Nothing weeds out the range newbie's like...

Brett K · 01-21-2017, 6:58pm

158grains of .357. Two or three people next to us were covering their ears and looking at me and started asking "What the hell was that?" The range instructor came over and told them that was the sweet sound of freedom. I didn't want to ruin their fun, so I switched over to 9mm until they left

DAB · 01-21-2017, 7:00pm

44 mag from a 629 6" also draws attention.

Rotorhead · 01-21-2017, 7:03pm

I was at Shoot Straight in WPB, fecker was shooting a .308 with a 12" barrel. Made my sinuses hurt.

Brett K · 01-21-2017, 7:03pm

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Originally Posted by DAB

44 mag from a 629 6" also draws attention.

I'll bet it does. Probably doesn't fall under the category of fun to shoot 100 rounds from though!

OddBall · 01-21-2017, 7:05pm

Louder than a liberal whining.

Brett K · 01-21-2017, 7:07pm

I'm a little concerned about my current ar-15 build as I went with a pinned and welded muzzle break instead of the standard A2 flash hider. I heard it can be rather unpleasant to those to the left and right. I don't want to be a jerk though so I will try it at an empty range first to see how it is.

Jeff '79 · 01-21-2017, 7:09pm

Hell, that'll wake up an non newb.

Rotorhead · 01-21-2017, 7:12pm

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Originally Posted by Brett K

I'm a little concerned about my current ar-15 build as I went with a pinned and welded muzzle break instead of the standard A2 flash hider. I heard it can be rather unpleasant to those to the left and right. I don't want to be a jerk though so I will try it at an empty range first to see how it is.

Heavy muzzle breaks suck if you're not the shooter.

DAB · 01-21-2017, 7:23pm

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Originally Posted by Brett K

I'll bet it does. Probably doesn't fall under the category of fun to shoot 100 rounds from though!

i used it to re-qualify for my CCW last year. had a great time shooting it. one whiner wanted to know why "some" people had to shoot so fast.....because i could. perfect score too.

boracayjohnny · 01-21-2017, 7:30pm

I enjoy the smell of gunpowder. Ok, I'm weird since I also like the smell of jet exhaust.

DAB · 01-21-2017, 7:36pm

"i'm buying gold!"

"i'm buying lead, brass, nitrocellulose"

StaticCling · 01-21-2017, 7:44pm

Last range outing I had loaded up some 158gr Hornady JHP with Winchester 296 (357 Magnum obviously).

Now, if you don't know Win296, it's a Magnum only powder. There is very little variance between Minimum/Maximum charge...it's designed to be loaded hot. I don't remember where I put them, but it was over 15 grains of powder I believe, of course a published load. Believe I was using Winchester Magnum Primers, maybe CCI? But either way, they were Small Pistol Magnum Primers.

The bark from those out of my 4 inch 586 Classic was IMPRESSIVE. Stout recoil, nothing out of the ordinary or uncontrollable, but LOUD.

But where that load was REALLY impressive was out of my Rossi 92 (Winchester 92 clone) - I was ringing steel at anwhere from 35 to 100 yards with that load and the fuggin targets were practically swining up and over the steel beams they were chained to. They hit fukin HARD.

I need to chrono that load and see where it's at, but I'll bet that load was damn near 30-30 load velocity.

357 Magnum is an Impressive round when loaded to its potential.

Bill · 01-21-2017, 8:09pm

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Originally Posted by Brett K

158grains of .357. Two or three people next to us were covering their ears and looking at me and started asking "What the hell was that?" The range instructor came over and told them that was the sweet sound of freedom. I didn't want to ruin their fun, so I switched over to 9mm until they left

The sweet sound of freedom will come when silencers aren't required to come with a tax stamp and a proctology exam. Just sayin'.

Our best chance of this happening is this year, striking while the iron is hot, as it were.

Jeff '79 · 01-21-2017, 8:09pm

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Originally Posted by bill_daniels

The sweet sound of freedom will come when silencers aren't required to come with a tax stamp and a proctology exam. Just sayin'.

Our best chance of this happening is this year, striking while the iron is hot, as it were.

JRD77VET · 01-21-2017, 8:11pm

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Originally Posted by DAB

44 mag from a 629 6" also draws attention.

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Originally Posted by Brett K

I'll bet it does. Probably doesn't fall under the category of fun to shoot 100 rounds from though!

Very comfortable to shoot 200 rounds out of the Ruger Super Redhawk. My 300 grain handloads knock all the dust out of the ceiling tiles ( plus big fireballs too ) at my gunclub.

99 pewtercoupe · 01-21-2017, 8:11pm

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Originally Posted by chinaski

Last range outing I had loaded up some 158gr Hornady JHP with Winchester 296 (357 Magnum obviously).

Now, if you don't know Win296, it's a Magnum only powder. There is very little variance between Minimum/Maximum charge...it's designed to be loaded hot. I don't remember where I put them, but it was over 15 grains of powder I believe, of course a published load. Believe I was using Winchester Magnum Primers, maybe CCI? But either way, they were Small Pistol Magnum Primers.

The bark from those out of my 4 inch 586 Classic was IMPRESSIVE. Stout recoil, nothing out of the ordinary or uncontrollable, but LOUD.

But where that load was REALLY impressive was out of my Rossi 92 (Winchester 92 clone) - I was ringing steel at anwhere from 35 to 100 yards with that load and the fuggin targets were practically swining up and over the steel beams they were chained to. They hit fukin HARD.

I need to chrono that load and see where it's at, but I'll bet that load was damn near 30-30 load velocity.

357 Magnum is an Impressive round when loaded to its potential.

Nothing like letting loose with a 357 at dusk at an outdoor range and watching people's reactions to the visual effects on top of the noise.

boracayjohnny · 01-21-2017, 8:29pm

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Originally Posted by JRD77VET

Very comfortable to shoot 200 rounds out of the Ruger Super Redhawk. My 300 grain handloads knock all the dust out of the ceiling tiles ( plus big fireballs too ) at my gunclub.

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Originally Posted by 99 pewtercoupe

Nothing like letting loose with a 357 at dusk at an outdoor range and watching people's reactions to the visual effects on top of the noise.