Back into Reloading......

[West_Fork]

If any of you guys go to mom n pop gunshops often, If you see any 450 marlin brass, can you pass the info to me. They want like $200-250 for 50 new cartridges on gunbroker. It cost more than buying the ammo........ Might be getting a lead sled and shooting my own brass.

Anybody own a lead sled? They reduce recoil alot? Part that touches your shoulder don't look too friendly.

A guy I went to the range with last week had one, I did not care for it. What I have found is that when you start strapping the gun down and clamping it and doing all this crap to make it an immovable object, it shoots completely different than from the shoulder. POI can shift dramatically. You don't really engage lead sleds with shoulder and check weld, its more a benchrest thing where you try to get sight picture and trigger control without touching the gun (for some folks).

What I have done in the past on guns I refuse to subject myself to on a bench, besides just adding weight to the gun (which again can change the POI) is use a continuous loop (cargo strap might work) and loop it around a heavy front rest and back to the butt stock to take the recoil. It worked good enough and I did not see a big difference in the POI.

Are you running a brake?

 

[MadMadHoosier]

A guy I went to the range with last week had one, I did not care for it. What I have found is that when you start strapping the gun down and clamping it and doing all this crap to make it an immovable object, it shoots completely different than from the shoulder. POI can shift dramatically. You don't really engage lead sleds with shoulder and check weld, its more a benchrest thing where you try to get sight picture and trigger control without touching the gun (for some folks).

What I have done in the past on guns I refuse to subject myself to on a bench, besides just adding weight to the gun (which again can change the POI) is use a continuous loop (cargo strap might work) and loop it around a heavy front rest and back to the butt stock to take the recoil. It worked good enough and I did not see a big difference in the POI.

Are you running a brake?

Agree. Perhaps if you are just shooting brass, and do not care much about point of impact, a lead sled could save your shoulder. But every time someone tells me they used one to sight their gun in for long range - inside I shake my head. Or… their definition of long range is different than mine :-)

 

[bigboreblr]

Agree. Perhaps if you are just shooting brass, and do not care much about point of impact, a lead sled could save your shoulder. But every time someone tells me they used one to sight their gun in for long range - inside I shake my head. Or… their definition of long range is different than mine :-)

At camp we shoot into a 230 yard swamp ontop of a 20ft or so cliff edge. Got a picnic table there. I have a metal handrail about the same height and distance from the seat just like most of my treestands. I get realistic practice there. I even try to far left and right shots. Of course when sighting in, I do have sandbags and use a shoot n clean stand too.

I got plenty to plany with. I order 100 rounds of 325gr FTX until I get full length brass. gunbroker wants $259 for 50....... A little nutty in my book. Wait in the bushes until some used comes in.

What I dumped into making a load for this gun, shoulda scooped up a 44 mag lever gun. I respect other hunters decisions on how and whee to shoot, I don't shoot far, so I don't need a long range gun. 200 yards If I did good range work over the summer. Otherwise 150 yards. Pretty often in NY get her done in bow ranges, which I wait for. Hunting field edges in standing corn, no need for a 24x scope.....

The 24V.... Think I sold her about 10 years ago. Wanted it for something you cant do in NY.