KSA Supports The BSA with 2015 Sporting Clays Shoot.

Boy Scouts Of America 2015 Sporting Clays Shoot.

Pawling Mountain Club, Pawling, NY.

May 11th 9am - 1pm.

Kromka Sporting Adventures is a 

proud sponsor and participant 

in this fundraiser for

 

The Boy Scouts of America. 

Please join us and help support this great organization!

To Register:

http://ppbsa.doubleknot.com/event/pawling-mountain-clay-shoot/1665289

Invest Your Tax Refund In Yourself This Year!

Has Uncle Sam 

Been Good To You This Year?

Then Maybe It's Time 

To Be Good To Yourself.

Get The Rifle, Shotgun or Scope You've Been Wishing For.

Let the pros at KSA assist you with selecting the perfect combination for your hunting or shooting application.      KSA is a full service Nosler, Swarovski, Beretta, Rizzini, Perazzi, Fierce and Schilling FFL dealer, providing new and used guns, optics, consignment guns, gunsmithing, NRA certified shooting instruction / training,  ammunition and accessories.  KSA wants to be your source for all your  shooting and hunt gear.  Jim Kromka  862-812-3846 jim@kromkasportingadventures.com Sam Palumbo  973-202-8667 sam@kromkasportingadventures.com www.kromkasportingadventures.com

Look For KSA At The Great American Outdoor Show - Booth # 619.

We'll be at Booth # 619. Stop by to enter to win a free $200.00 KSA Gift Certificate!

The Great American Outdoor Show is a nine day event celebrating hunting, 

fishing and

outdoor traditions that are treasured by millions 

of Americans and their families. The show features over 1,000 exhibitors 

ranging from 

shooting manufacturers to outfitters to fishing 

boats and RV’s, and archery to art covering 650,000 square feet of exhibit hall 

space! Not 

to mention a jam packed schedule including 

country concerts, fundraising dinners, speaking events, archery competitions, 

celebrity 

appearances, seminars, demonstrations and 

much more!

Nosler® Ballistic Tip® Varmint bullets.

 

Nosler® Ballistic Tip® Varmint bullets deliver the accuracy, consistency and down-range punch required for clean kills in all situations. 

These at-shooting, wind-defying bullets utilize ballistic-designed boat-tails and polymer tips to increase long-range efficiency and protect against tip damage in the magazine. Unique tapered jacket provide controlled expansion at all practical ranges and velocities

                                                     

Nosler® Ballistic Tip® Varmint bullets thrive on ultra-high velocity loads yet will go the

distance with spectacular results all the way down to the lowest practical velocity

levels. This is made possible by the proprietary manufacturing process that allows

for several key benefits for varmint shooters to take advantage of. 

First, the BT Varmint has a solid, boat-tail base for increased ballistic co-efficient and

 ease of reloading. 

Second, it is constructed with thick jacket walls, eliminating the chance of air solubility at extreme velocities. 

Third, the jacket thins at the nose of the bullet which, combined with the polymer tip, creates rapid and explosive expansion.

                                                     

Fast or slow, near or far, no matter what rifle /cartridge combination you're shooting

or what varmint you're shooting at, Nosler® Ballistic Tip® Varmint delivers

match-grade accuracy with all the performance characteristics serious varminters

are looking for.

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Sam's Gear Bag: Trap, Skeet & Sporting Clays.

High Velocity, Smaller Calibers, and Kinetic Energy

In the years following WWI there was a trend to convert surplus 
03 Springfields into sporting rifles.The 30-06 was the caliber in the Springfield, and thus the 30cal set the industry standard for decades on Big Game Hunting in the U.S.

Just like the the Big Block muscle cars of the 60's, the thought was Bigger is Better when it came to knock-down power on Big Game, and with the limited bullet designs there were back then that thought was true. 

With too many Sportsman today that notion is alive and well. On the other side of the coin there are many of us that love the smaller, higher velocity cartridges, that the bench shooters brought into play, with their so called wildcat rounds - with their lower recoil, flatter trajectories, and their efficient way of delivering the technologically advanced bullets of today. Their controlled expansion, combined with high velocity, stays with the animal as it goes down. 

Let me explain! Kinetic energy is the energy of mass in motion. A 180gr bullet traveling at 2950fps hitting a deer is going to do the job, however most of the heavier bullet's kinetic energy is lost passing out the other side of the deer. With a 129gr bullet traveling at 3400fps, the lighter bullet will hit the deer, release its energy inside through controlled expansion much more efficiently, and create devastating dropping power.The high velocity combined with today's modern bullet designs makes for fantastic ballistics and stopping power.       

