The past couple years I've been shooting a lot of 22 rifle matches. There are three ranges near me that shoot the out to 200 meters. Shot NPCCC yesterday.
NPCCC
Michigan City
SAM Range near Toto
I do not use a Lee Factory Crimp Die (FCD) for my revolvers. I shoot mostly cast or swaged bullets. Those are normally 1 to 2 thousandths larger than jacketed bullets. Sometimes you need to go larger, depending on bore size.
The Lee FCD sizes the entire loaded round, thus swaging the bullet...
This is the best explanation for hip shooting, I think. The video is about point shooting, but at around 1:50 into the video, he does some hip shooting and had some explanations. In one of our courses of fire in Blythe's pistol league, we do some close-up hip shooting, just to get the feel of...
Nice find. I have one like that that's make in 1956, the year I was born. I've shot mine at Camp Perry and other matches for distinguished revolver matches and occasionally in my pistol league.. It doesn't hurt to shoot them. Just don't abuse it.
Over the years I've been at gun shows for some clubs I was in, trying to draw more interest. There were so many people that said they just shoot in their back yard. That's fine for some things, but you are tested more in a competition and that will up your game. Especially if you shoot with...
Those that suggest .357 must not reload. As Leo mentions, the 44mag is best if you reload. I consider it the most versitile revolver cartridge around, for a reloader. I have 8 handloads for the 44mag myself. Bullet weights from 165gr thru 300gr. There are also larger than 300 grains, although I...
For light cowboy action 45 Colt loads, I use Clays. For hotter loads I use 10gr of AA#5 w/ 250gr RNFP. Three loads with 10gr AA#5 in three different cartridges. Interesting.
After the explosion at the plant that made Clays powder years ago, I started using Clay Dot. Works pretty well. When I was able to get Clays again, I still used Clay Dot for shotgun since it takes much more powder than the light pistol loads. The 12 guage loads with Clay Dot leave some powder...