08/17/2020 My wife and I date a lot. Yes, with one another. Something more typical in a fifty three year marriage than one might suspect. Two weeks ago, it was lunch after our consecutively arranged primary physician appointments. Last week it was a post CT scan brunch. In October we have the big annual post…
Remington’s Long Slide 1911 R1 10mm Hunter Part II A day in the life of a handloader
06/12/2020 Pardon the redundancy… This issue of 10mm Automatic power was addressed on Part I, but the comparison was to large bore magnum cartridges. Now that we know the 10mm Automatic pales in performance, kinetic energy wise, to the 50 BMG, the table below may provide more reasonable associations and context. Cartridge Bullet Weight Grains…
Remington’s Long Slide 1911 R1 10mm Hunter Part I I wonder if a combination like this ever entered John Browning's thoughts?
5/25/2020 The Remington R1 10mm Hunter is good idea carried over from Remington’s acquisition of Para-USA, a similar pistol once known as the Para USA 10mm Elite LS Hunter. Mention of a 10mm Automatic pistol tends to draw the, “That cartridge is dead” social media reaction, which would probably be news to: Colt ,Dan Wesson,…
10mm Automatic Handload Data
Warning: Bullet selections are specific, and loads are not valid with substitutions of different bullets of the same weight. Variations in bullet length will alter net case capacity, pressure and velocity. Primer selection is specific and primer types are not interchangeable. These are maximum loads in my firearms and may be excessive in others. All…
Ruger’s GP100 Match Champion Revolver in 10mm Automatic
The GP100 has been my favorite revolver for some time. Mine has found a place in home defense, it has been on my belt when walking trails, it has seen a great deal of use for recreational target shooting, and it is frequently the basis for 357 Magnum handload development. Over the years, my GP…
