jaredr

and when is CNBC releasing its stunning expose of the design flaws in the Ford pinto?

coolest cut-down pistol I ever saw was an aaron harris custom piece done on (I think) the STI VIP i believe this was $3500 back in 2006, without the sight or lights.... how much more effective (or concealable) was it than a glock 30? I don't know, but I guess that wasn't really the point. did look like something out of a william gibson novel, and interesting to see that slide-mounted red-dots are becoming more and more common in production-type handguns.

that is about it, case lube is wonderful. it took me about 20 years to find out! i think one of the best pieces of advice I ever received from this forum was to always lube cases before reloading, even when loading straight-wall pistol cartridges with carbide dies. I was amazed at how much smoother and more consistent the press operation could be after just a few sprays of hornady one shot.

thread drift i think the honest wear shows character. my favorite handgun is the one with the most wear, the most nicks, dings, blueing worn off etc. it may not look like a safe queen anymore, but it's seen hard use and the fact that it still works well 30K rounds later gives me comfort it was built well.

LWRC?

search "+bulletfeeder +lead", couple of threads on it. I have loaded about 12,000 cast lead .45 projectiles, about 10K 200 gr LSWC and maybe 2K 230 round nose. need to break the unit down about every 500-1000 rounds and clean out the bullet collator, feed spring, and bullet dropper with brake cleaner but that is likely because I am loading really cheap bullets that I can buy locally (valiant) and they have a soft and "gummy" lubricant. the lube used on oregon trail bullets is much harder, so you may get less interruption if using a bullet like that, but admittedly oregon trail is quite a bit more expensive then the ones I am using. either way, the custome service and support I have gotten from Mr. Bulletfeeder has sold me on their feeder, would reccomend it without hesitation.

the next step is to start fabricating your own primers by punching the cups out of used soft drink cans and concocting a replacement for fulminate of mercury using left over chinese fireworks and lawn fertilizer...

I've never bothered to trim .223. It wears out before it needs it. my $.02 - i think you can probably get away without trimming a lot of the time, especially if you are reloading cartridges you've already fired once in your own chamber and you've confirmed your headspace is good. on the other hand, i've seen a ton of brass that was provided as once-fired which was already way over length (like a penny thickness or more sticking out of the end of my dillon gauge, and this stuff wouldn't even fit in a wilson gauge). likely that this stuff came out of military chambers (i.e. m249) or commercial firearms with way too much slop. if you just resize this, stuff in new primer, powder, and bullet, the bolt may or may not be able to stuff it all the way in the chamber when you release the bolt stop. you're probably better off if it won't chamber, because crimping .02" of brass into the bullet will up chamber pressures significantly - if it doesn't cause your bolt to fail, you're certainly taking a lot of rounds off its usable life. accordingly, I just trim everything i put in my rifle unless it came out of a new factory sealed bag. some cartridges are already at or under spec, so they get nothing removed. others leave huge long threads of trimmed brass, telling my it was worth it to run that one through the trimmer edited to note: this was written with reloading for the AR in mind. if you're loading for a bolt gun, then you may have greater capacity to feel what kind of resistance you're getting when you try and chamber a round, and may be able to avoid just stuffing something into the chamber because you can feel when the case neck is being wedged into the projectile. on the other hand, i'd still argue you're better off trimming everything (or at least checking for cartridge length and manually trimming where needed).

now getting an average of 2950 with 55gr hdy fmj out of 16" S&W carbine (1/7 twist, chrome lined). it's a bit on the slow side compared to xm193 (at least when that crap isn't blowing primers into the trigger group) but I shoot mostly inside of 100 yds and load mixed headstamp so I'm happy to keep powder charges sedate. difference between 2950 and 3100 is (for me) not meaningful, although i'm also shooting more and more 22lr in a conversion for practice up close. -jared

where's the emoticon for bitter envy? seriously, congrats:cheers:

now that was funny i used slip2000 since i've gotten a ton of it for free at different classes and at SHOT. is it better than the generic 10w30 motor oil i used to (and sometime still) use? not that I can tell... i'll send this thread to mr. ATAS so he can call me out for not using tactically approved lube products...

thanks for that, you win for most unappealing visual ever, or at least this week...

i've got processed once fired brass for sale $110/1000 shipping included. This is polished, deprimed, primer pocket swaged, trimmed to 1.75", full-length resized and gauged with a dillon case gauge. primed with remington 7 1/2 for an extra $30. just to clarify, TJ's brass is processed through a scharch inspector/reamer, which does deprime, check for cracked necks, and ream the primer pocket but the case still needs to be re-sized and trimmed. pm me if you have any questions. -jared

i predict all attendees will have totally awesome food!

i think nitrile is the way to go, i wear one on my left hand whenever I'm handling bullets at the press (usually when doing smaller runs or developing test loads, i got spoiled with a mr. bulletfeeder and use that for most of the high volume stuff). i find nitrile easier to put on/off than latex. while it may not be necessary to wear gloves, the anecdote I've always heard about toxic materials is "dosage makes the poison." you may be getting very little toxic materials into your system by simple handling of projectiles, but I do it a <whole lot> so even if it's just a tiny bit in and of itself, it may add up over time (and I'd like to be around for a while longer...)

H&K P7 is the only pistol i know of that produces brass like that. I believe the steyr GB was also gas delayed blowback (similar to P7) but not sure if it has a fluted chamber - anyone know?

unless you plan on submerging your ammo, not a whole lot of need for it that I can see. on the other hand, if you've got the time then sure, why not...

park city KY is about 10 hours or so from Raleigh NC, if anyone on this thread is from NC and is interested in making the drive out, PM me

that is a smoking deal. if i hadn't just blown my piggy-bank money on a new shotgun, i'd be all over that. thread drift just got some shot show magazine in the mail ("NSSF Shot Business") and they've got an article on multigun, big picture of rob romero holding a 6' check from FN congrats

my understanding is that chris patty is sole distributor for these, and if so, then either someone is re-selling it at a loss (not sure why they would do that) or they do not have this particular manufacturer + model + reticle. couldn't find any posting on arf.com so not sure what they're advertising, but perhaps my search-fu is just weak.

i'm in if we're doing something in NC, expect I can get a couple of other local folks to attend as well.

Bennie Cooley seems to get to NC fairly often and maybe to VA. Other than monitoring M4carbine.net for course announcements, I'm not sure how you hear about them. His Tactical Carbine (or Practical Carbine, not sure what was called) was pretty heavy on shooting the AR quickly and accurately and not overly heavy on "tactics." (Just the way I wanted it.) There were a lot of 3-gun competitors in the class I attended. looks like some of his classes are scheduled by grey group (they've already got a benny cooley class on their calendar for April 2011 in college station, tx).

You're a little low on the RPM, a bullet running 3000 fps in a 9 twist is actually spinning 4000 revolutions per 'second', or 240,000 rpm. It's a wonder any of them can hold together! Straying off topic but my 17 Predator coyote rifle runs a 30 grain bullet at 4100 fps in a 9 twist. That's 328,000 rpm!! Just FYI, an easy formula is velocity x 720 / twist = rpm. THANKS! i thought my figures were a bit low but couldn't figure out where I was dropping the ball (remembered someone mentioning a 300k rpm figure from some earlier conversation, but couldn't figure out how he arrived at that figure...

subscribing to this thread to keep an eye out for course announcements...

when it shows up, can you post something and advise whether the chevron's are in fact BDC for some specific 223 round? I'd thought that the three chevron's were supposed to range for 300, 400, & 500 but have heard conflicting info.