Your local hardware store can order you some if you cannot find any online. I know we all know the dangers of strike anywhere matches but they are nothing to play with. I had some in my pocket and got a bump to them. I got a big hole in my shirt pocket---front and back. Rats chewing on them have set them off. Keep them in vermin proof containers.
How have we managed to survive all these incredible perils?
Have mercy.
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Dang and I thought I'd just keep an extra brick on hand.
I'm just the welder, go ask him>
Yea I agree with the extra brick I think a lot of folks think a 22 LR is handy to have since ammo even at todays inflated prices is relatively cheap and since they are small you can store a lot with out taking a lot of room.
A gun is like a parachute: If you need one and don't have one, you won't be needing one again.
Oh, THAT kind of brick.
I was gonna ask what kind of trajectory you're gettin' with a brick...
Seems to me there was quite a thread on reusing boxer primers a year or so ago, maybe longer.
Could just buy a flintlock to keep around.
Here is a link to a video by forum Delmar the shows how he did it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7nphPRG6JA
I have in front of me a copy of "American Guerilla In The Philippines". The book was written by Ira Wolfert in 1945 and covers the experiences of Lt. David Richardson. Richardson was the executive officer of PT-34 which was part of the unit that rescued General Macarthur from the Japanese. Richardson escaped capture from the Japanese and helped form the Philippine Guerillas into a national wide cohesive force. On pages 94/96 of my copy he describes making ammo for th service weapons. He stated that for priming compound they used sulphur mixed with coconut shell carbon and they would fire 80 to 90 % of the time. Powder was from dismantled japanese maritime mine. This powder was too viooolent for use as a propellant so was diluted with pulverized wood fibers. He stated that five rifles were blown up trying to discover the proper formula. Bullets were made by fiing solid brass curtain rods to fit the bores. He states that bullet production never rose above 160 a day.
All this was very hazardous and tedious but worked until they were able to get better weapons. At that time our troops were armed with the 1903 but if I remember correctly the Philippino Scouts carried the 1917 Enfield.
Somewhere I have an old copy of Handloader magazine that describes the experiences of some people that were cut off behind Japanese lines in China. Their weapons were shotguns. Primers were made by removing the anvil and using a punch to remove the indentation. Match heads were used for compound and powder was made from old movie film. Shot was made by hammering lead into flat sheets and then cutting it into small pieces. It sounds crude but kept them eating thooughout the war.
My suggestion is to lay in a large supply of reloading components while you still can. Neil
We had a thread on this a couple of years ago. A couple of enterprising men did videos on remanufacturing primers. Here's one to get you started.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7nphPRG6JA
I have been disassembling 22 LR ammo that went through Katrina and the powder looks like Bullseye in some and 231 in others.
Speaking of Richardson, I have one of the 'slam-fire' 12ga shotguns that he made under 'Richardson Industries' after the war, paterned after the jungle shotgun he saw in the war. It is a crude simple design that could get you some game for food but the slamfire action has no control of aim and is slow to reload. Never found much info on the company or the guns production, the photo I did find on the net had some differances from my samply that I got new in the box 2 years back.
shaune509
4.0gr of FFFFg or Swiss Null-B black powder - averages ~ 1050 fps with a 40gr bulletI would like to know what powders and in what quantity can be substituted for the .22 powder without blowing something up.
Regards
John
Google 'anarchist cookbook.' IIRC, there are some recipes in there for primer mixtures. I'd include a link, but my .mil LAN won't let me access the material.
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |