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Campfire Kahuna
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HuntnShoot,
Yeah, it was interesting to me too!
For those interested, the "recipe" is:
Fiocchi hull
Fiochi 616 primer (the CCI standard also works, with no problems)
Ballistic Products SP wad
20.0 grains of Green Dot
With 3/4 ounce of lead shot, this gets around 1350 fps, and patterns very well.
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.”
John Steinbeck
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Conduct is the best proof of character.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Its easy to win at this game..
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Campfire Tracker
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If one counts rimfires and shotshells......buckets of milsurp .308 and .30-06.....naahhhhh....I'm not into counting tonight
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Don't even want to talk about shotgun schidt, whether factory ammo, loaded rounds or components. Is that Hunting loads, or Target loads - very different requirement unless you are heading to South America for Dove shooting, then your fork lift capacity needs to be included , ha Seems that loaded centre fire count should be divided by the number of Full Auto rcvrs in possesion , Just Sayin cause I’m jealous
History May Not Repeat, But it Rhymes.
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Campfire Tracker
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I am a 5 easy without counting, and possibly a 7. Add rimfire and I win.
I am a 3 with 270 Win brass alone.
I am not counting!
Arcus Venator
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If one counts rimfires and shotshells......buckets of milsurp .308 and .30-06.....naahhhhh....I'm not into counting tonight Reducing a bucket of shells to something so mundane as a case count is just so diminishing ! ;-) One of the principals at a biathlon range I used to shoot at , would demonstrate what could be accomplished with a sub 2-1/2” snub .44 mag at 100 yards plus. Draining the 5 gal bucket, and coming back for more fun the next week on pistol night.
History May Not Repeat, But it Rhymes.
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OK, while admitting I didn't want to talk about "shotgun schidt," here's a far-gone example. Recently Eileen bought yet another shotgun she could not live without, a 16-gauge Ithaca Model 37 made in 1940, with a Poly-Choke. (She loves dial-a-ducks, even though she has three British side-by-sides.)
But due to her recoil headaches, I had to create a 28-gauge equivalent handload. Turned out I had all the necessary stuff on hand., which with shotshell handloading can be interesting.
If any body needs a 28-gauge load for the 16, I can provide the details. But I doubt most will have them. There's just something about an Ithaca M37. I'm down to two: a 20 gauge, and a 12 gauge police model. I've never seen another like it. It has a parkerized-like finish and a plastic/nylon stock that has imprinted M37. And a recoil pad that is almost as hard as the stock. Love 'em both.
Old guy, old guns.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Didn't think about shotgun shells for some reason, an innocent oversight. So OK, count shot shells too. I'm not far from the "new" 7. Thank the heavens I just passed a bag of about 500 empties!
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Campfire Ranger
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A solid 7 here, counting all the brass (which I'll not count), shotgun stuff gathering cobwebs, and the ungodly amount of .22LR empty primed brass for the ultimate Loony experience of breech seating in .22RF single shot target rifles.
To take it a step further, one's stockpile of lead and lead alloys for casting bullets could be used as a tie breaker too. But only if measured in tons.
God help me.
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz
"Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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I can tell at this point that some of you fellows are loonier than me.  Praise be unto the Heavens!
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Campfire Ranger
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On a scale of 7, I’m a 10. 😁
NRA Life,Endowment,Patron or Benefactor since '72.
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Campfire Outfitter
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A 7 Ahh crap, this reminded me that these need trimming. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/Kz88ckFL/IMG-0882.jpg)
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Campfire Kahuna
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Gunzo, your bench and mine are quite similar. My brass is shinier.
Navlav8r, you ain’t a 10 until you can trap w/o a tailhook.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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You guys still count all that? I just count the buckets.
""Mute the Greeniacs. Open the pipeline. Bury the Russians." - JPR - 2022
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Campfire Oracle
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DD...I guess I'm at about a 7...
And my loaded rounds pretty well match my empty ones.
Ive got quite a bit of nickel plated brass...do I get style points for any of that?
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Campfire Ranger
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Gunzo, your bench and mine are quite similar. My brass is shinier.
Navlav8r, you ain’t a 10 until you can trap w/o a tailhook. Give me enough wind over the deck 😁
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Campfire Ranger
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How much pistol brass fits in a 55gal drum? Asking for a friend Loony version of # of pieces of candy in the jar raffle? What's the prize?
-OMotS
"If memory serves fails me..."
Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay "
Television and radio are most effective when people question little and think even less.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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DD...I guess I'm at about a 7...
And my loaded rounds pretty well match my empty ones.
Ive got quite a bit of nickel plated brass...do I get style points for any of that? Dunno that nickel rates extra points, maybe MD will chime in on that. Point of comparison I have paper, plastic and brass shot shells, but eschew extra points for one or the other. Maybe extra points for pin fire brass, I get that.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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I'm a solid 7 without the shotgun stuff. I loaded 5 gallon buckets of 16, 20 and 28 in anticipation of shooting sxs sporting clay events and that just didn't happen this year. I have 10 flats of 12 ga mostly RST and as many in 20 from Clever with 3/4 oz and probably 7 flats of RST 16's
Lets talk recent gun purchases. A custom Ruger #1 300 H&H other #1's in 250 Savage, 375 H&H, 35 Whelen and 405 Winchester and one lonely bolt gun a 700 Classic in 300 Savage all since March !!! I flunk the 12 step program LOL
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