What clever little things have you "invented or discovered" that you can share? - Page 8

Vitamin G · August 9, 2007, 10:58 AM

It might work, if you can somehow load it from the muzzle, like a muzzleloader...

Otherwise, i think you've, as the title describes, "Invented or discovered..."

Split brass!

Your idea made me think though, and thats no easy feat

Carl N. Brown · August 9, 2007, 10:59 AM

Practical Suggestion

I use a couple of sets of Lee dipper measures.
After almost misreading 1.3cc for 1.0cc I took a black
laundry marker and darkened the raised size numbers
to make them more legible.

jhansman · August 10, 2007, 10:17 PM

Quote:

I use a couple of sets of Lee dipper measures.
After almost misreading 1.3cc for 1.0cc I took a black
laundry marker and darkened the raised size numbers
to make them more legible.

Dang Carl, you beat me to it. Yep, black Sharpie to the rescue ensures the proper dipper each time.

6mmintl · August 12, 2007, 01:49 AM

Please delete, incorrect post

VonFatman · August 12, 2007, 11:47 PM

I found I needed some way to get a hold of loose primers on/near the press. I saw these on a "tool" table at a local gunshow and found them to work very well.

I have a Dillon 650 and have problems with the occasional hot primer flying off the "ski jump" on my press. A pretty simple idea, just cut off the end of a thumb/finger from a rubber glove and slip it over the ski jump launch area. No more live primers on the floor/bench.

If you have a 650, you probably go crazy with spent primers on the floor etc...OUCH! I got this idea off Brian Enos' website. It's a keeper.
A piece of tube, a very small hose clamp, a plastic peanut butter jar, a spent .45 ACP case with the base removed and some tin-snips to prepare the brass. Even I could do this one!

The Enos site is a wealth of information for Dillon owners. Here's a link to the spent primer fix on the Enos' site.
http://www.brianenos.com/forums/inde...8&#entry581698

Thanks for all the great tips/suggestions!!!

Bob

tasco 74 · August 13, 2007, 12:59 AM

i drilled a hole in my bench under my lee reloader press. when you use it to flare the case mouths and deprime the brass the spent primers go into a hole in the side of the press. i drilled a half inch hole right in the center of where the press bolts to the bench and put my garbage can under it. now when i deprime most of the spent primers fall right into the garbage can. works like a charm!

Noxx · August 13, 2007, 07:56 AM

Nice bench, btw, Von.

VonFatman · August 13, 2007, 09:42 AM

Noxx,
Thanks...it's a hobby I enjoy enough to invest in. (time and $)
Bob

battlecry · August 23, 2007, 05:21 PM

I use one of the anti-static bluish envelopes used to store electronic devices cut to fit to line the container of my powder measure.

Clark · August 28, 2007, 07:30 PM

I realized that I could hit a punch up the bottom of a Co-ax press and use it as a gun action and a sizing die sans decapping stem as a chamber.

It is a toggle over center action, like Luger.

I would shoot a hole in the ceiling, but If I tipped over the bench, I could shoot out the door.

Short barrelled dies would not be very accurate.

The big red press in the middle works as a gun.

jeepmor · August 29, 2007, 12:50 PM

I just searched all pages for the word straw, not seeing that, hope it is not a repeat.

I was decapping my 45ACP moments ago when about 1 in every 10 primers bounced on to the floor. This is what I did:

Supplies:
Soda Straw
Electrical tape
Scissors

1. cut a large diameter straw to 1/8" inch longer than the machined edge where the primer is occasionally bouncning out. You'll know where this is if you have this issue.

2. wrap ~1-2" electrical tape around the top portion of the straw to keep it in place and centered below the shell holder.

3. No more primers on the floor this way ever again.

50 cases of large pistol primers so far, no issues.

A catch system with a PBJ jar would be greatly appreciated. It's closer to a nearly closed system and increases the maintenance interval by 10x or more. And you never touch anything pouring primers out of a PBJ jar. I'll subscribe to this thread. If no solutions come forth, I'll devise my own with a cannabalized funnel of some sort, take pics and share. I'm making or buying sometihng anyway, if you know what I mean.

jeepmor

bugs100 · September 1, 2007, 07:33 PM

Take your media outside when it's windy and pour it in to a bucket. The wind will remove all the dust and grit.

