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    Stainless Steel Media Testimonials

    Re: Stainless Steel Media Testimonials My original thumlers gasket developed a hole in it after the first six months. Went to Home Depot and got a piece, traced the lid out on it and cut it out with band saw and drill 5/16" holes in appropriate places and used it IN PLACE OF THE GASKET...
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    Interesting thing happened today, any ideas?

    Re: Interesting thing happened today, any ideas? Write that up to case fatigue, it is called case separation. Happens more frequently in rifles but is known to happen in handguns as well.
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    Stainless Steel Media Testimonials

    Re: Stainless Steel Media Testimonials One of the most critical things on Thumlers to make yourself a lexan gasket/lid to use under the steel lid. It will last forever as well.
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    help finding article

    Re: help finding article try and do the ladder test (step load) at 300 yards or further. I go a step further and chronograph each shot and plot the shot location at the bench. As indicated you will see some very interesting results.
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    Firing pin hole to large?

    Re: Firing pin hole to large? All bets are off any more on choosing a gun by the name on the action and it being a fine specimen. Several years ago I bought two new rifles for Christmas. Both had to go back to their respective manufacturers. One had insufficient striker energy and the other...
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    Case sealer

    Re: Case sealer Went out and fired 80 rounds today waterproofed with 290 Loctite Wicking Green. All rounds fired fine. Came in and decapped primers. There was no out of the ordinary force required to decap. Primer pockets were examined. The cases with the snug primers showed penetration of...
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    Case sealer

    Re: Case sealer same here.You just need it around the crevice at the edge of the primer and it needs to be continious which will take a good head loop and light to see. I have used clear finger nail polish in the past but it is much slower (to me) as it has to be worked with brush into the...
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    brass prep question

    Re: brass prep question Ejected case temp from an AR is around 170F thusly if you are 170 or below you know you are not in danger territory. I lay mine on black plastic in the sun and they dry nicely in a couple of hours. In the winter I will put them in netted bag and lay over heat outlet...
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    Case sealer

    Re: Case sealer Starting a little experiment with 290 Green Wicking. I took about 100 5.56 cases and applied 290 to the primer area in the form of a small drop. I next rubbed additional cases rim to rim to transfer the excess to other cases. I could do about three to five cases depending on...
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    False shoulder, how much expansion

    Re: False shoulder, how much expansion what I have done in the past with success when trying to blow shoulders out is load the round way long, reduce load about 15% and let the bullet hold the round on the bolt face while it is fired. I have probably fireformed 500 cases letting the bullet...
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    Firing pin hole to large?

    Re: Firing pin hole to large? That is essentially what I do except I mount my bolts in a fixture similar to a LaBounty and plunge a 1/4" end mill into the bolt face after truing the bolt body to run dead center. I plunge it in about .175" leaving a flat bottom. I then turn a cylinder (from...
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    Firing pin hole to large?

    Re: Firing pin hole to large? The larger striker opening is way oversize. I like my strikers to have about .003" clearance on the few occasions I have bushed a bolt face.
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    Bumping the Shoulder???

    Re: Bumping the Shoulder??? A MO is RCBS gage except instead of a sharp contact point on the datum it is reamed with a chamber reamer set type set up so shoulder is angled. It also indicates case length so you can tell if you need to trim after the bump back. MCS 166 Pocono Rd. Brookfield...
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    Stainless Steel Media Testimonials

    Re: Stainless Steel Media Testimonials Went to Wally World today and found the perfect measuring beaker for us. It is in kitchen equipment where all the Anchor Brand stuff is. Starts measuring at .5 ounce, 15ML, 1 Tablespoon,3 teaspoons. It is glass and sells for only 1.50. Max volume is 5...
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    Bumping the Shoulder???

    Re: Bumping the Shoulder??? You really need two gages. 1. A MO Gage 2. A L.E. Wilson Case Gage this will cover the whole field. The Wilson will tell you when it is back to factory dims (if it will go in a Wilson it will go in anything) and the MO will tell you exactly how much your...
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    Case sealer

    Re: Case sealer Another good sealer is Loctite 290 Green Wicking. Put a drop on edge of primer and it will run all the way around the crevice. Store it bullet down till it dries. All US military ammo is sealed. It used to be Glidden Purple Indicator which also came in red. If anyone has...
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    Stainless Steel Media Testimonials

    Re: Stainless Steel Media Testimonials Viagra for brass ! ! ! !
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    Stainless Steel Media Testimonials

    Re: Stainless Steel Media Testimonials You may be on to something here.
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    media for tumbling

    Re: media for tumbling Others experiences may differ but I have never found a new unfired 30.06 that did not measure .465 on base. Now 308 is different, commercial measures .465 but LC measures 468. If anyone has new 30.06 or 308 unfired that differs from these dimensions let us know...
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    Stainless Steel Media Testimonials

    Re: Stainless Steel Media Testimonials If you switched to Russian primers they are larger than ours. I am saving the large Russians for high reload numbers brass.
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