tightInThePants said:

Did you get one of the Intaglio rounds? I like the portrait on the 1 oz better than the limited 2 oz.

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The 1 ounce struck coin; non-colorized and not engraved per-se. This one:

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Big Phish said:

Yeah I don’t even bother with brining as it was too overpowering. Apple cider i may do or apple butter but otherwise its delicious piled high on a bun.

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I think I did half apple cider vinegar and half apple juice...There may have been some salt, dont remember. Was supposed to be 24 hour brine, but I think it turned into like 3-4 days LOL...

M16s.

tacoman69 said:

You're starting your daughter out shooting a braked 30 cal? Poor kid

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He didn’t even say how old she is, I assume she’s not 8yo. Why are you guys concerning yourselves with assuming what’s best for his kid? He knows what she needs and asked for a brake recommendation.

As far as matching the contour. What about the tikka radial brake? This is a 300wm. I’m not sure if you can buy them aftermarket, but I’m sure you could find a takeoff.

357Max said:

I sectioned a case when I first decided to load these to see how there locked.
You can see that it would be unlikely to get any gas leakage at the seam unless it was about to separate there.
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Yeah, when I first looked at this design, I though surely pressure would lock the brass tightly against the steel and prevent any gas leakage. . . regardless of the pressure it's under. But I have a theory that the leakage might have something to do with the amount of clearance between the case and the chamber is a key factor; a lot of clearance allowing the difference in the to metals expansion and contraction during the firing process.

357Max said:

What I've found with these is that if pushed hard & the steel expands more than about .0015" there done IMO. If the FL die ends up sizing the steel portion from the seam down say .100 or so then the base will spin. If that happens I throw them in the scrap pile.

My chamber pics for @straightshooter1

This barrel looks like hell in the bore scope but it shoots really well. It's also nitrited.
Gas port erosion looks pretty good overall
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Leed into rifling has a little fire cracking.
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Chamber start has a few barrel worms.
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I've fired these cases twice with normal and high pressure and none of my cases spin, enough though they've expanded by .002 - .0025". My cases after firing are at .470" and end up .468 - .4675 after sizing. . . at the steel. My regular brass is typically .470 after firing and .4690 after sizing. Again, none of my cases have any spin, before or after sizing and the two metals are apparently locked together pretty tight.

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Now the part your interested in That first .200 or so where the steel base is.
Few different views. I'm not seeing an issue in my case.
It has a definite color change where the steel base is but no ridge, grove, or depression. It's just discolored. I stuck a long angled pick in there and I can't feel a thing passing through the transition.

I have a different theory about the discoloration.
The steel base is slightly undersized from the brass to begin with and when pressure is kept reasonable that steel doesn't expand. When I resize the FL die doesn't touch it.
My theory is that the slight extra clearance at the steel base area is allowing some carbon to form there, hence the discoloration. The brass also gives more heat transfer to the chamber as apposed to the steel.
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Looking at same spot with bore scope inserted from front.
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Hmmmm??? I'm a little surprised you don't see the deep etching into your chamber that I see. It certainly looks like a grove to me. On my chamber, I used a dental pick to see if I could feel that grove (much like feeling for case head separation signs), but could not feel anything; thinking my grove was not deep enough yet to feel, given just under 100 rounds fired. But interestingly, I did notice on my normal brass cases after firing, there was a very slight visible ring left on my cases at that same junction point. But it couldn't be felt, but could be seen with a bright light shining at an angle.

Regarding your theory . . . where is that carbon coming from. If the neck, shoulder and case body is sealing off, carbon shouldn't be blowing back there, otherwise you'd have carbon on the shoulder and below the shoulder too. huh? When I inspect my hybrid cases after firing, there's nothing on them indicating any kind of carbon blowing back.

As 45-90 pointed out about what he found, once that grove gets deep enough, the pressure is going to force brass into the grove to a point where there's not enough springback to get out of the grove and the case will be locked in. That ring round my normal brass that I mentioned above indicates that's already what normal pressure is doing.



What measurement to get at the .200 line area after firing and after sizing? I'm wondering how different yours is than mine, if any.

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Well there goes Canada. Another country has completely fallen.

Weight?

TheHorta said:

Shattered Dreams:
He probably thought she was saving herself for marriage.

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More likely, it was a click-bait skit…

Video to come. I shot the GAP grind at K&M this past weekend. My pro Brandon and I made the podium.

That is awesome! Enjoy it, it's a great sport.

Nik H said:

In early 1980, I had a chance to buy 6 new RBP semi auto, open bolt MAC 10s for $1,500 cash.

I am a complete idiot for walking away

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Assuming they stayed semi auto (and that $250 per was a good deal in 1980), take solace in knowing that their value barely kept up with inflation…

Death From A Distance said:

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Wayyyyyyy back in the 80's I had a can of Paul Bunyan Beans and Fixins. It was very similar to the Big Johns beans. I found it in my in-laws cupboard and added it to my camp box as just in case food for outdoors adventures. It was probably a decade old when I found it and I carried it for several years.

In the later 80's we were deer hunting, me and my Air Force buddies. One of them had been looking at the can since we set up and decided to eat it on Saturday night. I warned him it was old as hell and he said canned food tastes good forever. Famous last words. With a few hours he was shitting himself. We trekked off and had him sit the end of a canyon while we pushed deer towards him, several nice bucks leisurely walked past him as we quietly pushed deer his direction, no shot, never a shot. He passed on three or four solid mule deer. WTF???

As we cleared the end of the canyon and walked thru the saddle behind the deer we looked for him. A 100 yards up the hill he was bare-assed hanging over a log shitting himself silly. Rifle propped beside him with a roll of toilet paper on the barrel.

Those beans and fixins sure fixed him.

Bump price drop or make offer

Shattered Dreams:
He probably thought she was saving herself for marriage.

“Buying guns IS being financially responsible.”
—Horta 5:11

One Mile Up said:

I'm still curious...

@David Lott --> OK, sweet -- so does that mean that you'll have the actions soon then?
- Are these the 60º?
- Will this batch of actions from Vudoo cover your backlog of customers waiting on their build(s)?

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Yes, all 60-degree actions, I will check in with Jacob tomorrow to see where they are in the process. I was assured there was more than enough to cover my back orders.

Figured it had too. Thanks