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There are a couple of posts in this forum some where from new owners & I know there here, just haven't found them yet, look around .

Strange the Cam Pin is not Nitrate treated also. Its nice epoxy was applied , I guess for sealing & securing, but if machining is proper , sealant should not be needed . Some manufactures are just using sealant & not staking the Key screws. It is a good price & they are in stock.

Yes , that would be disturbing have a charging handle coming at you !

I have a couple of older Smiths & my wife carries a new S&W Airweight . I will never part with my Mod.29 or Mod.19 Target. I like wheel guns , most now a days have own an Auto feed & I really don't blame them .

Definitely a concentrated effort to deprive us of fired brass , not only the Administration , but some Ammunition manufacturers or they are being squeezed by those Communists in Power. I can also see an executive order to supply LE first with ammo because of the shortage . They will claim that we need our LE trained ( we all agree there ,but ) more than Mr. Hunter needs to train. That will even make our ammo shortage an emergency. These people are slick & had to have this planed for a long time . Bastiges

Took almost as long to get the tools out & put them away , as it did to build my Annealing station . Works like it should . I can make adj. to the drill with spacers or hight/lower wood spacer blocks . I can make adj. to the torch the same way . It is set up to do 308 as it is . I can twist the drill mgr to change batteries , the torch can just be popped out & replaced or just replace the wire ties. Its running on this one , on scrap brass , I can adj. the flame to get different results for time . Right now its about six seconds to change the indicator.

If I was participating in shooting match's @ 1K , I would be buying much better brass also <thumbsup> . Would probably be doing a lot of things different with reloading & actually have been changing some of my practices & adding new procedures , Annealing being one of them . Old dog new tricks , I guess us old reloaders need to learn new ways & procedures . You can never stop learning.

I have been reloading once fired 308 Machine gun shot brass for more years then I can remember & never had a problem , as long as they pass my pre inspection before I reload them. As was said you have to be careful . I'm on five reloading's on the present test batch of LC brass for my 175gr. loads , but we will see after this week , I will test the Primer pockets. I have followed the instructions on all my die sets( not saying they work for every one or chamber ), but if I don't have cam over on my single stage press for sizing , they don't fit in the chambers . RCBS , Redding , doesn't matter . Always wanted a Case Gage , just seems to be not needed .

This is a new one on me , first I heard something like this happening . As said above , make sure the catch is holding & catching , also make sure the spring for the latch on the charging handle has sufficient pressure to hold the catch in the pocket in the upper receiver. Could also be the BCG or more likely, the Carrier Key is binding in the charging handle channel.

Here's one of Ted Cruz's 76 lawless actions by the O'Butthead administration . 8. “Government agencies are engaging in ‘Operation Choke Point,’ where the government asks banks to ‘choke off’ access to financial services for customers engaging in conduct the Administration does not like—such as ‘ammunition sales.’” Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/07/ted-cruz-releases-definitive-list-of-76-lawless-obama-actions/#ixzz314Ih3jez

Digital caliper & I just don't take a measurement in one place. Yes there are more precise measuring tools, I just don't see a need for them .Once my LE Wilson trimmer is set , they all & I mean all, come out the same . Brass will flow into the entire chamber area upon firing & contract when pressure subsides , for extraction , of course . It won't stop at the shoulder . I did say it would be an extreme case . Enlarged primer pockets are part of that stretching or flowing . Once a case has been fire formed to a chamber , the stretching is minimized , of course , unless to make a very hot loads . Too bad I use my cases for multiple rifles , tis why I used SB sizing dies for so long. I'm beginning to think as far as the brass is concerned , it reduces the working life of them , is why I went to a new FL sizing die. Still trying to see if accuracy is changed .

It sure looks like to me & what a lot of us have been saying from the beginning . Conspiracy theory ? Maybe or fact , the shortage to us citizens is real & there has to be more to it . Its odd , that those who were elected & sworn to serve the Constitution of the United States , can work against it with there own agenda .

