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That actually does nothing different than I accomplish with a plumber's torch, and holding a case upside down over the flame
with a pair of needle nose pliers...and I don't wait until it gets 'cherry red' nor burn my finger tips..
I just count normal to six, drop it in a polymer bowl I get when the wife buys KFC, to hold the slaw or mashed potatoes...
I load in batches of 10 or 20... and now anneal each reload..
hitting 40 plus reloads with plenty more to go... is no problem...
and instead of those spendy little green propane tanks.. I just have a 7 gallon one someone gave me...
put like $10 or so over 10 years ago in it and its still going just fine...
$10 would have gotten me like 4 of those little disposable tanks...those would have lasted me 3 to 4 months...
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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Campfire Ranger
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classic! i hold til fingers get warm, then let go. works like a champ. Same Technique. kwg
For liberals and anarchists, power and control is opium, selling envy is the fastest and easiest way to get it. TRR. American conservative. Never trust a white liberal. Malcom X Current NRA member.
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I have had the same trouble with the 64 grain power points. I blame it on the shape of the bullet, when you load them for an AR your seating them to deep and getting on the taper of the bullet. I have had good luck with accuracy but I always crimped heavy with a Lee collet die. I had to crimp mine too. I’ve used mine up, wont buy any more. I have approximately 5000 62 grain Bear Claws I’ve been hoarding for years. I’m gonna start using them, no use saving them.
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Yes I have them on my do not buy again list also.
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I shot a deer with these 64 grain power points using 24.5 grains of TAC. No exit and the recovered bullet weighed 51 grains. Still on my do not buy again list but I thought someone would like the information.
Last edited by MadDog4298; 11/21/20.
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I did confirm that these bullets were .223 instead of .224 but solved my issue with the Lee fcd, for some reason it worked better than my Dillon crimp die that came with my 223 die set. Did start annealing so I think that will help with these issues in the future but I am putting these on my do not buy list due to the issues .
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