Re: Blanks
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 12:22 am
zanes wrote:Someone's been reading up about firing squads?
Exactly, it was a conversation and I got to wondering.
ozone
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Exactly, it was a conversation and I got to wondering.
ozone
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Exactly, it was a conversation and I got to wondering.
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Re: Blanks
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 3:24 pm
When I make blanks I usually use Red dot or Vectan AS
for 7.62 I use about 12 grains
for 303 about 15 grains
and for 8mm mauser about 17 grains.
I prime and load powder as normal I then crimp the case closed and then run through a full length sizing die with the pin removed, I then coat the crimp with a small amount of soft beeswax for waterproofing.
The CH4D 30 calibre blank crimp die works on all these cases.
For cases I use fired and trimmed PPU blanks, old seller and bellot brass and any other scrap brass I can lay my hands on that isn't fit for regular reloading.
for 7.62 I use about 12 grains
for 303 about 15 grains
and for 8mm mauser about 17 grains.
I prime and load powder as normal I then crimp the case closed and then run through a full length sizing die with the pin removed, I then coat the crimp with a small amount of soft beeswax for waterproofing.
The CH4D 30 calibre blank crimp die works on all these cases.
For cases I use fired and trimmed PPU blanks, old seller and bellot brass and any other scrap brass I can lay my hands on that isn't fit for regular reloading.
Re: Blanks
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 6:31 pm
Thanks for the pictures interesting I didn't even know you could get that kind of die.
Re: Blanks
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 6:42 pm
Looks like Hornady also do a set of dies for making crimped blanks.
Years ago I looked into the process of making 9mm blanks from 223 cases, but the set-up costs & change in needs killed it off before I got started
Years ago I looked into the process of making 9mm blanks from 223 cases, but the set-up costs & change in needs killed it off before I got started
Re: Blanks
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 7:34 am
I just picked up a couple of hundred once fired 338lm brass (lapua) there were a couple of Hornady headstamped blanks in there too! I've put them on the shelf with my other unusual stuff.
Re: Blanks
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 8:16 am
Interesting tool - That's a new one for me.
Many years ago (60/70's) I worked on a Shell tanker, she was about 70,000 tons and our job was to meet the really big 200,000 tankers in the Channel, steam alongside them and relieve them of cargo so they could continue up the Channel to Rotterdam etc.
One of my jobs was to shoot a line across to the large tanker. The line throwing equipment was a No 4 Lee Enfield .303 with a full pistol grip grafted into the stock and a thick rubber girly pad on the butt. The line was 4mm nylon about 250 metres, this was attached to a steel rod about 10 inches long with a brass eye and just slid down the barrel.
The charge was a .303, not crimped, just sealed with black hard wax. Quite an experience shooting it and no trouble shooting the line a couple of hundred yards.
Obviously not a "blank" but a full charge of something.
Well I never! Not thought about that for 40 years and just found this:
http://cartridgecollectors.org/?page=co ... e-h-mark-2
Many years ago (60/70's) I worked on a Shell tanker, she was about 70,000 tons and our job was to meet the really big 200,000 tankers in the Channel, steam alongside them and relieve them of cargo so they could continue up the Channel to Rotterdam etc.
One of my jobs was to shoot a line across to the large tanker. The line throwing equipment was a No 4 Lee Enfield .303 with a full pistol grip grafted into the stock and a thick rubber girly pad on the butt. The line was 4mm nylon about 250 metres, this was attached to a steel rod about 10 inches long with a brass eye and just slid down the barrel.
The charge was a .303, not crimped, just sealed with black hard wax. Quite an experience shooting it and no trouble shooting the line a couple of hundred yards.
Obviously not a "blank" but a full charge of something.
Well I never! Not thought about that for 40 years and just found this:
http://cartridgecollectors.org/?page=co ... e-h-mark-2