This is odd… but I got into reloading bullets because I thought I could save a bit of money making my own bullets as opposed to buying them for $40 a box. Im not talking FMJ (Full Metal Jacket) bullets but JHP (Jacketed Hollow Points). From my understanding, reloading FMJ bullets doesn’t really save you much money. But seriously, all points aside here, the real reason for reloading a bullet is for consistency, accuracy, pride and knowing that your handcrafted bullet is custom made to fit the gun you are shooting. Most of the time, the bullets you buy in the store are created “universally” for different gun manufacturers, which make it easier for the average person to just buy bullets and not worry about if it fits or not. The only downfall of purchasing pre-made “universal” bullets is that you sacrifice accuracy. Now if your some gangster just wanting to bust a cap in someones ass, than this probably wont matter to you, but if your someone that enjoys to shoot for accuracy and consistency than you may want to consider reloading. Enough of my jabbering…
Let me begin by saying that all information posted here are recipes taken from the Hornady 7th edition Handbook of Cartridge Reloading. In no way am I responsible for any mistakes or actions that you may take in using this information to create your own reloads. So please consult your own handbook before making or shooting any reloads for your own safety as well as others.
My first batch of 9mm 147 grain Hornady XTP/HP bullets were loaded using the following recipe:
4.5 grains of Power Pistol (gun powder)
1.100″ C.O.L. (Cartridge overall length)
CCI 500 primers
With this recipe, the bullet should theoretically travel at 900 fps. I also loaded 50 rounds with 4.2 grains of power pistol giving me a velocity of 850 fps. But why such slow speeds? Because I wanted to start low and work my way up to 10% below the maximum grains (5.1 was maximum). I’m keepin it on the safe side.
Now its off to the range to see how well they perform before I make the second batch!
The picture on the left was borrowed from Hornady.com.. Thanks Hornady.
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Im glad to say that it is actually possible to mount an ext3 formatted linux drive in mac OS X Snow Leopard using a few tools. Let me share with you how I did it.
Download fuse-ext2
Also make sure you have MacFUSE otherwise fuse-ext2 wont work.
Install both of those and run a few commands in terminal:
first, create a mount point such as: $ sudo mkdir /Volumes/HD
next, navigate to the fuse-ext2 folder: $ cd /usr/local/bin/
execute the fuse command: $ sudo ./fuse-ext2 /dev/nameOFdisk /Volumes/HD/ -o force
note:(nameOFdisk can be found by typing disktool -l).
Heres some useful information if you dont understand my syntax:
$ fuse-ext2 <device|image> <mountpoint> [-o option[,...]]
options:
ro : mount read only
force: mount read/write
allow_others: allow other users to access
debug: noisy debug output
Voila! your drive should mount, and you should have read/write access as well! man i love mac.
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I am on a quest to practice Texas Flood by SRV SOOO much that my fingers bleed, and I sound as close as possible to him.
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Im trying to get back in it! ahhhhh.. I got a golf tournament to play in this Sunday! Im gonna win for sure!!
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Valentines day is stupid… I think the only reason why people celebrate this day is cause they have to brag about all the things their boyfriend or girlfriend got for them. This day is retarded cause why would you have to remind each other that you still love each other? Its fake love. Everyday should be valentines day when your in love… Its just another day for people to have an opportunity to reach their hands in your shallow ass pockets; cause you know your going to spend the money just so she wont be “mad” that you didn’t get her anything. Any girl that gets mad because you didn’t get her anything for valentines day is a whore. It doesn’t mean that we forgot about you, it just means that we don’t feel like we have to buy you something for you to LOVE us.. and if we do have to buy something for you to love us than your a whore.
These feelings I have could exist because i’m single maybe?
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You know, sometimes in life you are dealt a wild card. And this my friends was a time for me to be dealt that wild card. My creator gave me the biggest sign of my life and threw it right in my face. He said “here look, look what is happening! do you believe me now?”. Well now I believe. Im just happy to say i’m glad that I took my trip to Utah, because if I didn’t, I would still be blind. Thank you creator.
Weird post, I know. But for those of you who know me and know what I am talking about you’ll understand.
On that note, I am single. lol. anyone interested?
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I’ve decided that its time to make a change. Over the next few months I will be busting my ass to try and gain weight. Im targeting a goal of 160 lbs; Right now I weigh 153, so this change should’nt take that long. Im trying to start small so that way I can accomplish this easily and be satisfied. That way if i do accomplish this, then maybe i’ll be more motivated to move further and possibly be in the 175 range. They say it takes 21 days to create a habit, so today is the 1st day of my hulking habit.
I’ll keep posting my results here for my own benefit, cause its not like anyone reads this crap anyways.
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