Ammunition

Here are some scattered notes and comments from today. I didn’t shoot very well in today’s 2700.

In the chronographing of various ammunitions and guns a few days ago I recorded the following five-shot string:

I chrono’d some 22 ammunition in two guns today. Specifically, I wanted to understand why one gun likes CCI Standard Velocity but jams on Federal Gold Medal Match 711B, and the second gun does the opposite.

My usual quota is 300 rounds in an evening, but starting about 2:00PM today and with two television breaks and another for dinner, I finished 1,000 rounds about 7:00PM.

If you reload 45 ACP for automatics (but not necessarily for revolvers), you need one of Bruce Martindale’s gauges.

Primers and powder need to be stored in their original containers, but locked well away from grasping and naive hands.

Step 1: Check the local laws for where you are going and make sure you are 100% in compliance.

When we do anything dangerous such as shooting guns, reloading ammunition or jumping out of airplanes, it is very helpful to have *several* overlapping things that, any one of which, will prevent or catch an otherwise fatal mistake.