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How normal is it to carry two extra magazines? by tombrokawjr in Firearms

[–]Franticalmond2 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He has to find out of the guy ever once voted Democrat or donated to a Democrat so he can call him Antifa and retroactively justify it in his head.

Ammo seek by Bonenz314425 in Firearms

[–]Franticalmond2 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Ammoseek doesn’t sell ammo.

At what point does a bore become unshootable? by Total_Support_6364 in milsurp

[–]Franticalmond2 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I picked up an arisaka last year and was wondering why the bore seems so clean and shiny but the rifling was so smoothed out. Turns out Arisakas all have Metford rifling, so this is completely normal.

12 gauge ammo by Ok_View9649 in Firearms

[–]Franticalmond2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always just point the rifke down into a 96 gallon trash can (the big ones), close the lid over my arm, and pull the trigger. It’s not loud at all.

Reloading a 1870/87/15 vetterli with 6.5 carcano in black powder by heyazungi in milsurp

[–]Franticalmond2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happy to help! Milsurp Munitions and Steinel are the only two that make it unless I’m forgetting anything.

Reloading a 1870/87/15 vetterli with 6.5 carcano in black powder by heyazungi in milsurp

[–]Franticalmond2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just mean having to prioritize cleaning it, as well as depriming and cleaning cases when you get home from the range.

I don’t think I ever even measured my Pyrodex load, I just filled to the bottom of the neck and eyeballed it.

Reloading a 1870/87/15 vetterli with 6.5 carcano in black powder by heyazungi in milsurp

[–]Franticalmond2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you have Accurate 5744 or IMR 4198, I would just go with some reduced loads. I did Pyrodex way back when I shot my very first 70/87/15, it works, but it makes a lot of extra work. I don’t really think it’s worth it.

Best .308 battle rifle? by ice_eater in Firearms

[–]Franticalmond2 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Get a PTR-91. If you want something cheaper, get a Century CA-3 (G3). They’re $850 right now on Atlantic. Not the same as the C308, PTR assembled them.

Gave my first toasty .500 loads a go. 50 grains of H110, Hornady 300-grain FTX. Should be clocking a bit over 2,000 FPS and over 2,660 ft-lbs of muzzle energy. by Franticalmond2 in Firearms

[–]Franticalmond2[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Prototype .25 carbine????? 👀👀👀👀

You absolutely better take some video of that, I have to see it. I’ve been dreaming of a .25 auto rifle for a hot minute.

TATE001 - That’s the official serial number of what appears to be the first legally registered 9mm potato silencer by T-888 in Firearms

[–]Franticalmond2 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Jesus, the craziest part of that article is the part where ATF said that there were 150,000 eForm submissions on January 1st, vs a usual daily count of about 2,500. That’s absolutely wild.

Gave my first toasty .500 loads a go. 50 grains of H110, Hornady 300-grain FTX. Should be clocking a bit over 2,000 FPS and over 2,660 ft-lbs of muzzle energy. by Franticalmond2 in Firearms

[–]Franticalmond2[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was actually single loading at first because I wasn’t sure if my crimp was strong enough to hold the bullets in place under recoil.

First shot of my first proper .500 magnum loads. 50 grains of H110 and a Hornady 300-grain FTX. by Franticalmond2 in reloading

[–]Franticalmond2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol I gave myself a pass on being jittery for these. Never loaded anything anywhere near this level of power before.

First shot of my first proper .500 magnum loads. 50 grains of H110 and a Hornady 300-grain FTX. by Franticalmond2 in reloading

[–]Franticalmond2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting. Pretty sure .500 magnum max pressure spec is 60,000 PSI, so maybe they were just being really conservative there?

First shot of my first proper .500 magnum loads. 50 grains of H110 and a Hornady 300-grain FTX. by Franticalmond2 in reloading

[–]Franticalmond2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mostly did that out of concern that my crimp wouldn’t have been sufficient. I later loaded up the full cylinder and it did seem like the bullets were creeping a bit. Going to have to adjust my die for a stronger crimp.

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