ericsecrist

With an AR15 or an M14, could you at least equal the accuracy of the Colonial marksmen with their flintlock rifles? If not, I would recommend Appleseed.

Patched rifle bullets.



Ramming patched ball into the bore.

I should have a completely new series of figure photos in about a month.
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Gunpal is owned by the same people who host The High Road forum, Armed Polite Society and A Human Right free of charge. They are definitely pro-RKBA. On the penny-pinching side, they charge a little less for transactions than Paypal does. If you would like to promote them, feel free to copy these graphics or link directly to them.

The concept and the photos were developed over just a couple of hours. This mock up is one of about twenty concepts I came up with.

The final version of the ad would obviously have the company web site address, logo and other information. At this time, I am mostly interested in rapid development of concepts.

Built by Howard Pitts.

Forward rail allows installation of night vision. Laser gives close-range aiming capability.

Hero Gear, Viridian, Burris

Forward-mounted rail details.

Mason




Halie




Heather

All three use rifles built by Howard Pitts, the father of Halie and Heather. Mason is coached by Steve Parker. Heather and Halie have been coached by Howard Pitts in Long Range.  Halie was coached in Air Rifle and Smallbore by Dan Fox.

5.7x28, 40 grain



22WMR, 40 and 45 grain

5.7x28 27-grain lead-free load penetrated only about 7" and the bullet showed no deformation at all. It did deflect nearly 3" to the side, so a properly aimed shot would always miss the intended target.

And a gratuitous photo from yesterday's shoot:

Today, we shot FN57 pistol and PS90 carbine into gelatin and at other targets to check performance. I'll post gelatin photos later. From pistol, 5.7x28 had more cavitation and 22WMR had more penetration. From carbine, 5.7 performed much better than from pistol, with some deformation and greater cavitation.

We also discovered that a can of beer can literally stop bullets. 27-grain lead-free load from PS90 at 10m failed to penetrate both sides of full Pabst Blue Ribbon can. The bullet tip made a slight indentation on the back wall of the can but did not penetrate! The can set 6" behind the first was completely unharmed. 40-grain ballistic tip penetrated both, though in fragments. Fired through a 2-3cm piece of bark, both loads fragmented explosively and made very little impression on the gelatin with their fragments. This is where rounds like 30WMR and 30 carbine outperform 5.7 and .223 -- their projectiles suffer less from intermediate barriers.

PS90 ergonomics are a whole other topic. It is commendably ambidextrous. The room for the forward hand is insufficient for many users. Backup iron sights are crude and placed high above the bore line. The integral sight sits even higher and is absolutely worthless. It's reticle is barely visible in daylight. Moreover, as it draws light from above and behind the gun, standing under a roof or wearing a brimmed hat or a cap is enough to cut off the light and the entire reticle disappears. It has to be the worst optic I've ever seen on a gun. The lack of bold lock-back or any way to distinguish an empty magazine from a misfire from a misfeed is not helpful.

PMR30 is not a target pistol. However, I can reliably hit silhouette target with it at 20ft.


By "silhouette" I mean the little icon at the top left of the larger target. The groups ends up about 1.5" across.



John from Brassfetcher.com takes his turn.



22WMR doesn't expand from pistol. On the plus side, low-powered Dynapoint penetrates 15" in gelatin and higher-powered Maxi Mags penetrate about 20" and yaw twice en route. As you can see, muzzle rise is negligible.

Powder burn from Savage 32ACP pistol fired about an inch from the gelatin surface.

I just saw that I have 10 holiday coupons to share with my friends. I have 10 that are good for $10 off a one year account. (about half off) If anyone wants to re-up themselves for half off, let me know and I'll send one your way.

Note - these are non-transferable once I send them. Hmmm.... their wording makes it a little less 'nice' than I thought it was no paid renewals. Here it is, so you can decide if it applies to you:

Terminal ballistic performance shown in an earlier post.