Met a fellow at the range this morning. Found out he is a Army recruiter and lives just a few miles from me. While spotting for each other I mentioned I also shoot cast. After awhile I went to the truck and got my Rem 700 in 30.06 along with my NOE 311299 loads. He eyed them with a little skepticism and wondered out loud if they would be accurate. I assured him they were accurate just slow (1900 fps).
We started at 300 yards and took turns ringing steel. Then it was 50 yards more and 50 yards more and so on until we were at the 600 yard steel. He was having a blast watching the trace and kept commenting the bullet looked like a boat going down range. I told him that's why I call them my cruise missiles. He got a kick as he matched me ringing steel at every berm. That 202gr bullet would really bong the target and set it swinging. Lots of smiles and laughs by both of us. He was so into shooting lead that we went through almost 50 rounds while his own rifle stayed in the rack. At first he was concerned about the money we were burning up in ammo. I laughed and told him they might cost me 7 cents a round so don't worry keep shooting.
The seed has been planted, I wonder if the lead fever will take?