gary reeder
my problem, if you wish to call it that, is I am
Sunday, September 19, 2021, 16:40

starting all over with all new guns. After my favorite 3 guns were the guns that were stolen in Qatar in April I am starting all over with new guns and these guns are not at all like my others. My 378 GNR does not like the long pointed bullets like the Accubonds or the Hornady 255 grain spire point. 3 to 4" groups at 100. But it loves that little short stubby 220 grain soft point from Hornady so that is what I am feeding it. It will shoot silver dollar size groups at 100 all day. So no sense trying other bullets.

The 429 GNR does not like bullets over 300 at all. So I have it loaded up with 2 different bullets that I will shoot in the shop tomorrow and choose between them. They are the 250 original Barnes hollow point and the 240 grain Hornady XTP with a full case of AA#9. That is a change in itself. My old one loved nothing but 296.
The 3rd gun is one of my original 510 GNR revolvers. The gun is in theory new as it has a new 8" barrel on it. But like my other one it loves the 350 grain bullets and AA1680 powder.
So the 378 GNR and 510 GNR are both set. Just need to pick the bullet for my picky 429 GNR.
Waiting til the last minute is nothing new for me. When my shop was in Florida we went on a hunt somewhere in the country every 8 weeks year round. Most of the time it was to Tellico Junction in east Tennessee which was just like the Wilderness Lodge with exotic critters. We would take 2 large vans that held 6 hunters each up there and I would be reloading my ammo while Kase and Mike, my gunsmith, were loading up the van.
So this last minute stuff is just normal to me. I haven't even started any packing yet. Erik and Nick Stenberg and Blake Naugle are probably all packed and ready to go. They don't strike me as last minute sorta hunters. Calm, stable, laid back sorta guys. Ready to go a week early. Dontcha hate people like that? But I figure by about Midnight Tuesday night I will be ready to go. I don't need to leave to Phoenix until about 2 AM early Wednesday morning, so I am ready.
Shit, I forgot I have to have that Covid test done sometime tomorrow so I can have the paperwork before I head down the hill to Phoenix Tuesday night. If old Murphy keeps his nose out of things we should make it with a few minutes to spare. I know it will be a good hunt as I am wearing my house shoes on the plane again.


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