cloverleaf
Handloader
- Sep 10, 2006
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As many of you know, several years ago my father passed away. Up to that point he and some times he and I did all the reloading for my 250-Savage. A few years ago Mom decided that I should take all Dads reloading stuff. Most of it was kept in a small wall cabinet he built (scale, dies, shell holders etc) now hanging on my garage wall. Well last week I was doing a little reloading and came across the "tool" in the pic below. Don't know why I hadn't found/ remembered it before. Got to looking at it and realized that the narrow part would fit the primer pocket exactly. A couple twists and 90% of the powder residue/ carbon in the primer pocket was gone!
There are Probably better things out there that might do a better job but, this is cool. I would bet my hat that it is made from a used commercial hack saw blade, perhaps the same one that Dad made his fillet knife from, which I remember distinctly. Apparently,things were kinda tight when I was a kid, and Dad could make/fix anything....
Aw - Dad.... how lucky am I ?!! CL
There are Probably better things out there that might do a better job but, this is cool. I would bet my hat that it is made from a used commercial hack saw blade, perhaps the same one that Dad made his fillet knife from, which I remember distinctly. Apparently,things were kinda tight when I was a kid, and Dad could make/fix anything....
Aw - Dad.... how lucky am I ?!! CL