Midway Discounts - this and that

[alfsauve]

So for those who are members of AuctionArms, you got an email a couple of weeks ago about MidwayUSA discount codes for AuctionArms members.  Well that was good, but it wasn't until today I decided to order something. 

CCI #500 Small Pistol Primers - if you must know.   Got tired of chasing over town for who has them in stock at less than $40/k.  All told I got them from MUSA $0.034ea including shipping and hazmat.  Saved gas and time. ---------   5k qty if you're still asking questions. 

Anyway, the discount had expired and I was bummed and just before I deleted the email, I caught the phrase about how MUSA had done this before and since the response was so good, they periodically made the discounts available to AA members.

H-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m.   Now AA can't be the only group to whom Larry offers discounts.....from time to time.   I bet he has a whole list of "groups" (forums) and the discounts are offered in a round-robin fashion.    Sure enough, a little searching on the net I found the most current discounts at http://accurateshooter.com

To find the most current ones, I made an assumption that the current set would expire at the end of the month, so I searched "midwayusa promo codes 10/31"     All the promos don't end a the end of the month or even on a Saturday.   Larry seems to have them staggered around a good bit, but they are all about the same $15 off orders >$100.    Using a particular date, just help wade through the excessive chaff on the net and let me find the current codes quickly.

So just an FYI for your next order.   Saved me $15 on the primers, which almost pays for the hazmat.


OTHER - THIS AND THAT

Felt a funny "bump" on my shoe while shooting today.   Knew immediately what it was.   Made safe and put the gun down grabbed a broom and went through sweeping motions all around my shooting station --  even though I didn't have any brass on the floor (revolver shooting today).    People were looking at me funny.   I got down and felt though all the old brass and garbage until I found it.   A bounce back from the back stop.   Slightly flattened soft point, but in good shape, another souvenir for my collection.   I was shooting 158gr .357 magnum JSPs and one must have caught the backstop just right.     They get loose material downrange and I imagine just so often everything lines up just right and the soft spongy stuff will "kick" one back.   I have a round from my 9mm.    Now the only way to top this would be to actually see it in flight coming back.

[cookie62]

I have a 38 that left a nasty bruise on my left thigh. If it hadn't hurt so bad I wouldn't have kept it.

[m25operator]

On ranges with static target holders, the spent bullets collect in the same area on the berm, now you can imagine 200-300 bullets in 1 area in your berm, your round hits a spent round and now your playing pool, also steel targets that develope divits or pock marks, will turn a bullet around in a heart beat, until we went to Abrasive resistant steel for our plates, we would routine build them thick and then have them machiined to remove the divits. Any bullet shot under 1300 fps, might not fragment, and will return whole.

[tombogan03884]

On ranges with static target holders, the spent bullets collect in the same area on the berm, now you can imagine 200-300 bullets in 1 area in your berm, your round hits a spent round and now your playing pool, also steel targets that develope divits or pock marks, will turn a bullet around in a heart beat, until we went to Abrasive resistant steel for our plates, we would routine build them thick and then have them machiined to remove the divits. Any bullet shot under 1300 fps, might not fragment, and will return whole.

Interesting point M-25. I have been AssUme ing that it was a problem with higher velocity bullets retaining enough energy to cover the return distance. I never even thought of the  "not fast enough to break up" aspect of it.

The local indoor range is in the same building as a machine shop, which is a handy thing, but it's not the one I work for  

                                            

[alfsauve]

. Any bullet shot under 1300 fps, might not fragment, and will return whole.

Okay for static berms, I guess, but the range I used yesterday, state of the art, I'm told, has a wall angled 45 degrees away (face up) from the shooter and is covered in a tough, rubbery substance that is in chunks. (or it has become "chunk-i-sized with usage.)   I haven't investigated what's underneath the covering or how it works exactly.   It was purchased and installed by a professional range making company who does LEO ranges.  

So, my guess is that regardless of the speed of the bullet, hitting just the right chunk of this "rubber" at just the right angle will cause it to absorb most of the energy and then "push" or spring the bullet back up range.

I'll take pictures of the recovered bullet along with a new bullet for comparison.   Maybe, next week, I'll get some pictures of the backstop, too.

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[alfsauve]

Here's the picture of the bullets.

One the right is the 158gr .357 JSP that bounced (or skidded) back to me.  Very little deformity with no weight loss (158gr).



In the middle is a 115gr 9mm JRN that I picked up on the same range.  Not mine, just showed up when we sweep the range before a match.  But again it shows little deformity and no weight loss.

On the left, is one of mine from an outdoor match.   115gr 9mm, fired at a downward angle at a target.  Bounced off a rock behind the target and caromed into a No-Shoot target.   Fortunately it didn't go through, but stuck just half way in,  so I wasn't penalized.