Kevin G.
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This is a great thread, thanks for all the info, and especially the potential custom lifters.
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All great replies...let me back up. I am reloading for me, all that other stuff is waaaayyyy down the road and I am aware of what needs to happen before I can legally do so. Having said that, all I want to do is reload .357 sig. How hard is it to lube a case, and how come the belling and crimping is a problem. If a manufacture sells a product for a particular caliber then why should there be problems or additional equipment necessary to make it work. Maybe I just don't get it...sorry just frustrated.
The issue with the .357 sig is the bottle necked case. It being bottle necked, you have to load it like you would load a rifle catridge (at least with the sizing anyway). The lubing of the case is very simple....follow the directions on the lube you use...
Belling/flairing is not really an issue either. You set the press to bell/flairt just enough to allow easier seating of the bullet (if you are using jacketed, which I assume you will be in .357 sig). In the crimp station, you are essentially just removing the bell/flair you put into the case in the powder drop station ( the diameter of the bullet + the case wall thickness x 2). Anymore crimp and it deforms the bullet, causing accuracy problems, any less and it won't feed.
OK so how do you know how much belling or flare to put in the case...is it adjustable numerically??? If so what is the proper bell/flare...I would think this would be the same for any .357 sig round regardless of make and model bullet/casing. I just hear so many discrepancies for the same end result.
It's more of a sight thing. You bell/flair the case just enough to allow the bullet to sit on top of the case. By just enough, I mean that the case has expanded, no more than 1/16th of an inch down the wall of the case, and no more that the thickness of the case walls x 2.
I guess my comment was taken wrong. If you know what you are doing and how to set everything up and how it should operate then yeah, .357 sig isn't a problem. but......it would be easy for the inexperienced loader to put too much bell on the case and leave a slight bulge in the middle of the neck reducing case tension.
It sounds like you want to be sure you understand before jumping in, so get a 650, a friend that has some experience and go at it. Just be sure to read about each part of the process and understand it.
Have fun, your at the right place to get help for sure.
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Not trying to be a spoil sport here ROC77, but you may want to start off with a straight walled pistol case in a progressive machine. .357 Sig can make learning the in and outs of the machine a little more frustrating than it has to be. You will need to lube .357 Sig for sizing, and they are less tolerant with bell and crimp ranges. If you end up with too little case pressure on the bullet you may get set-back while loading. Experience will greatly reduce the chances of errors.
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While pulling my niece around the house in a wagon today I back right into the sharp corner of a wooden bench. It hit about 3" below my left knee on the outside edge of my calf. Poked right inside the edge of the muscle and now it's painful to put any pressure on that leg. Powering off of it is out of the question. I know this will heal, but tomorrow I had planned all afternoon for live fire practice. I guess entry and exit drills are out.
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Are you purging the nozzles after use?
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Awareness
Edited to take away a word. (I have reading comprehension issues)
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Looking forward to more installments.
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If it is possible to change something enough from the original, while adding a feature or advantage that would compliment/add to your claim that the material improves the design you might be able to get a patent on it.
I'm no patent attorney, but it seems they give them away these days.
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Is he in uniform, or has he sewn his rank, name, and U.S.ARMY patches on a fleece?
Are quarter-zip or zip up fleeces uniform now?
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She looks identical to Sally, the dog that walked up to my aunt's house early last summer and never left. She has been a great pet, and showed perfect timing since the old boxer that used to live there passed weeks before.
Sharon's vet is convinced that Sally is a Weim / Doberman mix.
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I've done quite a bit of woodworking and I like a couple of different products - Zinsser shellac is good, use several coatings for a very solid surface. Spar urethane, as sarge said, is also very good. A couple of pics of the benches I built for reloading - used Shellac on both.
My first thought as I admire this bench is that I see a bit of curly maple around the edges. Is that right? Nice job.
I used Minwax fast drying polyurethane on my bench and have not been very happy with it. It has cracked in a couple of places although that could be fro application error.
Is Zinsser shellac available at common hardware stores or would I need to visit a woodworking shop?
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Does Chrome or Firefox use less memory (more efficient) then Explorer ?
