Some little tools for loading ammo
 

Metal content.

http://users.goldengate.net/~dforeman/ammo_tools/

Some little tools for loading ammo
 

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:47:16 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, Don
Foreman quickly quoth:

Metal content.

http://users.goldengate.net/~dforeman/ammo_tools/

Cute! Whassa "Gander Mountain"? (Ah, googled it and found that it's
like our Big5, BlackBird, or GI Joe's sporting goods stores)

--
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modern world, is often so overladen with excrescences and irrelevancies
that its fundamental nature tends to be obscured.
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Some little tools for loading ammo
 

Don Foreman wrote:
Metal content.

http://users.goldengate.net/~dforeman/ammo_tools/

Nice ! A lot of commercial funnels cone the outlet too . Makes it usable for
more than one caliber , but then takes a hand to steady it while pouring .
Just out of curiosity , why don't you use an adjustable powder measure ?
Looking for that last tenth of a moa ?
If that is the case , have you checked your case necks for uniform
thickness and concentricity ? I have a sweet little outside neck turning
tool that a friend made me years ago , has a replaceable pilot (to change
calibers) and uses a 1/4" lathe bit as a cutter .
--

Snag aka OSG #1
'90 Ultra , "Strider"
The road goes on forever ...
none to one to reply

Some little tools for loading ammo
 

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:32:11 -0500, "Snag"
wrote:

Don Foreman wrote:
Metal content.

http://users.goldengate.net/~dforeman/ammo_tools/

Nice ! A lot of commercial funnels cone the outlet too . Makes it usable for
more than one caliber , but then takes a hand to steady it while pouring .
Just out of curiosity , why don't you use an adjustable powder measure ?
Looking for that last tenth of a moa ?
If that is the case , have you checked your case necks for uniform
thickness and concentricity ? I have a sweet little outside neck turning
tool that a friend made me years ago , has a replaceable pilot (to change
calibers) and uses a 1/4" lathe bit as a cutter .

Ditto on the nice. For handguns, I used to use a small powder measure
with fixed brass rotors. After working up a load, I'd just drill or
fill another rotor. This was with the Rockchucker, pre-Dillon.

Pete Keillor

Some little tools for loading ammo
 

Pete Keillor wrote:
On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:32:11 -0500, "Snag"
wrote:

Don Foreman wrote:
Metal content.

http://users.goldengate.net/~dforeman/ammo_tools/

Nice ! A lot of commercial funnels cone the outlet too . Makes it
usable for more than one caliber , but then takes a hand to steady
it while pouring . Just out of curiosity , why don't you use an
adjustable powder measure ? Looking for that last tenth of a moa ?
If that is the case , have you checked your case necks for uniform
thickness and concentricity ? I have a sweet little outside neck
turning tool that a friend made me years ago , has a replaceable
pilot (to change calibers) and uses a 1/4" lathe bit as a cutter .

Ditto on the nice. For handguns, I used to use a small powder measure
with fixed brass rotors. After working up a load, I'd just drill or
fill another rotor. This was with the Rockchucker, pre-Dillon.

Pete Keillor

I got mine (the bigger RCBS measure) in the 70's , courtesy of a loving wife
.. I kept her , we celebrate our 34th next week .
She understands ...
--

Snag aka OSG #1
'90 Ultra , "Strider"
The road goes on forever ...
none to one to reply

Some little tools for loading ammo
 

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:32:11 -0500, "Snag"
wrote:

Don Foreman wrote:
Metal content.

http://users.goldengate.net/~dforeman/ammo_tools/

Nice ! A lot of commercial funnels cone the outlet too . Makes it usable for
more than one caliber , but then takes a hand to steady it while pouring .
Just out of curiosity , why don't you use an adjustable powder measure ?
Looking for that last tenth of a moa ?

Let's just say I'm trying to give myself the best shot at 0.5 MOA and
better without spending a fortune at it or making a fetish of it.

I weigh each charge to 0.1 grain with a balance -- not an electronic
scale. The measure is just to get within trickle distance without
spending all day trickling.

I do use a volumetric measure for handgun ammo, crank it out like
jellybeans. I think DOA is a more reasonable measure of handgun
proficiency, read that however you might. G

If that is the case , have you checked your case necks for uniform
thickness and concentricity ? I have a sweet little outside neck turning
tool that a friend made me years ago , has a replaceable pilot (to change
calibers) and uses a 1/4" lathe bit as a cutter .

Cool. That may make my list of "shop season" projects.

Some little tools for loading ammo
 

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:47:16 -0500, Don Foreman
wrote:

I updated the webpage with a photo of the little measure with handle
silverbrazed in place, and I added a dime to the photo for size
reference.

RCM: Some little tools for loading ammo
 

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I'm going through the current topics to hopefully suggest a way to tag
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Add RCM: on the beginning of the title line - BEFORE the obligatory OT?

Hang tiugh - keep posting.

CaveLamb

Some little tools for loading ammo
 

Don Foreman wrote:
On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:32:11 -0500, "Snag"
wrote:

Don Foreman wrote:
Metal content.

http://users.goldengate.net/~dforeman/ammo_tools/

Nice ! A lot of commercial funnels cone the outlet too . Makes it
usable for more than one caliber , but then takes a hand to steady
it while pouring . Just out of curiosity , why don't you use an
adjustable powder measure ? Looking for that last tenth of a moa ?

Let's just say I'm trying to give myself the best shot at 0.5 MOA and
better without spending a fortune at it or making a fetish of it.

I weigh each charge to 0.1 grain with a balance -- not an electronic
scale. The measure is just to get within trickle distance without
spending all day trickling.

I do use a volumetric measure for handgun ammo, crank it out like
jellybeans. I think DOA is a more reasonable measure of handgun
proficiency, read that however you might. G

If that is the case , have you checked your case necks for uniform
thickness and concentricity ? I have a sweet little outside neck
turning tool that a friend made me years ago , has a replaceable
pilot (to change calibers) and uses a 1/4" lathe bit as a cutter .

Cool. That may make my list of "shop season" projects.

Mine's about 1X2X3 , with a notch across one short end
---------
I I----
I I
-------------- kinda like that , with the pilot protruding into the L from
one side and the cutter at 90* . I quit chasing that elusive half a minute
years ago .
And with handguns , DOA works for me . The 'bangers in my hood don't wanna
mess with the Harley Guy , he packs a big 'ol pistol .
And knows how to use it .
--

Snag aka OSG #1
'90 Ultra , "Strider"
The road goes on forever ...
none to one to reply