redneck1
05-09-2018, 02:38 AM
I feel like I've been pretty lucky when it comes to the shooting sports.
Since I was a kid and got my first rifle I've been a pretty decent shot .
Not an expert by any means , I've never been good at shooting little tiny groups on paper , but I've been pretty fair at hitting what I'm aiming at . And the groups I do put on paper make me feel pretty darn good . So I feel lucky .
When I started re-loading as a youth because I couldn't afford ammo
I read the manuals and followed the directions as a result of that I made and still make pretty decent ammo . Without ever having any major issues . It makes me feel pretty darn lucky .
Then I started casting my own bullets to be able to shoot even more often . I jumped in blind , didn't know anything about bore/groove diameters or throats or any of that stuff .
But none of that seemed to matter , I learned how to cull out bad bullets and only use those with nice sharp driving bands and bases .
And along with some decent lube and an appropriate powder charge I had good luck with cast right from the start .
All of this good luck I have been blessed with has cause me to not be an expert shot , an expert hand loader nor an expert bullet caster .
And for that I feel like the luckiest guy on earth because it has allowed me more then a couple decades to enjoy my past time very thoroughly .. without all the headaches of being an expert at anything .
Since I was a kid and got my first rifle I've been a pretty decent shot .
Not an expert by any means , I've never been good at shooting little tiny groups on paper , but I've been pretty fair at hitting what I'm aiming at . And the groups I do put on paper make me feel pretty darn good . So I feel lucky .
When I started re-loading as a youth because I couldn't afford ammo
I read the manuals and followed the directions as a result of that I made and still make pretty decent ammo . Without ever having any major issues . It makes me feel pretty darn lucky .
Then I started casting my own bullets to be able to shoot even more often . I jumped in blind , didn't know anything about bore/groove diameters or throats or any of that stuff .
But none of that seemed to matter , I learned how to cull out bad bullets and only use those with nice sharp driving bands and bases .
And along with some decent lube and an appropriate powder charge I had good luck with cast right from the start .
All of this good luck I have been blessed with has cause me to not be an expert shot , an expert hand loader nor an expert bullet caster .
And for that I feel like the luckiest guy on earth because it has allowed me more then a couple decades to enjoy my past time very thoroughly .. without all the headaches of being an expert at anything .