Firefox's memory usage changes dramatically depending on the add-ons you run. I think it's attraction is the ability to customize it. It has been known to have some memory usage issues with different versions and seems to tie up increasing amounts the longer it stays open on my computer. That's why I tried Chrome.
Chrome is supposed to be a pretty lean browser, that and it waits to render a page until the whole thing is downloaded. Which, to me at least, feels slower than rendering it as it downloads.
Haven't used IE much outside banking and vendor site access at work.
Did I fail to answer your question sufficiently enough?
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Yes. I did have issues with the format loading correctly in Chrome so I went back to Firefox.
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This is how they come from the factory. Completely normal.
The firing pin hole profile looks sort of like a snow cone. -
I got a blue Pocket Pro II and a red drink cooler for matches. Wives seem to give better presents than other family. Maybe I should get one of those before next Christmas.
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I think you made the point about learning to ride a bike, there is no "how" and you can't think about it, you just have to get on the bike. You may not succeed at first, but if you keep at it before you know it you are riding. You can think about it after but there is no real point where you knew how to ride a bike and you certainly can't tell someone how to do it, but you can still ride a bike...even now, if you haven't ridden a bike in years, you can still get on and ride.
This makes ZERO sense. There is no "HOW" to ride a bike? There are books to end on 'how" to ride a bike (or motorcycle) Since I have been riding (and racing since 1972) I can assure you there is a "how" to do it. Ask a champion. They will agree.
Yeah... like walking, there is a how.....just ask a supermodel.
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twodownzero, I have been working with the coated 147 Precision FP in my M&P. I've found that anything loaded longer than about 1.125 causes buildup in the chamber shoulder and throat that prevents closing into battery. Rounds loaded 1.14 & longer fail a drop tesst in the chamber, but shorter drop in fine. I can't make sense of the buildup. I can only guess that the shoulder of the bullet is far enough forward that it is hitting the chamber shoulder and scraping off the coating while chambering. The chamber seems loose enough for that to happen, but I can only guess.
All that to suggest; using these bullets loaded long, even after reaming the throat may cause issues resulting from the bullet's profile.
I can't claim any of this is fact. I'm only speaking based on my limited experience and assumptions.
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The stages look great Mark. One question, on "The Journey" which popper activates the moving target?
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When you're the original plastic gun that runs 100% on anything you feed it, you don't have to make you gun look schnazzy to compete. When you're coming into the market 15 years later and trying to compete with the guys who have been selling said pistols to tons of agencies and individuals for over a decade, adding some cosmetic flare to your product couldn't hurt.Starting with a bar of steel and machining off only what is absolutely necessary gets you functionality at less cost, and mebbe that's what mattered to Herr Glock when he bid for the Austrian Army's sidearm contract.
(With the minor added clarification that Glock slides aren't machined to shape, they're formed by bending a piece of sheet steel over a mandrel.)
You're thinking of the made in Germany SIG slides. No way the Glock slides are sheet steel.
I'm sure that Mr Thomas knows his subject matter.
Edited to say what I actually meant.
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Document everything she does going forward, and gather any documentation you have from past issues. (abuse) Be prepared to pay handsomely in lawyers fees if you want your daughter to live with you. Not sure how your state is, but that's all but an impossibility here in AL unless the mother proves to be a danger to the little girl.
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That's one expensive helmet.
Great post.
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Well put kevin c. Let's not forget one of the earlier concessions to a targeted market. That stylish beveled at the front slide that was introduced with the 34, 35.
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I guess I took his question wrong. I thought he meant why couldn't they make it look slimmer and sexy or give it some type of shape other than "block". Like Smith did with the M&P and other manufacturers have done with this action type.
Maybe it's like women...some guys like 'em blocky, other guys like em with more shape and some guys just don't like any of them.
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I would assume that the square shape didn't happen as a result of a specific planned outcome. It was more than likely the result of a lack of benefit aesthetic machining operations would bring to the product. Cost benefit analysis. The bricks do sell and operate extremely well.
The firing pin hole profile looks sort of like a snow cone.
Which one?
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Lapua or Norma?