mike7mm08
Buckeye
Got a odd, perhaps morbid to some, reloading question. As some may have read my dad just passed. He wanted no service and to be cremated.
Well he did want a service. But a viking funeral is kinda difficult to do legally.
Anyways I got to do some kind of send off. His ashes ain't going to just sit on a shelf til I die. Of course some will be spread in special places.
But I want to send some him out with a bang. I have his absolutely beautiful OM Super Blackhawk. He sent it in for the conversion. Came back scratched up. He complained to Ruger. They made it right and returned with the most perfect highest polished blue I have ever seen on a Ruger.
Anyways gun has some history. Was a wedding gift to him from my mother. Unfortunately she did not also give him hearing protection. Being young and tough, by tough I mean dumb, he thought it would be a good idea to fire off a box of fifty rounds. Cannot tell you how many times a year since I was about five years old I heard the story.
Figure what better way to send him off. Want to load some rounds up with a little "extra" powder in the form of ashes. Thinking starting load of trailboss topped off with ashes to reach the case fill level of a max trailboss load. Bullet wise probable just a basic powdercoated 240 grain soft lead
Anyone done anything similar? Trailboss is my thought of powder as you can per their instructions figure loads based on volume.
Appreciate any advice.
Well he did want a service. But a viking funeral is kinda difficult to do legally.
Anyways I got to do some kind of send off. His ashes ain't going to just sit on a shelf til I die. Of course some will be spread in special places.
But I want to send some him out with a bang. I have his absolutely beautiful OM Super Blackhawk. He sent it in for the conversion. Came back scratched up. He complained to Ruger. They made it right and returned with the most perfect highest polished blue I have ever seen on a Ruger.
Anyways gun has some history. Was a wedding gift to him from my mother. Unfortunately she did not also give him hearing protection. Being young and tough, by tough I mean dumb, he thought it would be a good idea to fire off a box of fifty rounds. Cannot tell you how many times a year since I was about five years old I heard the story.
Figure what better way to send him off. Want to load some rounds up with a little "extra" powder in the form of ashes. Thinking starting load of trailboss topped off with ashes to reach the case fill level of a max trailboss load. Bullet wise probable just a basic powdercoated 240 grain soft lead
Anyone done anything similar? Trailboss is my thought of powder as you can per their instructions figure loads based on volume.
Appreciate any advice.