E D Skinner
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High primers

Light Strike – Eureka!
Posts
10/5/12

I think I’ve got it!

Or rather I should say that I think Don Plante figured it out.

I think he found the source of the …

Light Strikes
Posts
7/13/12

The hammer hits the firing pin and that hits the primer, but it doesn’t go bang. Removing that round and …

Gun Log Book
Posts
6/9/12

Do you ever ask questions like these?

  • When did I last replace the recoil spring in the wad gun and does it run best with 11 …
Tolerance in Brass
Posts
3/6/12

This is the last of a five part series on tolerances in reloading.

In previous sections we’ve looked at tolerances in …

Mixed Bag
Posts
6/15/09

Here are some scattered notes and comments from today.

I didn’t shoot very well in today’s 2700. All my scores …

Brass Pool
Posts
6/8/09

The sorting of my large bucket of all 45 ACP brass according to headstamp is done.

If you’ve been reading along, …

The Great Aguila Purge of 2009
Posts
6/5/09

Strike #1

After its initial firing (as factory-loaded hardball), 100% of the Aguila brass would not pass through the …

Made 300 to Test
Posts
6/2/09

(Pictured: Jim Henderson and myself)

I made 300 rounds of wad ammo to test at Nighthawks tomorrow evening. …

High Primers
Posts
5/31/09

READ THIS FIRST

The cause of the high primers is apparently not dirty primer pockets which is what this article is …

Day 3 of 4, Center Fire
Posts
2/14/09

Before

Today and tomorrow are the days in which my concentration – and repetition – need to be at their best. I …