number gun and no other markings that I can see.

 

[Raven]

Not really sure on this ones history. It's a model 60 semi auto. I'm trying to get more info on it. its a 2000ish serial number gun and no other markings that I can see.

PPD's were select fire and had a metal badge on the stock claiming PPD ownership. Several were sold to Jay's Guns as surplus about 10-15 years ago and were used as range rentals. Very fun and very controllable in full auto with that SKS style stock. I thought hard about it but didn't buy it because of poor mag availability. If it took Glock mags I would have been on it like white on rice

 

[Daezee]

Finished casting a 30 cal ammo can of 44 cal bullets. Started a couple of days ago. Then started on 45/70 type hollow base bullets today. I use them in a M1888 Trapdoor and a Danish M1867 rolling block.

The hollow base mold being a single cavity is slow and picky, but once it and the lead are at the right temperature, the bullets come out nice.

A friend is slowing down casting so a fellow caster and I made an offer on his ingots he won’t be using. Turned out to be 270 pounds, about 90% linotype ingots with the balance wheel weight ingots. We each bought 135 pounds. Pic shows what my fellow caster is getting. Many bars are rust color due to being in a rusty metal bucket. A win win for all involved.

Ordered more 22 long CB ammo for rat hunting. Neighbor has a camera set up in the coop tonight to see what’s going on rat-wise since I’ve confirmed 9 rat kills there.

 

[Daezee]

Lubed and sized some of the 44cal bullets so I could test the aluminum gas checks. Loaded up 50 44special test loads. In between sizing and loading, I made up 50 more pounds of 20/1 lead/tin alloy I use for the 44 and 45/70 bullets.

 

[Raven]

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Finished casting a 30 cal ammo can of 44 cal bullets. Started a couple of days ago. Then started on 45/70 type hollow base bullets today. I use them in a M1888 Trapdoor and a Danish M1867 rolling block.

The hollow base mold being a single cavity is slow and picky, but once it and the lead are at the right temperature, the bullets come out nice.

A friend is slowing down casting so a fellow caster and I made an offer on his ingots he won’t be using. Turned out to be 270 pounds, about 90% linotype ingots with the balance wheel weight ingots. We each bought 135 pounds. Pic shows what my fellow caster is getting. Many bars are rust color due to being in a rusty metal bucket. A win win for all involved.

Ordered more 22 long CB ammo for rat hunting. Neighbor has a camera set up in the coop tonight to see what’s going on rat-wise since I’ve confirmed 9 rat kills there.

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Truly precious metal

 

[chef_josh]

“Paint me like one of your French girls, Josh.”

 

[Daezee]

Quick testing at the neighbor’s before the storm came. Tested 44 cast bullets with aluminum gas checks vs copper gas checks. Same accuracy and point of impact…success! I have zillions of the aluminum ones.

Next was my BRN180 pistol in 300 Blackout. I had tested and sighted it in with CCI 400 primers with fine accuracy. I don’t have an infinite supply of these primers, so the goal was finding if I could use some others on hand. I had already done some informal primer testing. Today I finalized it. Wolf standard small rifle primers shot as well as CCI 400 with my loading of pulled fmj 7.62x39 bullets. Remington 6 1/2 shot groups twice as large and 2” to the left at 50 yards.

 

[Rebel_Rider1969]

Quick testing at the neighbor’s before the storm came. Tested 44 cast bullets with aluminum gas checks vs copper gas checks. Same accuracy and point of impact…success! I have zillions of the aluminum ones.

Next was my BRN180 pistol in 300 Blackout. I had tested and sighted it in with CCI 400 primers with fine accuracy. I don’t have an infinite supply of these primers, so the goal was finding if I could use some others on hand. I had already done some informal primer testing. Today I finalized it. Wolf standard small rifle primers shot as well as CCI 400 with my loading of pulled fmj 7.62x39 bullets. Remington 6 1/2 shot groups twice as large and 2” to the left at 50 yards.

Were the x39 pulls .311 or .308?

 

[Daezee]

Were the x39 pulls .311 or .308?

IIRC .310-.311”, mostly around .3105”. Magnet does not stick. Unknown origin. Hi Tech would not tell me the source. 123-124 grain.

 

[tros6t]

I looked and thought, sure am glad I bought most before Joe!

 

[sloporsche]

i ordered an electronic trigger pull gauge

 

[Jester896]

Stunk up the .22 match again this morning...I was the 2nd Place Looser today with an ugly 314 outta 500. The target X ring was the same size as a pencil eraser...far too many 8s and not enough 10s. The wind was there and I was using holds....still medaled. Think I need to clean a rifle too...been a couple of years. Winner took it with a 450.

here is the targets

 

[Raven]

Stunk up the .22 match again this morning...I was the 2nd Place Looser today with an ugly 314 outta 500. The target X ring was the same size as a pencil eraser...far too many 8s and not enough 10s. The wind was there and I was using holds....still medaled. Think I need to clean a rifle too...been a couple of years. Winner took it with a 450.

here is the targets
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Couple years?!

 

[Jester896]

Couple years?!

yep...chamber is getting tight and it is starting to open just a bit. Are you supposed to clean a .22

 

[catadjuster1]

Participated in an Action Pistol match this morning with a revolver. Had an excellent time. A friend ran some video of me ... I felt like I was drawing the gun fast, but the video tells the story a bit differently.

 

[Rebel_Rider1969]

My Bride snagged this the other day from one of her girlfriends. 22 short. Needs a mag and some tlc. Old Italiano pocket rocket. Should be a fun shooter.

 

[Jester896]

came home with 2 more #s of IMR4064...I decided to put it up instead of down...who know I had that much 4064...might need to put it all in a big jug.

Got about 500 more .223 pulled that got over charged...about 1500 more to go

 

[Raven]

Got about 500 more .223 pulled that got over charged...about 1500 more to go

Would that overcharged 223 be safe in a single shot break barrel 223? The walls of my chamber are almost an inch thick