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- From: russ@bbxrbk (Russ Kepler)
- Newsgroups: alt.peeves
- Subject: not a holiday peeve
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.025216.4915@bbxrbk>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 02:52:16 GMT
- Organization: russ at home in Albuquerque New Mexico
- Lines: 41
-
- This is not a holiday peeve, it's another of the rhinovirus
- peeves. But this one mentions something that explodes...
-
- I've always maintained that you should never drive, shoot or reload
- when under the influence of alcohol or other mind altering drugs. I
- never really included Seldane (a prescription anti-histamine) in the
- list of mind altering drugs, but this afternoon's experience may force
- me to change that opinion; either that or the decrease in neurons due
- to ageing is a lot faster than I ever expected.
-
- I was in the garage (being on vacation for 3 weeks has caused me to
- run out of home projects) reloading a bunch of .223 for shooting this
- weekend. As luck would have it a case got stuck, further it was in
- the final size/crimp die (Dillon has a strange system). It was my own
- damn fault - I hadn't lubed the first couple of cases because I didn't
- expect to crimp them that much.
-
- So, there I stand, looking at a nice black piece of metal with a
- pretty brass cartridge imbedded in it - a brass cartridge, I might
- add, with 27.3 grains of AA#2230 and a 55 grain FMJ. What is a boy to
- do? I know, remove the powder by pushing the bullet into the case and
- seeing if I can rattle out some powder. Nope, no good, no powder...
- what to do, what to do... Aha! The case sticks out far enough that
- the primer clears the base of the die, I'll just take this hacksaw
- here and BANG!
-
- That was a prime stupid idea. Something hot from the sawing fell into
- the primer (about the time the blade got in the area) and popped off
- the round. The bullet was embedded in the workbench, the hacksaw
- blade was blackened, and my right ear is still ringing.
-
- So, I finished up and went inside and called Dillon to see what they
- do. The answer? Throw away the die and order another. Right. Next
- time I set it up and see if I can't plink someone with the bullet.
-
- I think I'll take more Seldane tonight - seems a checp way to lose
- one's mind.
-
- --
- Russ Kepler, posting from home russ@bbx.basis.com, bbxrbk!russ@bbx.basis.com
- "It's better to be quotable than to be honest" - Tom Stoppard
-