chsparkman
03-26-2013, 10:22 PM
Yesterday, on my first day of Spring Break, it snowed here in Northern Virginia. I was hoping to get to the range everyday this week but had to wait until today.
Started the day by driving down to Green Top in Ashland to see what they had in stock. No powder, no primers, no 22LR. Their gun inventory was very good though. Went over to Outdoor World and was surprised to see some 22LR on hand. Limit two boxes. I got two boxes of Fed. Champion (325 for $18) and then saw a good supply of Stingers. Thought I'd get a couple of boxes of those too, but nothing doing; limit of two boxes per caliber. Oh well...next time. Still no powder.
From there I came back to NoVA and went to the range and tested some new loads in .223. They seemed promising; no key-holing and no leading...now to work up a good load. Same with the 9mm. Also brought out my new (to me) .41 mag Bisley. It shot terrific. Used Saeco 220GC over 15.4 gr. 2400. Stout but not overpowering and very accurate. Next came the new .44 special Ruger Flattop Bisley. 240 LSWC over 6.7 Universal Clays. Very mild load but it took a while to get it on paper. It started out shooting way too low so had to adjust it quite a bit. It got better but still not very accurate. The short 4.75" barrel might be part of the cause, that and I forgot my aperture sticker for my glasses. (Wish I could see as well as 15 years ago.)
Three days left in the week and still more shooting to do.
Started the day by driving down to Green Top in Ashland to see what they had in stock. No powder, no primers, no 22LR. Their gun inventory was very good though. Went over to Outdoor World and was surprised to see some 22LR on hand. Limit two boxes. I got two boxes of Fed. Champion (325 for $18) and then saw a good supply of Stingers. Thought I'd get a couple of boxes of those too, but nothing doing; limit of two boxes per caliber. Oh well...next time. Still no powder.
From there I came back to NoVA and went to the range and tested some new loads in .223. They seemed promising; no key-holing and no leading...now to work up a good load. Same with the 9mm. Also brought out my new (to me) .41 mag Bisley. It shot terrific. Used Saeco 220GC over 15.4 gr. 2400. Stout but not overpowering and very accurate. Next came the new .44 special Ruger Flattop Bisley. 240 LSWC over 6.7 Universal Clays. Very mild load but it took a while to get it on paper. It started out shooting way too low so had to adjust it quite a bit. It got better but still not very accurate. The short 4.75" barrel might be part of the cause, that and I forgot my aperture sticker for my glasses. (Wish I could see as well as 15 years ago.)
Three days left in the week and still more shooting to do.