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    Kiss Bullet feeder

    in non-Dillon Reloading Equipment

    Posted

    Come on Ricky Baby, the cash is burning a hole in my pocket!! Start shipping soon before I do something stupid like by a Commie made M4 clone.

    Any feedback on his timing?

    I recieved an e-mail from Rick. Things are looking positive and contacting him now with your interest may be advisable.

    What's his contact info?

    It's listed on the website, www.mrbulletfeeder.com

    Thanks

    Cool. Thanks for the help.

    Forster Bullet Collet Puller

    in General Reloading

    Posted

    i've got a hornady collet puller. The designs should be similar. allow the collet to grip the bullet and pull it apart on the downstroke of the press.

    for set up, i close the collet to its smallest ID. from there i back off till a bullet will actually fit. i'll try to pull a bullet and adjust collet pressure from there.

    also, try picking up collets that are slightly larger than the actual bullet diameter you are trying to pull. usually a one size larger collet will be able to grip a bullet that is slightly smaller with enough pressure. once you release the collet pressure, the bullet should fall out since the collet should "spring" back to its original size. if you do it right, the bullet you pull shold have no/minimal collet marks.

    You figured out, from my poor description, what the problem is. Stuck is a bad choice of words. It won't drop free after I loosen the cam lock. The projectile is a .45 JHP.

    The collet is marked 452, but is tapered on the inside to a diameter that is less than .452..

    Thanks to Wolf, got a chance to use my new bullet puller.

    in non-Dillon Reloading Equipment

    Posted

    Thanks to Wolf, got a chance to use my new bullet puller.

    It's either my LCP or Wolf small pistol primers. I think its the Wolf primers. Many times I pulled the trigger and nothing happened.

    I removed the round looked at the primer, saw a dent. Sometimes, when I put the round back in and puller the trigger, it fired. That's why I think I got some lousy Wolf primers.

    So, I got out my brand new, Hornady Cam Lock bullet puller and, after fiddling with it, pulled 200 bullets from my other .380 reloads, knocked out the Wolf primers and easily captured the powder. Didn't take no time at all.

    Then, I re-primed the cases with Federal small pistol primers and reloaded them.

    Now, I'm gonna see if the Federal Primers go bang - every time. The Federals weren't my first choice, but I couldn't find any CCIs.

    But, I sure was happy with the Cam Lock Puller. I don't want to even think about using my hammer puller to pull 200 bullets.

    Here's what it looks like:

    http://www.midwayusa.com/viewp...productnumber=851547

    You have to buy the collets separately, but obviously, the collet I used to pull the .380 bullets will also work with 9mm, 38 and 357.

    PS - this is the first time Wolf primers have given me any trouble. I use 'em in my 9mm, 357 and 40 SW reloads, and have had no problems - knock on wood.

    Hack

    Hack, I've tried the Forster puller with limited success. I'm not sure there is enough area below the ogee(?) that is exposed on the bullet to get a good purchase.

    I might try the Hornady, based on your success. I won't tell you how many I need to pull (because of my error). I've already embarassed myself enough thinking about it.

    Kiss Bullet feeder

    in non-Dillon Reloading Equipment

    Posted

    Come on Ricky Baby, the cash is burning a hole in my pocket!! Start shipping soon before I do something stupid like by a Commie made M4 clone.

    Any feedback on his timing?

    I recieved an e-mail from Rick. Things are looking positive and contacting him now with your interest may be advisable.

    What's his contact info?

    Thanks

    Reloading Press Table

    in General Reloading

    Posted

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    Riden,

    I am new to the forum and started reloading in 08.

    I just posted this to the Dillon forum and thought this would be helpful.

    Here is my reloading bench (sorry for the poor quality picture). I used a shelving unit (combined 2 of them) from Loews (it was made to be a shelving unit or a work bench approx 48 inches wide (Edsal Maxi Rack Steel Shelving Unit). I also used two 3/4 inch boards and the original 1/4 inch shelf that came with the unit to make the one side where I mounted the RL550B a total of 1.75 inches thick.

    I also used a Coleman TD2 5 Drawer Base Cabinet on the right side middle of the bench for drawer storage. It fit perfectly. Bought 2 peg boards for the back of the bench to hang tools and had an old stereo rack on the left side just to make my scale eye level (the scale is covered in the picture). I have a power strip mounted on the far right side and a shop light over head, also mounted a grill light on the strong mount so I can see the powder in the bullet seating station (to make sure my powder charge is ok). I also have a big cabinet to the right of the bench where I keep all of my components etc...

    I hope this helps give you some ideas. Good luck.

    That's a great looking setup.

    PS - what was your address again? :rolleyes:

    Rocky Mountain 3 Gun

    in Multi-Gun, Rifle & Shotgun Match Announcements

    Posted

    All of them!!!!!!!!......just the fact that i knew i had a back up for anything would be great. IE....A stage i shot last year and the year prior.......I took the last shot with my rifle and hit the last plate......lucked out both times, because i did not have any more ammo on me for the rifle. But knowing that the pistol is there is nice.

    There was a match about 4 years ago that we shot at the Whitting Center (it was not RM3G).......it was another 3gun match.....a rifle stage, but you had to have a hot pistol duing all the stages.......it started raining......the stages still ran (no big thing).......the guy was down in a kneeling position with his rifle slung muzzle down (that was the start position)......well as he was standing by for the buzzer, his muzzle was sinking in the mud.......buzzer goes off....he reaches to unsling his rifle...and notices the muzzle full of mud! he knows not to fire it.....he keeps is slung, then proceeds up the hill with is 1911......he gets to the position (he was suppose to shoot about 10 targets with is rifle at 50 yrds, then hit a larue plate at 200 yrds).......he clears all the paper with is 1911, then bigger than shit, he walked in with 3 rounds and KNOCKED over the larue at 200 yrds with a 45acp. My brother was there to witness it....

    So I guess, it did pay off to have a pistol loaded in a tactical match.......unless you like to zero a stage, like what would have happen in the case of the guy above if he did not have a pistol....

    It is just nice to have, because you never know what will come up......it does not matter how experienced you are!

    That guy should get a medal!

    Lapping Slide/frame Rails

    in General Gunsmithing

    Posted

    jwrig,

    There are other areas that may needs some attention other than lapping the slide and frame rails.

    What is your gun doing? Maybe it has some drag in other areas?

    It functions very well and, pardon my plebian thoughts, is a "truck gun". Yes, I know custom is better. I have 3 of them. Really, I'm just looking to smooth the function for cheap. The other components are probably contributors to the feel as well. It's not a big deal, just looking for something better for minimal money. Any more ideas?

    Thanks,

    Jim

    Lapping Slide/frame Rails

    in General Gunsmithing

    Posted

    Any help/advice here for lapping the rails on factory single stacks? They fit fine but aren't "slick" like a good custom fit. What grit compound do you use? What brand? How long or how many strokes (that sounds nasty)? Are you lapping other contact areas as well?

    I bought a pistol that had accurails from a guy. I asked why he had them installed. He said he lapped the rails until they were almost nubs. Scared me. That's why I'm looking for advice.

    Thanks - Jim

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