sundog
03-02-2009, 04:59 PM
Yeppers, broke a shell holder. Lee 30 carbine. Last night, just like that.
So, I go to my friendly gun shop at lunch today (extended lunch hour, doncha know - I've got a nice coushy retirment job) to get a shell holder. Yup, the got them, RCBS. I was talkin' ta one of the regular guys what works in there, you know, whatch loadin', yeah, I load that too, yadda, yadda. Seems he shoots cast in an M1 carbine also. I mention to him that I broke a shell holder, first one in 40 years of hand loading. He says, yeah, me too. So we get to talking and he says he's sending a mold (not for carbine) back to Lee for some reason and gonna stick the shell holder in with it. Holder was for M1 carbine and it broke in the same spot exaclty as mine. Past of the rim holder broke off. Just that it was coincidentle enough to report....
So, I go to my friendly gun shop at lunch today (extended lunch hour, doncha know - I've got a nice coushy retirment job) to get a shell holder. Yup, the got them, RCBS. I was talkin' ta one of the regular guys what works in there, you know, whatch loadin', yeah, I load that too, yadda, yadda. Seems he shoots cast in an M1 carbine also. I mention to him that I broke a shell holder, first one in 40 years of hand loading. He says, yeah, me too. So we get to talking and he says he's sending a mold (not for carbine) back to Lee for some reason and gonna stick the shell holder in with it. Holder was for M1 carbine and it broke in the same spot exaclty as mine. Past of the rim holder broke off. Just that it was coincidentle enough to report....