actionflies
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Anyone ever try loading your 38spl or 357 with just a primer and potato for fun?
Potato Load for Revolver
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rcmodel
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No!
Sounds like a gun cleaning nightmare with all that potato juice getting blown into the cracks & crevices.
rcmodel
Sounds like a gun cleaning nightmare with all that potato juice getting blown into the cracks & crevices.
rcmodel
ReloaderFred
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No, but I've used a primer and parafin wax, and it works great. Just push the decapped case through the 1/2" thick wax and it cuts a perfect "bullet", already seated. Then prime and shoot. You leave the priming to last so the air pressure doesn't push the wax back out.
Hope this helps.
Fred
Hope this helps.
Fred
rcmodel
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+1 on the Parafine wax bullets. Works great!
But you probably need to drill out the flash holes to 1/8".
Without it, the primers will blow out/set back and lock up the cylinder, or at least cause enough drag to really strain the lock-work.
If you go that route, keep the modified cases separate and never use them again for normal reloads.
rcmodel
But you probably need to drill out the flash holes to 1/8".
Without it, the primers will blow out/set back and lock up the cylinder, or at least cause enough drag to really strain the lock-work.
If you go that route, keep the modified cases separate and never use them again for normal reloads.
rcmodel
ReloaderFred
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Yep, I forgot to mention drilling out the flash holes. Thanks, rcmodel.
Fred
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