for give me if this is the wrong place for this. im really pretty new here. as a long time shotgun user i feel fairly safe in shooting as i know that the pellets are going to"die" quickly. Not careless in choosing a back drop. presently were working on putting together a 32cal revolver/rifle for turkeys.(nagant parts)turkey hunting locals here dont always have real clear back stops. want to load 32-20"s that have reasonably a predictable "dieing" range. is that possible? am a pretty good shot put occassionaly i miss.

Here's a link to a maximum distance calculator.
Use with caution. The best "dying range" for rifles and pistols is when they hit a known backstop.

http://www.jbmballistics.com/cgi-bin/jbmdist-5.1.cgi

Hi! Have you got a 7.62mm Nagant? Here in England I have one and so does a fellow "gun club" member.

We don't use them for hunting just target shooting.

But FWIW we use the Lee C309-113-F in it. With NO gas check. Works OK.

Most of the real concern is angles you are shooting at... If you are shooting "Up" - bullets go a LOT further than if you are shooting "Down"...

Like.. say shooting out of a stand or standing and shooting at a turkey on level ground... A clean miss will put the bullet into the ground near the target....

Shooting from prone or shooting up a hill.... Well - I sure hope you have forest to catch the bullet...

But.. Loads wise... Inside of 100 yards - shoot cast bullets over small charges of pistol powder... If you keep things subsonic starting off - you have to really work at it to get them to go past 300 yards...

Factory loaded stuff - just use "Cowboy load" ammo...

Thanks

Thank you. Some very helpful and useful info. Yes we own a number of nagant rifles and pistols. The rifles are quite capeable weapons and generally available here at very low costs. The revolevers are also inexpensive and until recently the 32-20 was a popular small/ medium size game taker. The revolver is the bases for the firearm were building. Were using the rifle barrel from a nagant rifle to create a weapon not unlike the revolver/rifle colt made two hundred years ago. Again; thank you all very much.