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Started by Southern Grey, March 26, 2009, 09:43:12 AM

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Southern Grey

March 26, 2009, 09:43:12 AM
Do you folks typically use primer and bullet sealant when assembling reloads?
"Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others."
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wcmartin1

#1
March 26, 2009, 09:43:42 AM
Never have.
"Unhappy it is, though, to reflect that a brother's sword has been sheathed in a brother's breast and that the once-happy and peaceful plains of America are either to be drenched with blood or inhabited by a race of slaves.  Sad alternative!  But can a virtuous man hesitate in his choice?" - George Washington - from a letter to a close friend after the events of April 19, 1775

"There is no nation on earth powerful enough to accomplish our (the United States) overthrow.  Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter.  From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence, I must confess that I do apprehend some danger.  I fear that they may place too implicit a confidence in their public servants, and fail properly to scrutinize their conduct; that in this way they may be made the dupes of designing men, and become the instruments of their own undoing." - Daniel Webster, June 1, 1837

Nickle

#2
March 26, 2009, 10:21:01 AM
Nvere have, never will, have reloaded professionally (as in my father is a Type 06 FFL, ammo manufacturer).
They have men amongst them who know very well what they are about, having been employed as Rangers against the Indians and Canadians and this country being much covered with wood, and hilly, is very advantageous for their method of fighting. . . . ".  Lord Percy

Sounds like New Englanders to me.

Old Dog

#3
March 26, 2009, 01:06:39 PM
I did once.  In 1978.  Loaded a bunch of 30.06 ammo for my dad's deer rifle.  I loaded almost 200 rounds and he still has well over a 100 rounds of it.  Knowing dad, I knew it had to last for a long time (he still has .22 shorts with a Tennesee 1 cent stamp on the box and we lived in Tennessee in 1965.)  He doesn't believe in shooting after a shot or two confirms the rifle still "hits where he wants it to hit".

I loaded the rounds first.  Then took some model paint (lacquer at the time) and a tooth pick.  I dipped the toothpick in the paint and traces a line of paint around the primer and bullet where they met the case and wiped off the excess with a paper towel before sitting them aside to dry.

I can't say it helped, but it made me feel better and those 30+ year old reloads still put venison on the table.
"The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles."

—Jeff Cooper, The Art of the Rifle

steves4570

#4
March 31, 2009, 10:46:35 PM
No, never saw the need.   Steve :~

Colorado Sam

#5
April 01, 2009, 04:06:07 PM
I've never seen the need to seal any reloads.

The Box'O' Truth did something on this a few years back. Myth #39 I think.

But anything a civilian is likely to see should'nt require a sealed primer and bullet.
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