What the hell do these go to?

[bendad97]

These brass bushings were in a loarge lot of stuff I just bought. The have markings starting with the letter P; ie: P18 and so forth. Does anyone know what they go to?

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[roysha]

These brass bushings were in a loarge lot of stuff I just bought. The have markings starting with the letter P; ie: P18 and so forth. Does anyone know what they go to?

160200

PUT A PRICE ON THEM. (reasonable please) I want them. In fact I have an ad in the WTB section for some right now. PM me.

[roysha]

Oh to explain what they are, Hornady pistol powder measure bushings.

[bendad97]

PM sent.

[W.R.Buchanan]

I believe I could make those pretty easily. You buy Brass round stock put it in a lathe drill a hole in the end and part it off.

Pretty sure that's the way that whom ever made them did it.

Randy

[Ole Joe Clarke]

Those are factory bushings for the Hornady Pistol Powder measure. The factory ones have the undercut on the OD like these do. Looks like they are marked with a number. I made a bunch on them back in the day. Use 1/2" OD brass, drill with a drill the size you want and part off 1/2" O/L. Be sure to check the outside diameter, if it is oversize it won't go in the bar on the measure. Just polish with sand paper before parting off. I still have several blanks, made from "FMYB" free machining yellow brass.

[IllinoisCoyoteHunter]

Those will probably fit the powder dropper for Star presses.

[roysha]

I believe I could make those pretty easily. You buy Brass round stock put it in a lathe drill a hole in the end and part it off.

Pretty sure that's the way that whom ever made them did it.

Randy

Been there, done that. Just a case of the lazys setting in and I thought I might save myself some time and work by getting the factory bushings and opening to what I needed. !/2" brass rod on ebay is about $8.00 for a 12" piece and I figure I can get 16-18 bushings out of that but as I said, laziness.........

[IllinoisCoyoteHunter]

Grind up a small boring bar and you could really tweak the charge weight.

[Ole Joe Clarke]

Looked in my Hornady/Pacific book and at my bushings. I think the "P" stands for Pacific and the number relates to the chart. For instance the bushing P 6 dropped 3.9 grains of Bullseye.

The lower photo.

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[r1kk1]

P was for pistol if I remember right.

take care

r1kk1

[Wayne Smith]

I'm making them for my Pistol Powder Measure - with my wood lathe and hand tools. Not hard at all.