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I have some lingering handloads hanging around that I would like to re home. I did not load any of these and even though I knew the person that did and have every confidence in his ability I DO NOT recommend shooting anyone else's handloads. I am selling these for the components. 50- 45 Win Mag in W-W cases with round nose jacketed bullets $20 10- 458 Lott in Hornady cases with solid copper bullets (the note in the case says 450grain) $15 6- 405 Win with 44 Hornady fired cases and a full box of 50 Hornady 300 grain spire points $35 Redding Full Length 300 Weatherby Mag dies $45 Located in Tucson but I will have limited opportunities to meet up in the valley area over the next 2 weeks. The only item I will consider shipping is the dies.

Still have these hanging around and I want them to go away. The brass is new, bulk Winchester and I have approximately 200 of them. The plated ones are Federal Premium, once fired and I have 40 of them. We can trade if you have once fired brass in: commercial .308 commercial .223 30-06 300BLK 10MM Otherwise, I would like $0.50 each plus flat rate shipping if we cant do face to face. Will sell/trade whatever quantity is worth both of our time. PM me a # I can text and we can make it happen.

What magazines would one have to use? I have heard that the 25 is the best of the WSSM's.

My pop is ready to screw a .45 Raptor barrel into a Savage model 10 receiver and drop it into a MDT chassis. For some odd reason, the shops in Tucson are turning him away. They say that they either don't have the time or the tools. Who can recommend a Phoenix smith for him?

I'm serious dude, seen it on youtube. We hang it from 2 trees like a hammock, build a fire underneath, boom... redneck hot tub. The chicks will come runnin.

So this is why I keep a Tac 14 next to the bed. Actually, I'm a dead man in that scenario. My hearing is so bad now that I can't hear them rattle anymore. Confirmed recently on the early dove opener.

Southern Xpress. Actually did it while my dad waited there. We shot it last weekend, turned out great.

I have several of the Lee case length gauge trimmers. They work well and are cheap. I have had issues with two of them but Lee made right with warranty. I somehow got a cutter with no threads in it, they sent me a new one. I got a 7.62x39 gauge that trimmed too short right out of the package, again they replaced it with minimal effort on my part. These are great until you get into quantities like hundred or more. I have taken to using the Lee quick trim on most of my straight walled cases. I have the power adapter but have never used it. I have a WFT 2 from Little Crow and adapters for all of my necked cases. It works well also. I thought it was awesome until I got the Frankford case prep center. It actually works better. You really have to watch for shavings in the WFT that will vary your length. The Frankford seems to clear the shavings better and give more consistent results with less double and triple checking. I was going to get individual WFT's for my more heavily used calibers so I didn't have to fiddle with changing the bushings as often but I canned that plan when I got the Frankford. Having the rest of the tools right there already spinning saves a lot of time too. I also have a Lyman universal and ordered extra pilots that it didn,t come standard with and the power adapter. All of that still sits new in the box too.

Got it done, thanks guys.

Bump. Make an offer.

PM me your digits and I can let you know when I am headed to Phoenix. I have work to do at Bartlett, just not sure when the boss has it scheduled. I was in Tolleson and Tempe yesterday.

Number 3 looks like fossilized slice of bone with marrow even.

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Pima college is a good idea, thanks. My drill press is part of the problem, even when I just chuck a drill bit it wobbles. Not a precise machine at all. I usually do get to Phoenix at least once a week for work and I do have a customer near Sky Harbor. PM coming Thanks guys

I have been playing with LeGandre (side) crimps on my 450 Bushmaster and .45 Raptor handloads and have seen enough to convince me that I want all of my loads for these two calibers and probably 45 Colt in the lever guns to include them. Back in the olden days... like 3 years ago, if you wanted a side crimp on a straight walled .45 caliber case, you would buy a Lee Factory crimp die in 45-70 or .45 Colt and cut it down to put the crimp lower than the case mouth on whatever cartridge you were working with. If you are fancy, you cut the die way down and use shims to move the crimp up or down and match the cannelure to seating depth on whatever bullet you choose. Nowadays, Lee sells a 450 Bushmaster factory crimp die and a 460 S&W (parent of 45 Raptor) factory crimp die. I found that the 450BM die puts the crimp on a 45 Raptor case just about where I want it most of the time. I cut down the 460 S&W die to be adjustable with shims which I have. I did this by jamming a 375 H&H case into the crimp jaws and chucking it in a drill press, holding a dremel with a cut off wheel to it as it went round and round. I have a cheap drill press, I don't have the most steady hands or straight eye. It works well but there is a problem. I didn't get the cut straight on the die, Its functional but I would like to clean it up. I just need enough material removed to square the cut on the collet, if too much is removed, I will need to trim the body as well. This is why I don't trust me to attempt it. Anywho, can someone square a cut for me? I can separate the collet from the die body easily. If you are local to Tucson I will meet up wherever.

Ha! Photobucket ate the pics, but the thread is still here. A quick search of the rifle hunting for coues section shows plenty of results.

There was a thread on here yeeeaarrrs ago from a guy that took a coues with a Lazzeroni, not sure it was a 7.82 though. The exit wound was the about the size of a volley ball. Beast of a weapon. I will try to find it. It was before the format change years back so it may not exist anymore.

THIS ITEM IS NOT CURRENTLY FOR SALE. (see my last post) I have had this kit for about a year and a half and just can't get excited about finishing it. I already have big bore AR-15's and the only practical use I can see for my AR-10 is hunting and I would like more range from it soooo, lets let it go to a good home. Everything is new. If you are not familiar with the Raptor, here is the short of it. Uses a modified .460 S&W case (available from Star Line or Raptor Shooting Systems) .452 diameter projectiles UN-Modified .460 S&W dies AND load data (If you already reload .460 S&W, you are ready to load Raptor) standard .308 bolt, buffer, spring, upper, etc. will do. More info at http://www.45raptor.com/45RAPTOR/ The barrel is from Satern Machine, 16" stainless I think the brake came from Guntec Troy .875 gas block Yankee Hill "smooth" handgaurd (DPMS, not sure if its high or low) 2 ASC magazines, modified for the cartridge (not by me, bought them from RSS that way) 259 RSS stamped brass in 13 berry's plastic boxes (not all in the pic)

Back from the dead! When I didn't get any offers on this I decided to build it. Then I decided to load a few test rounds. Then it sat in the safe... until Wednesday. My dad has one as well that he finished a while back and he has had difficulty with handloads feeding and functioning in his so I wasn't expecting too much. We slapped together a desert shooting session on the holiday and I decided to let dig out the Raptor. I had 20 test rounds loaded and they all fed and fired perfectly so even though I don't really have a need for it, I do like handloading straight wall rifle cases and I do like a gun that works and this one is real fun to shoot so I think it will stay a while. I had loaded 20 test rounds using HDY 200 and 225 FTX in front of H110 and Lil Gun and Barnes 200 XPB (.45 Colt and 460 S&W versions) in front of H110. I think it took me 3 rounds to get on paper, three more to walk it to the center, and then it started doing what the pics show. I didn't have my chrony but I think I have established that it is a viable weapon and that all of these bullet/powder combos are contenders for development into more accurate loads. A brand new, home built autoloader function testing perfectly on it's first firing with a brand new round that I have never loaded before, and it groups! Everything exceeded my expectations.

Here's how low tech I am. I thought this thread would be about shotguns.

Thanks DH

You wouldn't happen to want to trade for an 8X32 Black Diamond with a fine reticle would you?

Ammo trades are acceptable in those calibers and a few others, I could use "more than a few" boxes. Also looking for: Binos Trijcon RMR A set of factory Rubicon wheels/tires (2004 ish? with 5 on 4.5 pattern). An NP 241 with SYE. A Dana 30 that I can build and swap out for my front. A Glock Gen 3 (21, 34, or 40) A 1911 in 10mm or .45 A Remington semi auto in 12g or a 700 bolt in .308 or 300 Win Mag. Etcetera