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

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 :D
 
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.
 
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.
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Dang Carl, you beat me to it. Yep, black Sharpie to the rescue ensures the proper dipper each time.
 
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.
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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.
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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!
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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/index.php?showtopic=42137&st=0&p=581698&#entry581698

Thanks for all the great tips/suggestions!!!

Bob
 
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!
 
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.
 
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.
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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
 
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.
 
You can pickup winchester primers right out of their package with your primer sticks.
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I can't speak for other sizes but I've tried that with win small pistol, and no love.
 
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.
 
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.

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Now that's about as slick as it gets! Impressive! Looks pricey. Those extruded rails don't come cheap. Very nice job.
Bronson7
 
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.
 
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/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=94309

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

-Jack
 
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:cool:
 
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.
 
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.
 
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