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Larry
And all of my buddies down in DC at the time thought I was nuts and needed to be committed when I bought a hundred boxes of Krag ammo back in 2005. I believe their words were "All you need is a couple of boxes and get some dies and powder and start reloading" or "You'll never shoot it all in this lifetime it'll just go to waste". There were a couple of the guys who thought it was way over the top but they said they would do the same if wasn't for the wife, kids, mortgage and so on. I kept telling them it ain't gonna get any cheaper.larrys wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:20 pm I was in a rather large gun store (for here in CT) yesterday and I spied Remington 30-40 Krag ammunition with 180gr round nose CoreLokt bullets on the shelf. Ten boxes. I stop by there once a month or so and hadn't seen it before. $57.99/box.New ammo run, looks like.
Larry
Rather a different Insurrection than the First Amendment protest in 2021. We couldn't do that today. Our matches have been devalued.butlersrangers wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:59 pm During the "Insurrection" in the Philippines, it was found that some Filipino combatants 'reloaded' the spent primers, in .43 Spanish brass.
They removed the primer cup and filled it with shaved match-head material.
I don't know if they bothered removing the 'dent' before filling and replacing the primer.
This could not have been conducive to good accuracy, but, it did ignite the 'homemade' black powder!
Resourceful people, those 'Amigos'.
I'm not shy to admit it. $14.91 (in yankee federal reserve notes) a box for all which includes the shipping and stuff. Thar's moola in that thar brass. Yellow gold. I gotta pee.. Ya'll come back now. Ya hear.
I can remember back in grade school making "Matchstick Rockets." We would fashion a paper clip to hold a match upright, Then, wrap a match head in foil (usually from chewing gum) and using a pin, create a nozzle at the bottom. Then, when lit, they would shoot up into the air to the delight of the teacher who rewarded us with a trip to the principle for a rousing rendition of the "I'm going to call your mother" blues! We also used "Strike Anywhere" matches in makeshift smoke/stink bombs that we made with out of a retractible ball-point pen and a bobby pin!butlersrangers wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:59 pm During the "Insurrection" in the Philippines, it was found that some Filipino combatants 'reloaded' the spent primers, in .43 Spanish brass.
They removed the primer cup and filled it with shaved match-head material.
I don't know if they bothered removing the 'dent' before filling and replacing the primer.
This could not have been conducive to good accuracy, but, it did ignite the 'homemade' black powder!
Resourceful people, those 'Amigos'.