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[slughammer]

Some of you guys may have already wasted more of your time on this discussion and the effort looking for a cheap way out than the punch would have cost...

Doing things for yourself is better than just paying somebody else.

I'v got a lathe that does not cut threads, and if this was a 1/2-20 thread I'd walk out to the garage and find a bolt (or several) to match and make the punches I want. The unique UNEF 1/2-28 thread is what makes this a challenge.

Of course I could just buy jacketed bullets and watch TV, but I don't find either very stimulating to the brain. Thinking is what keeps the brain in shape...

[Lee W]

slughammer,
I spent four hours making a thermostat for my luber. I could have purchased for $100.
What fun would that have been?

[Iron River Red]

Ok. I have to conceede the point. I do things all the time simply because it becomes a challenge or a matter of principle.

Ask me when the last time I shopped at Walmart was...

Speaking of a challenge for fun, has any of you guys ever reassembled a Crossman .22 air rifle lately?

I have one in a box I took apart 23 years ago and still haven't got it back together. Now, i will abso-tively posi-lutely will not throw the piece of **** away!