You can pickup winchester primers right out of their package with your primer sticks.

Noxx · September 1, 2007, 10:12 PM

Quote:

You can pickup winchester primers right out of their package with your primer sticks.

I can't speak for other sizes but I've tried that with win small pistol, and no love.

bugs100 · September 2, 2007, 07:26 AM

I have no problem picking up large or small primers with new sticks.

What happens a lot with primer sticks is the plastic tip gets worn or rather spread out a little.

The other problem is some times I get a new stick that is to tight and the primers stick in the tip.

I wish they would package primers in clear plastic tubes.

Rembrandt · September 21, 2007, 06:46 AM

Sorry, should have posted this here...

Never been satisfied with drilling holes in a bench and bolting a press down. Once installed most presses never move again. Always intrigued with the possibility of a quick change system that gives more bench room if needed. Here's what I came up with, two rails of extruded aluminum recessed into the bench top that presses get mounted to. Composite bases are attached to each loader and accessory. Rail allows press to slide up and down the bench, then simply lock it in place by tightening bolts. Next step will be a stock and forearm rest that attaches to the same rail system for cleaning guns.

jamz · September 21, 2007, 08:40 AM

Now THAT ^ is a slick setup.

ZeSpectre · September 21, 2007, 09:18 AM

+1 I know what I'M doing with my bench when I build it!

Do you ever loose primers in those channels?

Bronson7 · September 21, 2007, 12:46 PM

Now that's about as slick as it gets! Impressive! Looks pricey. Those extruded rails don't come cheap. Very nice job.
Bronson7

Rembrandt · September 21, 2007, 02:49 PM

Rails are cheaper than you may think.... available from MSC, 8' for about $40. http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNSRIT...MT4NO=29685610

Bronson7 · September 21, 2007, 03:28 PM

Thanks Rembrandt. A lot cheaper than I thought. Thanks for the link.
Bronson7

redactor · October 2, 2007, 11:37 AM

I don't know if this has been posted before, but if you happen to have some stripper clips that have some surface rust or some kind of gunk in them, just toss them into your tumbler for a few hours. I've done it with both .303 British and 7.62x54R strippers. If you add some polish to your media, it even seemed to help smooth-out the Mosin-Nagant ones.

Javelin2235 · October 3, 2007, 10:10 AM

Back when I lived at home, Dad had a bench out in the shed with a Lee "C" press mounted to it. When we mounted the press, we cut a wedge out of the benchtop to mount the press at a more comfortable angle (IE, not square with the edge of the bench)

Did the same "drill a hole under the press for the primers" though I used a cat-food can and used a couple pieces of 2x4 to make a small shelf for it to sit on. Keeps the garbage can away from my feet.

usually, the outdoor press is used for just resizing cases. The rest of the stages are done with a Lee Hand press on a table indoors. Works well for those VT winters as the table is close to the woodstove. and the aerosol case lube is COLD after you've used it for a while...(ask me how I know that)

Now that I live far enough away from my parents that I can't use dad's loading setup anymore, it's time to set up my own. I've been thinking of using this as a bench: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=94309

I know HF is cheap tools, but it's kinda hard to screw up a table...

-Jack

Steel Talon · October 17, 2007, 10:03 AM

Instead of water, I started using "Iso Heet" (red bottle,automotive section) as my delivery agent for my "spray bottle" case lube. Its Isopropyl Alcohol. Evaporates quickly leaves the lube.

Peace
ST

Ratshooter · October 17, 2007, 04:43 PM

I like to charge my pistol cases in the loading block with a Little Dandy powder measure. The rotors get expensive at $10.00 each.

I took a #9 rotor and deepend the hole as deep as possible and squared the bottom by grinding the point off of the drill. I then tapped the hole with a 3/16 x 16 tap. I then ground the end of the tap off to make a bottom tap and tapped as deep as allowed.

After this was done i ground off a set screw to a thin washer with just enough metal left for an allen wrench to slip in and make adjustments to the drop amount. I then wrapped the set screw with teflon tape on the threads to keep the screw from moving and changing the powder charge.

