Regards,
Molly
"The remedy for evil men is not the abrogation of the rights of law abiding citizens. The remedy for evil men is the gallows." Thomas Jefferson
My wife offered to put some eyedrops in my eye not too long ago, and picked up a window cleaner by mistake. MAN! It's mostly just an isopropanol solution, but that alcohol BURNS!!!
I was working in a paint lab and the line to a spray gun being cleaned with solvent ruptured, soaking me down with xylene from head to foot. Eyes too, and other places as well. I ain't NEVER gonna laugh at no turpentined cat!
Regards,
Molly
"The remedy for evil men is not the abrogation of the rights of law abiding citizens. The remedy for evil men is the gallows." Thomas Jefferson
Molly: did you work in a paint lab in Cincinnati and if so which one? I was a paint chemist in Cincinnati for 35+ years.
God Bless, Whisler
I have a question.
Say you load for 3006 an you use 5 different bullets. How do you mark the seating die when you put it away for a while for the bullet it is set for?
Kevin
KB, make dummy rounds and use them to set the die for each.
Gear
Hi all -
I want to emphasize the rinsing of brass after citric acid dip. I didn't rinse (just dried) and after vibrating the brass I had severe black stains (walnut media) that refused to polish out.
This was the first time I used citric acid and hadn't seen any advice to rinse. So if I missed it and this is common knowledge please forgive.....Mohavedog.
Why not use citric acid, vinegar, or ammonia? Ive heard its bad, but why?
I load dummy rounds for all my various ammo. I also cut in half (lengthwise) a case for each caliber. These help the see how deep the boolit is going to seat and such like.
Cat
Cogito, ergo armatum sum.
(I think, therefore I'm armed.)
Regards,
Molly
"The remedy for evil men is not the abrogation of the rights of law abiding citizens. The remedy for evil men is the gallows." Thomas Jefferson
This is my first post on the forum, and I'm learning a lot, even though I've been casting for a number of years.
I used to use a variation on using the washer/dryer to polish my cases. At Wally World you can buy big plastic containers shaped like pickle jars. Fill those half full of walnut media, throw in your brass (and Brasso if you use it) and put it in the dryer with the heat setting on "air." When you're done, separate the media and load the shiny cartridges.
I might add that I'm a bachelor, and no women were harmed in the performance of this experiment -- and also that it makes a lot of noise. I'd start the dryer and then go somewhere else and have a beer until it was done.
How about wrapping the jar in a couple of towels to quieten it down?
It still makes a pretty tremendous thumping noise, but that does help some. What's really critical is to observe the rotation of the dryer, and don't put the jar in so that the rotation unscrews the top.
Just find a jar with left hand threads.
To use a dryer to polish brass---place brass in closed container with polishing media (two and a half gallon bucket). Place container in the center of the dryer drum and pack in three or four rolled-up sleeping bags to hold it in place. Turn on dryer (cold air setting) and go have a beer (or two).
R.D.M.
Chicken Thief, I do the same thing, never moving the stop, only I take all my measurements from the stop, either way it's very accurate and repeatable.................steg
After looking at your pics again, I like your way better, but going from the stop ring is still necessary to set the crimp....................
Go shooting in a driving rain, no bugs.
Here is how I cut my tumbler time in half. When I use the cover and clamp it down against the bowl the tumbling action is slowed by about 50%. To speed the tumbler up I placed a double nut on the tumbler shaft to position the cover just above the bowl. Then I clamp the cover against the double nut. This allows the tumbler to run at top speed and still keep most of the tumbler dust in the bowl.
Here's something I've used for depriming .223 cases and should work for others. Walmart (or any grocery store) sell Vegetable oil spray for cooking at $1.00 a can. I figured I'd try it and other than being messy (and slow to dry although it does dry overnight and isn't bad then) it works great as a case lube. I've got a bunch of military brass that needs deprimed and crimp removed so after depriming I run them through the cleaner. The resizing die keeps a good portion on it so you can get away with not spraying all of them with it, but be careful trying that.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |