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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Marlin-Ballard #2 Ammo Reply #15 - Aug 12^th, 2016 at 12:23pm	Print Post
	Redsetter wrote on Aug 12^th, 2016 at 10:11am: Bullets in the earliest .22 Shorts and Longs were not crimped, so the heel must have been a very tight fit in the case if it didn't loosen. Pre 1900 Stevens catalogs made a point of stating that extracting an unfired Long Rifle cartridge would leave the bullet behind.

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Chuckster Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2229 Location: Colorado Joined: May 15^th, 2008	Re: Marlin-Ballard #2 Ammo Reply #16 - Aug 12^th, 2016 at 1:06pm	Print Post
	Redsetter, Would be hesitant to use hardware store red Locktite (high strength, stud-locker) on a bullet. Lots of area between bullet and case and high force to move the bullet. Low strength purple Locktite, maybe, but still nervous. Chuck


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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: Marlin-Ballard #2 Ammo Reply #17 - Aug 12^th, 2016 at 2:19pm	Print Post
	Chuckster wrote on Aug 12^th, 2016 at 1:06pm: Redsetter, Would be hesitant to use hardware store red Locktite (high strength, stud-locker) on a bullet. Lots of area between bullet and case and high force to move the bullet. Low strength purple Locktite, maybe, but still nervous. Chuck You're right--forgot the correct color. Anyway, I don't have a .32 Colt (except the Ballard I long ago reamed out for .32 S&W!), so reloading heel bullets is something I've never done. (And think I'll probably omit from the limited future I have left.)


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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: Marlin-Ballard #2 Ammo Reply #18 - Aug 12^th, 2016 at 2:52pm	Print Post
	uscra112 wrote on Aug 12^th, 2016 at 12:23pm: Redsetter wrote on Aug 12^th, 2016 at 10:11am: Bullets in the earliest .22 Shorts and Longs were not crimped, so the heel must have been a very tight fit in the case if it didn't loosen. Pre 1900 Stevens catalogs made a point of stating that extracting an unfired Long Rifle cartridge would leave the bullet behind. Have no catalogs that early, so didn't know that. Crimping .22s began about 1897, according to Ed Brown's Rimfire Rifleman, due principally to problems shooters of revolvers & repeaters were having. Wrong about the catalog--checking both #51 & 52, that long explanation of why LRs were not crimped remains in place; doesn't appear in #53.
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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Marlin-Ballard #2 Ammo Reply #19 - Aug 12^th, 2016 at 4:10pm	Print Post
	I could understand that. The .22 LR was designed for Stevens Tip-ups, and until after Irving Page took over Stevens never made a repeater.

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