I now have an adjustable rotor that will drop from .7 grains of bullseye to 6.4 grains of bullseye powder. To change the drop amount the charge is dropped in a scale and weighed without rotating the rotor back around. An allen wrench is put through the drop tube and the set screw can be ran up or down until the proper amount of powder is being dropped.

I have used this for about 2 years now with never having a powder charge change.

Clark · October 18, 2007, 08:12 PM

I put a big lag screw with a washer not big enough to hold down the RCBS uniflow powder measure bracket. But with the bracket a little off center, and a quarter turn for tightening down the bracket, it was quick change. The trouble was I had the bracket eccentric towards me, and when it moved from me cranking the handle, it moved towards the center, where it could pop up and dump a half pound of powder. It is still mounted there, but off center away from me.

August 9, 2007, 10:58 AM	#176
Vitamin G Member Join Date: August 9, 2003 Location: Monroeville, PA (Home of the Zombies) Posts: 929	It might work, if you can somehow load it from the muzzle, like a muzzleloader... Otherwise, i think you've, as the title describes, "Invented or discovered..." Split brass! Your idea made me think though, and thats no easy feat __________________ ...the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall notbe infringed subject to reasonable limitations, including background check, processing fee, submission of fingerprints, registration of said arm, proof of training, distance to schools, compliance re: spent casings and drop-tests, absence of features including but not limited to; capacity of magazine, pistol grip, bayonet, adjustable stock, or muzzle break. Limitations on caliber, capacity, and concealment may apply. Offer not valid in California, Kansas, Illinois, or Wisconsin.

August 9, 2007, 10:59 AM	#177
Carl N. Brown Member Join Date: May 10, 2005 Location: Kingsport Tennessee Posts: 5,886	Practical Suggestion I use a couple of sets of Lee dipper measures. After almost misreading 1.3cc for 1.0cc I took a black laundry marker and darkened the raised size numbers to make them more legible. __________________ Cogito me cogitare; ergo, cogito me esse.

August 12, 2007, 11:47 PM	#180
VonFatman Member Join Date: January 21, 2004 Location: Just a Smidge outside of Kansas City Posts: 375	A couple things... I found I needed some way to get a hold of loose primers on/near the press. I saw these on a "tool" table at a local gunshow and found them to work very well. I have a Dillon 650 and have problems with the occasional hot primer flying off the "ski jump" on my press. A pretty simple idea, just cut off the end of a thumb/finger from a rubber glove and slip it over the ski jump launch area. No more live primers on the floor/bench. If you have a 650, you probably go crazy with spent primers on the floor etc...OUCH! I got this idea off Brian Enos' website. It's a keeper. A piece of tube, a very small hose clamp, a plastic peanut butter jar, a spent .45 ACP case with the base removed and some tin-snips to prepare the brass. Even I could do this one! The Enos site is a wealth of information for Dillon owners. Here's a link to the spent primer fix on the Enos' site. http://www.brianenos.com/forums/inde...8&#entry581698 Thanks for all the great tips/suggestions!!! Bob __________________ "Onward thru the Fog"

August 13, 2007, 12:59 AM	#181
tasco 74 Member Join Date: February 25, 2004 Location: iowa u.s.a. Posts: 855	drilled a hole in my bench i drilled a hole in my bench under my lee reloader press. when you use it to flare the case mouths and deprime the brass the spent primers go into a hole in the side of the press. i drilled a half inch hole right in the center of where the press bolts to the bench and put my garbage can under it. now when i deprime most of the spent primers fall right into the garbage can. works like a charm! __________________ THE 2ND AMENDMENT PROTECTS US ALL.....

August 13, 2007, 07:56 AM	#182
Noxx Member Join Date: June 8, 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,346	Nice bench, btw, Von. __________________ I don't live in Fantasyland, I just work there. Dog-Fu!

August 12, 2007, 01:49 AM	#179
6mmintl Member Join Date: August 11, 2007 Posts: 7	Please delete, incorrect post

August 13, 2007, 09:42 AM	#183
VonFatman Member Join Date: January 21, 2004 Location: Just a Smidge outside of Kansas City Posts: 375	Noxx, Thanks...it's a hobby I enjoy enough to invest in. (time and $) Bob __________________ "Onward thru the Fog"

August 23, 2007, 05:21 PM	#184
battlecry Member Join Date: September 14, 2006 Posts: 107	I use one of the anti-static bluish envelopes used to store electronic devices cut to fit to line the container of my powder measure.

