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Tonight the gang are covering more questions.
First off, great show you guys keep it simple and fun, keep doing what you are doing. After watching the case trim show and wanting to begin loading .223, I am starting to look at case prep tools. As of right now I only load 9mm, so have not worried too much about trimming and such. Therefore, after looking at all the options for cutting, then you still need the debur, chamfer tools and swages. Would like to start off with an automated trimmer not hand turned. Wouldn't it be best to just buy the Frankford Arsenal trim and prep center in lieu of purchasing everything separately? As JIm would say," Buy once cry once", any opinions on that set up from the group? Thanks. Bill H.
Travis, first off, thanks for helping me spend more money. After you praised Ballistic Tools, I HAD TO go to their web site and what do you know, I had to order! My question is how do you inspect your 223/556 brass? When you are running a bucket of brass on your 1050, which you don’t know the history of (I think I have heard you say you use range and ’donated’ brass) how do you inspect? Do you simply spot check and if you do, what do you check. I have become much more vigilant after a case head separation on a piece of LC in my 300 blackout. I was firing it for the second time, so it failed on its 3rd firing when it failed. Thanks guys and keep it up. I travel for work and always look forward to your podcast when I get in the car on Monday morning.
Your podcasts are always entertaining and informative. I've been wanting to write you guys for a while now but hadn't had the chance. Keep doing what you're doing and have fun doing it. I listen on my way to work and while at my humble reloading bench and will continue to do so. Thanks! Matt H.
When you guys were talking about the difference between the loading of a semi auto and the functioning of a puller you missed one of the most important parts of a puller. It is not so much the inertia applied when the puller stops that pops the bullet out, but the bounce back up off of what you hit, that’s why almost all of them are plastic. When it hits and bounces you don’t just have the inertia of the bullet moving and the case stopping you, have almost as much force going back in the opposite direction pulling the case away from the bullet, so there is added force to separate the two. In a semi auto firearm you don’t have the bounce back, and the bolt travel is losing some inertia from the time it touches the back of cartridge until it closes. As the cartridge leaves the mag there is friction between it and the next round being squished against it by the mag spring, then pushing up the feed ramp, then sliding down the wall of the chamber, all of those slow it down and help prevent bullet from sliding forward when it stops. Of course like you guys pointed out all of this only applies with correct neck tension, if it is too loose you could get the bullet pushing in to the case the whole way forward, then sliding back out when it stops. Thanks for what you guys do, even after loading and listening for 3 years I still pick up something new almost every episode. And tell Travis to stop being so rich and buying all the cool gadgets that I keep deciding I “need” and can’t afford yet. Mark
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