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things just happen sometimes,  I can't ever remember having a bad lot of primers,  sometimes there are very slight differences in diameter and I can feel them when seating and switching primers.

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Primers can and will go off if seated upside down.  I've seen the go off on Dillons and Ammoloads. www.ammoload.com   things to watch in primer filling in general whether it's a hand primer or automatic primer filling machines we had the old large Scharch primer filler machines these pre-date the Dillon primer fillers.  the automated machines will swage the primer pockets with a die and then seat a new primer even if it were  little tight these geared machines will flatten a  primer even if you were seating with a good press you can flatten a primer.  every now and then if you are going fast with the loader things get to rattling and it will flip a primer kind of looks like it was mushed not the rounded edges as normal.  the other possibility is the primer was loaded in the primer  tube or tray upside down  been there done that,  the old CCI primers the ones with the hard cup metal had problems seating in Dillons back when since that time CCI has corrected the issue. The Ammoloads had scatter shields on them at least ours did.  Remember large rifle primers are .008  taller than large pistol primers.

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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: American Gun Craft
« on: April 14, 2025, 06:38:42 PM »
I'm with TexWeatherby on this one ! 

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even the meanest dog gets swatted a couple times by a mean ass cat might think twice about tangling with one after a couple encounters.  no doubt a big mean dog can kill the cat, sometimes dogs just get a hatred for cats and they just go after them, unfortunately  the cat usually gets away plus they roam around at night.  I'm lucky I don't live in the city. 

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start re-loading, consolidate powders, make your own components lots of options out there

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Bears don't like dogs either,  you never know what ma ma bear is going to do when she has cubs around.  I thought he handled it very well,  not sure what the dog was going to do.

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My Kawa was a 900 and very fast,  it would definitely out run my 750 I don't know on the Yushi 836 my buddy didn't had it in at that time, when he did build it there was no way I could keep up with him on my 750.  we put dual front disc brakes on our Honda 750's  that was a time when you had to design your own and have a machine shop take a few thousandth's off here and there to get things lined up then make your own brake line set-up.  I had both my front rotors drilled for heat dissipation. we also set up and laced 16" Harley rear rims and tires.  I did ride a few Kawa triples 500 & 750 scary  quick I could pull a wheely in 3 rd gear on a hopped up 500 triple. those big Kawa 2 strokes S--T and get super quick revving,  another bike that was darn fast in it's day were Triumph Trident 750-3 cyl an BSA Rocket 3's, my buddy got hung up on them and they were fun but not exactly reliable so he switched to Harley's a few years later thankfully he had access to a nice old school machine shop. one down side with the big inline 4's  back then they were top heavy and didn't jam in the quick corner's nearly as good as a smaller 350 or 450 Honda twins let alone the Triumphs and the Nortons in the day.

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Dino :  don't get rid of your 1970 Honda,  my buddy down the road I've known since our San Diego days  still has the old 1970 CB 750 it's not stock,  raked frame,  Yoshimura 836 kit put in after he pulled the speedometer when it hit  exactly 100,000 miles. he was a old school  Factory Honda Mechanic when I first met him.  I think he still has a 750 engine and if he hasn't got rid of a Savior rigid frame in the overhead,  he bugs me every now and then to build a 750 again. 

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My first bike was a 1968 Triumph Trophy 650 fun bike except for Lucas electric's and then bought a 1973 Honda CB 750 back then we tricked them all out lots of chrome and other modifications,  there were a handful of us when we were in the navy and a few civilian friends in San Diego that all rode together,  some on old Harley's, a Triumph trident,  Norton commando's , even  Honda 350 & 500 fours and a  Honda 450 twin.  none of the rice burner bikes broke down can't say that about the others in the day.  my buddy asked If he could ride my CB 750 and I could ride his old suicide shift Harley 74 full chopped rigid frame & springer.  loved the look of them, loved the sound of them, and I wouldn't own one of them, not back in the day anyway.  I put over a hundred thousand miles on my 750 and never any major problem's and the last one to go,  I had a Kawa 900 - 4 cyl and early Honda Goldwing,  didn't like the Goldwing not for my riding style good bike though.  even had a Yamaha XS 650  twin put a rigid frame and Girder front end should have left it stock it never broke down either good bike. one thing about those Honda  750's back in the day you run the crap out of them and as long as you changed oil, kept the carbs in sync, kept them in tune they just ran.  riding back then was different than it is today too many cars out there. 

