Any interest in a class on preparing brass for reloading? I’m planning on a class room demonstration of how to adjust dies, trimming and annealing brass. Any preference on day of the week?
Russell Ward
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Yes, any day but Thursday
I like Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Would anyone be interested in a class on reloading rifle ammunition for accuracy? Techniques typically used by Long range, varmint, or bench rest shooters? Would cover workflow, a little theory, load development, tooling, etc?
I’ve hunted deer my entire life. I started with steel sights and now hunt with a standard high power scope or occasionally with a bow. I’ve taken my share of deer using standard commercial ammunition. The only competition/marksmanship shooting I’ve done was in the USAF. I qualified as an expert marksman every year, but honestly I didn’t think it was too hard and I always had access to military practice ammunition.
I’d be interested in your class as I’ve only had a modest exposure to the competitive shooting environment. I’m always amazed at what a true marksman can do. For instance, we had a guy in my guard unit named Vince Cooley. He was a DPS officer as well as a guardsman, and a great shot. He competed in the military tournaments and always won his events. He probably shot thousands of practice rounds a year courtesy of the Texas DPS and the USAF.
In any case, one time he had to take aim at a criminal who was fleeing the scene. He was several hundred yards away supposedly and Vince shot him with his pistol.
We always thought this was a tall tale, but then it was Vince and he could tell a great tale. He could also shoot very well.
I’d take your class on reloading rifle ammunition. Mondays and Wednesdays are best for me.
It’s certainly true, that a reloading regimen chasing the last particle of accuracy from a rifle is generally the pursuit of competitive shooters, and that’s where I learned how. Likewise, many of the techniques probably wouldn’t benefit casual hunters, or recreational shooters very much.
On the other hand, many of the steps in accuracy reloading apply to anyone that reloads, particularly load development. It’s really no harder to locate a node on your rifle and reload to it, than it is to pursue the normal practice of incremental load testing, and if you can squeeze 1/3 to 1/2 MOA more out of your hunting rifle, then why not?
There’s also more than a few shooters, who enjoy the technical pursuit for it’s own sake, and want to throw rounds they can take pride in, regardless of where and what they shoot.
Such a class probably would probably benefit more experienced reloaders though.
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