by I attended Industry Day at the Range yesterday with my friends Mark and Ed. I, like most anyone who attended last year, was worried about the call for rain. Fortunately, it held off until late morning and even then wasn’t too bad. There was none of the wind, cold, and lightning that characterized Range Day last year.
This will be a quick post as I’m getting ready to head to the Sands Expo Center. I think this year will be characterized as, of all things, The Year of the Lever Action. Whether it was 1895s in .45-70 at Aero Precision or the new S&W Model 1854, we saw and shot a lot of lever actions at the range yesterday. Some were classic blued steel and wood while even more were Ceracote and polymer. I don’t have a favorite yet but I am leaning towards the Marlin 1894 in .357 Magnum. Ruger had released the .44 Magnum version in 2023 and now it is available in .357 Magnum/.38 Special.
One other quick note to add is that I was impressed by the ammunition from Sim-X. It is a lighter all-copper bullet that has much higher velocity than a lead-core bullet. That said, the felt recoil when shooting it in either 9mm or .45 ACP was distinctly less. This is something I would like to give a good test.
Now to the rest of Range Day and then Beretta Range Day courtesy of Classic Arms.