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I tend to agree with the others , but I will add anytime you change any components you really should work up using  current load data / charge weights again just to be safe.  I have  loading manuals that date back to 1937 and the days of Phil Sharpe so data has changed from Jack O'Conner's loadings to Ken Waters Pet Loads to present day.  I can take older load data and be totally safe in one of our 270 Win's and be way over loaded in another of our 270 Win's.  you see a lot of mono solid copper bullets today, and back in the day every large  Cupro / Nickel bullets, and even soft steel bullets so how would anyone compare these to a cup and soft lead core bullets or maybe like a very long heavy round nose bullet with a much longer bearing surface vs a same weight very high B/C with a lot less bearing surface.  re-loading 101 think about seating depths and anything else that can change pressures,  especially true when working at max charge weights.  just food for thought.  a few years back a friend I thought he was a more experienced re-loader than he actually was he has all the right loading equipment and lots of components and still screwed up with a new Ruger 375 mag at that time very little load data was out so he got on the computer  and found some loads,  he pulled the trigger on the first load and locked the bolt up so bad I thought it broke the rifle.  he literally pulled the rim off the brand new case and left half the brass still in the barrel,  thankfully I had an old trick and took a shotgun brass brush and stuffed it up the back of the barrel where it caught the mouth of the case and pulled the rest of the case out.  a lot of more high end loading  should really be left to very experienced re-loaders,  the other thing loads built for lever guns, some semi-auto's, and other types need to take into consideration's the strength of the gun it's self, out side air temps, a few other things, it's just better to back the loads off a hair and be safe. 

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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: Baldwin
« on: March 29, 2025, 06:31:43 PM »
I don't go to very many movies in theatres anyway

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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: DNA
« on: March 25, 2025, 10:46:56 AM »
these dna tests are not for me !

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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: Land Locked Areas
« on: March 21, 2025, 11:22:49 AM »
Boy that's going to have some ramifications in other States also.  In AZ and others I wonder if this judgment carries over to other States or would the other States have to file their own lawsuit ? 

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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: 12 gage pump
« on: March 15, 2025, 04:14:32 PM »
Derrill just reading what the guys have said a stocked pistol with a brace might  not a bad idea as a special purpose home defense weapon,  a bad guy that knows what he is doing with a knife could be on you within a couple seconds they say  that's not a lot of time to react.  I really don't like the idea of flash lights in a dark room or hallway every body and their brother knows where you are. I think I'd rather get the house lights on and sit tight  until 911 gets there , we don't have kids in the house anymore  unless we have guests,   flash lights only is kind of like a 2 edged sword it's good when you need it but with downsides. I guess it's better to have it and not need it than not having it at all.  if it were in the house the dogs are going to go after them if it went outside and the dogs weren't with us a pistol might not be the best choice if the ranges start expanding.  so many things to think about  it would be harder to wrestle a 2 handed gripped pistol or long gun away from you.   

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Around the Campfire (General Discussion) / Re: 12 gage pump
« on: March 15, 2025, 02:55:53 PM »
Derrill,   I really don't know anything about the Smith SD 40,  I'd get some you tubes on them and check out their reviews.  Norma broke her knee & shin bone very badly almost a year ago 18 pins, plates, bone graft, and 2 surgeries and it's still not right,  looking possible for another surgery later we just don't know,  she retired and stopped hunting she will still go but not hunt.  Brandon is doing fine still hunting and shed hunting,  I screwed up on a couple cow elk 2 years ago  down the road near the wildlife habitat area when the muzzleloader didn't go bang or they were one behind the other and couldn't shoot.  Brandon has taken a couple 6x6 nice bulls  the last few years he passed on a monster 6 by maybe 200 yds skylighted on a ridge broadside,   and didn't want to take a chance of where the bullet would go,  he shot one bull at 832 yds with his 300 wby MKV  a bunch of us watching not like a lot of pressure,  you could see the vapor trail looking like a soft ball till it hit. cold late Nov morning about 8000 ft elev,  had a hard time ranging that bull out in that new growth Aspens,  I couldn't range it in my older Leica,   another friend was having trouble with his pulled the battery out of mine and gave it to him still couldn't get a range I tried  Brandons Vortex 1800 RF couldn't pick up a range another friend used his new Leupold and finally got the range and he shot,  after that I went out and bought a Vortex Fury AB 5000  I like it so far  a lot of features I probably never use.  hard to get drawn anymore especially for Bull.  Brandon and I were up on an Antelope hunt  1 1/2 hr to the north west of us I guess about 4 yrs ago we were watching a 400 Bull for a couple days no elk tags of course he had probably 50 to 60 cows with him and a couple lesser Bulls in the rear didn't see any Antelope I wanted to shoot so I went home empty,  Brandons was spotting using that wide angle Kowa 82mm you could see the ripples in his skin it's so clear.   you still have my phone # ?    I haven't tried to get tags on the RES after Covid  things are different I think.

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