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Get'n Ready

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Get'n Ready

Post by JEBar » Wed Sep 27, 2017 11:23 pm

one good thing about time spent recovering from a knee transplant has been having the time to get ready to spend some time on the range .... so far, shown below :

blue boxes, 110 rounds of various loads for our 45-70 .... a fairly wide range of hunting/practice, lead/jacketed, 350 to 500 grs, our reloads/a few factory rounds, .... sufficient rounds to run through a chrony and to test for grouping

red box, 25 rounds .... 308 .... 150 gr Nosler Ballistic Tips .... test loads for something over 200 deer/antelope hunting rounds for one of my wife's brothers in South Dakota .... loaded him a bunch several years ago .... since then it has take both deer & antelope at ranges out to something over 300 yards .... he's got enough for this fall but and he needs more .... the load was originally developed for our early edition Browning BLR where it has proven effective on deer, black bear, and boar

the green box, 101 rounds .... 300 WBY Mag .... the 300 WBY is one heck of a cartridge .... as a point of reference, our 45-70 bullets are pushed by 37 to 44 grains of IMR 4198 .... the 300's are pushed by 84.5 grains of IMR 7828 .... I prefer 180 gr Nosler Ballistic tips (the green tipped bullets) and 180 gr Nosler Accubond (the white tipped bullets) .... the 6 black tipped bullets are 180 gr Nosler Partitions that were loaded 40+ years ago .... my main goal in firing them based on curiosity and a desire to empty the brass

before I actually get back out to a range, I hope to add some 30-30's and 30-06's
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Re: Get'n Ready

Post by North Country Gal » Thu Sep 28, 2017 11:19 am

Cool! Although I no longer hunt, getting ready for hunting season is something I still feel the urge to do. Great tradition. Would love to see some of the rifles that shoot these loads.
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Re: Get'n Ready

Post by JEBar » Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:53 pm

North Country Gal wrote:Cool! Although I no longer hunt, getting ready for hunting season is something I still feel the urge to do. Great tradition. Would love to see some of the rifles that shoot these loads.
none of our firearms are safe queens, they were all mass produced to work for a living ....

first 3 pictures, our Henry 45-70, 44Mag, 357 mag

4th picture , my Grandfather's guns Rem Model 12 22, Winchester Model 12 20 ga, early Winchester Model 94 30-30, S&W 38 spl, 30 Luger .... all are still active shooters

5th picture, early BLR 308

6th picture, Rem 700 BDL 300 WBY, Rem 700 30-06, Rem 11-87, Rem 1100, Rem Mod 12 22LR

7th picture , Rem 700 BDL 300 WBY, Rem 700 30-06

8th picture, Mag-na-ported 300 & 30-06

9th picture, Rem 11-87, Rem 1100

we have others in the vault but the ones shown above are used, cleaned, and put back the most .... we reload ammo for all of our centerfire rifles and handguns
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Re: Get'n Ready

Post by Jrprock » Thu Sep 28, 2017 2:37 pm

I'm eagerly awaiting the results of your 45-70 testing.
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Re: Get'n Ready

Post by JEBar » Thu Sep 28, 2017 2:54 pm

Jrprock wrote:I'm eagerly awaiting the results of your 45-70 testing.

so am I .. :D .. my hope it to be able to spend some time over the weekend on a range but it seems that family often has plans that pop up
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Re: Get'n Ready

Post by Jrprock » Thu Sep 28, 2017 5:03 pm

I just picked up some Benchmark powder to try with these 400gr Speer bullets. Hope to have some results fairly soon.
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Re: Get'n Ready

Post by JEBar » Thu Sep 28, 2017 5:07 pm

Jrprock wrote:I just picked up some Benchmark powder to try with these 400gr Speer bullets. Hope to have some results fairly soon.
really looking forward to following your load development
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Re: Get'n Ready

Post by North Country Gal » Thu Sep 28, 2017 7:55 pm

Great collection. Thanks for sharing. Love the old Remingtons.
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Re: Get'n Ready

Post by JEBar » Thu Sep 28, 2017 8:49 pm

that model 12 pump 22 is still the most accurate 22 I've ever fired
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