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Check PTG https://pacifictoolandgauge.com/ - they carry '700 bolts that are probably better than the originals. Settle in for a long wait - they aren't fast, but the product has always been good,...

I had almost the opposite discussion yesterday - the fellow at the auto parts store said the lady ahead of me had been worried because the windshield washer fluid did say that it 'fit' a Toyota on...

He did...

On the other hand, if you plug those holes with shrapnel, or, say, a Sako extractor, it could become unsafe - nothing to do with the bolt itself failing.

GsT

I am very impressed by the video you linked a few posts down in the other thread. Your men barely utter a word between them, each man doing exactly what it makes sense for him to, maintaining...

Bandsaw / hacksaw what you can, then course rasps and rifflers followed by progressively finer files. Vixen / Vixie files work well too, but I've only seen flat versions. Rasps come in all shapes....

I'm not sure that they still do it, but Sandvik used to send out a nice hardbound book on cutting tools and inserts - that went miles toward allowing me to figure out what the heck I was ordering and...

I think Steve Acker ("Gunsmith Machinist" from the Village Press Mags - Home Shop Machinist and Machinist's Workshop) did something very similar in a video they produced. Never tried it myself. ...

Dan, is that any Sako extractor conversion? I've wondered about them, but you're in a position to see many more than I ever will...

GsT

I have not found threads in 12L14 to strip out any more readily than those in mild steel. "What to you is moderate tension" is meaningless and condescending - threads have torque specs. Ignore...

That last photo looks like it's straight out of one of the 80's copy's of "ABC's of Reloading" - good memories. Thanks for that!

GsT

I just checked, Hornady Amax are $9 / round!!!!. Good grief. I haven't had to purchase any in many years, but I certainly don't look forward to replacing my current inventory. I got rid of...

I'm still waiting for you to find out how much bullets cost... Oh, and ~17 rounds per pound of powder... ;-) **Everything** is bigger in the .50 world - especially the prices!

GsT

But here's a quick size comparison: (sorry, terrible pic, but enough to get the idea across)
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The difference between a small and large primer is nearly negligible compared to the difference...

I've seen large primers bushed to small, but that's *quite* different to bushing a .50 primer to a puny LMR. I can't imagine it would work well (assuming a 'normal' BMG load), but I've been wrong...

So why not just go with the "Sprialock" thread that was Vaughn's solution? IIRC, the company that owns the Spiralock name only makes cutters for female threads, but you could sure grind a cutter for...

I musta been looking the other way when you posted about this previously. Appreciate your repeating it.

GsT

That is the first time I've heard anyone say that! Are there others? I'm curious how much brass prep you do, and how many cases is it that you're trashing?

I apologize, that sounds a little like...

Afaik, Nightforce is the only brand that warrants that their crosshairs are parallel to the flat on the bottom of the scope.

GsT

I've been waiting for a correction to this post. There is no adapter in the world that will make a 1.5" diameter die fit in a 1.375" diameter hole. A quick measurement of one of my .50 dies is...

About a bazillion years ago, I ended up with a small cottage industry converting their "standard" (7/8"-14) shellholder to work on the Hollywood Sr. reloading press.

The owners of Hollywood were...

Last I checked (it *has* been a while) the same was true with CH/4D.

GsT

I have a Capri Model CP21075 that's 10-50 in lbs. Screwdriver style with a t-handle that snaps into the back for the higher settings. I'm very pleased with it.

GsT

Vaughn's book is great, and I own a print copy, but where is this "free" version?

You're pretty f****** smug about who understands what. A good rule of thumb is "If you think you're the...

Holy cow can that author take a paragraph's worth of information and spin it into a wall of literary diarrhea!

TLDR; Federal is going to make a lead-free primer, called "Catalyst", which they...