Gun-Ban Shenanigans at the UN

Do you fire that .50 from a vise with a long string?

I was shooting the Corbon 275 gr factory loads on the first couple shots. The range was full of deep, soupy mud. I wanted to plant my spinner, but it was just impossible. There were shards of clay birds about 30 yards from the firing line. They made cool targets. The round not only shattered the shards, but it tossed mud about 70 feet straight up! I only shot 3 rounds of the factory Corbon stuff. It is pricey at $35 for 12 rounds. I did try my first 10 hand-loaded rounds of 300 gr JHP over 40 gr of H4227. The first round was a disappointing squib. The powder scorched and the bullet lodged in the forcing cone. The other 9 rounds went off fine...after tipping the powder back on the flash hole. That's why the next 10 rounds were loaded with 42.5 gr of H4227, a large magnum rifle primer and a shorter over all length (deeper seating of the bullet). All 10 went bang and put some nice dents in the spinner :-)

BTW, the 275 gr Corbon factory loads are very tame in the 82 oz 500 magnum. Less felt recoil than a factory 240 gr JHP .44 mag (PMC) fired from an S&W 629 with 4" barrel. I can do that one-handed. The most vicious round I've fired so far is a factory Hornady 300 gr JHP .454 Casull from a Ruger .454 Casull (7.5" barrel). That round develops 1500 ft-lbs at the muzzle. The 50 yard velocity is 1500 fps. It stings your palms like a slap from a baseball bat. There is a Corbon loading that develops 1902 ft-lbs at the muzzle. That sounds painful.

And I understand a few people have two guns.

And some of us have more than we'll ever admit to.

Some in the den....

Some more in the utility room....

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