LoneGunman
Operator
Oh and used stainless steel pins during the tumbling. Tumbled for two hours.
Hello. My n00b General Reloading questions that seem retarded, and probably are.
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Condition1
Master Class
My surgeon said my whole lumbar needs fused but he didn’t want to keep me under Anesthesia that long I was under 7 hours. You have a lot more spacing between your vertebrae than I do. He spent 4 hours on fusions and 3 hours grinding out arthritis. I’m fused from L-2 to S-1.
HayesGreener
SAINT
I de-prime brass on a single stage press before cleaning to clean the primer pockets. This gives me a chance to inspect every piece of brass. I tumble wet with ceramic media, separate and let it air dry, then tumble again with dry media and a brass polish compound and my brass comes out looking new. I know this is a process but I only load in bulk once a a year or so. I mostly load 45 acp and 45 LC
Old_Me
Emissary
i am fused from the L3 down to the S2
i don't know which is better, the bone material used for the fusion, or the metal between the bones. meaning, i don't know which heals faster, and makes a better back bone.
Old_Me
Emissary
actually...no......
no differences to me whatsoever....it does limit my bending...for instance, as a former mechanic, i cannot bend over a fender, to change spark plugs, but checking the oil, adding washer fluid, is fine to do....as i only bend slightly to reach those items.
and no...i do not set off metal detectors when walking thru a metal detector, or getting "wanded"
i do believe the metal is titanium.
otherwise, it's "life as near usual"........for me.
i do however "feel" pains with my knee that has arthritis in certain conditions, maybe once that gets replaced that'll go away as well...??
Biggfoot44
Custom
Ok . How about you would have to go out of your way to deliberately come up with a purposefully dumb question.
Biggfoot44
Custom
This is a legitimate point of debate , and knowledgeable handloaders come down on both sides .
My late best friend , and #1 shooting & handloaded partner ( F cancer ) was brass prep obsessed . I am more middle of the road .
Within my / our levels of expectation, there wasn't any observable difference in group size . If we were *serious * benchresters , then everything would be critical .
This. Why? Corn cob media (or walnut hulls if it’s funky). A bit of polishing compounde and you’re good to go. I NEVER shoot reloads that I didn’t personally load. The el cheapo gun show crap “May” be ok-it “may” also have double charged loads or squibs. Saw a nice Smith ruined by a squib followed by a regular load. Also saw one screwed up by apparent double charge (both .38’s). Those old revolver cases can easily swallow a double charge which gets real exciting when it’s touched off. Even with smaller auto cases it’s pretty easy to overload one-given that the difference between “minimum” and “maximum” may only be a grain (you know, 1/7000th of a pound
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jumpinjoe
Hellcat
I have known a couple that generally oven dry, but that's the exception. Most reloaders I know use either crushed walnut shell or corn cob. Blow any dust off with compressed air, clean primer pockets if needed, then 'load em up'. And unlike Hayes, I tumble mine with the primer left in to prevent media from lodging in the pocket or flash hole. If there are any needing a cleaning to be able to set the new primer, I clean them by hand and reamer before sizing. I always thoroughly inspect every case before it ever gets to a sizing die or press. BTW, I'm fused L3 to S1. L3/L4 and L4/L5 with screws and rods. L5/S1 with bone graft. And includes L3/ L4 and L4/L5 disc's replaced with steel spacers. Damn, we're a broke-down bunch aren't we? That reloading hobby is really hard on a body, ain't it. And I won’t even mention the screws and plates in my ankle.
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LoneGunman
Operator
So what you're saying is you don't want to be on my rowing team? Did I say something offensive?
LoneGunman
Operator
LoneGunman
Operator
I might take a while. I need proper guidance before I start annoying the Bullet Kings, because -- reasons.
I wasn't being serious
Did anyone else get confused by the power balance of this movie? Just me?
Why wouldn't the situation devolve into situation like this?
jumpinjoe
Hellcat
LDB, it really doesn't have a lot to do with "trust" ... it actually has to do with how would you 'un-trust' them if the worst were to happen? Nobody is likely to intentionally give you bad reloads, but if they ever did even unintentionally, the results could be very, very serious. Possibly serious enough you wouldn't be here to un-trust them. We all do our very best to be careful and safe, but could we live with being un-trusted?
Pitdogg2
Hellcat
Yep, corn cob media and a little Dillons case cleaner for shine. Walnut media and Dillons to scrub dirty cases. I never used an oven or wet media tumbler ever.
jumpinjoe
Hellcat
If I remember back that far, wet tumbling with the little stainless pins hadn't even been thought of yet, at least not around my place. I always had the best luck with walnut shell. We would most times drizzle a little polishing agent, even furniture polish would add a little sheen to really nice brass that's not all scratched up. I always tried to keep my brass in good shape and I didn't typically use range pick-ups. One thing to note is to never use any ammonia based polish on your reloads. Ammonia does a great job on most brass like buckles, bells, etc. But it does that nice job at the expense of the brass. And you certainly don't want your brass ammo cases weakened.
LDB
Master Class
This is true. And unfortunately I could just as easily give myself my own produced reloads that produce the same results. In which case I just can't ever shoot any reload made by anyone under any circumstances. Or if I am going to trust myself and shoot my own then I could do the same with those made by one of the 4 people I trust as much or maybe more than I trust my own. YMWV
Condition1
Master Class
I was told by my Dr that they could take the rods and screws out but they usually leave them in. I told him you’re leaving mine in. I’m 65 and I’ll have to have more fusions. With my back and knees I set off metal detectors when I go in the courthouse to do early voting.
jumpinjoe
Hellcat
I think you missed the point I was trying to make, and that simply was that if one of my reloads hurt (or worse) me, well that's on me and I'll live it. But if one my reloads hurt (or worse) my friend, well l have to live with that too. I just don't believe I could convince m7thyself that I was responsible for hurting my friend, regardless of how careful I'd been in my reloading. I was in no way impunity the quality of your reloads. Peace!