Dave Parks

Lee Harker

Lee Harker

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Found my 45 long colt RCBS dies...bet they haven't had 50 rounds reloaded through them. Email me your address..I think I have it but not sure if it's new enough. Also got a 25 pack of 225gr hp with about 8 loaded(factory and the rest empty to go with it...can't find the other box that I KNOW is here somewheres. Is your addy still 14402 ? Found the other box...2' away from the first box..will ship tomorrow if you addy is correct.
 
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Hi Lee,

14402 is correct, I don't think you can mail "live ammo" so you better not include the 8 factory rounds. Kool! I can sure use the dies. I was seasrhing my reloading stuff again with no results. Just the seasting die seems to be left frrom the last move.

Since you are SOOOO nice, you will be receiving a years gift subscription to "Shooting Sportsman" magazine. Let me know if you already take it and I'll get you a years renewal.

Thanks Lee.

Dave
 
Can't mail live ammo?? I thought you just couldn't send it to Illinois! I think between the two boxes, there is about 12 rounds. I'll take them out and toss them into the "whatsit" pile. No, I don't get shooting sportsman...it's not neccesary..but thanks!.
 
After finding 5 misfires in a brand new box of 50 winchester 40 cal. ammo, I called Winchester and they had me UPS the remaining rounds and misfires to them.

Kyle
 
Kyle, if the misfire showed good deep firing pin hits, you will probably see some nice ammo coming from Winchester to your door. When they run into a problem like that and it's not the fault of the gun, they usually give you a couple of boxes for free. It's a rare thing to happen and they don't want you mad at them. It's happened to every ammo manufacturer at one time or another. It's obviously bad primers, becaus eif it was a lack of powder the bullet will still come out of the case a ways. I had it happen to me once in a revoler and I could not open the cylinder because the bullet was half in teh round and half in teh barrel. I had to drive the bullet back down into the cartridge with a small dowel and hammer. Like they say "Chit Happens".

You got that Indepence turkey picked out yet?

Dave
 
Dave, back when I was an 18 year old kid..living in New Hampshire..a guy went shooting with us that had an old army 45 revolver with half moon clips. He was bragging about re loading the rounds he was shooting when 1/2 of them didn't have powder in them..the primer drove the lead slug into the forcing cone and locked it up tighter than a drum..had to pound them back down into the cylinder with a stick. I am lucky it never happened to me...made some pretty shitty ammo with my first reloader..a Lee Loader where you hammered the case into the sizing die then took a rod and pounded the case down on the primer seater..my buddy had a primer go off and it drove that rod into his ceiling tile...nex day we went halfsies on a Lyman turret press and were in hog heaven loading for our 357's.
 
I'll be back up at No Duck Pond on april 16th trying to get me a Tom, or a Jake, ok lets be honest here I'd shoot a bearded hen if she got close enough:-) Winchester sent me an apology letter but stated that none of the rounds I shipped were misfires and I should check out my gun(a 1yr old Ruger P94 @ the time). Never had any trouble with any other ammo out of that gun b4 or after this incident. Sold the gun this year, couldn't shoot my way out of a box with it. I am now the happy owner of a Taurus Model 608, 8 shot ported 357mag., I can actually shoot this gun(wanted a Ruger GP but good lord price difference.).

Kyle
 
Kyle, I guess the true test of that ammo would have been to shoot the SAME ammo that did not go off in another gun, if they went off then it would be time to take a long look at the P-94's chamber length, firing pin, etc. I have never been a fan of the Ruger auto's except for their first one made in 1949. Their revolvers are fine as are their rifles & shotguns. I have always been a fan of the Smith & Wesson's, but like Ruger, they are getting spendy. Taurus are very good guns for the money and it's tough to beat a .357/.38 special combo gun for all around fun, protection and hunting.

I'm with you, a long beard is a neat trophy, but not for meat. I'll take a Jake any day for eatin' purposes. Same goes for deer, a spike or forked horn is better eating than a 6X6. If this was not true then we'd raise steers until they were six years old before butchering and fried chicken would come from a 4 years old bird. Trophy hunting and hunting for the table has always had it's different followers. I just like to hunt and either will do. With a little basalmic vinegar you can eat anything I'm told. :^)

Dave
 


Kyle,I have experienced allot of misfires with Winchester primers over the years for a couple reasons.The recent one has been hard shotgun primers in both factory loads and primers for reloading.These are primers that wont dent,regardless of how hard they are struck.Winchester should make thoes good.The second case involves using lighter hammer springs to set up a gun for competion or just want a lighter trigger pull on revolvers and autos.Winchester primers would fail in 50% of the chambers after I set up my S&W 625 with Wolf springs.A switch to Federal primers solved the problem.Years ago after breaking fireing pins on my SKB O?U using CCI primers and witnessing othe guns experiencing the same,I tested various primers and sent the different primers to CCI to show,based on the visual indentations that their primers were definately harder.They did't acknowledge my effort and I have never used a CCI primer since.I do use allot of WW primers except for handgun competion and hunting with shotguns (reloads)where I use Federals.
Joe O
 
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