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- From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
- Date: 23 Dec 92 19:14:00 GMT
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- -> when I have visitors in the lab. I take a .308 NATO brass, load it
- -> almost to the bottleneck with 2400 powder (a fast pistol powder) and
- -> plug the top of the case with a wad of ordinary kitchen paper towel.
- -> I load the whole assembly in my silhouette pistol and fire it
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- I've fireformed .308 cases to 7.65x51 Mauser. First time I tried it I
- loaded the cases with 20 grains of Accurate #3 and stuffed a cotton ball
- in the end to keep the powder in. Since it was July 4, I didn't figure
- anyone would notice if I stuck the barrel out the back door and popped
- the case.
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- BLAMM! I didn't realize the sucker would be just as loud without a
- f'ing bullet in there. My ears rang for two days...
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