sal
.30 Stingray
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Post by sal on Mar 25, 2015 23:50:46 GMT -5
This post shouldn't be over!
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Post by 2 Dogs on Mar 26, 2015 8:34:45 GMT -5
Heck Sal, I bought a pound of Steel yesterday. I havent even gotten to my brothers various 32s either.
Be nice to know what you are shooting too!
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sal
.30 Stingray
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Post by sal on Mar 27, 2015 23:47:47 GMT -5
I've been so busy unloading 5th wheel after 6 months at Lake Havasu, AZ I havent had time to respond. 2Dogs,Besides fishing and shooting my Buckeye that Huntington turned the 32 mag to 327 mag and reloading for both, I think I shot more then fished. I have had so much fun trying yours and tanks loads, I went thru a lot of powder and lead. I have been powder coating the Sledgehammer and having a great time with different things to try. The Sledge with 12.5 H-110 seems to shoot the best. Thanks also To Sixshot for the tips on powder coating. I've learned so much on this site, thanks to everyones input. Thanks for the site Lee!
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sal
.30 Stingray
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Post by sal on Mar 27, 2015 23:50:31 GMT -5
I meant thanks Hoover, Not tank. Although I think He is ?
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Post by 2 Dogs on Mar 29, 2015 6:49:35 GMT -5
I made up 2 different 327 shot shells. More to follow....
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jsh
.327 Meteor
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Post by jsh on Mar 29, 2015 22:24:13 GMT -5
Anyone know if the SS7's with a 5.5 or 7.5 barrel has enough elevation to reach to 100 yards. I would think both should, but I am going to try the 130 in the 32 mag case. Goes against my better judgment but am going to try a few. May deep seat in the 327 and see what happens. I absolutely hate the ring that is left when using short brass in long chambers. Jeff
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Post by 2 Dogs on Mar 30, 2015 8:38:34 GMT -5
JSH, if you happen to be shooting one of Callshots loads, then it is highly unlikely your bullet will even reach 50 yards unless maybe you throw it really hard like they did in the old cowboy movies. That said, I have done a bit of shooting with my loads to 100 yards on broken clay pidgeons and rocks and such and you have to be careful about holdover or you will shoot well over your target....
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Post by 2 Dogs on Mar 30, 2015 8:58:05 GMT -5
OK, shotshell recipe as follows. Size and prime a case. Go ahead bell it as normal. Add 3 grains of a fast burning pistol powder. Bullseye, Unique, not sure it matters. Seat a gas check cup side up against the powder. I used my Benchrest Arbor press and a .270" pin gauge to keep the check as straight as possible. Add #8 shot (or finer if you have it) to the brim. Press in another gas check cup side down. Again, my Arbor press helped here and it seated the cup nice and straight. Run it up through your crimp die and you are done. An alternate method requires 00 buckshot. Here, we are going to create a ball and shot load. I took my Cold Steel blade and cut the crimp off a round of Federal 12 ga 00 buck to extract 9 round pellets. I noted that the shot was copper plated. I measured them with my calipers at .335" or so. I went ahead and ran the pellets through my Star sizer to .3135". I ran them through one after the other and decided that next time I am going to run them through the sizer one at a time just for the sake of consistency. I added shot until the case was about 8/10s full. I seated the pellet about halfway down its length and crimped as normal. I consulted with my old friend Terry Murbach who is a wonderful resource. He said he would add a bit of bullet lube like soft alox to the recipe. Since my pellet was plated and my shot appeared to have a coating on it I didnt bother but one cannot discount his council. A brief test showed the ball/shot load to give a far better pattern. I fired both rounds at about 6 feet. Point of impact for the pellet was about 1.5 inches low so remember to adjust your aim point to account for the fact that at such close range the centerline of the barrel is quite a bit lower than the top of the sights. Pics to follow....
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snappy
.30 Stingray
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Post by snappy on Mar 30, 2015 11:21:22 GMT -5
Thanks Fermin. Great post.
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jsh
.327 Meteor
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Post by jsh on Mar 30, 2015 12:28:43 GMT -5
I always wondered why they snapped their wrist. Must have had to do that to get the bullet started. Only reason I asked on sights was the 32 mag seemed like I sure had to put a bunch of elevation in to get to 50. They were some anemic loads though. Jeff
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Post by 2 Dogs on Apr 6, 2015 13:52:31 GMT -5
I have hammered out a super flat fulla splat Jack Rabbit load for my 7.5" S7. I plan to do some work here coming up in the future with Steel and re-visit Blue Dot powder but for now H110 lands my bullet right on top of my front sight and this load is very flat to 50 yards. I will be shooting it at 100 here soon to check my drop. Here is a 25 yard target shot with a pretty strong wind which was fortunately at my back. Velocity is 1488 fps.
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Post by bushog on Apr 6, 2015 14:00:57 GMT -5
Awesome!
Ya' gotta' love the targets!
"Seek Wisdom and Truth"
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Post by 2 Dogs on Apr 6, 2015 14:11:49 GMT -5
Just a couple of other notes. As you can see, the above target has some rain drops on it. I was able to save it, but the rest were a complete loss for the rain. I did get to test Alan Hartons custom Bearcats a bit on my wet targets. I purchased several boxes of factory ammunition as I am WAS bit reluctant to run some of my stout handloads through those little gems. I don't know for sure because I don't own one, but I am betting these custom Bearcats cost at least what a full 5 shot full size conversion would be and perhaps a bit more. My thinking was that some due care was called for with these expensive little dudes. Thus the factory ammo.
What I found out was that the facory ammo was HOT! Wow. I don't shoot much factory stuff in anything but 2 loads I had (Federal and Speer) were indeed stout. As I indicated, Ray and I had barely got our targets up when it began to blow like mad and rain on us so running these loads over the chrono was out of the question. I plan to check them on a better day and see exactly how hot they really are. As to the Bearcats, those tiny sights are very hard to see. 25 yards might as well be a mile. More, while the little Bearcat would make for a powerful compact piece there just is not enough grip there for me to be able to "ride" during recoil. These little dudes JUMP! 25 yard groups ran 3-5 inches. I will give them another run and post some pics here as I can.
I also got to shoot my brothers Smith and Wesson 16 32 magnum. That one is definitely a shooter. No longer in production, they command premium prices as well. The only problem with it is that the front sight is just a little short to get a just right zero. Again, as I can, I will get some pics up.
It NEVER rains this much in S. Texas.
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Post by bushog on Apr 6, 2015 19:37:20 GMT -5
When I was talking to Alan about them he said the .327s were "SNAPPY" on a bearcat frame.
The .327 conversions are quite a chunk of change more than even the 5 shot .32 H&R conversions.
I guess the cylinder window has to be opened length wise too for the .327?
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Post by 2 Dogs on Apr 6, 2015 19:39:05 GMT -5
That is correct.
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