Doing a little better...
Day one without the medicines that caused me all of that pain, and after a shower and as I drip dry here in front of the machine - I am feeling worlds better. I still ache gloriously in and around my shoulders, but at least it is not spreading down my back, across my bottoms and down the back of my legs.
Getting mentally prepared for the day ahead. I have a pretty neat, if soft spoken neighbor that lives upstairs from me. He wanted to at least experience what it is like to fire a weapon. Though I trust nothing bad will happen as long as he follows and I enforce some rules, there is that unknown factor that will always persist until I actually see how the man handles himself and a weapon.
I am going to drag the Saiga .308 Winchester with me and for a first time out, going to be loading light varmint 125 gr. loads for it with 38 gr. of Alliant 10x. Though in theory this will work excellent for a .223 Remington AR/DPMS clone, i have concerns that it will not cycle the large, heavy and long action of the Saiga. Single, hand loading of munitions may be key here. Also I will be loading low velocity wadcutters for the .45 ACP Ruger. Starting with 5.6 grains of Alliant Unique and seating a backwards 230 gr. FMJ round so the flat side is out should work fine. I predict a sedate, manageable 800~840 FPS there which should give the guy a taste without hammering him to pieces.
When collecting supplies to do this earlier, I took a jaunt up to Rogers to a sporting supply and hunting shop to pick up a shiny set of .308 dies, bullets, casings and primers for this weekend's foray. It turns out, they have been out of stock on the brass casings forever. Also, it is hard to find let alone order in the CCI primers needed to plug the pockets on these things with. It turns out that the U.S. government has contracted many of the would be manufacturers of ammunition and supply parts for the war effort. Winchester .308 and the primers have all dried up. None in stock, none forthcoming. So what does this mean? Hellacious prices even for hand reloaders like myself. But when this war is *finally* over, things should stabilize. I imagine a few years after it's said and done, I can clean up on Mil. Spec. Win .308 for a song. Unfortunately, what does that leave us with? Next to nothing for the hobbyist shooter - and Indian made 7.62x51mm or Win .308 is NOT a choice. Between wide and varying accuracy and loads and sub-par manufacturing leading to caseheads blowing apart upon extraction - not the thing one wants to gamble on.
Carry on all!
Oh, if anyone's interested, that Winchester .270 stock of 80 rounds in factory sealed and fresh packs of 20 ea. is still up for grabs.
Getting mentally prepared for the day ahead. I have a pretty neat, if soft spoken neighbor that lives upstairs from me. He wanted to at least experience what it is like to fire a weapon. Though I trust nothing bad will happen as long as he follows and I enforce some rules, there is that unknown factor that will always persist until I actually see how the man handles himself and a weapon.
I am going to drag the Saiga .308 Winchester with me and for a first time out, going to be loading light varmint 125 gr. loads for it with 38 gr. of Alliant 10x. Though in theory this will work excellent for a .223 Remington AR/DPMS clone, i have concerns that it will not cycle the large, heavy and long action of the Saiga. Single, hand loading of munitions may be key here. Also I will be loading low velocity wadcutters for the .45 ACP Ruger. Starting with 5.6 grains of Alliant Unique and seating a backwards 230 gr. FMJ round so the flat side is out should work fine. I predict a sedate, manageable 800~840 FPS there which should give the guy a taste without hammering him to pieces.
When collecting supplies to do this earlier, I took a jaunt up to Rogers to a sporting supply and hunting shop to pick up a shiny set of .308 dies, bullets, casings and primers for this weekend's foray. It turns out, they have been out of stock on the brass casings forever. Also, it is hard to find let alone order in the CCI primers needed to plug the pockets on these things with. It turns out that the U.S. government has contracted many of the would be manufacturers of ammunition and supply parts for the war effort. Winchester .308 and the primers have all dried up. None in stock, none forthcoming. So what does this mean? Hellacious prices even for hand reloaders like myself. But when this war is *finally* over, things should stabilize. I imagine a few years after it's said and done, I can clean up on Mil. Spec. Win .308 for a song. Unfortunately, what does that leave us with? Next to nothing for the hobbyist shooter - and Indian made 7.62x51mm or Win .308 is NOT a choice. Between wide and varying accuracy and loads and sub-par manufacturing leading to caseheads blowing apart upon extraction - not the thing one wants to gamble on.
Carry on all!
Oh, if anyone's interested, that Winchester .270 stock of 80 rounds in factory sealed and fresh packs of 20 ea. is still up for grabs.