@Bullseye Baldee brought a friend with him, and we took off the DPRC yesterday. His friend had some really nice lever action rifles that he had never shot past 25 yards (indoor) so he had an awesome experience. He had lived for years in New Jersey and related his experiences with being a gun owner in that state. (Unreal).
@Bullseye Baldee had his 45/70 rifles, lobbing those monster 530gn bullets. I did get a video through the spotting scope where you could see the trajectory of the bullet going to the target. Pretty cool. I will see if I can edit/post the video when I get a chance.
I had a new AR upper (24" 223) that I had just finished assembling on Saturday. I adjusted the gas block according to the instructions (wide open to start with, I will tune it later). It functioned perfectly, I sent only about 20 rounds through it on this trip. I wasn't shooting for groups yet, I just wanted to get the scope zeroed and check it for function.
I also had some 7.62x39 loads I wanted to test in my x39 AR. The load data I found, from multiple sources, were all over the place - none of them had over-lapping charge ranges. I started low and worked up, (22.0-27.0gn) the last load had the best extreme spread and group size (about 2" @ 100 yards). I still have some other powders and bullets to try.
The real fun, for me, was my 44 mag 20" Rossi. I've never shot it past 50 yards, so I decided to go to 100 yards with it. The pistol loads I had were not very accurate, maybe 12" @ 100, but the loads that I had worked up specifically for the rifle were accurate and I had no problem hitting the steel plate at 100. I shot the last of those loads, so I need to make up a bunch more now that I know they work well.
When we got back, I used my bore scope to look down the barrel of
@Bullseye Baldee's rifle to see if there was any leading from his bullets, as he had used some slightly softer lead in some of them. He shot a total of 70 rounds and there was only very light leading in the first few inches of the barrel.
As has become a custom whenever Bullseye Baldee and I go shooting, we finished up by shooting a few rounds through the 460. I think he wets his pants every time he shoots it.