What ammo is this?? Reloading Labels!
Posted by rick cancino on Nov 9, 2012 in Reloading | 0 comments
So record keeping as Reloaders know is essential for performance, and safety. Some rounds with a certain charge can perform better in one of your guns over another so you may want to keep those rounds easily identified and seperate from eachother. Not all of us have the best hand writing so I made the following reloading labels to use form fills so each row will copy the information to each sticker in the line of three. This way you can have a sticker on top, inside and wherever you want the third. This way if the sticker on top gets ripped away you still have the spares in the box. The labels can be easily removed if you put down some blue painters tape and then place the label on the painters tape. If you want to hand write your labels you can just print out the sheet and fill them out with a pen. If you are going to use adhesive Address labels you will have to open the document in adobe acrobat and make sure “page scaling” is turned off when you print. You can find the known compatible labels listed at the bottom of each document. We have five different themed labels. AR-Rifle Stickers_AR_FFill (Right click this link and select “Save target/Link as”) Ak-Rifle Stickers_AK_FFill (Right click this link and select “Save target/Link as”) Pistol Stickers_pistol_FFill (Right click this link and select “Save target/Link as”) Revolver Stickers_Revolver_FFill (Right click this link and select “Save target/Link as”) Shotgun Stickers_Shotgun_FFill (Right click this link and select “Save target/Link as”) Please comment below if you have any suggestions or issues so we can make them better!...
Read MoreDIY Brass Shaving Collector for WFT Trimmer
Posted by rick cancino on Oct 22, 2012 in New Products, Reloading | 0 comments
For those of you who are unfamiliar, the WFT stands for the “Worlds Finest Trimmer”. Here you can see all the shavings from the batch I did. The DIY shaving collector performed fantastically in preventing from my work area getting covered in brass slivers. I took a empty soda bottle and chopped off the top and bottom of the bottle large enough so the trimmer could spin freely and go around the drills chuck without interfering with anything. I cut in some vents on the bottom for the shavings to fall thru. As the trimmer, well… trims the shavings go spinning and flying in all directions. By having this DIY shaving collector, it allows the brass to collect in the bottle and then you can shake the shavings thru the vent on the bottom easily dumping them out. After trimming the case you will have chamfer and deburr the case mouth. I did that batch pictured above with the Hornady chamfer and deburr tool. Shortly after therapy for my claw cramped hand from holding the tool I ordered up the powered Hornady Case prep Trio. The cost of the the WFT makes it affordable enough so anyone can easily trim their cases at home, but for those of us who process quite a bit of brass it’s essential to have a powered chamfer and deburr tool. Click here to like FireSpeed Tactical on Facebook so you can see updates on when new articles are posted. Click the Like button below to share this article on your...
Read MoreWorld’s Finest Trimmer (WFT) VS CTS Review
Posted by Lonely Raven on Oct 19, 2012 in Lonely Raven, New Products, Reloading | 2 comments
Brass Trimming…the scourge of rifle reloading. We are always looking for faster, easier, and more inexpensive ways of trimming our rifle brass. I mean, most of us really enjoy the *me* time of reloading, but the crank, crank, crank X 1000 of trimming brass down to size gets even the most monk like reloaders bored and frustrated. Enter a new breed of “precision trimmers” – they are under $100, drill powered, *and* they measure off the case shoulder rather than the overall case length like most budget trimmers do. I picked up one of each, a World’s Finest Trimmer (as described by the makers Little Crow Gun Works), and the CTS trimmer (Jim of CTS Engineering) in .223 and .308 respectively. Let’s give them a (close-up) look! Note: I started this article several months ago and got side tracked by other projects and work. I’ve since run several thousand pieces of brass through each, and have recently picked up the famed Giraud Trimmer. My feelings on these two trimmers still holds true today. I like to talk with my photos, I’m a very visual person, so lets look at some macros as I describe some details of these trimmers. Here we have the two trimmers side by side. They chuck up into a drill like any drill bit or other tool. They both have ports to allow the brass shavings to escape, and the WFT is clearly labeled with a warning about eye protection. Both trimmers use an allen key set screw to lock the trimming bit in place. Both devices are solid, well made, and the CTS just looks sexy with the machined sides and big windows showing off the Ti coated cutter. Top view, you can easily see which is .223 and which is .308. Both trimmers size off the case shoulder, so the mouth of the trimmers are basically case holders precision cut to SAMMI specs. The trimmer is setup by loosening the set screw holding the bit in place, and popping a properly sized and trimmed case into the trimmer mouth, then sliding the bit up till it just barely kisses the case mouth, then locking down the set-screw again. You can...
Read MoreInlinefabrication’s Roller Press Handle Initial Review
Posted by rick cancino on Aug 29, 2012 in Articles, New Products, Reloading, Uncategorized | 0 comments
After pressing a few thousand rounds you develop this near yoga bending forward and backwards while pressing each round. Enter in. InlineFabrication.com’s Ergo Lever! This lever is specially designed with bends in it to minimize the amount of movement you are using for each press. Not only does the owner make some fantastic levers but he also created an arm that holds two bins for your bullets/pills and brass so you can easily grab them while pressing. He dubbed it, the Double bullet tray system (a single is also available) He also stocks larger trays which are great for when you are pressing rifle rounds so they don’t flip out of the smaller size tray that came with your press originally. The other nice new product he has is the Lock N Load Bushing trays that can mount to your wall so you can easily store all your dies. He packed up everything safely so nothing was scratched during shipping. To install the roller grip onto the Ergo Lever you will need to use a 5/32 allen wrench. Because obviously if you try to spin the grip onto the lever, …you’re spinning on a bearing. The Easiest way to mount the lever to your press you should grab the bottom of the press with your left and push down (raising the ram) so then you can spin the ergo lever onto your press. Then tighten down the nut to keep the lever nice and secure and you are good to press. Now that she is installed it’s time to put everything to work! Keep your eyes peeled for my next article reviewing practical application of all these new components. Click here to like FireSpeed Tactical on Facebook so you can see updates on when new articles are posted. Click the Like button below to share this article on your...
