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General Topics => General Discussion => Topic started by: hnl.flyboy on June 10, 2012, 06:41:57 AM
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Anyone else headed over? A couple benches might still be open.. I'll be napping on a blanket till the range goes hot..
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Pistol for me today. There is usually empty spots.
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Pistol for me as well. Probably the silhouette side.
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I ended up at the silhouette side too. Had a guy with two hand cannons...he let me and my friend touch off a couple rounds. The 500 S&W magnum rattled me >_<
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I ended up at the silhouette side too. Had a guy with two hand cannons...he let me and my friend touch off a couple rounds. The 500 S&W magnum rattled me >_<
That's probably AKfortyseven on this site.
He's a real cool guy that always invites people to shoot his 500S&W & Desert Eagle 50.
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That's probably AKfortyseven on this site.
He's a real cool guy that always invites people to shoot his 500S&W & Desert Eagle 50.
Yessir, those were the two mini artillery launchers...I'll send him a thanks PM.
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damn wanted to shoot today but had drill this weekend :(
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Got there at 1 p.m. today. Lots of open benches on the rifle side.
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Anyone else headed over? A couple benches might still be open.. I'll be napping on a blanket till the range goes hot..
How did your gun function?
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I ended up at the silhouette side too. Had a guy with two hand cannons...he let me and my friend touch off a couple rounds. The 500 S&W magnum rattled me >_<
I didn't end up going today. :(
I've seen that guy "with the two hand cannons" before though. One time I was shooting in the action bays across the way and I could hear some very loud reports from the silhouette range. It was so loud at the action bays that I couldn't imagine what it was like to be in the next stall.
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I ended up at the silhouette side too. Had a guy with two hand cannons...he let me and my friend touch off a couple rounds. The 500 S&W magnum rattled me >_<
That's the guy I was shooting next to the other week probably.
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How did your gun function?
I was so excited, I drove straight from X-Ring to Koko Head on Thursday. Functioned flawlessly! Today, some bad rounds wouldn't chamber in my match AR and got stuck too many times. Got tired of pounding the bolt carrier back with a cleaning rod and a stapler for a hammer so I packed that up and left for the silhouette side. My 1911 was being dumb with both the .45 and .22 slides and it got packed away too. :(
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I was all ready to go on Sunday and Saturday morning I did something to my back and I was not able to go. Still hurting moderately though not as bad as Saturday. I hate getting old!
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I was all ready to go on Sunday and Saturday morning I did something to my back and I was not able to go. Still hurting moderately though not as bad as Saturday. I hate getting old!
That sucks. I used to battle back pain, well I still do from time to time. Hope you feel better soon man. We don't have that many opportunities to shoot here, so missing one day, especially when you were planning to go really sucks.
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I found getting and sitting on one of those exercise balls instead of a regular chair eliminated back pain for me, especially if you sit in front of a desk a lot. A cheap $10-20 ball from Walmart will work. I got one that lasted 10+ years before it finally gave up. Pop! then I found myself sitting on the floor. :) There are more durable ones I could have purchased I suppose. Check the max weight rating of the ball before purchasing.
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I was so excited, I drove straight from X-Ring to Koko Head on Thursday. Functioned flawlessly! Today, some bad rounds wouldn't chamber in my match AR and got stuck too many times. Got tired of pounding the bolt carrier back with a cleaning rod and a stapler for a hammer so I packed that up and left for the silhouette side. My 1911 was being dumb with both the .45 and .22 slides and it got packed away too. :(
What rounds were you using and what did you switch to? Steel case or brass and what brand?
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What rounds were you using and what did you switch to? Steel case or brass and what brand?
For the AR I brought in, just brass Winchester M855. The other AR was using handloaded .223 that I had loaded to use in my bolt action a year ago. I'm not at all surprised they weren't chambering well.
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ok you got me worried!
with handloads it can be anything!
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ok you got me worried!
with handloads it can be anything!
The brass was neck sized only, and crimping wasn't too great. I'll do much better when loading up 77gr SMK HPBT.
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I was so excited, I drove straight from X-Ring to Koko Head on Thursday. Functioned flawlessly! Today, some bad rounds wouldn't chamber in my match AR and got stuck too many times. Got tired of pounding the bolt carrier back with a cleaning rod and a stapler for a hammer so I packed that up and left for the silhouette side. My 1911 was being dumb with both the .45 and .22 slides and it got packed away too. :(
Man I got a Shilen barrel for my varmint AR and I had issues chambering cartridges too. Sucks.
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Man I got a Shilen barrel for my varmint AR and I had issues chambering cartridges too. Sucks.
When making AR 223 Ammo you really need to measure everything. I even make dummy loads to test in the AR.
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^^^I hear you..........now. Before that the reloading was primarily for non match AR's. No problem gobbling up the ammo that was a bit out of spec. That Shilen - yup wacking the butt on the table to clear jams. The stupid thing is you just clear the jam and put the same round back in................yup jams again. :crazy:
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A couple of tips for Match AR Reloading....
Full length resize only. Neck resizing is usually for bolt actions. The exception is is you bought virgin brass in bulk and it is all from the same lot. You will still need to feed every case into the rifle chamber to test for sticking.
Uniform flash hole. this is to ensure uniform ignition of the powder.
Measue length and trim to specs.
debur the case mouth.
Ream inside neck.
Weigh each case and discard those that are too heavy or light.
Do not use "Match"primers. I had a slam fire due to the sensitivity of the primer and lost 10 points instantly.
Inspect each bullet for uniformity and weigh each. Discard anything abnormal.
Seat bullets and crimp in separate operations.
Research on what the winners are using.
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A couple of tips for Match AR Reloading....
Full length resize only. Neck resizing is usually for bolt actions. The exception is is you bought virgin brass in bulk and it is all from the same lot. You will still need to feed every case into the rifle chamber to test for sticking.
Uniform flash hole. this is to ensure uniform ignition of the powder.
Measue length and trim to specs.
debur the case mouth.
Ream inside neck.
Weigh each case and discard those that are too heavy or light.
Do not use "Match"primers. I had a slam fire due to the sensitivity of the primer and lost 10 points instantly.
Inspect each bullet for uniformity and weigh each. Discard anything abnormal.
Seat bullets and crimp in separate operations.
Research on what the winners are using.
That's some really good stuff. I should have full-length resized, but I made them intended for a bolt action, a year before buying this service rifle. Not happening again. I hope to get into this soon..