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| Did you notice that he wasn't wearing eye protection while he was reloading? |
| Posts: 59 | Location: Soledad, CA USA | Registered: 17 January 2002 |
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| yeah I did. I also wondered what kind of results one would get in a 9mm with a powder charge of 10% factory standard which they showed him with. That's not very much powder at all. WOuld it even go boom and get out of the barrel?
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| Posts: 153 | Location: Ann Arbor MI USA | Registered: 30 May 2003 |
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| I saw it and had fun telling my wife she missed the cool handloading scene ...
Could anyone tell what kind of powder he was using? |
| Posts: 1246 | Location: Northern Virginia, USA | Registered: 02 June 2001 |
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| That was pretty cool. |
| Posts: 336 | Location: Alabama, U.S.A. | Registered: 19 February 2003 |
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| I think I saw the IMR type of can. That would make it either 800x, 4756, PB, 7625, umm that's about all that's sold in 8 ounce cans anymore IIRC. |
| Posts: 596 | Location: Oshkosh, Wi USA | Registered: 28 July 2001 |
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| Not too long ago, there was a picture of the loading unit for one of the Marine Corps' AMUs. They were using a red Forster-Bonanza press. I heard years ago that they used them, just never had a chance to verify it. Geo. |
| Posts: 305 | Location: Indian Territory | Registered: 21 April 2003 |
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| When that came up in the show, I told my wife, he sure was ramming down hard on the seating stroke. Especially the last few inches. |
| Posts: 135 | Location: San Antonio, Tx | Registered: 18 February 2003 |
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| The thing that I didn't like about that scene was the implication that if you simply reduce powder charges in a linear fashion, velocity will decrease the same way. We all know it doesn't work like that, and, in fact, you can blow yourself up if you reduce the charge too much.
Obviously, those of use who are experienced can laugh this off, but a newcomer to handloading might be misinformed by this kind of scene, couched as it is in the language of "forensic experts".
Otherwise, I enjoy that series immensely and try to watch it every week. |
| Posts: 254 | Location: Vancouver, Canada | Registered: 10 April 2003 |
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