janfred
@janfred
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Joined: May 31, 2022
Last seen: Jul 2, 2026
Topics: 12 / Replies: 413
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Re: Herlaaifoute/ Reloading mistakes

I'm not too worried about microscopic brass shavings. Those usually get ironed out when the bullet is forced through an orifice at 55,000 psi and...

3 years ago
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Re: Any SA Bisley members on the forum ?

In Cape Town we use the military range at Atlantis.In Bloem they use De Brug military range.

3 years ago
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Re: Herlaaifoute/ Reloading mistakes

Emptying the powder hopper of S341 into a tin of S335.Lesson learnt. Only one type of powder out of storage at any one time. Did that once with ball i...

3 years ago
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Re: Herlaaifoute/ Reloading mistakes

Emptying the powder hopper of S341 into a tin of S335.Lesson learnt. Only one type of powder out of storage at any one time.

3 years ago
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Re: Doppler chronograph by FX

We went from the era of "Ooh, that kicked a bit!" to "Primer is not completely flat yet" to "The carbon fouling inside the ca...

3 years ago
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Re: Tribute to the Lee Safety Scale

Just don't use your finger to wipe away imaginary dust off the beam razor blade pivot.No need to ask me how I know...

3 years ago
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Re: Tribute to the Lee Safety Scale

Basically, that is how the Prometheus powder thrower measures loads. The Lee scale always get a lot of hate. Most notably for the decimal adjustment. ...

3 years ago
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Re: The Lee measuring spoon kit.

Found this passage in the book "Modern Reloading" by Richard Lee;"Dean always felt no one could dip a charge quite as precisely as he. ...

3 years ago
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Re: The Lee measuring spoon kit.

Technically it is called a dipper, not a spoon.Using them as spoons to scoop powder, one tends to get inconsistent charge weight. The correct techniqu...

3 years ago
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Re: Will Somchem ever recover ?

Somchem as we knew it is a bygone era. It's not a competitive business entity in the global economy, so it will not be around for long.I don'...

3 years ago
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Re: Silver rapids .223 powder coated bullets.

Only one shot on target?You can see three more shots off the paper. Two to the right and the last one just off bottom right. All marked with red arrow...

3 years ago
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Re: Lee Precision Pro1000, did you know?

I did use my loadmaster to load 50 rounds of .308Win for my target rifle.Instead of my usual 15fps ES the ammo gave around 35fps ES. That was still go...

4 years ago
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Re: I often miss the days...

I have never swatted an insect with a book.I can understand using the much-anticipated magazine as a pest control device.

4 years ago
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Re: I often miss the days...

I read a lot. Specially when I travel. No problem reading 3 to 4 books per week. Difficult to carry that many books around.For me, an ereader device i...

4 years ago
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Re: Beginner Reloader - to kit or not to kit

For a beginner a Lee Anniversary Kit, die set, vernier, trickler and bullet-puller.There are few things in the Anniversary Kit that you don't use...

4 years ago
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