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Or cut towards the end of the tooling life, without QC catching the out of spec product. IME sizing dies are relatively soft and easily adjusted to your spec.

This sounds like a sizer issue as opposed to a casting/coating issue. If they're for a .40 handgun, I've found .402+.0005 to be the "right" size for most samples I've tested. I've re-coated and...

Got my .30-06 FN-49 gas plug, unfortunately dimensions are basically identical except for the lug thickness, so there's not extra that can be removed for my project. Oh well, worth the 10$ to figure...

Thanks for the info! Looks like the dimensions might be a little too far off to be an easy modification, but worth trying.

I hear the .30-06 ones have gas plugs with .175 lugs, if anyone wants to...

Will it run in a Windows emulator? I'd try that before buying a machine just to run one piece of software.

ETA: looks like WINE will run on a Chromebook.

Bump. Surely someone has an FN-49 around they can measure the gas plug on.

I'm trying to tinker on a metric FN FAL and metric gas plugs are currently unobtanium in my price range. Got to thinking about the development history and realized Numrich has a pile of partially...

I haven't measured mine yet, but I was wondering if they really needed to be the full enbloc shape to function. Seems to me one only needs the back portion of the clip to retain and feed the rounds,...

I don't have a strong preference amongst the quality tap brands. I used to buy lots of taps from closed machine shops, until I was sufficiently saturated with the common sizes. Now I will...

I agree with other posters that your problem is likely related to your thermocouple. How do you have it wired to the unit? If it's not wired directly, are you using the correct K-type thermocouple...

I just went through this with 80 or so WWII vintage 8x56r cases, as well as a couple 7.5x55 that I had lying around.

Some notes:
1) Hydraulic decapping did not work on these for me. Once I cut...

4140's surface finish after machining is going to be related to it's heat treat/work hardening state. Annealed 4140 is painful to machine as it will be work hardening as you cut. Q&T is going to be...

Whatever steel you can lay hands on will be acceptable.

I bought a 3' section of 7/8"-14 threaded rod for the purpose of making push-through sizing dies. Saves a load of time on the external...

I use the 475F Tempilaq. I don't see a point to the higher temp stuff; I can't safely heat the brass longer once the 475F stuff liquefied, because that means annealing has started at that spot in the...

I formed .260 Rem brass from .308. I did not find it necessary to turn necks with my chamber. Possibly if the rifle in question has a match chamber, but then you might be turning necks for...

I have a clip of P/88 ammo and an 1890 Erfurt with what I believe is the original barrel (matching, not upgraded to 88/05 spec) as well as access to a machine shop and all the measuring equipment...

Brass should be hard enough. I think most grades of aluminum would be too soft and would deform over time.

I have a .256 Win Mag single shot on a Martini Cadet frame. Just finished forming 100 brass from .360 Dan Wesson stock this weekend. The .360 DW case is plenty long so the resulting brass doesn't end...

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I think it's safe to say that was "grooves for lubrication". The rest of the text is historical in nature.

The ones I've built use InkBird branded PID units that are probably available anywhere that China can ship to and industrial surplus Omron solid state relays to supply power to the heater. I build...

If I'm understanding correctly what you want, shim stock cut with a round punch set should work. I've made thicker ones akin to the spacers included in RCBS .38/.357 and .44S/M sets out of large...

Cartridge dimensions are easy. Red number on right are lengths, black numbers on left are diameters. All dimensions in millimeters.

Have an electronic copy of that text? My Cyrillic is rusty but...

I too have considered options for a .327 FM rifle. Two have floated to the top: as previously mentioned, a Martini Cadet (specifically, the takedown, which will minimize the pain of a barrel swap),...

They seem to be listed on eBay for around 125$. Whether they actually sell, who knows:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1991-Michael-Ricker-SHAWN-SORCERESS-1318-1500-Pewter-Figurine-7-75-M60-/292620297280

I went for a different sort of 2-stage pot: added a supplementary heater to mine that is powered by the alarm relay on my PID. Really helps the pot get up to temp when heating from cold and reduces...