For the "snail" section, you can use a piece of large pipe (12" or more, bigger is better) and split it in half lengthwise, so you have two C shaped pieces. Looking at them from the end, with the split oriented vertically, move the front piece down 2-3", and weld the end plates on to hold them in that position. That leaves a gap on top and bottom; Weld a couple plates of steel to the top gap, in a wedge or funnel shape, to shoot into. The bullet will enter the pipe, spin around a few times, and drop out the gap at the bottom. Look at the website snailtraps.com, they make something like this, but in large scale for shooting ranges.
The "affordable" part just depends on the steel cost. I tried to buy some steel remnants to make one of these last year, the steel yard wanted $180 for a 10" long chunk of 12" pipe, and 4x2 feet of 5/16" plate! These were remnants that were already cut and headed for the scrap pile! I said no thanks and left, haven't been back since.
I'd like to know if somebody made die-cut boxes for .30 M1 like the original 50 round gvmt boxes.
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"The future ain't what it used to be".
-Yogi Berra.
I wish the press manufacturers would include a bolt boss in the casting base that an adjustable stanchon could be bolted to, that reached the floor to transfer the downward force to the floor instead of fatiguing the edge of the workbench.
Dutch
"The future ain't what it used to be".
-Yogi Berra.
wish someone would make an adapter so i could use rcbs/lyman sizers in my stars.
If I recall correctly, Ken did that with duct tape...maybe it was some one else.
Some where between here and there.....
Actually I used a spring, found one that was just thick enough to take up the difference and then wound it around the die.
Boolits= as God laid it into the soil,,grand old Galena,the Silver Stream graciously hand poured into molds for our consumption.
Bullets= Machine made utilizing Full Length Gas Checks as to provide projectiles for the masses.
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I have seen a lot of ideas posted about how to keep the handle on your Star from falling down at the wrong time and giving you a lump on your head....but does someone sell a kit?
If not, I am going to start.
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A Cherry 2000 to do my case cleaning.
The Dude abides.
a handheld cutting tool with precision adjustable cutting blades to remove bb or gc shanks from molds, something simple enough for even me to use. thinking it could be set up like a micrometer that as you dial it up, the blades reach out just a tad more each time.
Boolits= as God laid it into the soil,,grand old Galena,the Silver Stream graciously hand poured into molds for our consumption.
Bullets= Machine made utilizing Full Length Gas Checks as to provide projectiles for the masses.
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Sorta like a ridge reamer for engines,Ken?
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maybe it is already out there, but some adjustable way to chamfer and debur case mouths both at one time.
Bonus points if it fits an RCBS case prep center or Wilson trimmer.
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Here you go: Lyman Case Care Kit
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The attachment that looks like a cone has an adjustable "arm" that does the debur function, and obviously, the cone does the chamfer.
I have one and it works pretty well, but you do have to adjust it for each caliber, but it's just a matter of the one set screw.
Chris
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There are two theories to arguing with a woman .. . Neither works.
Women always say that giving birth is way more painful than a guy getting kicked in the nuts.There is no way to prove that they are wrong.
But a year or so after giving birth a woman will often say "It would be nice to have another child".
You never hear a guy say, "It would be nice to get kicked in the nuts again".
A couple of 1" pipes with pipe threads on each end. Add mounting flanges on each (don't know if that's the proper name) end of the pipes such that the overall length fits snuggly between the bottom of your bench & the floor. Secure the flanges to the bottom of the bench & the floor directly under your press. You could probably accomplish the same thing with a 4x4 (or two) with "L" brackets on each end. Either way, no more bench fatiguing.
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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 |