Range Time

I took the new plinker (Ruger 10/22) to the range. I put a Bushnell red dot that I've had for a while on it. After dialing it in at 25 yards, I'm pretty happy with it. Some of the shots were rapid fire.  

Well it hit 60F this afternoon and I figured I better hit the range. Took my 45cal Carjacker Jr and would draw, fire one...repeat, at 10yds. Close enough. 

Took the 45ACP "carjacker Jr" to the range yesterday and fired 2 handed with hands resting on the bench from 14yds. By far the best "pick a spot on the target" group I'd ever fired with a CCW pistole. Max loading of TiteGroup and a 200gr SWC poly-coated projectile. It's pretty snappy in the hand and really makes a person concentrate on making the sear break by total surprise. 

A buddy out in PHX thoroughly tested his new Garmin Xero® C1 Pro Chronograph and had a LabRadar doplar radar chronograph taking up space in his garage. On Monday, I received a USPS shipment from him...his LabRadar unit. Totally unexpected, zowie. I have a MagnetoSpeed chrono, but will not work with handguns. A radar system will clock anything that flies. Sadly, this one will not see any use until springtime. Kinda interested to see what velocities my handgun reloads are actually achieving.

Can't fish and bored to tears. These are 77gr OTM's for serious work. Loaded 300 of them and 400+ 55gr FMJ's. Now have over 400 loaded for my 45ACP. May decide to get out to the range on Friday.

Tinkertoyed a 400 Legend for a good friend. Do not have the headspace guages for this caliber, so we shall see how if goes. Likely will be just fine. Should be a good deer/bear/hog stomper once we get the muzzle thread protector and an optic mounted. 

That makes 350+ for my pistole. 45ACP...200GR Semi-Wadcutter.

15yds...draw and fire one...repeat...repeat.

homewrecker, that is a nice combination for a young person on deer. 

Had some time to blow, so out to the range I went.

Remington 6mm Mohawk, shooting 95gr. Hornady SST.
Hopefully the daughter can do as well with a deer next Saturday!

Took a little time to hit the range this afternoon with the Shield 45ACP. Bullseye from a rest at 30yds. The group is perfect for elevation, but slightly left.  2-handed rapid-fire at the Echo target...15yds. 200 grain Semi-Wadcutter. Def need to move the sight to the right.

The 230gr boolits shot OK. Fired from a rest at 30yds. Not great, but passable. They def recoil harder than the 200gr SWC's. 

Have used 230gr plated booolits in the past as well as 230gr FMJ's. Will test these polymer-coated 230gr lead bullets in my Shield with a heavy load of TiteGroup. These are loads used by a couple of custom loaders for the folks that shoot National Match courses and they worked well in a couple of 45's that I had. 

https://www.egglestonmunitions.com/shop.html#!/45-Cal-230gr-RN/c/146161759

Got out to do some testing of 55FMJ's with TAC. Pretty sure that TAC is a little slow of a burn rate for 55gr projectiles. Once I pumped the load up to approach the performance of M193 ammo (and I was 100fps short in the same barrel), velocity ES/SD numbers got erratic and grouping suffered. Still nice to get back out on the bench.