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I seem to be caught up on my honey-do list, so I thought I'd snap together a few new bullets for tomorrow's range trip. Normally loading a few rounds is hardly thread-worthy here, but I guess I'm just bored...

I'm meeting up with my old fraternity big-brother, and we are going to dent some primers at his club's outdoor range. I've had these 250 grain cast lead "Pinbusters" from Missouri Bullet Company just sitting around for awhile now. I wanted something safe to shoot out of his Taurus Judge, but with a bit more poop than cowboy action rounds. I'll also shoot them out of my Ruger Bisley.

With a higher book load of W231, these should be exiting at about 900 fps; Hodgdon says the pressure is under 14,000. I gave them the plunk test after crimping the first few, and they drop right in and out.


They look kind of cool too.


Hopefully, they go where I aim.


I am attending video church in the morning and then we are shooting in the afternoon, weather permitting. Should be a good time.