Range day and chrono work with an old girl and some old ammo

[eb07]

Took the 1973 29-2 out..... she has a lot of holster wear and she has been well used and appreciated in her day. Got her last year.


Look at the prices on that old ammo.... about as vintage as she is. The good old days

I inherited a lot of old ammo from the 50's, 60's, and 70's

All chrono work was done at around 75-80 degrees on my "private range" 5 min from the house

First up the rifle stuff in the handgun. Wow. Don't plan on shooting much of this in my handgun, I have a lot of it and no rifle so I wanted to test it. Thoughts?

Fusion 240gr JHP (SP)

Low 1337
High 1381
Avg 1355 978 ft lbs

Modern Remington 240gr SP R44MG2

Low 1228
High 1292
Avg 1264 851 ft lbs

Old School Remington 240gr SP IDX 6944 ( did the above replace it?)

Much faster
Low 1328
High 1337
Avg 1333 947 ft lbs

Here they are side by side, essentially the same bullet with different powders/charges I assume.

Then my hand loads for carry.

Speer 240gr JHP (sp) with 9.2gr of unique

Low 971.5
High 997
Avg 981.6 513 ft lbs

I love this old girl... but my Model 19 is still my favorite.

 

[theoneff]

Great report. Like the Unique load. From $3.99 to $39.99, yikes.

 

[robert1804]

Great post! That old ammunition seems to work very well. I'm old enough to remember when $ 3.99 was about 3 hours of work. And here I thought I had some old ammo, wow!

 

[.455_Hunter]

Good stuff!

Your green and yellow box is at least 22 years old (Dupont sold Remington in 1993), and judging from the font, probably late 70's early 80's.

I love old ammo!

 

[eb07]

Thanks for the info. I have so much of this stuff I'll never shoot it all. My kids will end up getting it.