Link http://www.amazon.com/Work-Sharp-Knife- ... +sharpener
A relative of mine turned me on to this knife sharpener. An upgraded model of this sharpener is out (called the Work Sharp Ken Onion edition), but I went with the original model because it is cheaper, as are the replacement belts...
Regarding the AR ....(assuming it is a straight gas fired and not a piston driven system)
I am not familiar with Wipe Out, but I have used foaming copper and bore cleaners/removers in my gas driven AR's from time to time for a long time....supposed to or not, I don't know...but I haven't had...
Ammo can in garage a terrible terrible terrible awful way to go .... send em to me, I'll make sure they don't go off in your garage for a small fee :grin:
Yes....best stuff I have ever used. I got it from ar15.com.
12 parts (12 oz) ISO HEET red bottle (99% isoprophl alcohol to one part (1 oz) warmed Liquid Lanolin. Shake up. A little goes a long way....its all I use these days.
The liquid lanolin.... find at natural food grocery stores like...
I should have also added this.
Just remember....if you are trimming brass to a consistent length....for every .001 you add to the headspaced length on your sized brass.....the same .001 will get trimmed from the neck.
So on AR brass....because I know I am sizing them over SAAMI headspace...
Yep I do.
Main reason I manage/control/set my headspace is because many FLS dies set shoulders/headspace all the way back to SAAMI minimums ..... so the brass they resize will work for the masses and chamber in the masses guns (even in the instances where chambers are cut closer to minimums...
Dr.... thank you....your description of Tempilaq turning color/black as it reaches its stated max temp is exactly it ....and yours is a much better description than my "melting"
Topic been bantered around here a few times....not that we can't do it again :grin:
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and
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check out the previous threads ... ignoring anyone who seemed to be disagreeing with me 8) (obviously kidding here).
Best advice I can give you...
We run a few DPMS 1:9 .223 bulls in our crew... 20 inchers and longer...but it really doesn't matter...DPMS sells a good bull barrel imo. Don't waste a second thinking about the 16 vs longer velocity differences ...with the lighter bullets... velocities will be plenty fast regardless...
I am confident someone will come along and help you out on your request for load info.
FYI..if you are tired of waiting on your H322 powder .... Powder Valley currently has 8's of H322 in stock and available online. I have a couple of varmint rigs in 223 that love that powder with light...
Not normal imo .... If I notice anything at all, it's that they actually resize easier (because the brass is more pliable)
Second, regarding your expander ball .... it's probably one of three things assuming they were annealed correctly (which may not be the case if you aren't using tempilaq -...
My 2 cents .
#1 piece of advise for annealing rifle brass ....Use tempilaq 750 inside neck and 400 or 450 on base.
Reason: As we all know, consistency matters when reloading for accuracy, this includes brass prep....and when annealing. Inconsistently heated/annealed brass due to...
I now have processed over 1000 brass, in .223, to test drive the Giraud Tri-Way, and I love it. It's a keeper for me.
Have since become aware of another trimmer called the Trim It. It looks like it originally came out as just a cutter (like the WFT), but with a potentially better length...
For those who run semi auto's and like to save brass, I thought I'd share this.
http://www.tacticalbrassrecovery.com/AR ... /tbbg6.htm
It is Tactical Brass Recovery's base model. This is what I have been using on AR's, and I like it a lot.
Over the years I tried the inexpensive Velcro bags...
Giraud Tri Way Test
I ended up being able to get to this over the weekend.
I adjusted the Tri-Way to my desired cut and length...and proceeded to run 500 pieces of brass.
The Tri-Way is the real deal! (Slicker than goose grease on glass Howard)
Only tips I think I learned are ... you need...
Not my video, but for those who have never used a shoulder indexing trimmer...here is an example of a tri-way attached to a drill in action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUmzQZmU5oc
The user here also demonstrates the 1/4-1/2 turn at the end of the cut I was trying to describe above.
This...