Dan Wesson 744V .44mag, S&W Mod 19-4 .357 , S&W Mod 17 K22, Stevens Favorite .22mag 30GM, ADC .45/410, CZ SP01 9mm
Dan Wesson 744V .44mag, S&W Mod 19-4 .357 , S&W Mod 17 K22, Stevens Favorite .22mag 30GM, ADC .45/410, CZ SP01 9mm
Steve, wax plug directly over the rice and about 1/8” thick ?
Dan Wesson 744V .44mag, S&W Mod 19-4 .357 , S&W Mod 17 K22, Stevens Favorite .22mag 30GM, ADC .45/410, CZ SP01 9mm
Last edited by sureYnot; 05-28-2024 at 07:00 AM.
I got a new weapon to assist in my silliness with this. I have a Lee PRO1000 set up for 9mm that runs great and I do not want to change its' settings so I was using my old hand-me-down RCBS single stage press and die changing was getting old.
I'd been looking at turret presses then checked here and found one in S&S. Thanks to Bjornb I now have an old Lee 3-hole turret press. It is super-simple with manual die rotation. I really like it. I put in my .380 resizer die, neck expander and .38spl seater die and loaded a few 9mm #12 shot loads(Thanks again to TXbyGod for the shot)
Capsules held 115gr of #12 over 3.1gr of TiteWad
Dan Wesson 744V .44mag, S&W Mod 19-4 .357 , S&W Mod 17 K22, Stevens Favorite .22mag 30GM, ADC .45/410, CZ SP01 9mm
I’ve ordered some of those capsules.
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Dan Wesson 744V .44mag, S&W Mod 19-4 .357 , S&W Mod 17 K22, Stevens Favorite .22mag 30GM, ADC .45/410, CZ SP01 9mm
Steve's going to have us hunting geese with .380 pistols by the time he's done playing with this. Lol
I'm actually looking forward to the next carpenter bee season.
Dan Wesson 744V .44mag, S&W Mod 19-4 .357 , S&W Mod 17 K22, Stevens Favorite .22mag 30GM, ADC .45/410, CZ SP01 9mm
Agreed. I'd have sworn I had hundreds around.
.380... well, I may have exaggerated slightly. But the time and resources (probably some blood and tears, if your wife saw any of that damage from early on) that you've spent on this is pretty cool... and appreciated.
That's a thanks and a compliment.
What next, fearless leader?
About 30ft from my front door I have a suet cake to feed the birds. The squirrels have been raiding it non-stop lately and it's not making me happy. I was coating it in cayenne which helped some but once the birds ate a spot away from it the squirrels decimated it.
Squirrels are doing what they do and I don't want to kill them so I loaded some cayenne loads today. Looks like I'm reaching the suet cake with the powder. I stacked 2 full capsules and let the seater crunch them down. The one below was one half of a capsule(the long end) filled and in the case with another full capsule on top of it and seated by hand.
Can't wait to see if this works lol. Video below
ETA: I did get a whiff of the pepper after that shot. Nose is feeling like I sniffed Vicks vapor rub.
https://youtu.be/RIG0tPfVhWA?feature=shared
Last edited by steve urquell; 06-04-2024 at 04:53 PM.
Dan Wesson 744V .44mag, S&W Mod 19-4 .357 , S&W Mod 17 K22, Stevens Favorite .22mag 30GM, ADC .45/410, CZ SP01 9mm
Or someone acting sassy. What I could not get on vid is the cloud that comes out. It's pretty good. Up close and personal would put you on your knees. The capsule flies about 45ft and would hurt like a son-of-a-gun. I have another side view vid where you can see the capsule hit the driveway.
Dan Wesson 744V .44mag, S&W Mod 19-4 .357 , S&W Mod 17 K22, Stevens Favorite .22mag 30GM, ADC .45/410, CZ SP01 9mm
Here's where I was testing with corn starch. You can see a puff of powder hit the tree. Not sure if that's the bottom capsule opening up on impact or not.
https://youtu.be/igDLk4Q8VPA?feature=shared
Dan Wesson 744V .44mag, S&W Mod 19-4 .357 , S&W Mod 17 K22, Stevens Favorite .22mag 30GM, ADC .45/410, CZ SP01 9mm
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 |