clearcut
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what a cool thread, I use white rice and a little ajax for low cost tumbling the cases come out clean then I rinse w/hot h2o and dry in pie pan on the wood stove
CC
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I will try this for sure!After I bought my concentricity gauge I was disappointed to find that I needed to stand up to read the gauge. So...I went to Lowe's got a small piece of diamond plate and bent a 1" lip at 50 degrees (+/-). Then I drilled 4 holes to hold the gauge and 3 holes on the lip. All the holes were 5/16". I used 1/4" bolts and washers too fit, to hold the gauge. Yes, the holes were bigger than needed but, the extra slop let me level the gauge perfectly on the plate. On the bench I countersunk the 5/16" holes about 1/8" and hammered in some, threaded 5/16" "pronged tee-nuts". The plate bolted up solid. Seeing as how I mounted it on my 2nd reloading bench I don't have to remove it unless I want too. But, removing it only takes about 1 minute or so. Now I can read my gauge sitting down. Ohh...The camo paint was just sitting there so.....
Thanks, yes this is a good tip, and can make pulling the lever far more comfortable on a 'short-stroke'. Difficult to size cases may need more leverage though, but I only reload .204 Ruger currently, and have my Lee Turret set up with a shortened lever. I also bent my lever a touch more in the vice, to have MORE of a bend in it, to keep clear of everything.Ok, here's my only contribution to the reloading world.
Shorten the arm length on your press to a point you are comfortable with. This lets you scoot up to the bench more and gives you a more economical movement that *could* make your reloading a tiny bit faster. Sorry if this was already posted, but I have not looked this whole thread over in a while.
Very elegant, Thank you Sir!If your press uses a standard " shell holder" and you get tired of it "rotating" while using the press, I found a simple solution.
Remove the "C-ring" retainer, position the holder where you like it and use a titanium drill to fit the hole the C-ring snaps into, insert the bit through the hole and drill just a dimple on the steel behind the hole.
The C-ring tip will hold in the dimple and the holder won't rotate.
Amazing! Great patch catcher idea!Now you can take the X cut bottle and slide it over your muzzle and all your patches drop inside the bottle. Cheap patch catcher. I've been using a similar bottle at the range when cleaning...don't have to worry about picking patches up off the ground.
I use Crown Royal bags for bringing brass home from the range. Friend who is a bartender gave me a handful of the larger ones this morning at breakfast and I'll use those for press covers. Thanks!"Empty crown royal bags are the best tasting way to get pistol brass storage!"
I use those to cover my powder measures. I don't have enough to put brass in, my brass is in 5 gallon buckets.
Just don't sprinkle them on your spaghetti!38 wadcutters will fit in 9mm boxes? That tip alone makes waking up this moring worth it!
Here are my modest ideas:
On the RCBS 2000 (and possibly others) there are gaps in the base and on the plate on which the case bins hang. When you fill the bullet tray up the overflow tends to head right for these gaps, so I filled them up with inserts made from wood and styrofoam.
The plastic containers that parmesean cheese come in are good for storing loaded rounds. They hold about 100 9mm rounds and you can shake out how ever many rounds you need with the top still secure.
Since I only load handgun, I made a lockring that fits around the ram of my Lee turret press, set it about in the middle of the ram, and now I have a nice short stroke.