What did you shoot off for Independance Day ?

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05 July 2009, 13:04

gumboot458

What did you shoot off for Independance Day ?

. Other than a bunch of fireworks , My 375 Ruger !! Barley made it into the big bore forum with that one ......

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. Biggest reason I can find to get an over .50 cal rifle .....

05 July 2009, 19:08

375er

375 H&H! Finished load development on 270 gr. TSX. Makes a much bigger bang than those 20 cent rockets!

05 July 2009, 20:16

buckeyeshooter

my mouth at the family BBQ

05 July 2009, 21:16

Idaho Sharpshooter

4-pounder civil war survivor. 1/2lb of cannon powder and a #3 juice can full of plaster of paris. Awesome.

Rich
DRSS
Cannon-cocker twice a year

05 July 2009, 21:24

Robgunbuilder

1919A4 in .308 three total( 250Rd linked) Belt dumps on my blaster barrel! Many Many water bottles gave their all! OH SUCH Satisfaction! -Rob

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05 July 2009, 22:07

E. Gonzales

Well the kids showed up and we went to the range and it was a 22 12 gauge pump RSM 458lott and a Bauska 505gibbs. had a good little session of burning powder!!

05 July 2009, 22:13

nopride2

My 577 2 3/4" bpe.

Dave

05 July 2009, 22:23

Dave Bush

Krieghoff .500/.416

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05 July 2009, 23:04

Palmer

My 1911 45

Shot at a copperhead by my garage. Missed three times.

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From yon far country blows:
What are those blue remembered hills,
What spires, what farms are those?
That is the land of lost content,
I see it shining plain,
The happy highways where I went
And cannot come again.

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05 July 2009, 23:17

Mike Brooks

quote:
What did you shoot off for Independance Day ?

ME!!!

And a bunch od bottle rockets!

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05 July 2009, 23:28

Rick R

12ga

Shot a round of sporting clays with my wife and father in law.

She had the high score

06 July 2009, 02:05

D Humbarger

1911 45 acp.

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Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club 72'73.
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06 July 2009, 06:08

Rub Line

M1 Garand, 1919a4.

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06 July 2009, 06:14

Big Bore Boar Hunter

A nail gun. Been busy over the weekend converting a bedroom to a nursery. But I've been itching to blow something up real bad!

John

06 July 2009, 06:34

Jason Johnson

375 H&H,458 win mag, .223(AR 15), .40 s&w and alot of fireworks.

06 July 2009, 07:29

stuntpilot2

A salvo of large model rockets. Each sported ~1900 grains of propellant.

Besides the required (tedious) FAA FAR 101.22 notifications, the kids thought the mini NASA simulation and multi-thousand foot apogees were tip top.

Got my fair share of exercise today during the multi-mile retrievals....

06 July 2009, 09:22

N E 450 No2

I helped shoot a bunch of BIg fireworks at a party I was at.

However when I got home it was the 5th, so this might not count, but my wife went out to check on our ducks and guineas, and saw a snake. I went out and killed it with a 18.5" doubled bbled 20ga.

I think it was a Texas Rat snake, it was @5ft 8 inches.

06 July 2009, 11:26

gumboot458

.......... AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

06 July 2009, 19:26

onefunzr2

Tried out my new 375 H&H barrel for Blaser R-93. Mounted a Leupold 1.5-5X scope and then loaded 69gr of RL-15 under 260gr Nosler Accubonds. 5 shots off of tripod sticks @ 30 yards to get it on the paper. Mostly I wanted to see how much it kicked...it's only a 7.5 pound rifle.

07 July 2009, 13:20

gumboot458

. That would be a nice easy shooting load .. I shoot 74 gr RL15 with the 270 gr bullet in both the H&H and the 375 Ruger .... It,s an easy to remember load .. How much shorter is the action length of the Blaser than say a standard length action ??? Does it make for an overall shorter rifle ?

07 July 2009, 16:47

onefunzr2

69.0gr was Nosler's most accurate load and their starting load. I'm working up my loads and breaking in the new barrel both at the same time. Only 17 bullets down this tube, not counting factory proof loads.

I don't know the R-93's action length, nor a standard action length.

Overall length is 43.3".

Length of pull including recoil pad is 14.3"

Barrel length (muzzle to bolt face) is 25"

07 July 2009, 16:51

jeffeosso

just my 500 AR, and BBQ

opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club

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08 July 2009, 02:34

degoins

my Searcy 450/400.....6 rounds at various rotten logs in the woods behind the house.