About zimmer

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About zimmer
Biography:
Long since given up hunting - too decrepit now.
Shot lots of deer, pigs, tahr, goats (lost count after around 1000), rabbits, possums, wild cattle.
Target shooter now mainly F Class.
Location:
Waikato
Interests:
Rifles old and new, reloading, computers, playing on my lathe, farming alpacas.
Occupation:
Not working, in constant leisure mode.

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  1. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by zimmer On thread : Keeping it Simple for New Handloaders
    Just to reinforce the GPM's KISS principle. For my first 15 years of handloading (308 and treble 2) I used a Lyman 310 handtool. (Google it) I had a second hand first model Redding beam balance with...
    Liked On: 19-12-2020, 08:32 PM
  2. Dama dama
    Dama dama liked post by zimmer On thread : Keeping it Simple for New Handloaders
    Just to reinforce the GPM's KISS principle. For my first 15 years of handloading (308 and treble 2) I used a Lyman 310 handtool. (Google it) I had a second hand first model Redding beam balance with...
    Liked On: 19-12-2020, 12:37 PM
  3. Luke777
    Luke777 liked post by zimmer On thread : Fireforming case with cleaning patches and pistol powder
    I was looking at this a month or so back. Whidden want a schematic or 3 cases whilst Hornady seem to infer they want both the schemical and cases. Was looking at what I'll do when my current cases...
    Liked On: 18-12-2020, 08:57 PM
  4. Nakivet
    Nakivet liked post by zimmer On thread : Keeping it Simple for New Handloaders
    Just to reinforce the GPM's KISS principle. For my first 15 years of handloading (308 and treble 2) I used a Lyman 310 handtool. (Google it) I had a second hand first model Redding beam balance with...
    Liked On: 18-12-2020, 01:04 PM
  5. Bos
    Bos liked post by zimmer On thread : Keeping it Simple for New Handloaders
    Just to reinforce the GPM's KISS principle. For my first 15 years of handloading (308 and treble 2) I used a Lyman 310 handtool. (Google it) I had a second hand first model Redding beam balance with...
    Liked On: 18-12-2020, 01:04 PM
  6. grandpamac
    grandpamac liked post by zimmer On thread : Keeping it Simple for New Handloaders
    Just to reinforce the GPM's KISS principle. For my first 15 years of handloading (308 and treble 2) I used a Lyman 310 handtool. (Google it) I had a second hand first model Redding beam balance with...
    Liked On: 18-12-2020, 10:33 AM
  7. Luke777
    Luke777 liked post by zimmer On thread : 243 Ackley. Project getting closer, experiences and advice welcomed
    I neck pre-turned my 6.5x55 SM brass for my AI but not primarily to prevent donuts but due to very tight neck (ridiculously tight) clearance which was fashionable at the time. I did cut into the...
    Liked On: 18-12-2020, 12:45 AM
  8. Luke777
    Luke777 liked post by zimmer On thread : 243 Ackley. Project getting closer, experiences and advice welcomed
    Luke, I see on your other posting you are neck turning your new Lapua brass. Is this just to tidy it up or are you turning for a clearance based on your reamer drawing?
    Liked On: 18-12-2020, 12:45 AM
  9. shooternz
    shooternz liked post by zimmer On thread : Auto powder dispensers
    I used an RCBS Uniflow thrower for years. Dispensed just under and finished with a trickler on my old Ohaus D5 beam scales. With the Uniflow like any thrower it is all about consistant technique/how...
    Liked On: 16-12-2020, 09:35 AM
  10. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by zimmer On thread : Stuck case removal tool Sth Taranaki?
    Usually..........with the right gear they come out amazingly easy. Even easier than pulling a tooth.
    Liked On: 15-12-2020, 08:59 PM
  11. Tim Dicko
    Tim Dicko liked post by zimmer On thread : Any one seating bullets using a graphite powder?
    In general I load ammo a couple of days b4 I intend firing it. I have no old ammo so no pone tial for sticking. I did however dig out some 10 year old 223 reloads recently and fire those. Velocities...
    Liked On: 15-12-2020, 08:45 PM
  12. Moa Hunter
    Moa Hunter liked post by zimmer On thread : Stuck case removal tool Sth Taranaki?
    Usually..........with the right gear they come out amazingly easy. Even easier than pulling a tooth.
    Liked On: 15-12-2020, 07:25 PM
  13. Moa Hunter
    Moa Hunter liked post by zimmer On thread : Any one seating bullets using a graphite powder?
    In general I load ammo a couple of days b4 I intend firing it. I have no old ammo so no pone tial for sticking. I did however dig out some 10 year old 223 reloads recently and fire those. Velocities...
    Liked On: 15-12-2020, 10:48 AM
  14. distant stalker
    distant stalker liked post by zimmer On thread : Auto powder dispensers
    F Class John did a review of the Frankford. IIRC it was on accurateshooter.com. Maybe he he also did a youtube clip, I haven't checked. He said tuning it to the powder he was using gave a dispense...
    Liked On: 14-12-2020, 10:15 PM
  15. charliehorse
    charliehorse liked post by zimmer On thread : Newby wannabe reloader part 2
    Best advice posted so far. OP needs to go around to someone's place and have a play, even take his own gear and get help with setup. Press on a piece of timber and a couple of G clamps. I could...
    Liked On: 13-12-2020, 10:48 PM

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