Centurian22
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Congrats on the purchase and the 'easy' fix. Best of luck and great looking wheelgun!
Pardon my dumb questions, .32 S&W load data needed.
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Thanks Centurian! I'm going to do a range report now that I've found a pistol and rifle range if this gun turns out to be safe to shoot. Well, I kinda made that fix sound easy, that was just the abridged version.
I should have titled it "7 smokes, and 5 cups of coffee, and many bad words later..."
I checked the mainspring, this lil' sweetheart can shoot smokeless. I'll be sticking with the holy black and lighter charges of 777 though. I don't want to risk it. I don't think I'd be so quick to call this a belly gun. I might get some good accuracy with her. I don't know yet but I like the looks of those sights.
I should have titled it "7 smokes, and 5 cups of coffee, and many bad words later..."
I checked the mainspring, this lil' sweetheart can shoot smokeless. I'll be sticking with the holy black and lighter charges of 777 though. I don't want to risk it. I don't think I'd be so quick to call this a belly gun. I might get some good accuracy with her. I don't know yet but I like the looks of those sights.
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Alright guys, I just fired my first five shots of BP loaded .32 S&W shorts. To say I'm pleased with this revolver and the BP cartridges is an understatement.
Thanks to all who gave me the info I needed to load some BP .32's!
Now I didn't manage to get over to the gun shop to buy primers, gas is so darn expensive these days and I've got a Chevy Silverado. Did lack of primers stop me from loading and shooting my ammo today? Nope.
I took some .38 special casings and tapped out the old primers and saved them. Then I hammered out the dent my firing pin made with the tip of a depot nail that I ground flat. I soaked the anvils and cups in Hoppes Gun Scrubber and let them dry. I got some paper caps and cut the explosive compound from the paper. I put the little dot of the impact sensitive explosive into the little metal cups, straightened out the anvil, put it into the cup, then used a hammer and dowel to get the primers into the casings.
I didn't have any misfires and the primers lit the BP up just fine, I feel good knowing that if I don't have a source for primers I can simply make my own with stuff I already have!
Thanks to all who gave me the info I needed to load some BP .32's!
Now I didn't manage to get over to the gun shop to buy primers, gas is so darn expensive these days and I've got a Chevy Silverado. Did lack of primers stop me from loading and shooting my ammo today? Nope.
I took some .38 special casings and tapped out the old primers and saved them. Then I hammered out the dent my firing pin made with the tip of a depot nail that I ground flat. I soaked the anvils and cups in Hoppes Gun Scrubber and let them dry. I got some paper caps and cut the explosive compound from the paper. I put the little dot of the impact sensitive explosive into the little metal cups, straightened out the anvil, put it into the cup, then used a hammer and dowel to get the primers into the casings.
I didn't have any misfires and the primers lit the BP up just fine, I feel good knowing that if I don't have a source for primers I can simply make my own with stuff I already have!
72coupe
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Very resourceful Levi. Good going.
Busyhands94
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Thanks! I figured since I couldn't get over there to get some primers that letting that stop me wouldn't feel too good. I just love that I figured out how to reload primers! It feels like I've hit a new level of self reliance.
I'm able to cast my own bullets, load my own primers, and make my own powder. Country folk can survive! I think I want to get a .38/357 mold and a .32 mold next. That would be slick to be my own ammo smith.
I'm able to cast my own bullets, load my own primers, and make my own powder. Country folk can survive!
I think I want to get a .38/357 mold and a .32 mold next. That would be slick to be my own ammo smith.kBob
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Sounds like the Tap-o-cap idea for making #11-ish caps from soda cans and caps. Good thinking.
There were a few posts about using strike anywhere kitchen matches among ye old survivalist and later Y2K-ers. Appearently they felt that remaking primers with the striking tip material in them would work.
I do have to wonder how much glass or glass like material is in caps or strike anywhere matches to help them react to strikes and how that might effect ( or affect?) the firearm they are used in.
I made a stratigic error this week when my 11 y/o who is doing some sort of "settle the new planet" excercise at school, asked what uses there might be for mercury deposits near his settlement area. Did not seem interested in medical uses or use in thermometers, but, when not thinking, I explained mercury fulminate his little eyes lit up. I have since carefully explained the sinsitivity of Mercury fulminate and its danger to the point I think we are all safe. I really have to not try to do something else while the boy is asking me questions.
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There were a few posts about using strike anywhere kitchen matches among ye old survivalist and later Y2K-ers. Appearently they felt that remaking primers with the striking tip material in them would work.
I do have to wonder how much glass or glass like material is in caps or strike anywhere matches to help them react to strikes and how that might effect ( or affect?) the firearm they are used in.
