shoebox1.1
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It hurt REALLY bad yesterday. I’d say 7-8 on pain scale. 0-1 now
What have you done in the reloading room today
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Horskinator
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Uncle Larry and Starline must have been communicating as both orders arrived today. So I put that away and put the plug screws into the rear sight screw holes on the new L461.
Soonerpesek
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Hot Mustard and Sweet n Sour sauce….??
Horskinator
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Thoroclean system. It worked so well I went with the big bottles. I also got some wool socks and hikers from Midway.
LV Gun
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Started loaded 357 magnum with MBC 158 grain LSWC, CCI SPM primers , mixed nickel brass and I am using up some old Accurate #5 that a friend gave me that his dad used for reloading sadly his father had passed away.
I am attaching a picture of the #5 container the powder looks very different than current #5 production powder . There is no Country of Origin or Production Date on the bottle just a price sticker of $17.99 . Can anyone give me some information on this powder as I am not real familiar with Accurate powder.
I am attaching a picture of the #5 container the powder looks very different than current #5 production powder . There is no Country of Origin or Production Date on the bottle just a price sticker of $17.99 . Can anyone give me some information on this powder as I am not real familiar with Accurate powder.
Captain*kirk
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Now what the heck did you do?!!!!
shoebox1.1
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I was putting an axle in a 2023 Infiniti qx50 with a rubber type dead blow hammer ( has to be “ popped in”) and missed the axle but hit my thumb. HARD
Captain*kirk
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Captain*kirk
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You can pay people to work on your car while you're at the range shooting. Just sayin'...
I know, I know...I used to do my own car work too. Used to.
I know, I know...I used to do my own car work too. Used to.
2ndtimer
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I used some of that vintage Accurate No. 5 years ago in .357 Magnum, .38 Special and 9mm. As I recall, it was similar to Unique in application, but metered better. Back then it might have been imported from Israel.
Lol, good guess, it would work for that. I built it to shoot off of.......NRL-22/PRS-22 style.
Ouch......you need to find a better way to get a day off!
shoebox1.1
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I’m the mechanic lol they pay me!
Rimfire McNutjob
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I've got a bottle just like it. Early 2000's. I think mine was 2005. This was the Explosia/Lovex made stuff. My older cannisters of Accurate are also not marked as to country of origin. The newer extruded stuff is Canadian and the ball stuff was Belgian for a time (PB Clermont) and is now made by St. Marks I believe. There was a time where they imported from Israel as well, early 80's, then the IMI plant burned down. Makes me dizzy thinking about it.
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Rimfire McNutjob
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I'm thinking maybe my primers need to go in that open hole and then there would be a granite countertop between them and the powder in the upper wall hung cabinets.
Captain*kirk
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Workman's Comp!!!!!
shoebox1.1
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Boss offered. I declined. Shoulda gone to doc. I’ll be ok
1976B.L.Johns.
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LV Gun
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Thanks, this is a very nice powder I shot some 40 S&W today loaded with it in my Rock Island FS Ultra the accuracy was fantastic I may have to get another pound of #5 and shoot it against what I am currently using in 40 S&W which is W244 …. Or maybe try the W572 which I picked up on the way home.
Rimfire McNutjob
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I've always kept powder and primers separate but lately I've been short on space so there's some powder in the primer cabinet. I used to keep primers in a separate room away from the reloading equipment and powders but my wife didn't like that stuff being in the master bedroom closet. I needed to rearrange and so I would still like to achieve some type of separation. It's probably not a big deal ... it's just that my grandfather always kept them separate. He passed back in the late 80's but I'm still nervous that he would yell at me about the current arrangement.
Now I'm wondering how many people keep these things separate.
Right now, there's ~52,000 primers sharing an upper cabinet with 21lbs of powder.
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Can't say I have it any thought, but my powders are stored in 2 large (20 mm) ammo cans in the garage, and my primers are in my p.e.b. workshop and storage. I take out a particular powder one pound at a time, and return it to the garage when done.
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Rimfire McNutjob
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I found the old Propellant Profiles article which you might be able to read at least part of ...
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CQB45ACP
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If grandad comes back and says separate them, better darn do it. And fast!
I separate more than that for sure. I can't afford to lose everything in an avoidable fire nor listen to endless recriminations thereafter so I keep all but the powder I'm using in a fridge out in a shed--set at 70 degrees.
While I'm giving free advice, I don't keep that many primers together. Not by a long shot. Not in my house.
Until grandad clarifies for you...here's what Alliant says:
Alliant Powder - Storage & Handling
Bazoo
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Charlie98
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I like seeing those .348WCF dies up there! It shows you are a man of taste and sophistication.
The only Lee FCD I've ever owned was for the .348WCF... I couldn't get it to work right, and threw it in a box. That was probably 25 years ago...
Gus... thank God it was a dead blow... not a steel hammer. FWIW, a dead blow is all I carry on my truck... for umpteen reasons, including my thumb...
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