Recent content by hayseed

... What goes around, comes around!

Thirty-four years ago, in a mid-Oregon coastal town, a perky co-ed grad student was able to show a burgeoning wharf rat there was more to life than bilge pumps, bar stools and scrounging his next meal. We were both living pretty much hand to mouth then - grad students are perpetually broke...

The stubby, round nosed .45ACP cartridge- 625 revolver - moon clips - just about as slick as it gets for speedy recharging of the cylinder. The .38 Spl/.357 - not so much. The longer cartridges have an inherent wiggle factor that can be frustrating from time to time. However, there is a...

The Lee Pro 1000, as mentioned by others, does require some tinkering. Enough so that mine now runs without the priming feature and without the de-capping pin in the sizing die. My approach is similar to but a little different than what kev74 uses. I de-cap on an older single stage press with a...

My hobby is metalworking with machine tools. My other hobby is recovering from the "dammits" incurred while doing the first.

"-are we the same old moss backed old farts that are always grousing about kids these days????????????" Most likely. However, in those days, as we explored the outer vestiges of our minds, we (the majority of us... I think...) refrained from walking around looking like zombies stapled...

Thanks for the good info everyone! I appreciate your time and comments. Not having to replace a bunch of powder eases the strain on my reloading budget. Hayseed

"Movin' to Montana soon, gonna be a mental toss flycoon"... Uniquely Zappa.

Alk8944, Thanks for the reassurance. This is one, wet, winter environ. No snow, so I'm told, but it's the only placed I've lived where folks wash their vehicles on a regular basis in the wintertime. Not so much because they're dirty, but to keep the moss off! Hayseed

My wife and I have recently moved into a fairly "wet" winter environment. (Wet fog and drizzle daily.) As we are not completely settled, my gunpowder has been relegated to storage in less than an ideal place. The powder is safe and dry, (indoors but subject to out door temps - garage) but I am...

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Thanks everyone! I appreciate the input. Hayseed

Very cool! Thank you, Aussie44! Zaxx

How is it done? I would be interested in locating technical articles regarding the conversion of standard cylinders to use moon clips. I seem to recall a thread being posted here about that, but have not been able to locate it. It's quite possible my memory is messin' with me yet again. Any...

"The Leatherstocking Saga" by James Fenimore Cooper is an all time favorite of mine. I also like most of Jack London's work ("White Fang", etc.) Anymore though, when I sit down to read, I wake up just a couple of sentences from where I started. Guess that says something about my age or the...