That would be real short , I would worry more about case head separation , then bullet set back . The brass when fired will conform to the chamber , some call it flowing into the chamber , if too short , that brass that moved or flowed into the void left behind of a too short case will have to come from some where & that place will be the thickest part of the case , not where you want to lose material . That would have to be an extreme case though. I tested some 5.56 hand loads that I trimmed the case to the SAMMI spec's of 1.760" & some to the trim length of 1.750" , to see how they Chrongraphed & shot , I will see if I can find it here . <laughs> And you thought this was a Primer Pocket thread . Posted 16 September 2012 - 05:12 PM What do you trim your .223 brass to ? I just loaded up some 62 gr. Barns TSX bullets & made some of them to case length spec's of 1.760" & some trimmed to trim length spec of 1.750 " from my older Lyman 45 th edition hand book & the trimmed loads out shined the case length spec ones , big time on the target & grouping . All charges were weighed on my new Pact electronic scale & all were compared with like charges .All were same name brass & close to same weights , as I always choose , all had Remington Bench rest primers , all same COL. Rifle -AR ,24 " ultra match HB., 5.56 chamber, S/S . Results of Chronograph. 23.5 grs. WC 846 ( trimmed to 1.750") Avg. vol. -2994 fps ES ------- 10 fps. SD ------- 5 fps. 23.5 grs. WC 846 ( trimmed to 1.760" if needed ) Avg. vol. -3000 fps. ES --------18 fps. SD--------- 9 fps. 24 grs. WC 846 ( trimmed to 1.750" ) Avg. vol. -3020 fps ES ------- 5 fps. SD ------- 2 fps. 24 grs. WC 846 ( trimmed to 1.760' if needed ) Avg. fps --3044 fps. ES -------- 47 fps. SD -------- 20 fps. All the trimmed to 1.750" printed one hole groups @ 100yrds & the ones that are at case length specs of 1.760 " were spread out a little , still good groups but the 1.750 " were real good . It may be that this chamber likes the one case length better than the other , but now I have to test in other calibers & barrel lengths , because in all my years of reloading , I have never done a test like this . I have always trimmed to the trim to length spec's from this manual . Any one else trim as I do ? Quote MultiQuote Edit

When I joined the FOP range here , there Forum had a member asking if someone had seen the Suppressor he forgot at the range , WTF, how do you forget that ( or an AR ) & how do you explain that to the BATFE ?

I trim my 308's to 2.005", + or - 0.0005 so they can be 2.0045 to 2.0055" , Just what I use for my trim to length spec's. . I have loaded & shot brass shorter ,but I like to keep things as close as recommended & all my manuals give a trim to length of 2.005" , so I stay on it for consistency reasons . You can use cases shorter , I just don't .

The older brass I'm using for my Annealing testing was used to test work up loads for my 20" 308 & is , on the most part , at the end of its service life . Which is why I'm using it for testing . I had to think of a way to sort the brass for any defects & I thought of the the primer pockets , along with the usual stuff & any too short , under my 2.0045" length , these are already sized & de-primed with a SB sizing die & all met the length min. & most need trimming , but I won't do that till I re-size them with my Redding bushing type FL sizing die , after the Annealing . Since this brass was used for work up loads , some were loaded a little hot . I was working up loads for WC 846 , a military pull down powder & there are no loading manuals for it .So I had to think of some ways to test the primer pocket for the proper spec's to hold the primer in there . Heres what I did , I first checked them for fitment with my Primer Pocket Swaging tool head & all the brass (WW& FC ) being commercial , are always loose compared to Milspec brass, even after swaging the primer pocket. So, I had to think of another way , I took a LR CCI primer & tried to force it into the Primer pocket by hand . Well only half of the 71 rd's. passed the test. If I couldn't force the primer into the pocket any more than just the beginning of the pocket , it passed . if I could seat it even half way, it failed . Not sure If I will get any popped primers with these loads when done , but I had to test them some way . The loose Primer pocket , condemns all my brass to the scrap heap. Some of the tools used. A seated primer ,by hand. A primer seated half way by hand And finally , what I wanted to see , a primer I could not force into the pocket by hand. We will see if this process of sorting Primer Pockets works out .

Brownells shipped my PMag LR 25"s today. Any one have the new Gen III 25 round 308 mags yet ?

O"Butthead will just bail them out with our money any way . Viscous circle we live in now a days , Bastiges !

Yep. From locking & unlocking the bolt lugs wear to the point of them not locking as tight as when first tested ( head spaced ) & that loosening will alter bolt face to chamber clearance ( head spacing ) A little out of focus , but look at the deep set back on some of the lugs . I will see if I can get a better photo.

Social Engineering . A little here , a little there !

Absolutely. Its not just for a build or replacing a barrel/bolt , its maintenance, checking head space as round count goes up , assures a safe operating firearm. Some components wear out faster than others .

A new bolt may work , providing the Barrel Extension is with in spec's . The bolt ,is ,a wear component .

I personally would shoot a wide range of bullet types/weights , just to see what the Barrel likes . You never know .

Not paint . Its Tempilaq, Temperature Indicating liquid, this particular indicator is set for 650 deg. , it changes color then turns back into liquid & thats when you pull the brass & quench it, to cool it rapidly. Why 650 deg. , after reading about it , it seems to be when the brass is the optimum temperature to anneal it properly . Not too hot & not too cool . The Hornady kit , that is no longer available had there's @ 475 deg. & that , from what I have read is not the proper temperature. I plan on applying it to all cases , so I know they are at the correct temp.. Most just time the process after establishing the time it takes to change the indicator . I don't see a problem with that , but when doing different manufacturer's brass , the time may change & I could sort the brass by manufacturer & set a time for each , but I'm going to try it this way & see how long or how much indicator I use . It doesn't take much of the indicator , thats for sure , bottle looks like it will last a long time & I bought the thinner for it if it starts to dry out .

http://news.yahoo.com/u-supreme-court-declines-gun-regulations-challenge-135838761--finance.html Are they going to let the states decide where you can protect your life ?