Today at the Bench.....

[muforester]

Also working on loads for a new Charter Arms 44 special revolver. So far the most accurate loads have been 44Russian brass with a 240gr cast bullet.


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[JeffreyDeGraff]

I finally got some shooting done so now I have some projects to continue and rounds to load. I took my 35 Remington, 45/70, 375 Whelen, 9.3x74R, 284 Win, and 7.5x55 to the range yesterday and gathered some good data. It felt great to finally get out and shoot. Now it’s time to load up the next round of development for each of them.


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[JeffreyDeGraff]

Have you ever had a day when you should’ve never sat down at the bench?

Yesterday evening I went to load up a few test rounds, I powdered unprimed cases with ball powder, what a mess. I fixed that problem and proceeded to seat bullets with the wrong caliber seating die. After I fixed that problem I took a deep breath, ate some dinner, and retired to the couch. I got about a tenth done of what I wanted to get done last night, but for safety sake, quitting was my best option. Ugh.


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[Flyeralan]

Yup, have had this happen as well. Best thing you can do is walk away and try again some other time.

[JeffreyDeGraff]

Yup, have had this happen as well. Best thing you can do is walk away and try again some other time.

Amen to that!


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[JeffreyDeGraff]

Got a little more range time this past weekend. I shot my 32 Winchester special, 30-40 Krag, 44 Magnum, and 357 Magnum.

The 32 Special and 30-40 shot really well with my test loads, the 44 Mag Redhawk performed decently, and the 357 no change, blah.





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[JeffreyDeGraff]

This past week I made up some test loads for my Savage99 284 Winchester with 139gr interlocks and RL19, and 145gr Grand Slams and Ramshot Hunter. My Remington760 35 Remington with 200gr Hornady RN and AA2230. I also loaded some hunting rounds for the kids’ rifles, 7x57 with 120gr Ballistic Tips and IMR4064, and 30-06 with 150gr Hornady BTSP and IMR4064.


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[Flyeralan]

So after waiting patiently for 2 years for this to be released and then available, I finally picked this 1894 up on Saturday. Now to scope or not to scope?? It is a classic look and I am thinking no scope, what do you all think? My very first lever gun, by the way.
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[JeffreyDeGraff]

So after waiting patiently for 2 years for this to be released and then available, I finally picked this 1894 up on Saturday. Now to scope or not to scope?? It is a classic look and I am thinking no scope, what do you all think? My very first lever gun, by the way.
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AWESOME!! Is it 44 Magnum? I don’t have a 94 Marlin, but I would love to have one. Congrats!!

To me scopes look kinda ugly on lever actions, but are sometimes a necessary evil. If your eyes are still good enough for iron sights, I would suggest a nice set of skinner sights with an aperture rear. That would be very cool to me. If you do better with a scope, then a smallish scope like a straight tubed 1-4x20 or 1.5-5x20 would not look bad on it.

Whichever way you go, I am really excited for you, and hope you let us know how it shoots.


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[Flyeralan]

Yep, 44 Magnum. Ruger has done a pretty good job of maintaining the "classic" look of the lever guns they are introducing. I am going to at least wait until I get a chance to shoot it before I consider mounting a scope. Thanks for your thoughts, it is kind of how I am leaning.