Abilene, SASS # 27489

Fantastic case colors!

Did it come from Australia?

"Olden Days" is of course totally subjective, and relative to what? One thing I've noticed is that since the great pandemic drought of reloading supplies, while everything is higher, primers have dropped 20% or so from when they first started showing up again, but powder prices keep rising fast with a few exceptions (like Hodgdon). On Saturday I bought an 8 lb keg of WST at a LGS for $322. About 2 years ago at that same store it was $239.

I have and wear a lot of hats, picked up here and there. I know I'm a long oval, so when I finally got a stetson long oval, it was the first one that fit perfect right off.

How far back do you want to go? Winchester's 1875 catalog listed a case of 1000 44wcf cartridges for $20. But there was no air conditioning back then, so...

I have a big magnifying glass in a leather pouch that works as good. Except that it has to be daytime with the sun out...which is the least likely time to need a fire.

I hope y'all are at least telling the importer (Cimarron or whoever) about these issues so they are aware of it and can tell Uberti.

To answer your question about doesn't Cimarron check these? They do visual and action checks before shipping an order, but they do not chamber ammo or dummies.

My really old Lyman lubrisizer came with a flat top punch when I got it. Don't know what part number it is, but it has worked fine with every cowboy flat nose bullet I've run through it.

If this is a Kirst then I believe the max OAL is 1.42" . My regular 125gr TC ammo is 1.44", so I just turn in the seating die stem 1/2 turn, then label that box of ammo "For Kirst" Back to the OP's question, Mike Bracket has said something about conversions able to shoot hotter ammo after he does his thing to them, but I don't recall which conversions and don't recall him mentioning .357. I'm thinking it might be possible to design a gun without a top strap that could handle .357, but it wouldn't look like a '51 Navy. Some people who don't really know guns might like it and think it "looks cowboy" without a top strap and want one, but I doubt there would be enough interest for a company to go to the time and expense of designing it. People wanting a .357 that "looks cowboy" right now can just buy an SAA replica.

One of my rigs has .45 loops, so I take a piece of leather cord, tie it to a loop, then run it down one loop and up the next. Continue for as many as you need. I do about a half dozen and leave the rest .45. Cord acts as a spacer, works good. Now, fitting a .45 into a .38 loop is a whole other thang.

Lumpy, I tried a large pistol primer, but it didn't fit. Okay, so here's the results. I did a 2 samples of 5 each of spraying the pockets with One Shot, and giving the pocket a swap with a Q-tip with One-Shot on it. Each worked about the same, huge improvement in force required to seat the primers. I only did that many because Texas Red has very kindly offered to send me a 32wcf conversion for the 550! I will probably spray the pockets anyway when I load them. As for my original question of whether the One Shot might be harmful for primers, if I'd have read the fine print on the can (which I just recently got) it says safe for primers and powder. Thanks for the suggestions.

I agree with Sedalia Dave. The modern '51 conversions are already made of modern steel, and even hot .38's will shoot it loose.

If you are wanting a lot then ordering from Brett makes sense. If you don't need that much and don't know anyone you could split it with, keep an eye out for Shooter's World Multi-Purpose Black. It is made by APP for Shooter's World. Suppliers that stock Shooter's World brand of powders often carry it. Several times when I was ordering primers and/or smokeless powder from Natchez or Midway, I threw in a few pounds of Multi-Black since hazmat and shipping were already taken care of. Or if you know anyone going to any of the bigger matches that Scarlett attends, they could bring you back some.

These are some Federal SPP that I've had for 5 or 10 years and have been fine in all other usage, so I'm pretty darn sure those are okay. But it didn't even occur to me to measure the pockets...time out...okay, best as I can tell it is .171" at the bottom and tapers up to .172 at the top. An old piece of unplated starline measures the same but hits .173 at the top edge, possibly from wear? So, maybe there is no nickle buildup. Maybe stickiness from new brass, like it can stick in expander dies and such. Wild Eagle, glad to know the One Shot has worked for you. Widder, it certainly wouldn't hurt to spend a few seconds re-checking those primers (they are elsewhere). And Scout, I may send them an email, couldn't hurt to see what they say. I might not matter so much if I was priming on a press with more mechanical advantage, and maybe getting decrepit with age is not a linear curve. Late add: Coffinguy, because I don't load enough 32-20's to justify (in my mind) another conversion for the 550. Although, now that my 32-20 '73 is back in action, that may change.