Recent content by RedGoat

A Glock 19, a Mossberg 500 18 1/2" bbl, and an FN or Colt manufactured AR, M4-forgery style please. Toss in a huge pile of ammo for each and I'd be zombie apocalypse ready.

I'll jump in here and name something that would work for me, but I discovered it way to late in the product life cycle, after it was already a discontinued item: The SIG P239. I know it's only a single stack, but I'm a 1911 / 45 ACP kind of guy, so single stack doesn't really bother me. I...

As soon as they hit the commercial market, we'll start seeing some big diesel pickup trucks running around here with one turret mounted in each corner of the truck bed, or even better, attached to a custom "frame" to elevate the mount above cab height.

Love the meme! Spot on.

Powder usage rate is one of the "negative" aspects of shotshell reloading that I've discovered. Most of the shotshell recipes I've collected "share" powders with my handgun reloads, except a single shotshell load will gobble up maybe twice, maybe two-and-a-half times more of a given powder per...

As you note, it depends: It'll be 7000 divided by whatever your charge weight then times the 10 lbs. For 12 gauge, assuming a 30 grain charge (That's probably a bit low), 10 lbs will get you about 2300 rounds. For most loads for handgun rounds, the charge weight is considerably lower, so...

I find myself in a similar situation. I have only found one or two ranges nearby that will allow "tactical" style shooting of shotguns (aka shooting at static targets). I live a very short drive from a number of skeet / trap / sporting clays setups that are open to the public. None of them...

Red Dot is a very useful powder, not only for shotshell loads, but also for handgun loads and also for very reduced loads in rifle rounds utilizing cast boolits or even caliber-diameter balls. Its usage was commonplace for such back in the day. Not so much now, one has to go back to the old...

Which is precisely the reason that I'm starting at it again. Unlike my centerfire metallic reloading capability, I never really "mastered" the shotshell reloading process. It's become something of a "bucket list" item for me. I'm finding the internal ballistic behavior of shotshells a...

Unfortunately, all of those you mention specifically here are rifle powders, unsuited for loading shotshells or handgun rounds.

Which IMR powders? All of the published recipes I've seen (both current data and much older data) list obsolete (aka discontinued) IMR powders. There is NOTHING in the way of powders available from IMR (I know, actually from Hodgdon now) that fit any current (or older) published recipe. As...

Right now, I don't trust Alliant to keep either Red Dot or Unique powders available. I'm now seeing them listed as "in stock" after a long absence from online sites and local store shelves. I have a VERY small supply of both that I purchased long ago and hold in reserve for handgun loads, but...

That's what I'm sorta thinking. I've also seen some discussions on various Cowboy Action Shooting forums. That's what I'm thinking. Right now, I am thinking that I initially will not even use the "middle station." I can throw a powder charge on my metallic cartridge powder measure, seat the...

Thank you for the recommendation! I have that one and have read it. I should go over to my storage unit and dig it out and read it again. It's been a few years.

Good morning, all ! Although I'm an "old-timer" at reloading metallic centerfire cartridges, I am a complete novice when it comes to shotshell reloading. I've attempted to get started doing it a couple of times over the years but have been very frustrated by how out-of-date many of the...