A Few Long Guns

.22 Custom

.22 Single Shot Target

45 Long Colt

357 / 38 Special 

12 Gauge

A Few Hand Guns

45 ACP.... Customized for Bullseye Target

.22 Custom Target.

9mm Custom Competition Set-Up

9mm Custom Competition Set-Up

357 Sig.  Open Sights, Custom Set-Up

.22 Target Slab Side Bull Barrel

.22 Custom Set-Up38 Special Open Sights CustomBull Barrel Set-Up

.22 Customized Target Set-Up 6 shot Stainless Steel

9mm 1911 Commander 

45 ACP Combat Commander

45 Long Colt

Custom Target Grips

I have a few Target Pistols & Rifles with superb custom grips / stocks. These have all seen long service and delivered first rate results with plenty of enjoyable years ahead.

S&W Stainless 22LR, 6 shot.

Benelli 22LR, 9 shot.

Custom Springfield 1911, 45ACP

Anschutz 22LR, single shot.

Full Custom Ruger 1022..

Found among the books

During an extensive bookshelves cleaning and clearing I found this among various catalogues. This is a few years old.

A Randall Fung catalogue for Custom Grips, made in the US of A

Happy to report progress and there is his web site: http://www.funggrip.com/

Temporary Re-Labeling Ammo Cans … Done

Improved labeling completed. It will be easy to Re-Label / Over Label when required.  Minor change from the Small Can prototype label .. I used a 3.5” x 2.5” label for the nine remaining cans.

22 Cans .. 44 Labels, for hand-gun ammo and Cowboy Action, lever action rifles.Twelve Large Cans . two spareTen of the Small Cans .. all full

Ammo-Box; Labeling hack that maybe of help to you

Plastic ammo boxes have a “Textured Surface” .. These vary, but use standard moulding techniques. This textured surface can be difficult to get standard labels to adhere, even after degreasing / cleaning the plastic surfaces.  I do prefer the newer plastic cans over the original metal cans.

Standard Avery labels just don’t stick, see below. … I have these on hand.I also have this Shurtape AF 100, UL 181A-P/B-FX Listed aluminum foil HVAC tape. Appling a section of AF 100 tape to the ammo box, an Avery label will adhere to the aluminum surface of the AF 100 tape. This is about an 85% solution, so for now problem solved, easy to replace when I acquire more VHB tape, 3M VHB Tape (Very High Bond) . Update mid-next week with new graphics labels for all the cans.

Labeling the ammo cans …. Update with purpose designed label stack-up using a material that will adhere to the plastic textured plastic ammo cans.

 

Made up sets of: 3 1/2” x 2” and 4” x 2” “Sub-Labels”, VHB tape with 2.06” wide white drywall tape. This shall act as generic box labels, ammo specific labels shall be applied to the white tape.

Ammo Boxes (Manly Tupperware)

Fourteen (14) large and 10 small ammo boxes. 22 are all loaded. Two additional boxes for SCUB equipment (orange) one for plumbing parts (purple).Two (2) for shop storage, plumbing and SCUBA supplies.

3,000 pcs Complete …. Update 11/13

Just finished up the last of the 3,000 pcs.  Awaiting arrival (Monday) of 10 ammo cans to augment storage.

So all 10 new ammo cans arrived .. all now full, ordered another 10

The last batch on this run of 3,000 9mm Luger

Last of the brass is loaded in the rotary feeder, bullet tray is full with last of the 125 gr 0.356” Flat Nose Copper Plated bullets.

Primers are loaded, primer pick-up tubes are full, all set for the final set.

Transport is arranged to carry the completed Ammo to storage:Hiroshige: Torii by the shore at Miya, circa 1850

Re-Sizing .. 0.357” to 0.356”

A simple process when a set sequence of steps are taken. 

A) Clean and Lubricate bullets.

B) Leave to air dry in prepared drying container.

C) Prep lubed bullet bin and separate re-sized bin (line with protective liner)

D) Process through re-sizing die/station. With help from #1 apprentice

E) Degrease and air dry bullets.

Now proceed and Re-Load as normal.

Ref pictures:

Approx. 43% through the reloading of 3,000 9mm

The build of: 1,000 115 grain Round Nose is compete.  Minor tweak's to the XL650 and all set for the 124 grain Flat Point bullets.  Set-up checked out, production is complete. Now on to Re-Sizing 125 grain 0.357” diameter Flat Point bullets to a nominal 0.356”, ideal for use in my 9mm Luger semi-autos.

After a short climb .. it’s tea time, a handy rest stop awaits on Mt. Utsu for dango (dumplings made of rice flour) and teaAttribution: Hiroshige, early 1840s

Afternoon Tea

A respite well deserved … re-loading 9mm continues.  All in all a productive day.