Simmering on the burners for upcoming articles:
- Lake City armor piercing ammunition.... accuracy testing redux. We have on hand, thanks to a good man, a supply of both pulled AP bullets and original LC AP ammunition. Thanks to another good man, we have a US M1 Garand in premier condition. This presents a wonderful opportunity to test the original Lake City military AP against custom hand loads using the AP bullets in match prepped cases.
- Hand loads using the 62 grain SS109 bullet.... How fast, how far, how accurate?
- A book review... THE Garand history book to have.
- A series of articles (with video I hope) on basic reloading for beginners. Carteach has placed an order with Lee Precision for enough equipment to duplicate exactly what a beginning reloader might acquire, and will be writing up as easy and accurate a how-to as he can. (LOTS of requests for this one...)
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3 comments:
'Teach;
For your Appleseed event, a few ideas for your comfort and success.
I've attended two of them here in south Florida and learned a lot, even after 60 years of shooting.
A semi auto .22 rimfire is the preferred weapon of the day. A .223 AR is ok.
If you are past 40, an optic will help a lot. Bring at least 4 magazines, elbow pads, lots of ammo - like 400 rds, elbow pads, a good shooting mat and don't forget the elbow pads.
You will be doing 10 rd strings using 2 magazines. 2rds and 8 rds, just like a Garand.
Load the 2 rd first, fire one rd & change mags. This saves re-cocking (Ruger 10-22) or fumbling for a bolt release. (AR). Practice your trigger control and you will get your Rifleman patch on your first Appleseed event.
Good luck and enjoy the two days of shootey goodness.
Thank you for the tips! I will adopt and use them all, excepting perhaps the optic. This afternoon I pulled the Eotech and re-installed the A2 sights. I'm-a-practicing!
I made Rifleman this past weekend in Kingman, AZ.. a great experience, for sure. I, like you, have been shooting a looong time - and I learned (and sometimes re-learned) a great deal.
One thing they don't put in the 'to bring" list is a stapler (for posting targets) - bring one if you have one..:-)
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