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Case Magnets
- Thread starter TitaniumBlue
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It'd be funny to load a bullet so they look real and then load a magazine and hand it to a friend. Please film it.
On second thought, maybe it's not a bad idea. I use small rare earth magnets, the kinds used for alarms. They look like a 3/8" donut and about 2/16" thick. They are damn hard to get off a refrigerator too, these aren't your regular magnets. Having a small handle on them like a push-pin would be nice.
But I could just make my own.
On second thought, maybe it's not a bad idea. I use small rare earth magnets, the kinds used for alarms. They look like a 3/8" donut and about 2/16" thick. They are damn hard to get off a refrigerator too, these aren't your regular magnets. Having a small handle on them like a push-pin would be nice.
But I could just make my own.
Not gonna bother posting a vid of it because they're all over YouTube anyways, but I kind of like the idea of turning old brass casings into earbuds. I'd make a pair myself, but I'm too lazy.
Dont know if you're aware of the reason for the small primer 45.
They were made for use in non toxic/lead free 45ACP Frangible ammo.
At the time they began production of the cases, the only non toxic pistol primer was the small pistol primer.
IIRC, Ruag made them. (I think CCI also did) Since the 45 was a LP primer, manufacturers were tasked to produce cases to match.
You may also find numerous flash hole diameters.
We did lots of testing to find the proper diameter to work with the small primer and the clean burning powder. Can't remember the final measurement.
The powder was OBP-242. Commercially, it's called Titegroup.
Haven't worked in the industry since 08, so there has probably been changes to many things since then.
This concludes today's history lesson.
Actually, no. The primer cups existed, but playing with compounds (weight/volume/flash energy, etc) gets expensive. Changing a punch for brass production is easy, and we paid extra just to have that done.
Dont shoot the messenger with frangibles, I just made and tested the shit. The owners and investors wrote the checks.
Loading and shooting all day was fun, especially when someone else was paying for it...
Yeah, it was terrible. ;^)
I do remember trying a failure test with 38 Special and 357 Mag in S&W revolvers.
Somewhere past the 500 mark, I remember thinking gloves would have come in handy.
I shot for 7 straight hours, took a break for lunch and picked it up for another 5 hours.
I had already figured out the failure cause before I started, but he wanted it done anyway.
The agency provided weapons malfunctioned just like they said. A simple cleaning fixed the issues.
The agency weapons must have been owned by complete slobs...
Dirt, lint, rust and even food was lodged in the trigger/hammer areas.
For those who are curious, it was caused by deposits and rust building up in the trigger/hammer pivot areas.
This is a real issue here in Florida if a revolver is holstered in the open in a costal area.
The buildup caused the hammer to fall much slower. This was confirmed with HS video.
We passed the info to the agencies and never heard another word about it.
I do remember trying a failure test with 38 Special and 357 Mag in S&W revolvers.
Somewhere past the 500 mark, I remember thinking gloves would have come in handy.
I shot for 7 straight hours, took a break for lunch and picked it up for another 5 hours.
I had already figured out the failure cause before I started, but he wanted it done anyway.
The agency provided weapons malfunctioned just like they said. A simple cleaning fixed the issues.
The agency weapons must have been owned by complete slobs...
Dirt, lint, rust and even food was lodged in the trigger/hammer areas.
For those who are curious, it was caused by deposits and rust building up in the trigger/hammer pivot areas.
This is a real issue here in Florida if a revolver is holstered in the open in a costal area.
The buildup caused the hammer to fall much slower. This was confirmed with HS video.
We passed the info to the agencies and never heard another word about it.
^^^ What you are saying is that Crockett and Tubbs never cleaned their guns.....
Frangibles were fun in tubular assaults. Nothing wrong with them. But for the guys training with them 8 hours a day in areas with only marginal air-removal systems... non-toxic made sense to those who polished chairs with their asses. Thus big contracts.
Boowah aha hah ahhah a...
Thanks for posting some good historical tidbits there.... Now if only those same 'agencies' could have trained their guys not to use their muscle memory to pick up ejected brass in the middle of a gunfight... because that's what the REMF rangemaster told them they had to do... well, the rest is history. Just 'sayin. Oh and lint, rust, dirt, cheese-doodles, ham... stuck in 'Agency' weapons. Ya don't say!!! ;-)
Sirhr
Frangibles were fun in tubular assaults. Nothing wrong with them. But for the guys training with them 8 hours a day in areas with only marginal air-removal systems... non-toxic made sense to those who polished chairs with their asses. Thus big contracts.
Boowah aha hah ahhah a...
Thanks for posting some good historical tidbits there.... Now if only those same 'agencies' could have trained their guys not to use their muscle memory to pick up ejected brass in the middle of a gunfight... because that's what the REMF rangemaster told them they had to do... well, the rest is history. Just 'sayin. Oh and lint, rust, dirt, cheese-doodles, ham... stuck in 'Agency' weapons. Ya don't say!!! ;-)
Sirhr
