Ah, youth....

by JohnKDM, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 19:35 (1 day, 1 hours, 14 min. ago) @ Gunner

Kept a rough count of the number of rounds through my first two FA 454s by the number of cases of CCI SR MAG primers I went through. After the case #4 I quit shooting them as much.

The 7.5" that I used the most developed significant endshake and had to be rebuilt by FA a few years ago - probably due to the nuclear loads I used back in the 80s before the cartridge went mainstream and was toned down.

Sadly, speaking for myself, it takes a lot of practice with full power loads to be good with full power loads. Since I don't shoot them as much nowadays, I am pretty miserable with them at longer ranges.

(yes, my right hand signaling finger still has a overlarge middle knuckle)