bmcgilvray

This little camera features 8.6 pixel capabilities but hasn't got much in the way of manual adjustment. It can be a bear to make it do what I want it to do at times. Here's a couple of examples: one that finally turned out after many tries and one that didn't ever focus properly.

I was showing a 200 grain Remington .38 component bullet here in comparison to a couple of other .38 bullets. The camera wanted to focus on the background rather than the bullets but finally focused properly. Problem is, I don't know what I did to cause it to focus.



I stood a KelTec .380 and a Colt .25 up on a log to take a photo of their muzzles. In this instance the camera never did cooperate, always focusing on the background brush.


Lest anyone think that this has totally descended into topic drift, I might point out that I used one of these old Remington 200 grain lead round nose bullets in a .38 Special to take a white tail buck at about 17 steps, my first deer taken with a handgun, back about 1984. I used my S&W Model 14 8 3/8-inch and a maximum charge of 2400 as published in my old Lyman manual. Velocity was around 925 fps and the deer staggered a few rickety steps and fell heavily on his side and expired.

I've seen it stated on several forums lately that the .380 is equal to the .38 Special.

Not so!


Here's my ugly mug and the S&W Model 14. I was awarded the nice knife for shooting the group shown in a previous post, by Erich, a Forum member here, who sponsored a "postal" match on the now defunct handgunplace forum. I'm actually also ruefully displaying a cut on my left thumb that I gave myself less than 15 seconds after opening the package that held the knife.

P95Carry

Ahhh that one on left looks like a Lee.

Trouble with auto focus is, if you have distant stuff, it does want to snag that. However most cameras have a means of aquiring auto focus as half push and then hold that once correct, and move to center and take the pic you want. This pic here - I expect finally the auto latched on to the center bullet.

8.6 Mpx is almost not needed for web pics and probably it'll let you take smaller ones - but still in the end they need cropping and/or reducing. I find linear interpolation works best compared with bi-cubic ... which seems to emphasize pixel ''staircasing'' effect.

My camera was bought after searching for something with almost entirely manual options beyond point-and-shoot. Only trouble is it is only 72 PPI whereas I prefer 150 or better. If I could I'd spend a small fortune and go for top range Canon or Nikon SLR stuff!

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To add Bryan ... re the bullet pic .... it might suit better with that type of shot - to use a large piece of white card, bent so as to have bullets on it and some as background. Then maybe use another white card for fill-in light and/or diffuse sun with some white cloth - soften shadows.

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Now you may think this guy is tough because of the mean face, the gun and the knife...NOT SO! Anybody that actually has survived the works Milton, Chaucer and Dante has to be scary!

Guys thanks for the info. I'll try Unique but now I am intrigued buy the wadcutters.... I might have to experiment!

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bmcgilvray

Yeah, I'm so goofy I even enjoy reading that stuff.

Oooo... you really ought to treat yourself to the hollow base wadcutters. There isn't much in this world more pleasant than an afternoon spent with a good .38 Special and a few boxes of HBWC ammunition.

The HBWC's work well with other fast burning powders like Red Dot, Green Dot, and Win231 amongst others.

Tubby45

P95Carry, that is indeed a Lee bullet on the left. My guess is the 357-158-TL tumble lube and the one on the right looks like a bullet from Montana Swaging.

I've recently purchased a 4" GP100 off gunbroker. Changed out the springs, added Williams Firesights and a Hogue tamer grip. Was a beater gun for $280.

I just started to load for it. At my disposal I have Blue Dot, Titegroup, HS6, W571, Unique, W231, Longshot, and 2400 to try out. So far I've only loaded some with Blue Dot and Unique but have yet to test them. Going shooting later this afternoon. Have to size and lube some sample bullets people sent me off of CB.com.

Bud White

I like unique or blue dot .. but if your shooting lead for plinker rounds Trailboss is very nice almost fills the case

bmcgilvray

The bullet on the right came from this old box of Remington 200 grain bullets I uncovered while moving.

The one one the left is cast from a Lee mould. I picked it up off of my brother-in-law's bench for comparison purposes. The jacketed round nose in the center is a Sierra 170 grain Silhouette bullet.

farronwolf

I will use unique for target loads in my GP100 or any other caliber for that matter, like others have said it is a bit dirty, but shoots well. You can't beat Unique for an all around powder for most any caliber of handgun. If your going to load multiple calibers, it pays to keep some of it on hand.

For hunting loads I step up and use Blue Dot or H110, they are cleaner and faster.

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bmcgilvray

Farronwold, you make a good point. If I was a mind to cut the propellent powders down to two for use in my different handguns I'd pick Unique and H110.