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Jkwas

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I pulled the triigger again: Reloading
« on: January 13, 2009, 07:48:23 PM »
Well I went off on a new tangent which will consume all my spare thoughts and time.  I went full-on into reloading this week.  I ordered up a bunch of equipment from Midway, and after I prepare my workspace I will study the manual dilligently, and purchase more supplies next month.  My wife is understanding, god bless her, but she told me to keep the info on the QT, lest members of my family will think I've finally gone over the edge.   I will be reloading .38spl to start, and my main goal is not to blow my hand off.  I took chemistry in college so I think I can handle this.   ;D
Sorry my posts haven't been more frequent, but I can't access this forum at work anymore and my web time at home is limited.
I did start a blog:  http://jkwasblog.blogspot.com/      So I've got that going for me.   We'll see how it all plays out.  ;)
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Re: I pulled the triigger again: Reloading
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2009, 08:28:01 PM »
Have fun! It's definitely a rewarding, if costly at times, pastime.

Would be cool if you could use your chemistry background to make your own powder.
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Re: I pulled the triigger again: Reloading
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2009, 08:33:02 PM »
"Keep your feet wet and your powder dry".
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Re: I pulled the triigger again: Reloading
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2009, 08:52:34 PM »
Way to go JKwas, and you picked the best, IMHO, caliber to start with, very versatile and very forgiving, not to mention most accurate round with little fuss. It is not a powder eater either, which these days is important. Keep most of the loads on the light side, and you might get 1500 - 2000 rounds per pound. 7000 grn of powder = 1lb. If you have any questions, post them up, when I was a newbie, I did not know anything or anybody who reloaded, so I just winged it, and did many things the hard way, and the wrong way, now a few hundred thousand rounds later, know much more. If there are any terms that don't make sense to you, just ask, there are NO stupid questions, when it comes to reloading ;D Let us know which setup you bought, so we might advise you on the shortcomings and what to watch out for.

Good luck, M25
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Re: I pulled the triigger again: Reloading
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2009, 09:00:28 PM »
Quote from: alfack on January 13, 2009, 08:28:01 PM
Have fun! It's definitely a rewarding, if costly at times, pastime.

Would be cool if you could use your chemistry background to make your own powder.


If you want make black powder from scratch you need saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal. Google saltpeter from manure to see how that's made. War has been waged over bat guano and bird poop.
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Re: I pulled the triigger again: Reloading
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Re: I pulled the triigger again: Reloading
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2009, 10:33:39 PM »
Ha! I saw captain Kirk do that one time :). Stuck a rock in a log and made a cannon. Made McGuyver look like a pansy.

So how do you make smokeless powder??
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Re: I pulled the triigger again: Reloading
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2009, 11:30:41 PM »
Something all of us should have, the TM 31-210, improvised munitions manual. Use your googlefu.
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Re: I pulled the triigger again: Reloading
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2009, 01:27:14 AM »
Please STICK TO THE PUBLISHED LOAD DATA, light loads can cause as many problems as heavy ones.
Have fun SAFELY  ;D

Alfack, PM me this week end and i will send you what I can find in Poor Man's James Bond, by Kurt Saxon.
NOTE : Kurt Saxon only has 2 fingers on one hand  ;D in the book he explains how that happened, in short, he got careless.
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Re: I pulled the triigger again: Reloading
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2009, 01:38:14 AM »
Quote from: m25operator on January 13, 2009, 11:30:41 PM
Something all of us should have, the TM 31-210, improvised munitions manual. Use your googlefu.

I tried ordering that when I was in the army. They wouldn't let me have it because I didn't have a security clearance. So I bought it by mail order.  :)  I loaned it out to a friend and when I got it back it had chemical burns on it. He was probably trying to make high explosives.
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Re: I pulled the triigger again: Reloading
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2009, 01:51:21 AM »
Paladin press  ;D
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