edwardware
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The carpenter bees are back. . . and today was opening day.
My recipe is:
-45 Colt brass, flash holes drilled out to 5/32
-whichever LPPs you have on hand
-4.2gr HS-6 powder (the 0.3cc Lee scoop is just right), any fast pistol powder will work, charges will vary
-a cardboard wad, tamped down on the powder
-a case full of white rice, struck level with the mouth
-a second cardboard wad over the rice, tamped down to get it into the case
-crimp over the wad, and add wax to help the wad stay in place
A 45 ACP case, oversize flared and inside-chamfered until sharp, makes a dandy punch to produce the cardboard wads.
If you don't drill the flash holes, you will re-discover that primers partially unseat against the recoil shield upon detonation and reseat during pressure rise; in this case there's no real pressure so they stay unseated, tight against the recoil shield, locking the gun up.
The report is roughly equivalent to a loud paintball gun, so it's hearing safe. This recipe will penetrate a paper poster at 4', but not at 8'; my wife can attest that it will not harm a rose bush from 6' away.
Edit: I guess I should point out: don't use the drilled brass for full-power loads. . . pressure could be higher with the gaping big flash hole.
My recipe is:
-45 Colt brass, flash holes drilled out to 5/32
-whichever LPPs you have on hand
-4.2gr HS-6 powder (the 0.3cc Lee scoop is just right), any fast pistol powder will work, charges will vary
-a cardboard wad, tamped down on the powder
-a case full of white rice, struck level with the mouth
-a second cardboard wad over the rice, tamped down to get it into the case
-crimp over the wad, and add wax to help the wad stay in place
A 45 ACP case, oversize flared and inside-chamfered until sharp, makes a dandy punch to produce the cardboard wads.
If you don't drill the flash holes, you will re-discover that primers partially unseat against the recoil shield upon detonation and reseat during pressure rise; in this case there's no real pressure so they stay unseated, tight against the recoil shield, locking the gun up.
The report is roughly equivalent to a loud paintball gun, so it's hearing safe. This recipe will penetrate a paper poster at 4', but not at 8'; my wife can attest that it will not harm a rose bush from 6' away.
Edit: I guess I should point out: don't use the drilled brass for full-power loads. . . pressure could be higher with the gaping big flash hole.
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