Making holiday stuff.

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Making holiday stuff.

Post by Noisydad » 29 Mar 2016, 12:04 pm

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The trouble with using black powder is that EVERYTHING gets dirty including cartridge cases. Before they can be reloaded they have to cleaned and the sooner the better. So, a means of decapping at the range was needed prior to dropping cases in a solution of water, vinegar and detergent so I made this tool out of an old vice grip. The decapping pins are made to fit the cartridges Lady Noisy and I currently use.
There's still a few of Wile. E Coyote's ideas that I haven't tried yet.
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Post by brett1868 » 29 Mar 2016, 12:55 pm

Very similar to the one I bought from Frankford Arsenal, very handy little tool.

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Post by TheDude » 29 Mar 2016, 2:48 pm

They look good.

I leave my cases until I get home, the 45/70s I use a Lee universal decapper, the 577/450 and snider cases won't fit the die so I use a decapping pin, a mallet and block of wood with a hole drilled in it and tap them out.

After depriming they get a quick scrub with a wire brush to get rid of the bulk of the crud before a hour in the stainless tumbler.
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Post by Noisydad » 29 Mar 2016, 3:04 pm

LN saw the Frankford ones and asked if I could make it and in the blink of an eye another project was on the go. Gotta stop her from looking at catalogues!
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Post by brett1868 » 29 Mar 2016, 4:15 pm

Noisydad wrote:LN saw the Frankford ones and asked if I could make it and in the blink of an eye another project was on the go. Gotta stop her from looking at catalogues!


My wife is a little more demanding....she see's something shiny then "Demands" I go out and earn the money so she can buy it :) She calls it teamwork :lol:
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Post by Oldbloke » 29 Mar 2016, 6:28 pm

brett1868 wrote:
Noisydad wrote:LN saw the Frankford ones and asked if I could make it and in the blink of an eye another project was on the go. Gotta stop her from looking at catalogues!


My wife is a little more demanding....she see's something shiny then "Demands" I go out and earn the money so she can buy it :) She calls it teamwork :lol:


Faaaaaaark sounds like mine too. Starting to sound like a satin bower bird.
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Post by brett1868 » 29 Mar 2016, 7:12 pm

I've actually heard my missus say "ooooo...shiny" when window shopping at a jewellery shop. That was 10 yrs ago and I still tease her about it :)
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Post by Oldbloke » 30 Mar 2016, 5:33 pm

Their all tared with the same brush.
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Post by Seconds » 31 Mar 2016, 9:21 am

Is it that urgent with BP you can't clean the cases in a few hours when you get home? :unknown:
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Post by Redwood » 19 May 2016, 2:06 pm

Seconds wrote:Is it that urgent with BP you can't clean the cases in a few hours when you get home? :unknown:


Thinking the same thing. What's the problem with doing it a day or later?

Harder to get out is it?
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Post by Noisydad » 19 May 2016, 5:52 pm

Redwood wrote:
Seconds wrote:Is it that urgent with BP you can't clean the cases in a few hours when you get home? :unknown:


Thinking the same thing. What's the problem with doing it a day or later?

Harder to get out is it?

My trouble is remembering to actually do when I get home and not forget about it for a week only to to find a bunch of green brass. Plus they need less time in the ultra sonic cleaner if they're partly washed in a bottle of detergent water at at the range.
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Post by Oldbloke » 19 May 2016, 6:52 pm

brett1868 wrote:
Noisydad wrote:LN saw the Frankford ones and asked if I could make it and in the blink of an eye another project was on the go. Gotta stop her from looking at catalogues!


My wife is a little more demanding....she see's something shiny then "Demands" I go out and earn the money so she can buy it :) She calls it teamwork :lol:


Sounds familiar :wtf:
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Post by Noisydad » 19 May 2016, 9:28 pm

bentaz wrote:I test fired some black powder in brass shotshells last week and couldn't believe how dirty n sticky it was.
Might need to do something like this :thumbsup:

I cant help but roll my eyes when ever I read posts on forums from people asking for cleaner burning smokeless powders when they have no damned idea what dirty is :roll:
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