Read MoreBreaking & Fixing the Hornady Lock N Load AP
Posted by rick cancino on Aug 21, 2012 in Reloading, Uncategorized | 0 comments
I figured I have successfully broken and fixed the press enough times I should share the tips I have come up with along the way. The first thing I have broken like many other reloaders is one of the two indexing awls at the bottom of the press. This occurs commonly while inserting a primer in a case that still has a primer crimp inserted and the user then pushes on the lever too hard and snaps the awl. (the picture shows both awls intact) To avoid simply pay close attention to your brass and make sure no crimped brass makes it past you. The indexing awls are what advance the shell plate to each station on the press. If one of them breaks that is why the press will only advance half way. I called up hornady’s customer care phone line (1-800-338-3220) and told them about my shell plate not advancing with each stroke and they were kind enough to send me a new awl to replace the broken one. Also, be sure to keep your awls properly lubed. Breaking off the wheel for the primer slide assembly. This occurs when you get something stuck under the primer seater and it locks in the “UP” position and that prevents the slide from sliding rearward and the wheel then breaks off. It’s also good to sand all the sharp edges of the primer slider tray with some sandpaper to smooth it out. Then I used Froglube paste to keep her running smooth while actuating. I removed the primer fill tube so you can see how the tray moves. (the bar was not secured while I was snapping the photos, normally the bar does not move) The case activated powder drop is a sleeved tube that slides up and down. Be sure to keep this lubricated. Of course with caution if you use the aerosol sprays such as Hornady’s One Shot lube spray so it does not collect at the bottom. As you can imagine I did use FrogLube Paste for this as well. Underneath the shellplate there are dimples for the shellplates bearings to stop in for each...
Read MoreMy New Reloading Railed Bench – Part 2
Posted by rick cancino on Aug 17, 2012 in Reloading, Uncategorized | 0 comments
Part 1 in the series of the Railed Reloading Bench Click the link above to see the first part of this saga I did with Eric. So now for step two we will then need the following. Components used in this stage: T-slot bolts (We used 1/4 20t screws) Knobs (We used 1/4 20t screw thru knobs) Nuts Tee Nuts Washers Lag bolts Additional piece of plywood as backing for the second rail Bolts to attach your tools to the phenolic sheet Blue painters tape Clamps Router Drill 1/2″, 3/8″ Drill bits Rulers Countersinking bit In this second piece we are going to finish up installing the second rail insert and mount the board to the bench. In these pics you can see the first channel routed out. Then we move the fence we made and rout out the second slot. In the shot below you can see how many steps it took for us to get to the 1″ depth we needed for the rails. The reason you use the router in steps is so the router does not have to fight thru the wood and you have more control and quality in the end. We tested the grooves to make sure the rails fit and then placed the work top. We then figured out how we were going to drill the spots for the T-Slot screws. We used Blue painters tape to make sure the wood was protected in case a flock of flamingos distracted us while drilling and we lost control of the drill (aka Awesome 36v Bosch drill). Here you can see the underside of the work bench. We put a sheet of plywood underneath to give the second rail additional support. Below is the front of the bench where the front rails T-slot screw will go thru and then get secured by a washer and a nut. I tested fitted a few T slot screws in the rail. Now onto the Phenolic Sheets. The phenolic is Extremely dense and we used new bits to cut thru the sheets. We made pilot holes and then used the 1/2″ bit even tho the T-slot screw is 1/4″ for an...
Read MoreDe-Loading Ammo
Posted by Lonely Raven on Aug 16, 2012 in Reloading, Uncategorized | 0 comments
Please excuse the camera phone photo, I’ve grounded myself from the Nikon till I finish writing this up. Imagine 100, perfect little bits of brass, powder, and lead. All the same length, weight, headstamp, and powder load. As perfect as a progressive press could possibly get them..except for one thing, I was a dumb-ass and read the wrong reloading data and greatly underloaded all 100 rounds. It took me two hours to carefully disassemble these 100 rounds to the base components. This was plenty of time for me to kick my own butt for reading the wrong line of the reloading data. Please, learn from my mistake, and always double check your data. I got off easy… Click here to like FireSpeed Tactical on Facebook so you can see updates on when new articles are posted. Click the Like button below to share this article on your...
Read MoreMy New Reloading Railed Bench – Part 1
Posted by rick cancino on Aug 10, 2012 in Articles, Reloading | 0 comments
Our goal with this next bench was to make it strong so I can press rounds like its nobodies business. Be able to move the tools left to right to make room for other projects. And my favorite part, be able to trade tools with my fellow reloaders. We are building the railed workbench to have matching specs to Bills and Eric’s Benches.
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