Posted on 12/27/2017 10:38:37 AM PST by fella
Richard Brown spends hours in his Shepherd basement most days, pulling the lever on his loading press over and over at a steady pace. Each movement drops a brass pistol or rifle casing with a fresh primer onto an assembly line, fills another casing with powder and seats a bullet on a casing already filled with powder to complete the cartridge.
The assembly line rotates. The completed cartridge drops into a bin with other finished rounds. Another pull of the lever advances each of the casings to the next stage. It’s a simple procedure and a source of relaxation for Brown.
His hobby-turned-business pumps out thousands of rounds of ammunition every week, completing orders from across the country and occasionally bulk purchases from local law enforcement agencies.
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Yup.
Keeping static electricity down in your work area is extremely beneficial too. No open flames or ciggies.
Check the lot numbers. Some Winchester Wildcat ammo was recalled a several years ago also.
It wasn’t that M22 stuff
But older bulk pack.
Of course I don’t have the original box
But I’ve probably got others I need to
Check...damn!
Shooting my New RUGER GP 100.
10 round REVOLVER...does not appear to have harmed IT..
What do You think?
I used both Lee and RCBS dies in my reloading press, actually preferred Lee. The sizing die is also a decapper.
I have reloaded thousands of rounds and never had a problem. I had a RCBS Rockchucker and a Dillon 550B. Gave them to my sons recently since my shooting has slowed down. I reloaded .380, .38, .357, .45, .44, 9mm, .40, .30-06, .223, .308, .300WM, and .270.
Thanks, guys.
Takes several thousand dollars to get started plus license plus insurance plus every weekend will be filled and no time off.
It would be hard to damage a GP 100.
“That’s what I do for precision rounds.”
I do my precision rifle stuff on it, too. Those Sierra 168 grain Match HP Boat Tail flyjust fine out of my 110. It seems to prefer Varget but I’ve still got some Reloader 12 laying around.
For a starter kit I don’t think you can go wrong with the Rock Chucker.
JMO. YMMV
Best,
L
My thoughts also.
THANKS!
I’m not finding any other suspect .22
Except the 100 rds. in a different container which goes on Craigslist.
Kidding.
I know a guy in Seymour, Texas who makes his living making obsolete ammunition. I’ve been in his shop- never seen so many die sets in my life.
I certainly can’t think of any ammo or hot load that would hurt a GP100.
I suppose you could beat on it with a sledge hammer or store it in salt water for a couple of months. That might damage it.
;-)
I am a Varget believer. Especially for middle-weight bullets.
Have you used CFE? I grabbed a few pounds on the cheap. Haven’t used it yet.
Thanks,
L
Well I found a sizable cache of the same
Boxed up ammo .
None of the markings are on the recall
List.
I think I’ll give a CALL tomorrow.
It’s the Bulk pack marked “333”
Plated hollow point 1280 fps.
SEE above POST...
Perhaps the rare .22 overcharge?
I saved the bulged casing.
Winchester .22 bulk ammo tends to be pretty crappy stuff.
I reload.
A lot.
I’m more worried about bad primers and squib loads than double charges.
And a squib will wreck your whole day if you don’t recognize it ...
“...And a squib will wreck your whole day if you don’t recognize it ...”
Agreed. I reload quite a bit myself. A squib is bad news if you don’t catch it.
I used to shoot USPSA pistol matches every weekend...at least a couple hundred rounds/week. I was standing next in line behind the active shooter at the starting point of the scenario. He started out with his double-taps once the timer went off. He had a squib followed up by a double-charge on a quick double tap. The pistol was a 1911-style .45 tricked out race gun for this type of shooting. It blew all his fingers off and destroyed most of his right hand, blew the magazine out the bottom of the gun hitting and breaking his foot. Obviously, the gun was a total loss and he was in pretty bad shape for quite a long while. Powder burns take a long time to heal.
I came away from it with developing a whole new procedure for my reloading efforts to avoid squibs and double charges. That’s why I don’t trust most other folks’ reloads. I reload strictly for myself.
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