About grandpamac

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About grandpamac
Location:
Okawa Hawkes Bay
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Hunting, handloading and outdoor.
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Retired

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  1. Synthetic
    Synthetic liked post by grandpamac On thread : Henry Single Shot Rifle
    Greetings All, My son turned up here the other day with a Henry SS in 45-70. A nice looking rifle. He said he was in Gun City and they were on special and you know the rest. Plans are for cast...
    Liked On: 04-04-2020, 11:48 AM
  2. Kiwi Sapper
    Kiwi Sapper liked post by grandpamac On thread : Notes for New and Newish Hand Loaders from an Old Fudd
    Post 6 Working Up a Load, Seating Projectiles and Keeping out of Trouble Most of the Time. Working Up a Load. You will have heard the phrase start low and work up slowly. Good advice but what...
    Liked On: 04-04-2020, 10:35 AM
  3. Kiwi Sapper
    Kiwi Sapper liked post by grandpamac On thread : Notes for New and Newish Hand Loaders from an Old Fudd
    Greetings Yet Again. Post 5 Some Notes on Safety and Picking a Load. Inattention and Safety. Dama dama was gracious in sharing his handloading whoopsie with us yesterday and it is only fair...
    Liked On: 04-04-2020, 10:33 AM
  4. Kiwi Sapper
    Kiwi Sapper liked post by grandpamac On thread : Notes for New and Newish Hand Loaders from an Old Fudd
    Greetings Once More, Post 3 Sizing Die Adjustment, Sizing and Trouble Shooting. Sizing Die Adjustment. Full length sizing dies need to be adjusted so that excess head space is not created when...
    Liked On: 04-04-2020, 10:33 AM
  5. Kiwi Sapper
    Kiwi Sapper liked post by grandpamac On thread : Notes for New and Newish Hand Loaders from an Old Fudd
    Greetings Once More, Post 4 Case Trimming, Primers and Priming. Case Trimming. Now that we have our batch of cases all sized and sitting in the block we are all ready to load. Right? Not quite...
    Liked On: 04-04-2020, 10:33 AM
  6. Kiwi Sapper
    Kiwi Sapper liked post by grandpamac On thread : Notes for New and Newish Hand Loaders from an Old Fudd
    Greetings Again, Post 2 Case inspection and Sizing. Cracks, Head Separation and Other Faults. Now is the time to have a good look at the cases. If your selected cases have only been fired once...
    Liked On: 04-04-2020, 10:20 AM
  7. Kiwi Sapper
    Kiwi Sapper liked post by grandpamac On thread : Notes for New and Newish Hand Loaders from an Old Fudd
    Greetings All, I've noted a couple of new and prospective handloaders on the Forum that are using the lock down to progress their knowledge. Admirable. I thought it might be useful to share how I go...
    Liked On: 04-04-2020, 10:18 AM
  8. rewa
    rewa liked post by grandpamac On thread : .243win bushpig hand load help
    Greetings Dawg, Those seem like pretty consistent loads. AR2209 is a pretty good fit with the .243 lighter projectiles. The original purpose of the ladder test, often called the Audette (I think)...
    Liked On: 03-04-2020, 04:15 PM
  9. veitnamcam
    veitnamcam liked post by grandpamac On thread : Is this normal for my brass
    Greetings, Agree with the above. The shiny bit is where the case has expanded to be in contact with the chamber and the duller bit where the solid head of the case has not expanded. Pretty standard...
    Liked On: 03-04-2020, 12:46 PM
  10. charliehorse
    charliehorse liked post by grandpamac On thread : Notes for New and Newish Hand Loaders from an Old Fudd
    Greetings Yet Again. Post 5 Some Notes on Safety and Picking a Load. Inattention and Safety. Dama dama was gracious in sharing his handloading whoopsie with us yesterday and it is only fair...
    Liked On: 03-04-2020, 11:16 AM
  11. jakewire
    jakewire liked post by grandpamac On thread : Notes for New and Newish Hand Loaders from an Old Fudd
    Greetings Once More, Post 4 Case Trimming, Primers and Priming. Case Trimming. Now that we have our batch of cases all sized and sitting in the block we are all ready to load. Right? Not quite...
    Liked On: 02-04-2020, 06:22 PM
  12. jakewire
    jakewire liked post by grandpamac On thread : Notes for New and Newish Hand Loaders from an Old Fudd
    Greetings Once More, Post 3 Sizing Die Adjustment, Sizing and Trouble Shooting. Sizing Die Adjustment. Full length sizing dies need to be adjusted so that excess head space is not created when...
    Liked On: 02-04-2020, 06:20 PM
  13. jakewire
    jakewire liked post by grandpamac On thread : Notes for New and Newish Hand Loaders from an Old Fudd
    Greetings Again, Post 2 Case inspection and Sizing. Cracks, Head Separation and Other Faults. Now is the time to have a good look at the cases. If your selected cases have only been fired once...
    Liked On: 02-04-2020, 06:15 PM
  14. Joe_90
    Joe_90 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Notes for New and Newish Hand Loaders from an Old Fudd
    Greetings All, I've noted a couple of new and prospective handloaders on the Forum that are using the lock down to progress their knowledge. Admirable. I thought it might be useful to share how I go...
    Liked On: 02-04-2020, 09:55 AM
  15. outdoorlad
    outdoorlad liked post by grandpamac On thread : Notes for New and Newish Hand Loaders from an Old Fudd
    Greetings Again, Post 2 Case inspection and Sizing. Cracks, Head Separation and Other Faults. Now is the time to have a good look at the cases. If your selected cases have only been fired once...
    Liked On: 31-03-2020, 12:09 PM

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