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Originally posted by rob love
Thats a gift from us here in Manitoba. We were tired of it anyway.
When we get up and it's only -20, thats a good day cause the car will start without a problem. Right now it's -8....were in to a heat wave, expecting to hit 0 today.
We had a shooting match last Sunday, and it started at -30, but warmed up to -27, so we were fine.
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Rob...
You take me back to my shooting days in Prince Albert..
My buddy and I were doing tons of hand loading and barrel burning and the neetest thing I think I saw since the pigs ate granny was the muzzle blast effects from a fool with a 7MM Magnum with obviously over loaded loads ..
We were on the sillouette range and firing at the 500 Meter ram and it was around -30...When the fool touched that sucker off ,the muzzle blast and visible shock wave was frightening,and we were behind him...The frost and snow would fly in a cloud from the muzzle blast..
I wish I had a movie camera ..
I tried the same thing with my old BSA .30-'06 packing the case full of 4895 and cramming the Speer boattail down tight...
I used the BSA because I was sure I couldn't blow it up,'cause I fired it with a string and a few yards of distance first..
It was built with a reciever like a Ma Deuce...
Anyway I couldn't get the same blast effect but did get the effect of wandering rounds...
The velocity was so high that there was no spin on the round coming out of the barrel and at 500 meters aim point would dig furrows in the range anywhere from 100-400 meters out and 10-30 feet off center aim point..
Normally with 48.5 grains 4895 at 300 meters and a 168 grain Speer boattail I could cover three rounds with my thumbnail..so I don't think it was me..
Anyway I do miss the fun ...
Thanks for mentioning it...