waterman wrote on Apr 29^th, 2014 at 8:19pm:


What is this 8 of Hillary Crap?

Terry

Unless EVERYONE who is center-right, gets behind and votes for our eventual candidate, we will indeed have 8 years of Hillary.
Remember, there are only 8 states in play for the '16 presidential election, the rest are already either majority red or blue. We need to win those 8.

A little 'Heresy' to discuss. 

Here are some photos of my resizing methods that I use for forming replacements for obsolete Cartridges, particularly .250" Caliber and .32 Caliber RF/CF cases:

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This is the .250" diameter Drill Rod  Expander Punch with ,from left to right, An expanded Hornet case, a Trimmed and partially resized Case (.250ALS length), and a full length resized case before turning the displaced Brass roll off above the Rim or turning the rim down to .25ACP diameters.

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Shown is the 3/16 ID Fender washer used to space the case pu on the pocket swage punch, the Stripper Cup that goes over the punch, and the RCBS Small Primer Pocket Swage punch installed in my RCBS JR-3 Press.

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Shown is the setup in place in the Press with the .25ACP Lee Carbide Sizing Die in the top, and a partially resized case on top of the 'washer=stripper cup-swage punch combo on the Ram.

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This photo shows, from Left to Right, a .250ALS Cartridge (loaded with small rifle primer, 9.0 grains of 3Fg Goex, and a 50 grain FMJ RN bullet (this is one of a lot of cartridges I loaded to provide my Gunsmith with Test Cartridges for a Stevens 1894 Favorite in .25 Stevens that he is upgrading with stronger pivots and reworking a spare Breech Block form RF to CF, the .250ALS case uses the .25ACP rim dimensions, which work in the Stevens Chamber), a 'standard' .25ACP case, a partially reformed Trimmed Hornet case, and a Full length sized .25 Stevens/.250ALS case before turning the displaced Brass

JLouis wrote on Apr 27^th, 2014 at 4:43pm:


The only things you left out were inflation and the decreasing value of the dollar.

Tooling update:  I bought a Used RCBS "RC" reloading press for $30.00 and after cleaning the 'crud' and surface rust off the Ram, I "C"-Clamped to my Table and tried forming some expanded neck .22 Hornet brass down to .25 Stevens body diameter.  This press does it in one cycle all the way to the top of rim, although I have to rise off my chair for the last bit of ram lift.  Much quicker than doin g the forming with my older "JR-3" press, which took multiple cycles of the press, and screwing the die down 1/6 turn at a time until I could get the case in all the way to the top of rim.
I think I am going to like this "RC" press.
Best Regards,
Chev. William

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