August 28, 2007, 07:30 PM	#185
Clark Member Join Date: January 3, 2003 Location: Where I5 meets the rain forest Posts: 3,770	I realized that I could hit a punch up the bottom of a Co-ax press and use it as a gun action and a sizing die sans decapping stem as a chamber. It is a toggle over center action, like Luger. I would shoot a hole in the ceiling, but If I tipped over the bench, I could shoot out the door. Short barrelled dies would not be very accurate. The big red press in the middle works as a gun. __________________ The word 'forum" does not mean "not criticizing books." "Ad hominem fallacy" is not the same as point by point criticism of books. Are we a nation of competing ideas, or a nation of forced conformity of thought?

August 29, 2007, 12:50 PM	#186
jeepmor Member Join Date: November 6, 2005 Location: Stumptown Posts: 2,770	No spent primers on the floor I just searched all pages for the word straw, not seeing that, hope it is not a repeat. I was decapping my 45ACP moments ago when about 1 in every 10 primers bounced on to the floor. This is what I did: Supplies: Soda Straw Electrical tape Scissors 1. cut a large diameter straw to 1/8" inch longer than the machined edge where the primer is occasionally bouncning out. You'll know where this is if you have this issue. 2. wrap ~1-2" electrical tape around the top portion of the straw to keep it in place and centered below the shell holder. 3. No more primers on the floor this way ever again. 50 cases of large pistol primers so far, no issues. A catch system with a PBJ jar would be greatly appreciated. It's closer to a nearly closed system and increases the maintenance interval by 10x or more. And you never touch anything pouring primers out of a PBJ jar. I'll subscribe to this thread. If no solutions come forth, I'll devise my own with a cannabalized funnel of some sort, take pics and share. I'm making or buying sometihng anyway, if you know what I mean. jeepmor __________________ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

September 1, 2007, 07:33 PM	#187
bugs100 Member Join Date: April 17, 2007 Location: USA Posts: 57	Take your media outside when it's windy and pour it in to a bucket. The wind will remove all the dust and grit. You can pickup winchester primers right out of their package with your primer sticks.

September 2, 2007, 07:26 AM	#189
bugs100 Member Join Date: April 17, 2007 Location: USA Posts: 57	I have no problem picking up large or small primers with new sticks. What happens a lot with primer sticks is the plastic tip gets worn or rather spread out a little. The other problem is some times I get a new stick that is to tight and the primers stick in the tip. I wish they would package primers in clear plastic tubes.

September 21, 2007, 06:46 AM	#190
Rembrandt Member Join Date: February 1, 2003 Posts: 3,147	Sorry, should have posted this here... Never been satisfied with drilling holes in a bench and bolting a press down. Once installed most presses never move again. Always intrigued with the possibility of a quick change system that gives more bench room if needed. Here's what I came up with, two rails of extruded aluminum recessed into the bench top that presses get mounted to. Composite bases are attached to each loader and accessory. Rail allows press to slide up and down the bench, then simply lock it in place by tightening bolts. Next step will be a stock and forearm rest that attaches to the same rail system for cleaning guns.

September 21, 2007, 08:40 AM	#191
jamz Member Join Date: November 28, 2003 Location: I'm a maniac, maniac at your door Posts: 1,771	Now THAT ^ is a slick setup. __________________ NRA Life Member ***Go Pats!*** Gunatics!! Become an NRA Life Member today with Easy Pay Life! $25.00 per quarter! https://membership.nrahq.org/forms/s...aignID=default

September 21, 2007, 09:18 AM	#192
ZeSpectre Member Join Date: October 10, 2006 Location: Deep in the valley Posts: 5,476	+1 I know what I'M doing with my bench when I build it! Do you ever loose primers in those channels? __________________ . "The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on"

September 21, 2007, 12:46 PM	#193
Bronson7 Member Join Date: February 20, 2003 Posts: 203	Now that's about as slick as it gets! Impressive! Looks pricey. Those extruded rails don't come cheap. Very nice job. Bronson7

