Just a quick post wishing you all a happy 4th of July! I hope that you have a GREAT time with friends and family today, and I also hope that you can do some reloading, shooting, or BOTH!
Thanks,
Gavin
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Happy Independence Day!
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012Lock-N-Load AP Users: Powderfunnels.com Offers Universal Powder-Through Expander
Friday, January 13th, 2012
Hornady PTX Expander (left) and Powderfunnels.com Expander (right) - Image Coypright 2012 Ultimate Reloader
If you are a Hornady Lock-N-Load AP owner, you’ll want to know about a product that’s compatible with the Hornady Lock-N-Load powder measure. This product is a universal powder-through expander that is offered for sale by PowderFunnels.com. This product allows you to use all of the normal features of Hornady’s Lock-N-Load powder measure, including the “Quick Change Powder Through Expander Linkage” which I recently blogged about. What this product does is to allow the reloader to have more control over how much bell is applied to the case mouth, and to have one powder through expander that can be used for a variety of case mouth diameters.
I’ve been testing this product with 44 Magnum (as pictured above, along side a 45 caliber Hornady PTX expander), and it has been working well. I have not yet tried using it with Hornady’s bullet feeder, but my friend Steve Herndon has tested this combo (Powderfunnels.com funnel with Hornady bullet feeder) and it has worked well for him.
So, if you’re interested in the universal nature of this product, or want the ability to fine tune the belling diameter when not using a dedicated expander die, you should check out this product!
Thanks,
Gavin
Cool 1911 Animation – Learn how it works!
Monday, November 28th, 2011There are a lot of great resources available online related to firearms. During a detail strip of my 1911 pistol recently, I found this cool animation that shows how the 1911 pistol functions. The cool thing about it is that you can choose what parts of the pistol are visible, and even toggle some to be partially transparent. This kind of visualization is VERY helpful when learning about such a piece of machinery!
Animation by STI international on m1911.org showing internals of 1911 in action (click to see on m1911.org)
You can see this animation in action HERE at m1911.org. One of the interesting things to note when you watch it is how the link lowers/disengages the barrel *after* the bullet leaves the barrel. This is how you can have a very accurate semi-automatic pistol without a fixed barrel.
There you go- if a picture is worth a thousand words, what’s an animation worth? 
-Gavin