In the earlier days of bullet designs the round nose and spitzers were it. Then in 1948 John Nosler designed the Partition bullet, which revolutionized the industry. Most of the Rifles back then were controlled feed, so the soft point of the partition combined with the weight retention of the bullet when it expanded (mushroom effect) worked well. Then, as the more common push feed bolt actions came into the field, the soft lead tipped bullets were getting distorted upon hitting the feed ramp as it entered the chamber, causing the bullet to lose accuracy. 

Once again John Nosler designed and introduced the Ballistic Tip in 1984 and changed the industry for years to come. With its hard polymer tip, it did not distort upon hitting the feed ramp with push feed bolts. And thus made for a more accurate, faster, and superior expansion on impact. Not to mention better ballistic coefficients (aerodynamics of the bullet) in flight. It also required less propellant to move the bullet faster, thus less recoil and less flinching. The ballistic tip, and Accubond bullets, have incredible controlled expansion and are designed to expand in the animal and disperse the bullets kinetic energy inside the animal and not lose it going out the other side. Here is a ballistic gelatin test photo to show how and where the energy is dumped upon expansion:


As you can see this 110gr bullet at 3000fps opened up at 5" inside, released its kinetic energy, and leaves at 12" as clean as it went in. The 18" mark is just about the width of most deer. It still went through the deer BUT it released its power inside. Here is a quote from a friend in the industry which makes sense:

"A 200-pound deer's chest is about 2 inches wider than a 100-pound deer's chest. You don't have to shoot through an extra 100 pounds to kill a 200-pound deer." I tend to agree and my thought is MANY Elk, Moose and Bear were put down with a pop gun called the 44 Henry !!!


Here are a few of my favorite choices for calibers for deer, and these work very well for larger game also.  
   
LONG ACTIONS   300-600yds

• 26 Nosler Hands down the NEW CHAMP!!! Muzzle velocity 3400fps with a129gr bullet out performs the 264win mag, 338 lapua, 270win, 30-06 sprg. Zeroed at 350yrds the 26 Nosler has a point blank range of 415yrds,and at 400yrds has the same velocity as a 260rem does at the muzzle.
• 280 Ackley Improved
• 280 rem
• 25-06

SHORT ACTIONS   100-300yrds

• 270wsm  a zipper and good beyond 300yrds

• 260 rem  this little cartridge is a flat shooter, low recoil, and a wide variety of factory loadings

• 7mm-08 rem  another great round often called the improved 7x57

Benefits of smaller High Velocity cartridges

• Flatter trajectory (makes hold over much easier and forgiving).
• Lower recoil (in most cases less recoil means less flinching. I like watching it happen right thru the scope ! )
• Great distribution of energy INTO your Game, NOT in the tree BEHIND IT!!!
• Quite a few of these lighter rounds travel so fast, that they do buck the wind better than most people think.

 Reccommended  Bullets

• Deer, Antelope     Nosler  Ballistic Tip
• Elk, Moose           Nosler  Accubond

                                       !!! Good Luck to you ALL this season !!!!    
Jim Kromka
 kromkasportingadventures.com

 
                    

The Colt 45

The other day a client dropped off the few Colt 45's Model 1911 in a few different configurations. As I pulled the last one out of its case, a smile came across my face as I was looking at Colt national match pistol rebuilt by one of the ALL TIME GREAT custom 45 builders Austin Behlert.

The dead giveaway was its military serial # AND it's brushed chrome finish. This was a  Behlert trade mark. Austin was the first to take 45's and accurize them, back in the day when parts were NOT in mass production, and NOT readily available. Austin would find military parts modify, hone, fit and finish them, making one hell of an accurate 45. 

He got his start in my home state of N.J. in Cranford. He moved his operation to P.A. a few years later. Austin passed away a few years ago which was a huge loss to 45 enthusiasts. 

A very talented gunsmith, Austin set the stage for the custom 45 builders today. Colt 1911s are the most copied pistol in the world. Designed by the great John Browning, the design was sold to Colt. It was adopted by the U.S. defense dept, and was the service pistol to the U.S Military for 70 years before the contract was given to Beretta. BUT WAIT !!! the 1911 is still in service today, as the Special OPs personnel prefer it over the Beretta 92. The 1911 was designed for trench warfare and to shoot short distances. With minor work the first 200 dollars in parts you put into a 1911, and installed by a knowledgeable gunsmith, will make this pistol a real shooter. If you have one feel free to call us or contact KSA through our website. we love working on 1911s. An American classic that will endure for another 103 years.

                                                   Serial # 7453-NM Built by Austin Behlert

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