I made a stratigic error this week when my 11 y/o who is doing some sort of "settle the new planet" excercise at school, asked what uses there might be for mercury deposits near his settlement area. Did not seem interested in medical uses or use in thermometers, but, when not thinking, I explained mercury fulminate his little eyes lit up. I have since carefully explained the sinsitivity of Mercury fulminate and its danger to the point I think we are all safe. I really have to not try to do something else while the boy is asking me questions.
-kBob
72coupe
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You know when I was about 14 I made nitroglycerin. It is suprisingly easy yet deceptively dangerous.
Busyhands94
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I have been thinking more and more as time goes on about making caps, if you tap the little brass cup out of spent shotgun primers (the part that is struck by the firing pin) hammer out the dent, and pinch it with some pliers it will fit on the nipple of a revolver just fine. I tried putting some paper cap explosive material in the cups and then put them through my Super Companion with some Pyrodex. They lit the powder just fine actually, it does me good to know I've got caps and primers handled.
I think strike anywhere matches would work, maybe if you were to get the material off the tip of the match, make a paste with some alcohol and the match tips, and put some into the primer cups with the anvil.
The only problem is that Diamond has started issuing "Greenlight" strike anywhere matches. The tips are green with the very tip of the match being white, and the wooden sticks are made from "responsibly recycled wood" or something like that.
You can't light em' on your teeth, or your thumbnail, or do any other cool stuff with them. They are no good at all, but that's all I can find. They are much less sensitive than the red tipped ones.
72 Coupe is right, it's surprising how easy it is to make that stuff. Some of the most powerful explosives are pretty simple. Usually only a few ingredients. When I made nitroglycerine I carefully mixed it with sawdust to stabilize it, that would make it much safer to handle.
Glad I still have all my hands and those pictures of big craters still in my mind!
Careful about those young ones, they usually get ideas if you tell them stuff like that. I can't tell you how many things I made when I was young that went bang. :banghead:
I think strike anywhere matches would work, maybe if you were to get the material off the tip of the match, make a paste with some alcohol and the match tips, and put some into the primer cups with the anvil.
The only problem is that Diamond has started issuing "Greenlight" strike anywhere matches. The tips are green with the very tip of the match being white, and the wooden sticks are made from "responsibly recycled wood" or something like that.
You can't light em' on your teeth, or your thumbnail, or do any other cool stuff with them. They are no good at all, but that's all I can find. They are much less sensitive than the red tipped ones.
72 Coupe is right, it's surprising how easy it is to make that stuff. Some of the most powerful explosives are pretty simple. Usually only a few ingredients. When I made nitroglycerine I carefully mixed it with sawdust to stabilize it, that would make it much safer to handle.
Glad I still have all my hands and those pictures of big craters still in my mind!
Careful about those young ones, they usually get ideas if you tell them stuff like that. I can't tell you how many things I made when I was young that went bang. :banghead:
Busyhands94
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I forgot to post a picture of this nice ammunition. I figure it's about time I do so!
I found that I don't have to cut down my brass to use it in this handgun, I can just shoot .32 S&W longs instead. My handloads are actually loaded the same as I loaded those .32 S&W shorts, kinda like how you'd load .357's to .38 Spesh specs so you don't have to buy more brass.
The beauty of this is that with the cornmeal filler the bullet is closer to the forcing cone, leading to better accuracy than with the shorts. I think this is a fairly accurate gun to be honest. Just because a pistol has less barrel doesn't mean that it can't be useful as long as you hold and aim it correctly.
I don't think I did too bad being these are some of the first metallic centerfire pistol cartridges I have ever loaded. I think this is some pretty decent looking cartridges!
And thus begins my career of metallic cartridge handloading, more calibers to come!
~Levi
I forgot to post a picture of this nice ammunition. I figure it's about time I do so!
I found that I don't have to cut down my brass to use it in this handgun, I can just shoot .32 S&W longs instead. My handloads are actually loaded the same as I loaded those .32 S&W shorts, kinda like how you'd load .357's to .38 Spesh specs so you don't have to buy more brass.
The beauty of this is that with the cornmeal filler the bullet is closer to the forcing cone, leading to better accuracy than with the shorts. I think this is a fairly accurate gun to be honest. Just because a pistol has less barrel doesn't mean that it can't be useful as long as you hold and aim it correctly.
I don't think I did too bad being these are some of the first metallic centerfire pistol cartridges I have ever loaded. I think this is some pretty decent looking cartridges!
And thus begins my career of metallic cartridge handloading, more calibers to come!
~Levi
Centurian22
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Nice looking rounds! Glad you don't have to cut them down. Saves alot of trouble, good thinking with the filler as long as its safe.
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