Bad loads & scroungers
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Bad loads & scroungers
Another poster said he wasn't going to shoot someone else's reloads-smart. - Reminded me of a "happening" some years ago:
Back when components were cheap: --
I'd loaded 100 38 HBWCs way too weak somehow-barely clearing the 52 barrel & almost not making it to the 50 yard berm. - After 3 shots, I was dumping the rest into the Dud Can. -- Another Bullseye shooter asked why I didn't take them home & pull the bullets. I said I didn't want to bother with it. - He took them out of the Dud Can, saying he'd dismantle them.
Two weeks later at practice he came up & said there was something wrong with the loads I-GAVE-HIM. -- There were three HBWCs stuck in his 8" revolver barrel ! - -
Here's our signs. -- Russ
Back when components were cheap: --
I'd loaded 100 38 HBWCs way too weak somehow-barely clearing the 52 barrel & almost not making it to the 50 yard berm. - After 3 shots, I was dumping the rest into the Dud Can. -- Another Bullseye shooter asked why I didn't take them home & pull the bullets. I said I didn't want to bother with it. - He took them out of the Dud Can, saying he'd dismantle them.
Two weeks later at practice he came up & said there was something wrong with the loads I-GAVE-HIM. -- There were three HBWCs stuck in his 8" revolver barrel ! - -
Here's our signs. -- Russ
Russ OR- Posts : 269
Join date : 2011-06-10
Location : Oregon City, OR
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Re: Bad loads & scroungers
No good deed goes unpunished!Russ OR wrote:Another poster said he wasn't going to shoot someone else's reloads-smart. - Reminded me of a "happening" some years ago:
Back when components were cheap: --
I'd loaded 100 38 HBWCs way too weak somehow-barely clearing the 52 barrel & almost not making it to the 50 yard berm. - After 3 shots, I was dumping the rest into the Dud Can. -- Another Bullseye shooter asked why I didn't take them home & pull the bullets. I said I didn't want to bother with it. - He took them out of the Dud Can, saying he'd dismantle them.
Two weeks later at practice he came up & said there was something wrong with the loads I-GAVE-HIM. -- There were three HBWCs stuck in his 8" revolver barrel ! - -
Here's our signs. -- Russ
You can't fix stupid.
Al- Posts : 651
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Location : Bismarck, ND
Re: Bad loads & scroungers
Not exactly the same situation, but at one time someone I know developed a misguided affinity for trying to reload .32 S&W Long for ISSF Center Fire and Bullseye Center Fire (Walther GSP-C). If you've ever done any load development for target .32 S&W Long, you'll know that one ends up with a lot of trial rounds that are perfectly safe, but not match-accurate, and probably not something one would want to run through their precision Walther GSP-C.
This unnamed person came across an unexpected windfall of a $500 Visa gift card via an award from his/her place of employment, and they bought a Ruger GP100 in .327 Federal Mag with it.
A 6" Ruger GP100 is really fun to plink steel with soft .32 S&W Long target loads.
This unnamed person came across an unexpected windfall of a $500 Visa gift card via an award from his/her place of employment, and they bought a Ruger GP100 in .327 Federal Mag with it.
A 6" Ruger GP100 is really fun to plink steel with soft .32 S&W Long target loads.
john bickar- Posts : 2282
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Location : Menlo Park, CA
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Re: Bad loads & scroungers
john bickar wrote:f you've ever done any load development for target .32 S&W Long, you'll know that one ends up with a lot of trial rounds that are perfectly safe, but not match-accurate, and probably not something one would want to run through their precision Walther GSP-C.
My reloading bench has a painfully deep head shaped dent to attest to this.
straybrit- Posts : 390
Join date : 2012-09-05
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Re: Bad loads & scroungers
straybrit wrote:john bickar wrote:f you've ever done any load development for target .32 S&W Long, you'll know that one ends up with a lot of trial rounds that are perfectly safe, but not match-accurate, and probably not something one would want to run through their precision Walther GSP-C.
My reloading bench has a painfully deep head shaped dent to attest to this.
Not to quote myself, but:
john bickar wrote:A 6" Ruger GP100 is really fun to plink steel with soft .32 S&W Long target loads
john bickar- Posts : 2282
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Re: Bad loads & scroungers
My dad used to volunteer at a local shooting club for something to do, Back in the 70s.
They had a member who had a 44 magnum. The guy felt that elmer kieth 44 magnum loads were NOT powerful enough. He eventually bought a 454 casull. And after shooting factory ammo for a few months felt it was NOT powerful enough.
He bought reloading gear and started making his own ammo. Well he decided NOT to follow a load manual. And for some strange reason he blew his hand off. Following year he bought another handgun, and started reloading again.. Somehow managed to blow another gun, and a few fingers off his remaining hand.
That is why I personally dont touch mystery ammo in a baggie, or someone elses reloads.
They had a member who had a 44 magnum. The guy felt that elmer kieth 44 magnum loads were NOT powerful enough. He eventually bought a 454 casull. And after shooting factory ammo for a few months felt it was NOT powerful enough.
He bought reloading gear and started making his own ammo. Well he decided NOT to follow a load manual. And for some strange reason he blew his hand off. Following year he bought another handgun, and started reloading again.. Somehow managed to blow another gun, and a few fingers off his remaining hand.
That is why I personally dont touch mystery ammo in a baggie, or someone elses reloads.
Eindecker- Posts : 144
Join date : 2022-10-08
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