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Just sharing some range-time photos

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#1 ·
Yesterday I spent several hours at our local outdoor "range" shooting rounds that I have been loading off and on for a few weeks. This was the first time I had a chance to set up my new chronograph to test the velocities of the rounds I have been loading. Perfect sunny, calm day around 70 degrees and I had the place to myself all the time I was there.

Actually, this was the first time I shot any of my pistol loads and I was a bit apprehensive because I was concerned about the crimps being either too tight or too loose and possibly causing over or under pressure problems. But, all went well with no failures to load, fire or eject and none of the brass has any nicks from ejecting.

This thread is nothing more than me having a great time yesterday seeing the results of my reloading efforts up to this point and wanting to share a few photos. The photo page will likely be boring or old hat to most but to some new reloaders like me, perhaps you'll understand my excitement.

This would also be a great time to say THANK YOU to all those who have helped me along the way.

The photos live here..... http://www.arizonapenco.com/range-visit-10-24.html
 
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#7 ·
Nice pics. I like that shooting bench, did you make it? Where can I find plans?
Lefty shootin' bench? I'm thinking about one similar, but I'm right handed, and here in Orygun I'd need the umbrella for the rain, not the sun...:cool: Good thread.
Nice range you've got there, Show Low! Did you make the shooting stand, or is it store-bought? I like the way it collapses so neatly!:)
Yes, I made it. I used Baltic plywood for strength and covered it with a polyurethane finish. I made a carrying starp for it but am too lazy to use so I just bolt the pieces together and carry it like you see it. The plans can be found here: http://www.realitysurvival.com/survival-resources/free-shooting-bench-design-plans/

I'm 6'3" and 240 lbs and after building the bench and trying it a few times I realized it was too short for me so I made some riser blocks for each part that touches the ground and now it's really comfy. There is a video on the site mentioned above that shows how it assembles and you might note that it is designed to be ambidextrous by simply reversing the rear panel and flipping the top surface over.
 
#5 ·
Great post Show Low! What's next! :D
 
#8 ·
Well, Hornady supplied me with a lot of free XTP bullets for buying their reloading press and individual die sets and I bought Barnes TSX bullets in several calibers so now I'll start loading those as well as continuing to see which loads I prefer for general plinking.
 
#6 ·
Nice range you've got there, Show Low! Did you make the shooting stand, or is it store-bought? I like the way it collapses so neatly!:)
 
#9 ·
Nice work. Looks like you had a great day.
Half the fun of shooting is finding the right load for your gun. As you have seen, there is no such thing as "one size fits all" for guns. If you're going for precision, you'll find that the fastest round is not always the best.

That bench looks great. Again, nice work.

Glad you are enjoying it. Look forward to your next installment.
 
#14 ·
Actually I'm just scratching the surface but at least I'll have something to go by when I step up .1g, .2g or .3g to see how the ballistics change. On this outing I was more concerned with shooting through the dead center of the chronograph rather than hitting a target, fortunately hitting near center on the chronograph most of the time did result in shredding the little target pretty well. My next outing will include taking the same loads and assigning different parts of the target to each to see if there some loads more accurate than others. Then see if small increases make the grouping better or worse, then....

Geeze........ this could take years! :)
 
#15 ·
Mine disassembles as well but I don't think I'll use pvc pipe on future stands. On almost every stand I have there are cracks around the tee fittings. I'm guessing the impact of bullets hitting the hard surface fiber board that I use to staple targets to is creating a ripple effect down to the pipes when the target is hit time after time. I've even hit the vertical sticks a few times but never hit the pipe or fittings.

Have you experienced any cracking of yours?
 
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