A reloader in Arizona had a primer tube, as he said ‘go Kaboom’ and he blamed static electricity and then started in on Dillon, I know his hand must have hurt and unlike most I do not find humor in most of what is seen on “Americas funniest Videos” we have become a nation of ‘compulsive laughers’, anyhow, I suggested a few experiments, I have been noted, in the past for getting someone's attention without doing harm with more than static electricity, in some circles it is referred to as being called ‘methods and techniques’.
As to his Kaboom,
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and ‘siders’ or a mob, as Clint Eastwood said about pigeons, “I know something about pigeons”, I know something about mobs, when a picture of a mob is reviewed it is a waste of time trying to find me, because? I was not there. There was a big seen in Washington DC, A MARINE informed me everyone was looking for me, and I said “I was not there” and he replied with “I know”. He started the conversation with “THANK YOU!”
The difference between owning a book and reading the book, again, R. Lee did not say he tested Federal primers, he said he did not test Federal primers because Federal did not give him primers to test, back to the mob, in my opinion Lee could be neither fair and or objective, he felt Federal did not take him serious and did not consider him ‘one of the good old boys’ ,
And I said Federal used the large primer trays that were too big for Lee’s flip trays to give Lee something to complain about, he could have said to Federal, “sorry Mr. Federal, I would have road tested your primers? but, I did not have any Federal primers to test, but, I said some nice things about other manufactures primers, other primer manufactures donated primers to be tested in my primer systems etc..”.
Back to “The Kaboom”, I can duplicate the kaboom, I can not duplicate the kaboom with static electricity, I can not get static electricity to go through the primers, I can not get electricity to flow through an anti magnetic watch, the static electricity will flow through the tube, straight through the tube, not on the inside of the tube but on the outside or the tube and through the tube but not on the inside, space between the primers does not constitute a gap, again and again, why would the electricity jump from one primer to another when the tube on the outside of the primers shield the primers like the steel ring installed in a anti magnetic watch.
Duplocate: In my opinion the tube involved in kaboom was folded, I can duplicate the kaboom by KI-rack chopping the tube while it is supported on both ends, the kaboom tube is folded, the primer tube sticking in the celling has two splits on one side, the tube is not bent, it appears to be straight, it appears to have launched it self with the propulsion provided by the primers. I said Dillon destroys primer system on a regular bases, that is part of their job, Dillon can duplicate the keboom,. they can load tubes with primers, support the tubes and then with something like a Ki-rack chop fold the tube, when the tube folds the primers in the fold will be crushed, when the primers are crushed the primers will be pinned in the tube causing primers above and below the fold to exit in a catastrophic manner, I know siders, mobs and a little bit about electricity.
I use Federal primers, I use primers that are available, I started out one day to bust off a primer, after two hours plus and attempting to create a kaboom I achieved success with an RCBS auto hand primer, it was no accident, I folded and mangled that primer to the point it was not recognizable.
If there is a stoppage and it (the primer will not go) don’t force it, and if an small animal runs out in front of you, do not swerve, suck air through your teeth, make that sucking sound, and if you drop a primer tube do not make the mistake of reaching for it, I suggest you make that sound, because reaching for the primer tube full of primers can fold the primer tube, crush primers and cause the primers at the fold to set the primers off.
Then there is the statement about the harm a primer can cause when ignited, a very good loader/shooter/collector had a very bad habit of carrying his ammo in zip lock bags, he dropped a bag one day, the rim of one case hit the primer of another case, the primer launched itself up and into the inside if his leg above the knee, he came close to bleeding to death. Back to R. Lee, for those that own the book but refuse to read it, Lee said he clocked primers through a chronograph at + 600 fps, and there are those that have never had a squib shot and do not know how the bullet got into the throat/forcing cone and could not determine why their cylinder would not rotate or could not understand why they had to eject a case from a slide gun and why the next round would not chamber, or they did not understand why their barrels suddenly and without warning developed a bulge.
F. Guffey