September 21, 2007, 02:49 PM	#194
Rembrandt Member Join Date: February 1, 2003 Posts: 3,147	Rails are cheaper than you may think.... available from MSC, 8' for about $40. http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNSRIT...MT4NO=29685610

September 21, 2007, 03:28 PM	#195
Bronson7 Member Join Date: February 20, 2003 Posts: 203	Thanks Rembrandt. A lot cheaper than I thought. Thanks for the link. Bronson7

October 2, 2007, 11:37 AM	#196
redactor Member Join Date: March 7, 2007 Location: Huntsvegas, AL Posts: 222	I don't know if this has been posted before, but if you happen to have some stripper clips that have some surface rust or some kind of gunk in them, just toss them into your tumbler for a few hours. I've done it with both .303 British and 7.62x54R strippers. If you add some polish to your media, it even seemed to help smooth-out the Mosin-Nagant ones.

October 3, 2007, 10:10 AM	#197
Javelin2235 Member Join Date: October 1, 2007 Posts: 13	Back when I lived at home, Dad had a bench out in the shed with a Lee "C" press mounted to it. When we mounted the press, we cut a wedge out of the benchtop to mount the press at a more comfortable angle (IE, not square with the edge of the bench) Did the same "drill a hole under the press for the primers" though I used a cat-food can and used a couple pieces of 2x4 to make a small shelf for it to sit on. Keeps the garbage can away from my feet. usually, the outdoor press is used for just resizing cases. The rest of the stages are done with a Lee Hand press on a table indoors. Works well for those VT winters as the table is close to the woodstove. and the aerosol case lube is COLD after you've used it for a while...(ask me how I know that) Now that I live far enough away from my parents that I can't use dad's loading setup anymore, it's time to set up my own. I've been thinking of using this as a bench: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=94309 I know HF is cheap tools, but it's kinda hard to screw up a table... -Jack

October 17, 2007, 10:03 AM	#198
Steel Talon Member Join Date: March 20, 2006 Location: Cochise County AZ Posts: 585	Spray bottle case lube Instead of water, I started using "Iso Heet" (red bottle,automotive section) as my delivery agent for my "spray bottle" case lube. Its Isopropyl Alcohol. Evaporates quickly leaves the lube. Peace ST __________________ Take your time... Don't live too fast, Troubles will come and they will pass....

October 17, 2007, 04:43 PM	#199
Ratshooter Member Join Date: September 27, 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 1,760	Little Dandy Powder Measure I like to charge my pistol cases in the loading block with a Little Dandy powder measure. The rotors get expensive at $10.00 each. I took a #9 rotor and deepend the hole as deep as possible and squared the bottom by grinding the point off of the drill. I then tapped the hole with a 3/16 x 16 tap. I then ground the end of the tap off to make a bottom tap and tapped as deep as allowed. After this was done i ground off a set screw to a thin washer with just enough metal left for an allen wrench to slip in and make adjustments to the drop amount. I then wrapped the set screw with teflon tape on the threads to keep the screw from moving and changing the powder charge. I now have an adjustable rotor that will drop from .7 grains of bullseye to 6.4 grains of bullseye powder. To change the drop amount the charge is dropped in a scale and weighed without rotating the rotor back around. An allen wrench is put through the drop tube and the set screw can be ran up or down until the proper amount of powder is being dropped. I have used this for about 2 years now with never having a powder charge change.

October 18, 2007, 08:12 PM	#200
Clark Member Join Date: January 3, 2003 Location: Where I5 meets the rain forest Posts: 3,770	I put a big lag screw with a washer not big enough to hold down the RCBS uniflow powder measure bracket. But with the bracket a little off center, and a quarter turn for tightening down the bracket, it was quick change. The trouble was I had the bracket eccentric towards me, and when it moved from me cranking the handle, it moved towards the center, where it could pop up and dump a half pound of powder. It is still mounted there, but off center away from me. __________________ The word 'forum" does not mean "not criticizing books." "Ad hominem fallacy" is not the same as point by point criticism of books. Are we a nation of competing ideas, or a nation of forced conformity of thought?