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I was buying .223 bullets from a guy today and he had an unopened 4# square tin of SR7625 that he sold me for $18/# !! He'd had it for many years so did fine at that price. I was elated and certainly didn't dicker. I don't know how/when I'm going to be able to get it to Alaska but I will somehow.
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if you need to route it through my loading shed - just let me know :rolleyes:
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Dream on Rick! :whistle:
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I lucked onto this 5 pounder a little while ago, $70.
5000 Remington primers, free |
If you don't have any use for that Edger I can probable use it in something.
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and all I could find was an empty can, :rotf:
great finds guys, really- I'll just keep checking old out of the way shops and maybe trip over some someday. |
no bargains like that around here....you fella s made some good buys but i dont have to tell yall that...send wayne and me them good deals you dont want...charlie
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You never know what you will find at a gun show. Went to a local VFW "gun" show yesterday after church to see what was there. There were only four tables with guns. Very few guns. But I spotted some MEC loaders. Two 25 lb. bags of number eights also. Anyway, the shot is $55 plus so I came home with a 20 and a 12 MEC 9000N, both in new shape with 200 primers and the $110 worth of shot for as well as the MEC covers for $260! He had a MEC 650 that needed a few small parts with an old MEC Case Conditioner for another $30. I could not leave it there by itself. My $7 to attend was well worth it.
If you use the 9000Ns and set them up you will know what I mean when I say about one bag of the shot is on my basement floor's rug now. |
Just last week while packing for a trip I found an 8lb jug of Clays and a 5lb. tin of 4756 that I had somehow hidden from myself in plain sight. I had switched over to 20/28 for my 20 ga. loads and had forgotten how good the 4756 was for the 20. Guess I'm good for a while.
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I really like the older 650's with all metal parts. Of my five MEC presses none comes close to the smoothness of the old 650 that a friend gave me.
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Put em in by hand.
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Paul's right Jerry. I have two old ones and one new one. Just when I think things are ticking along, they stop feeding. I use Paul's suggested method more often than not.
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Sometimes more moving parts is not a good thing.
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The old model has a piece of spring steel wire that when it contacts the base it lets one down and springs back to stop the second one. Why they thought they had to improve it I can't figure out. |
The new 200 tray works pretty much flawlessly, but even the old 100 tray can usually work pretty good. I've had good luck with them, but two friends both load by hand. They don't mind the extra time and claim there's less cussen.
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For you 'old' guys, several years ago I picked up a big (5#?) unopened can of AL5. As a kid it was my favorite powder for duck loads in the 12 ga. Now I use it mostly for pistol loads. I will be sad when it is finally gone.
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I have retrofitted both of my 9000g's to the new 200 capacity push feed primer system. While it takes a bit to get it adjusted properly, they have both performed well since then. I fairly often clean the tray and apply furniture polish to ensure a smooth flow of primers to the push ram.
I never did get the old chain and sweep arm to work reliably and cuss I did. Not any more. |
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While I own five MEC Reloaders, and use them all regularly, I still believe that a fellow named Rube Goldberg would gladly endorse the design of any one of them...
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I came across an 8LBS container of SR 4759 last week. I am not sure what i am going to use it in. But I couldn't pass it up.
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you guys are killing me :rolleyes:
one shop raised my hopes a couple weeks ago- I asked him for 7625 and he said just a minute - when in the back and a few minutes later shaking his head :rotf: |
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It seems like I remember a conversion factor for this powder like using a percentage of the Bp load. dose anyone remember one and what is the percentage.
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But sadly, it is still a discontinued powder. |
I am familiar with Seyfried's formula and this was something different but I just cant place it. I guess I am getting old.
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