Yes, I have been ignoring short arms.

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No, not short arms inspection.

Caliber .45 Automatic Colt Pistol! I hauled out an ammo box of ten 100-rounds plastic boxes and it felt a little light. After full inventory, I discovered a shortage of 200 grain Semi-Wad-Cutters.

Had to switch out the bullet seater to flat nose.

Then, make sure they pass the “plonk” test.

Maybe test it tomorrow?

Back to Winter Shooting

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So how did the 156 Bergers shoot? Not bad:

That’s 4 rounds of the 39 g. load. The 40 g. load opened up a bit, but looking at SD and ES, there was at least one bad reload.

To make the point, I shot my last two rounds of it at a 300 yard silhouette:

Just over an inch. I’ll take that all day long. And when I shot the Dueling tree paddles, the impact was impressive. Nothing like upping the M in the F=MA.

But the best surprise of the day was shooting some Hornady 120 ELD M I had put together a while back:

4 rounds, baby!

Those sure look pretty

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Wow, that is one long, large bullet for caliber. The last time I loaded these was 5 years ago. I put them aside since they “only” grouped at .75”. And it’s a hunting round!

I wanted to shoot today, but it was first blowing snow day up here. Yes, my age is showing.