Saeed,
They look cool!

Saeed, my friend:



Problems I see with the .585 diameter bullet:



1. It creates its own atmosphere and rainstorms within ones magazine cause rust.

2. If shot over water, it screws up the tide tables

3. Non-documented aliens may wish to live upon it

4. A box of five exceeds the airline's weight limit

5. If loaded in T-Rex brass, my lady friends will keep looking for the battery compartment



Good things about the .585:



1. You can use one for a boat anchor

2. You can use one for a foot stool

3. Walking a mile with one in your pocket burns calories faster than 20 minutes on a BowFlex

4. You can shoot one in the dirt in your back yard and create an "instant" swimming pool

5. You have a new excuse to get your poor buddies to shoot the T-Rex so we can enjoy the results

6. Chile's GNP has gone up 50% due to the induced demand for copper

7. You can increase the hollow nose feature and use it for a gun safe

8. You can rent a snow-making machine and ski on it instead of spending money on a trip to the Alps or the Rockies



and finally



9. Pamela Anderson and her plastic surgeon have new inspiration!

Saeed

I like the look of yout "new" bullets
Are the .585 fir the T-Rex ? Make them longer to ad more recoil to the shooter
Why do you moly coat ? Does it help ?

I am glad to se that you got the dang thing working together with Autocad.

Cheers,

Andr�

Well i guess that about sum's it up..JudgeG


The 585 look's like a bone braker ..

Don't forget, before you reload the .585 it makes one fine beer stein.

Don

That's really some excellent lathe work

Are you designing these using 3D modeling software and running the digital model through a post program?

Are these hollow pointed?

Gentlemen,

I am afraid disaster struck again!!

I honestly do not know why I even allowed Walter into the same room as that machine!

WE were all trying to learn how to operate the machine, so he asked to come along and "supervise" as he called it.

After a few minutes, we had to threaten him to shut him up, as he kept asking all sorts of totally irrelevant questions, and we only had the commissioning engineer with us for a few days.

So he got a video camera, and was busy "documenting that even monkeys can operate this machine".

Funny enough, he was not too far from the truth - at least in my case. I know how to operate it and turn out bullets, but, I haven't the slightest idea about anything else!

Anyway, we got the machine set up to make some 375 caliber bullets, and it was in full swing. Walter somehow managed to manuevor himself right next to the machine with a cup of coffee in one hand, and a bar of chocolate in the other.

Now things go a bit hazy here, but we think as he raised his hand with the cup of coffee to his mouth, he managed to press one of the control keys on the machine.

A few seconds later, there was a horrible, grinding noise coming out of the machine, which caused three of us to race to push the big RED EMERGENCY button.

When we opened the machine, we found that Walter has managed to kill one tool holder and one collet!!??

I am not kidding, I will post photos of his "trophies" as he calls them.

And while I am telling you stories of Walter's adventures, you might wish to know that last week he managed to survive a horrible car crash!

We have a very busy road in front of our house, and as we come from town, we normally take the back roads instead.

Of course, Walter knows this very well, but, Walter being himself, he just HAD to come on the main road when it was really busy.

As he tried to cross the road, another car driven by an absolute idiot - at what the police estimate going around 120 MPH!! The speed limit is 50 MPH.

To avoid hitting Walter, the other car swirved, just touching Walter's spare wheel hanging on the back of his car, breaking the fiberglass cover over the wheel, and then he hit the central reservation - which is just a pavement with street lighting poles.

The car hit one light pole sideways, knocked the pole off, continued on the center reservation, knocked off another light pole, went across the road and stopped about 300 yards from where he originally hit the brakes!!?

Walter called me, so I rushed out to see the carnage!

The other car was a total loss - I will post a photo later. The driver was unconcious, but still breathing.

We called the police. In the meantime, there was a traffic jam extending as far as we could see - later it was reported that it was the longest traffic jam we had ever had on this road, going back several miles!

Walter does not do anything in half measures!

A few minutes later we managed to revive the driver, but we could not get him out of his car. There was petrol spilled all around the car, and we were scared of this catching fire.

Of course, we had so many spectators, so it was Walter's job to make sure no smokers came close.

Eventually the police came, and had to cut the driver out.

Apparently he is still in hospital - which I think is the best place for him. Because as soon as he comes out, if the police do not throw him in jail, Walter might break his neck!

Never a dull moment in the UAE, it seems.
- mike

Saeed,

I am very glad to hear Walter is okay! That was a close call that could have been tragic.

You know what they say...Children and the very old have angels looking over them due to all
the foolish things they get themselves into. I guess this also applies to Walterhogs!!!

All the Best!
Dave

Gentlemen,


Our new toy




The damaged turning tool holder and the collet - Walter's trophies!



You can see here a hidden fault in the copper rod. This of course was not visible, until we have made the bullet.

We have made some 375 bullets, and when we weighed them, we found them to be too light, and as we cut them in half, we found similar faults like this one.

Saeed,

Have you considered annealing some of your bullets to see if they will expand rather than fracture the front off the bullet?

I think it would help.

Just dont give Walter a couple of blow torches to do it for you!

Andy