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Posted: 3/22/2011 1:52:07 PM EDT
I was going to give these away today..........
Maybe tomorrow, not through admiring yet......
Post your craftsmanship. 
Brass is was un-annealed Winchester .308. 
These are 175 grain SMK hpbt loaded to 2,550 fps using Varget and Magtech primers. 600 yard sub-moa. |
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Looks cool but is there a reasoning for the different colors? Different loads perhaps? |
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Looks cool but is there a reasoning for the different colors? Different loads perhaps? Different type of projo I beleave. And my contribution. WCC 5.56 brass. Tac powder and Hornady 55 Grain FMJ. Scott 
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Looks cool but is there a reasoning for the different colors? Different loads perhaps? Different type of projo I beleave. And my contribution. WCC 5.56 brass. Tac powder and Hornady 55 Grain FMJ. Scott http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g409/scotts5561/reloadingandAR017.jpg Normally, that's the case, but some people just like to paint them for fun (or perhaps like VT said for different loads). InfiniteGrim's are painted, I believe. I could be wrong. |
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Brass is was un-annealed Winchester .308. You can't buy un annealed cases, all cases are annealed as part of the manufacturing process, most commercial companies polish the discoloration away for purely cosmetic reasons, in military ammo function is important, cosmetics aren't important, so they don't polish the discoloration away. This is the same case, M193 IMI military spec case, unpolished and then polished.  |
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So it's been annealed twice....color and consistent heat is something I'd been working toward for some time.
Heat traveled to a point and stopped pretty much the same place, every case. Brass was re-annealed using a waterless heat sink method.... something else I've been working on for months, No big deal, right ?? |
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Looks cool but is there a reasoning for the different colors? Different loads perhaps? those where some 750 amaxs i loaded up to go to the world shot a few years ago the colors were separate the groups for the weight groupings trying to get them as close to perfect as possible a 750 amax weighs in +/- 5.0 grains i grouped them for +/- 0.5 grains (lots of sorting there) i now use Tenx 795's which weigh in @ +/- .01 |
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45 ACP from .40 brass. http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/Jailer/posting%20pics/bullets.jpg What do those look like on the bottom 
Thanks GB |
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45 ACP from .40 brass. http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/Jailer/posting%20pics/bullets.jpg What do those look like on the bottom
Thanks GB 
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Got a big game hunt coming? |
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45 ACP from .40 brass. http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/Jailer/posting%20pics/bullets.jpg very interesting; got instructions? Info in here. |
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3 days late for this thread, but I just threw these together this morning. I have around 700rds of .45 that I tumbled, deprimed/sized, expanded, and primed 3 months ago that I decided to go ahead and use the rest of my Berry's bullets in. I only had 163 bullets left, so that's what's on the table. Took right around 2 hrs to pull the table out, drop powder, and seat/crimp them all. A Dillon 550B can't come soon enough...I just need more components for now! 
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45 ACP from .40 brass. http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/Jailer/posting%20pics/bullets.jpg Well isn't that just fucking cool as can be  
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You stuck your dick in crazy. Now you have to pay the price." - Mrsdoublearon 
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Quoted: You stuck your dick in crazy. Now you have to pay the price." - Mrsdoublearon She was talking about our marriage.  Got a HTF shoot tomorrow. Loaded these for it.    |
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Quoted: Fire formed .17 AH from .22 hornet brass . I used a form die , full length sizer die and then fired it. http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss148/Easy_E_photos/7b599b86.jpg Have you thought about one of those hydraulic form dies from Hornady? Might save you a step or two. |
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My ghetto-fabulous brass tumbler.
https://tigerbytes2.lsu.edu/users/ddanne1/web/images/tumbler.jpg
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Fire formed .17 AH from .22 hornet brass . I used a form die , full length sizer die and then fired it. http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss148/Easy_E_photos/7b599b86.jpg Have you thought about one of those hydraulic form dies from Hornady? Might save you a step or two. I saw the hornady dies just hate to spend any more money when I have the form dies. . I ran a couple hundred today with the dies. I plan on fire forming them on p-dogs out west in May. Here's a older picture 
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Fire formed .17 AH from .22 hornet brass . I used a form die , full length sizer die and then fired it. http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss148/Easy_E_photos/7b599b86.jpg Have you thought about one of those hydraulic form dies from Hornady? Might save you a step or two. I saw the hornady dies just hate to spend any more money when I have the form dies. . I ran a couple hundred today with the dies. I plan on fire forming them on p-dogs out west in May. If your time is worth money(and I'd be a fool to calculate in my time into reloading costs), it might be worthwhile. If it saves you a range trip to fireform, the gas over time might be worth it, depending on how far you drive to get to the range. Really though, it's just a great excuse to buy some cool tools. |
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My ghetto-fabulous brass tumbler. https://tigerbytes2.lsu.edu/users/ddanne1/web/images/tumbler.jpg
Now that's ingenuity! Good stuff. BTW I think duct tape has to be involved for ghetto status. |
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My ghetto-fabulous brass tumbler. https://tigerbytes2.lsu.edu/users/ddanne1/web/images/tumbler.jpg
Now that's ingenuity! Good stuff. BTW I think duct tape has to be involved for ghetto status. Didn't have any hanging around (a grave man-code violation). I used Scotch tape initially before screwing the lid down. |
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You're smart enough to load those big boolits but your shoes are on the wrong feet........ 
Brian I saw that too but you beat me to it.
Dual head annealing torch 
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You're smart enough to load those big boolits but your shoes are on the wrong feet........
Brian I saw that too but you beat me to it.
Dual head annealing torch http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h302/jtdavis00/IMAG0814.jpg Nice torch. |
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You're smart enough to load those big boolits but your shoes are on the wrong feet........
Brian I wondered if anyone would catch that. |
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