44Blam
09-27-2020, 02:16 AM
Today I went to the range to test some 350 legend rounds.
At the range there was one older gentleman shooting an air gun and a young guy shooting a .22 and a Mini 14.
As I was shooting the 350, the young guy came up and was asking me what I was shooting and what was that orange thing on the bench...
I told him, it's a LabRadar chrono and I am shooting 350 legend. I showed him my numbers and let him scope my shots. Every ladder he kept asking, "How fast were those?". Pretty funny.
At the end I packed up my rifle and I decided to just chrono some well known rounds that I shoot in 44 mag.
This is in my Ruger Redhawk with a 7.5" barrel.
I shot my mid rang load (unique) and it was (as expected) around 1100 fps. Then I shot my W296 loads and it was (as expected) around 1450 fps.
At the time, the young guy who was all interested in my measurements asked me about the pistol measurements. I shared and asked him, do you want to shoot the hottest 44 Magnum that I know to be accurate? He smiled and grabbed the gun.
While he was shooting another guy came in and was like WHAAAT IS THAT???
I looked at him and said, it's 44 Magnum, you are welcome to shoot a wheel.
That guy asked me "how much are those bullets?" I said "These boolits are about $0.23 a piece, don't worry about it." And handed him my revolover.
He shot ONE round and told me that it made his day - but he was really happy to have had the opportunity to shoot it.
I watched as two other people shot my gun and realized that it was pushing out a massive amount of energy. You don't seem to get this when you shoot, but it is there.
I went on to load one more wheel where (single action) I popped 2 clays at 50 yards and 2 clays at 75 yards (1 miss each) and just put the gun up. To me it doesn't seem like a big deal, but I think it just might be. :D
At the range there was one older gentleman shooting an air gun and a young guy shooting a .22 and a Mini 14.
As I was shooting the 350, the young guy came up and was asking me what I was shooting and what was that orange thing on the bench...
I told him, it's a LabRadar chrono and I am shooting 350 legend. I showed him my numbers and let him scope my shots. Every ladder he kept asking, "How fast were those?". Pretty funny.
At the end I packed up my rifle and I decided to just chrono some well known rounds that I shoot in 44 mag.
This is in my Ruger Redhawk with a 7.5" barrel.
I shot my mid rang load (unique) and it was (as expected) around 1100 fps. Then I shot my W296 loads and it was (as expected) around 1450 fps.
At the time, the young guy who was all interested in my measurements asked me about the pistol measurements. I shared and asked him, do you want to shoot the hottest 44 Magnum that I know to be accurate? He smiled and grabbed the gun.
While he was shooting another guy came in and was like WHAAAT IS THAT???
I looked at him and said, it's 44 Magnum, you are welcome to shoot a wheel.
That guy asked me "how much are those bullets?" I said "These boolits are about $0.23 a piece, don't worry about it." And handed him my revolover.
He shot ONE round and told me that it made his day - but he was really happy to have had the opportunity to shoot it.
I watched as two other people shot my gun and realized that it was pushing out a massive amount of energy. You don't seem to get this when you shoot, but it is there.
I went on to load one more wheel where (single action) I popped 2 clays at 50 yards and 2 clays at 75 yards (1 miss each) and just put the gun up. To me it doesn't seem like a big deal, but I think it just might be. :D