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Member Section => Reloading => Topic started by: alfsauve on April 04, 2011, 08:46:44 AM
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The small Akro-bins that come with Hornady and Dillion presses, hold 100 9mm, 40 S&W or 45ACP rounds just fine. Problem occurs when you go to larger rounds, like .44SPL/MAG or .45LC. The little bin is just.......too little.
No problem, Akro-bins are commonly available either through Hornady/Dillion or any number of retailers and the next largest size fits nicely.
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But, since there's "no free lunch", this creates another problem. All the extra weight hanging on the little braket, which starts to bend and bow under the weight of a hundred 250gr 45LC. So what's needed is a front end support. I was going to make one with a wooden block and a sliding rod so that it could be pushed out of the way. But this week I was in the big box hardware store, that will rename nameless, but is based in Atlanta (Smyrna actually), and it occurred to me a "Z" bracket would do the job. Looked through all the normal hardware and I could have bought an "L" bracket and bent it, but then I found this lumber metal mounting hardware:
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Now I needed a vertical offset of ~1-1/4" GUESS WHAT the offset of this bracket is? Yep, 1-1/4". Rather than use wood screws to hold the bracket, I used flat head bolts, countersunk in the workbench.
Ah, now all set for those 45/70 rounds.
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I'm still lovin' my Hornady LnL AP. Just order 4000 more bullets, which should hold me for a month....or two.
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Nice one Alf!
I reckon your gonna give yourself carpal tunnel syndrome cranking that thing like ya do LOL
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OOoooohhh, I thought you meant bullet catcher as in the Tupac Shakur kind of bullet catcher.
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OOoooohhh, I thought you meant bullet catcher as in the Tupac Shakur kind of bullet catcher.
You know Ske1eter, when I came back to this topic a day later, I thought the same thing.
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The guys at UniqueTek have a way to increase the capacity of your bins.
It's called the Bin-Dam and costs $4.95
See it here http://www.uniquetek.com/site/696296/product/T1359
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Instead of buying one of these supports just lift the container off its' lip and dump it into an empty coffee can or similar large container.