A list of stupid things for a man to do...

[Smellydog]

Not really, no...


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Lol, I knew I was setting something up

 

[gixer1]

Lovely handwriting though…

 

[Sika98k]

Hmm. Nothing new there then. Picture of the Range Officer last time you know who was shooting in the general direction of Bisley….

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Actually I think that is punishment duty in N. Korea.

 

[Foxyboy43]

Actually I think that is punishment duty in N. Korea.

Indeed and what you cannot see is that everyone else at Bisley that day was lined up behind him - safest place apparently.

 

[Smellydog]

What will that 'number/measurement' tell me - apart from "X number of layers of tape is Y thick"?

Wether or not you need to weld the bolt lugs and grind back.
You'll need a Tig set, stellex rods and a 4&1/2" grinder.
Probably do it with the farmers old stick welder and some hard facing rods and his old 9" grinder if you can get the Mrs to hold the bolt real tight

 

[Foxyboy43]

Wether or not you need to weld the bolt lugs and grind back.
You'll need a Tig set, stellex rods and a 4&1/2" grinder.
Probably do it with the farmers old stick welder and some hard facing rods and his old 9" grinder if you can get the Mrs to hold the bolt real tight

Are you mad? A welder and a grinder?
Jeez!

 

[Smellydog]

Are you mad? A welder and a grinder?
Jeez!

Some milage in this saga yet


Stalker, just get them bloody bullets load'm and go shoot the bloody thing

 

[Foxyboy43]

Mileage? More like bandage - I can only see (and hear) one result a-coming!

 

[Stalker62]

Not at all, get'm bought and go shoot.

Turns out to be the hardest thing in the world to do.

They do not deliver.

Their address is 'discreet'.

However, they do get to Bisley for the Phoenix Meet, and I have reserved a couple of hundred 165gr 0.316" hard cast lead bullets.

As I said to them:-

"No rush. It's a work in progress".

 

[tim@tcs]

It may be interesting to see if the bullets perform better with copper base cups or without, they certainly make higher velocities possible but can be a pain on reloading

 

[Dunwaters]

It may be interesting to see if the bullets perform better with copper base cups or without, they certainly make higher velocities possible but can be a pain on reloading

If the source of the copper bases required old English farthings to be sourced, sized and fitted I think the OP would be all over the suggestion.
This is too easy.

 

[Stalker62]

If the source of the copper bases required old English farthings to be sourced, sized and fitted I think the OP would be all over the suggestion.

I am all over this...

 

[sh1kar]

 

[Dunwaters]

I am all over this...

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I totally knew you would.
Good luck with it.
I’m going to corner the market in farthings, I can’t lose.

 

[Muir]

It may be interesting to see if the bullets perform better with copper base cups or without, they certainly make higher velocities possible but can be a pain on reloading

With.
What is a pain about reloading gas-checked ("copper cups") bullets? ~Muir

 

[tim@tcs]

If you’re dies aren’t set up quite right they can cause dramas when seating, the case decapper/expander die usually needs setting to allow a slightly wider base than for an fmj

 

[Smellydog]

Lyman M die

 

[MarinePMI]

If you’re dies aren’t set up quite right they can cause dramas when seating, the case decapper/expander die usually needs setting to allow a slightly wider base than for an fmj

Like SD mentions, flaring the case neck solves any issues. Hence M dies and Lee universal case flaring dies.

 

[LeftHandGuy]

Like SD mentions, flaring the case neck solves any issues. Hence M dies and Lee universal case flaring dies.

I use the Lee one. Actually I use it for some jacketed bullets too. Very handy for flat base bullets, especially on cases without much of a neck to play with.

 

[Muir]

If you’re dies aren’t set up quite right they can cause dramas when seating, the case decapper/expander die usually needs setting to allow a slightly wider base than for an fmj

If you don't expand the necks as stated above you'll have more problems than you think. ~Muir