Sunday, July 19, 2015

Sunday Family Shoot 07/19/15

Sunday shooting in the back yard, with our new, improved backstop.  Last week I experimented with Fast Draw Cartridges, which are .45 Colt blank brass, a standard primer, 3.0 grains of Hodgdon's Triple Seven, and a wax bullet.  The small charge of black powder gives smoke for the spectators and makes the match more visually appealing.

The match cartridges aren't necessary, but as an old-time reloader I had what I needed to make them and decided to put some together.

Here, in a short video, we have Matt shooting against Zachary.



Milady and I will practice some this week, then start packing for the shoot in Odessa next weekend.  We'll leave here Thursday morning early, and be ready to shoot on Friday morning.

2 comments:

  1. Hot shooting on a hot day!

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  2. Coning together rather nicely! And under a second is GOOD!

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