I think I covered his needs for MORE POWER with the initial supply of rounds.   He does not need to be shooting them at all for years and years and years until his bones heal up really well.

If memory serves, the LEE style land rider bullets did well with the Swiss rifle, well enough anyway.

Lead bullets never show the full accuracy potential of a rifle, only jacketed bullets yield the best BC and long range performance and accuracy.

But you can't beat lead for close in plinking at the most reasonable cost.


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I just loaded up 136 rounds of 30-06 using a 150 grain jacketed slug (M2 to be specific) with only 40 grains of powder (IMR 7383) so the rounds are below the book sub-rounds and should be very easy on recovering wounded type people to shoot.

I'll make up some similar below the book sub-rounds for the 7mm-08 so the wounded won't get any more wounded.

(me too)

   


7mm-08 loads are only 35 grains of IMR 7383, this is way below listed book minimums -- might not even make it up to the old original 7mm mauser speeds but I bet it doesn't rock anybody's boat to be a shooting them.   Gentle as a baby, seriously.  

I also made a dozen each of the whole range (by 2 grain increments) between these dubby rounds going all the way up to the full bore 150 grain rounds I brought last time, the ones that walked the scope in the rings so badly.

I am interested in accuracy potential -- does a sweet spot exist with that particular rifle, bullet and powder (I gots lots of the bullets and powder) so if I can determine a sweet spot for accuracy I'd make up a bunch of them.

verslagen1 wrote on 11/06/14 at 15:25:42:


Do you have a tentative travel schedule of when you will be here in Oklahoma on the way to NC, and what days you need to be headed back to  CA after the ride ?  I have penciled in 2 days to get to MM's but we might be able to do it in one long day.

20 hr drive, I'll split into 2 days.
If I get in after dark, you'll need to shoot flares...
as google maps has your place in a haller next to the creek.

10 hrs to MMRanch between the 2 of us will be no problem.

(mike is going meet up with mike and go to mike's place)

This is going to be a fun year!

sorry... was talking to lancer.

your place don't look to bad as far as google.maps go.
at least it shows a house somewhere near the flag.

Most likely will be navigating by iphone.
so check what yours says and give me a map from where it goes astray to the right location.

Hey you guuuuuyyyyyyys....

I am still hoping my schedule will let me make a couple of days of this trip. My issue is I will have recently returned from a week's vacation so I am probably only good for Fri-Sat-Sun, maybe getting there late night on Fri if I can't take the day/afternoon off.

So, if I can make it and expect to ride all day Saturday and whatever I can squeeze in Sunday before I head home late Sunday, what would be the riding plans for those days?  Is it worth a short/quick weekend trip? (I am only about 4 hours away and will be trucking my bike in).  And if I wanted to stay with you guys I guess I could get there late Friday and sleep in the back seat of my truck at the ranch (I can sleep anywhere...not asking for a 'pity' bed or anything...seriously) and not fool with a tent since the next morning the party moves to Blue Ridge Campground.

Sorry for all of the questions...I really want to meet up and ride with some of you guys and I want to make sure I am not an inconvenience since I would just be bobbing in and out...and it wouldn't be any fun if I had to stay somewhere else and didn't get to hang out with my kinda peeps.

Well now, it is February again, we gots only 30 days to get our reservations all planned and diced out and our vacation time all spoken for.

Here are the dates Dave proposed and so far no one has attempted to change them, so they get used for hard planning unless somebody squeals foul right quick-like.

Wed June 10th - MMRanch accepting visitors.    Oldfeller arrives 9 to 10 AM
Thur June 11th -
Fri June 12th -
Sat June 13th - Pack up and head to Blue Ridge Campground
Sun June 14th -
Mon June 15th -
Tue June 16th -
Wed June 17th - Pack up and head home.

Folks planning to go to MM's need to say so as his wife will want to know how many are showing up and he will need to know so he can plan where to put them (he has more nooks and crannies to put folks in than you would believe -- some even have heat and AC).

I have started the ball rolling by reserving cabin #4 for Sat June 13th through Tuesday June 16th as that is the cabin that can sleep 4 (two on beds and two on the floor).   I know Lancer is going to want a bed for his creaky old bones, so he can jump into this one all quick like while the other bed is available.   Or he and Verslagen can take another cabin, their choice.  

Cabin #4 will fill up kinda quick-like, so speaky speaky don't be squeaky.   MM and Dave are already penciled into #4 unless they decide to tent, which is always possible.   Might ask Dave to bring his tent for somebody else to stay in as Dave will likely be bringing his trailer with him.

We have 5 full time people already planning on going to this section, with a couple of maybes and some one-day folks speaking up already.

WE NEED TO RATTLE THE BUSHES A BIT AND SHAKE OUT WHO IS GOING WHEN SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THEY GOT A PLACE TO SLEEP.