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      Looking for domed primer seating tool

      Before the current primer drought, I was able to purchase thousands of Federal NC/NM Large Rifle and Large Rifle Magnum primers made the the early 1950's. They are of the domed type. I test fired a batch with 30.06 loads and they functioned flawlessly. What I didn't like was that some primers...
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      Very Small Flash Holes on Recent Swiss-made norma 9mm

      The recent crop of norma 9mm ammunition is made for RUAGAmmotech by its ammunition plants on Germany, Switzerland, and Hungary. RUAG bought the brand name norma. From left to right: German, Swiss, Swiss, Hungarian. While the German and Hungarian cases have standard size (1/16th inch or .065")...
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      Not the Columbian Mauser I ordered

      Couple decades ago I bought a .30-06 Columbian Mauser from Springfield Sporters. After haggling with them to get the muzzle cover that I paid for, I kinda forgot about it in the closet. I resurrected it and found the barreled receiver, bolt, trigger guard group and -- of course -- muzzle cover...
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      9mm Luger Load Reconstruction

      I have a box of 9mm Luger reloads that worked quite well in my Browning HighPower. The problem is an essential part of the reloading label is missing, specifically the amount of Unique. Case WIN 9mm LUGER, primer Winchester small pistol magnum, bullet 115 Winchester FMJ, O.A.L. 1.155"...
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      Alternative for Nitro-100 Old Formulation

      I'm down to the end of my Nitro-100 (old formulation) powder. It was quite good with target loads of 45 Auto and 45 Colt, and 12 gauge trap loads. Quite economical too. Its only drawback was that I had to weigh each charge. What should I use now?
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      Early Winchester Primer Boxes

      Dating Early Winchester Primer Boxes 1.1 Winchester primer tins Everything I've read about Winchester in the late 1800's re-enforces the view that Winchester was quite reluctant to make reloading components available to reloaders, fearing its products would instead be used by other...
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      Stolen Rifle

      Stolen from me prior to mid-September 2015, reported to Howard County Police, and entered in NCIC database: Herter's U9 .223 Remington cal serial number 4728. Early integral scope bases milled into rcvr, Tasco 36 power target scope, Conetrol scope rings, fancy claro walnut Monte Carlo stock...
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      Stolen Handguns

      Stolen from me prior to mid-September 2105, reported to Howard County Police and entered into NCIC database: 1. Browning Buckmark .22 semi-automatic pistol serial number 515MV15318. Pawned at Liberty Loan & Jewelry in Baltimore on 5 September 2015. 2. 1911 Colt-type .45 Auto pistol built on...
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      Berdan Primer Reloading Problem

      I'm not new to reloading Berdan-primed cases. Previously, I've successfully reloaded the following Berdan primed cases: 1. 7.92x57: German 1935 Polte Czech 1950's clandestine (no headstamp) Turkish 1950 Ecuadorian 1955 Yugoslav 1954 (Igman) and 1955 (Prvi Partizan) Romanian 1973 and 2014...
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      UMC and Early Remington-UMC Primers

      UMC and Early Remington-UMC primers 1. UMC 1.1 UMC tins The chronology of UMC tins, from oldest to newest, is (1) paper label-topped tins, usually referencing patents, prior to 1884; (2) enamel-topped tins referencing the Hobbs' 1876 and 1869 patents and (3) enamel-topped tins without...
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      Production Run of 7.92x57mm Berdan Reloads

      Someone was kind enough to leave me fifty-eight once-fired 1955 Ecuadorean 7.92x57mm Berdan-primed cases to experiment with. There were more but they had split case necks. Previously I'd worked on rehab'ing old Berdan-primed cases from one to nine at a time. Earliest were 1935 Polte (German)...
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      Dating Peters Primer Boxes

      With my tiny collection, I initially didn't think I had enough examples to adequately illustrate Peters Cartridge Company primer production, and I knew virtually nothing about what I did have. After reviewing the Peters catalogs available online at cartridgecollectors.org, I found I had a good...
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      Dating Federal Cartridge Corporation Primer Boxes

      My latest project:
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      Dating Winchester/Western Ammo Boxes

      Uploading restrictions force me to break up my work on dating Winchester/Western ammo boxes.
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      Dating Winchester/Western Non-Corrosive Primer Boxes

      Due to uploading size restrictions, I had to divide my research into 3 parts. I'm curious if this kind of information has an audience here. I've prepared another work on dating Winchester/Western ammo boxes 1950-present, and yet another work about Federal Cartridge Company primer boxes is in my...
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      9mm Steyr brass available at Grafs

      Virtually impossible to find; Starline 9mm Steyr unprimed brass is available through Graf & Sons (grafs.com). You have to type in the catalog number SU9STEYR rather than search for it under handgun brass.
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      Graf & Sons has Tula berdan primers

      If you want .217" berdan primers, Graf & Sons is advertizing Tula-brand for $165.99/5000. Bump up your order total to over $175 and they'll wave the handling & insurance fee, but you'll still have the $28.50 hazardous materials fee. Three people combining an order and you can divide that $28.50...
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      Enfield Mk IV (.455) and No 2 (38 S&W) Revolver Dimensions for the Reloader

      Recently bought a special order RCBS Webley 265-gr round nose hollow-base bullet mold. Using pure lead, same as I cast Minnie bullets with, it throws .4575" diameter 275-gr bullets. 1. Although I don't regret buying it, I should have measured my 1925 Enfield Mk IV's barrel and chamber throats...
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      7.62x54R and Varget

      I wasn't real impressed with my results reloading 308 Win with Varget, so what to do with the rest of the jug? I searched around and the Hodgdon's site's 7.62x54R/Varget reloading data was quite impressive with the 48.0-gr Varget with 150-gr .308" bullet generating muzzle velocity (mv) of...
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      Reloading Romanian Berdan-primed Steel-case 8x57

      Somebody was kind enough to leave me some Romanian 8x57 steel cases headstamped 22 over 73 (Sadu 1973) at the AGC range. I use cases like this to show people how to pop out Berdan primers with the RCBS Berdan decapping tool. There were enough cases, however, to experiment with reloading them...
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