The post whore thread.

[brutal]

Bacon scented candles?

Win

Except they'd probably go rancid unless you burned them completely and that's nasty.

[wctriumph]

I'm sitting here in my chair, icing my knee after therapy, reading this forum and watching the Supercross from TX that I DVR;d last night and my foot has gone numb. Damn it, now I have to go walk around to wake it up. Off line for a few.


TEA

III

[Great-Kazoo]

So I got 32ozs of bacon grease....what the hell should I do with it?

stick in frige and save for important things, like cooking potatoEs, eggs, green chili, . it makes a nice base in baking dishes for skinless chicken breast, Use in mexican rice, FRIED rice. on & on. Use your imagination.

WORSE CASE SCENARIO: hand out to kids in neighborhoods where people let their dogs loose.

[HoneyBadger]

Off topic, but does anybody have experience with:

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/462...roductFinding#

Yes, No complaints. Works as expected.

[HoneyBadger]

Who's got the day off? How best to celebrate this day and honor the father of our country?

"Donate" a stack of 50 $1 bills to the local exotic entertainment establishment?

Who else has ideas?

I went and shot guns.

[mcjhr]

Naps rule!

[HoneyBadger]

I tested some of my first reloads and came to the bittersweet conclusion that nothing I did made any difference.

I worked up in .5gr increments of H335 from 23gr up to 25gr and I was shooting approximately 1.2" groups or better with each combination. Case length was 1.750" and OAL was 2.230" for every round. Dogtown 55gr FMJs

I also conducted another test:

I made up 10 rounds with identical brass: same stamp, same year, same weight. Each round had 24.5gr of H335 hand measured and then re-measured. Case length was 1.750" and OAL was 2.230" for all ten rounds. MidwayUSA "Dogtown" 55gr FMJ bullets. (Group A)

Then I made up another 10 rounds with mixed brass (FC, PMC, AD, REM etc headstamps from different years). These rounds were 24.8gr of H335 as measured by the Lee AutoDisk Powder Measure. Case length was between 1.748 and 1.7515 and OAL was between 2.226 and 2.24 Both of these measurements were intentionally but randomly varied so I could measure their effects. (Group B) I wanted to see if it was worth the extra time and effort to make sure everything was "perfect".

Methodology:
I used a 10rd Magpul PMag for all tests. I sat at a wooden bench and used sandbags to support the rifle. All rounds were fired from a 14.7" 1:7 twist barrel of unknown manufacture. 5.56 chamber with approximately 2k fmj rounds through it.
Temp was 57F with 0-5kt variable breeze. Humidity was <20%. Sun was out and Prairie Dogs were hiding. ;D

I started by firing 10 rounds of PMC X-Tac 5.56 to practice my fundamentals and warm up the gun.

Immediately following the fundamentals review, I fired 5 rounds from Group A at the center of the paper plate. Then I loaded the magazine with 5 rounds from Group B and fired them two ticks (approximately 2 inches) up from the center of the plate. It was when I examined the paper plate that I figured I probably should have fixed my zero before the test.

Results:
Group A may have produced slightly better results with 1 "flier", but it's impossible to say from this test if the extra effort at the reloading bench was worth it. More testing is necessary.

Conclusion:
The results of this test are 100% dependent on my shooting abilities, which are mediocre at best. Maybe a better shooter with a better gun could have given more impressive results.


"Group A"


"Group B"

[Great-Kazoo]

I tested some of my first reloads and came to the bittersweet conclusion that nothing I did made any difference.

I worked up in .5gr increments of H335 from 23gr up to 25gr and I was shooting approximately 1.2" groups or better with each combination. Case length was 1.750" and OAL was 2.230" for every round. Dogtown 55gr FMJs

I also conducted another test:

I made up 10 rounds with identical brass: same stamp, same year, same weight. Each round had 24.5gr of H335 hand measured and then re-measured. Case length was 1.750" and OAL was 2.230" for all ten rounds. MidwayUSA "Dogtown" 55gr FMJ bullets. (Group A)

Then I made up another 10 rounds with mixed brass (FC, PMC, AD, REM etc headstamps from different years). Case length was between 1.748 and 1.7515 and OAL was between 2.226 and 2.24 Both of these measurements were intentionally but randomly varied so I could measure their effects. (Group B) I wanted to see if it was worth the extra time and effort to make sure everything was "perfect".

Methodology:
I used a 10rd Magpul PMag for all tests. I sat at a wooden bench and used sandbags to support the rifle. All rounds were fired from a 14.7" 1:7 twist barrel of unknown manufacture. 5.56 chamber with approximately 2k fmj rounds through it.
Temp was 57F with 0-5kt variable breeze. Humidity was <20%. Sun was out and Prairie Dogs were hiding. ;D

I started by firing 10 rounds of PMC X-Tac 5.56 to practice my fundamentals and warm up the gun.

Immediately following the fundamentals review, I fired 5 rounds from Group A at the center of the paper plate. Then I loaded the magazine with 5 rounds from Group B and fired them two ticks (approximately 2 inches) up from the center of the plate. It was when I examined the paper plate that I figured I probably should have fixed my zero before the test.

Results:
Group A may have produced slightly better results with 1 "flier", but it's impossible to say from this test if the extra effort at the reloading bench was worth it. More testing is necessary.

Conclusion:
The results of this test are 100% dependent on my shooting abilities, which are mediocre at best. Maybe a better shooter with a better gun could have given more impressive results.


"Group A"


"Group B"

If the difference it that negligible group wise. use the low end of your powder measure. Why waste .5 gr per round when it's not that much different. 23gr works as well as 25. keep it @ 23

[HoneyBadger]

Those two groups had the same amount of powder for this test, but my groups with 23gr were just as good (as far as my shooting abilities go) as the 25gr groups.

I forgot to mention it, so I added it to the original post: For "Group B" I used the Lee AutoDisk powder measure instead of hand-measuring the powder for each round.

[bogie]

Yes, No complaints. Works as expected.

Thanks for the info buddy! Ima buy me one.

For "Group B" I used the Lee AutoDisk powder measure instead of hand-measuring the powder for each round.

/gasp!