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    Strange happenings while at the gun range.

    I hope it is okay to share my words here that I've shared on another forum already. IF it's not okay THEN please remove my post. So as I was practicing shooting I happened to turn around and look at the floor and saw splotches of blood. Bright red splotches, completely unmistakable with...
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    First aid kits

    Of the emergencies that can be solved with the items at hand -I keep this bundle (of quick clot, 4" gauze squares and band aids) in all my tool bags in the same outside pocket with the spare safety glasses. The quick clot works very effectively. A friends finger was gashed open and his blood was...
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    Pointy cast bullets in 308 Winchester

    These are the NOE309-153-SP loaded into dummy cartridges. They feed great through the AICS magazines for the Ruger Hunter and the hinged floor plate for the Remington Model 7. Testing at the range soon... This is my new rifle handload testing project and I feel good about the process and...
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    Casting and handloading for offhand magnums.

    I cast bullets over a propane turkey fryer. Some bullets I clear powdercoated and some blue powdercoated. Sent from my moto g power (2022) using Tapatalk
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    357 Magnum Target Shooting.

    I've been testing and shooting 16.5 grains of Hodgdon H110 in 357 Magnum and my results on Wednesday night exceeded my expectations. I am testing two different bullets. I cast them from the same batch (90/5/5) of homemade Lyman # 2 alloy. They both weigh 155 grains and I squeezed them all...
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    It happens so fast. I am enjoying the Ruger Blackhawk.

    These pictures show a sequence of events that happen extremely quickly. I took two Ruger Blackhawks 357 Magnum to the range. In the photos is the shorter, a three screw unconverted 4 and 5/8. Between the two revolvers spaced out over two nights approximately 90 minutes each I fired over 600...
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    308 Winchester with Heavy Blackout bullets

    I am loading a 208 grain powder coated gas checked cast hollow point in 308 Winchester. The gun I'm shooting them in is a Remington model 7. The gunstock is checkered and the texture feels good in my hands. The barrel and receiver have an matte utilitarian type of blueing and the bolt is...
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    Super light loads for Revolver and Rifle.

    For a couple range trips I experienced/experimented as low as one grain tite group with flush seated rem hollow base wadcutters in 38 brass and got consistent holes on target. It was fun in the magnum snub! It shot to the fixed sights at ten yards! Last week I experienced the joy of four...
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    Casting 359 Hammers

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    Who likes to handload for handguns?

    I like to handload self cast hollow points in my hand guns. Please step into my office.Let's talk about it.
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    MP357-125.

    These are some bullets I cast last night. The plan is to feed my Ruger Blackhawk 357. It likes heavy loads of Winchester Auto Comp in 38 brass.
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    H110 and powdercoated semiwadcutters// I shoot so I can cast.

    Some thunder and lightning! Sent from my moto g power (2022) using Tapatalk
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    H110 and powdercoated semiwadcutters// I shoot so I can cast.

    Hello. Tonight I have been a casting machine. I might even dream of brass bullet molds tonight.:D My favorite subject about reloading ammunition is casting and coating my own bullets. Tonight I made two full one quart freezer bags of bullets. The first is a deeply hollow pointed 358429 bullet...
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    Hot sticky powder coated bullets // ensuring the smooth coating process

    Or!! How to avoid bullets sticking altogether, permanently. For this tutorial I'm using Patented Ultimate Chrome Version 2 from Powder by the Pound. There are many different powders that can be used for tumble coating bullets. I've also very successfully used Eastwood Ford light blue, Lime...
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    Soon I'll be raining bullets//hollow point mass production

    It all starts with staging my tools around the heat source in a semi circle organization. About two feet in front me is the turkey fryer with one quart stainless sauce pan heating up to cast. It is fed from a 5 gallon tank with the red regulator. I adjust the flames to barely tickle the...
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