Author Topic: made some 'essential' purchases at Army surplus store :) (Read 881 times)

straffo · « **Reply #15 on:** October 30, 2003, 05:02:00 PM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
We measure in bigger sections, frankly, because "we're bigger" if you know what I mean.

err ... no

>

Guess it's related to morning wood ...
so I'll give you a nice french proveb (well ... not so nice indeed

) :

Erection du matin...
Pipi sans les mains

(and no I won't translate it

)

Dune · « **Reply #16 on:** October 30, 2003, 05:02:37 PM »

Rip, if you put the bullet in a vise and torque on the shell, you can get the neck loose enough to get the bullet out. The casing is just brass after all. However you run the risk of making the neck so loose it doesn't look right.

Unfortunatly I don't think RCBS makes kinetic bullet pullers that big

I wouldn't worry about the .50 being live. Unless you set it on a burner or put a nail against the primer and whack it with a hammer it isn't going to go off.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #17 on:** October 30, 2003, 05:06:38 PM »

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Originally posted by Dune
Rip, if you put the bullet in a vise and torque on the shell, you can get the neck loose enough to get the bullet out. The casing is just brass after all. However you run the risk of making the neck so loose it doesn't look right.

Unfortunatly I don't think RCBS makes kinetic bullet pullers that big

I wouldn't worry about the .50 being live. Unless you set it on a burner or put a nail against the primer and whack it with a hammer it isn't going to go off.

rgr, thks Dune!

NUKE · « **Reply #18 on:** October 30, 2003, 05:09:05 PM »

Just a question: how much velocity or energy would a round have if it is set off in the open, not being in a gun or barrel?

Doesn't the bullet get it's energey from the pressure of the gases combined in the barrel?

If you just set off a round in the open, what kind of energy would the bullet have ? What would the shell have?

Dune · « **Reply #19 on:** October 30, 2003, 05:14:18 PM »

More than likely you will get a split in the casing and an explosion out the side of the casing. The bullet probably wont go far at all.

Gixer · « **Reply #20 on:** October 30, 2003, 05:58:05 PM »

"RCBS makes kinetic bullet pullers that big"

Wow haven't seen one of those in a while, brings back memories. Use to do alot of my own reloading and all RCBS gear including the old fashioned bullet puller (couldn't afford a flasher one at the time) worked great though.

I once read an article on reloading 50 cal rounds. The press would of looked pretty impressive on anyone's workbench.

...-Gixer
~Hells Angels~

Gixer · « **Reply #21 on:** October 30, 2003, 05:58:06 PM »

"RCBS makes kinetic bullet pullers that big"

Wow haven't seen one of those in a while, brings back memories. Use to do alot of my own reloading and all RCBS gear including the old fashioned bullet puller (couldn't afford a flasher one at the time) worked great though.

I once read an article on reloading 50 cal rounds. The press would of looked pretty impressive on anyone's workbench.

...-Gixer
~Hells Angels~

crabofix · « **Reply #22 on:** October 30, 2003, 08:25:03 PM »

Well Nuke, I can tell you that its not happening much.
During a military exercise, I attended, some lamer had to go smoking in the small arms munition storage. and you know the law of Murphy. It catched a fire, of course.

Now, what to do? Open the door, throw in the foamhose and fill the place with foam, while the rounds was poping of.
The inspection showed that no bullet had penetrated the ammocrates while exploding.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #23 on:** October 30, 2003, 08:28:58 PM »

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Originally posted by crabofix

During a military exercise, I attended, some lamer had to go smoking in the small arms munition storage.

Why on earth did he do that?

capt. apathy · « **Reply #24 on:** October 30, 2003, 08:32:05 PM »

the case keeps the powder dry and controls the spacing to the projectile, thats about it.

actually when you need to make a case for a rare cartridge you fire-form it. basicly you take a shell that is close to size but small enough to fit in the chamber and load a round with powder and a ball of wadded up bread (to replace the bullet), when you fire it the chamber keeps the case from splitting (hopefully), and afterwords the case is now shaped like the chamber. this wouldn't work if you had any more strength in the case than just enough to keep everything together