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  1. Lee won't take a Cerrosafe casting? I've done fireforming with 10 grains of fast powder, topped off with cornmeal, and sealed with paraffin (actually, I jammed the case mouth into an old bar of soap and "broke" it off). I've seen Unique, Red Dot, Bullseye, W231, and just about every fast burning powder as recommended. You're not building much pressure. I will note that case shoulders tend to be very rounded.
  2. Looks to me like a small parts holder for filing or grinding (the parts). Could be useful for final hand-fitting of smaller rifle parts.
  3. I like Gigabyte; they seem to last a while. I currently run an earlier version of this board: https://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-DDR3-Micro-Motherboard-GA-78LMT-USB3/dp/B079GRXBDJ?th=1 Foxxcon, ASRock, Asus, and MSI have worked well for me in the past. I'm not too fussy... My concerns are 4 RAM slots, a PCIe video card slot, reasonable RAM expandability (to at least 16 GB), SATA2 or greater, and NO INTEGRATED NVIDIA. AMD offers great graphics support to the open source community, and if no video card is to be added, integrated AMD is the way to go. I did add a video card, choosing an AMD R7 240-based version; it wasn't a "screamer", but it sipped power from the power supply. My sole considerations were to beat the integrated graphics as efficiently as possible, reduce memory consumption, and reduce the CPU load
  4. CH4D is a good company to work with. It's a good future reference. That trim/file die still might be needed, unless you ordered that.
  5. CH4D: https://www.ch4d.com/products/dies/groups Group E,. FL die set: $96.10. Trim die, $56.45.
  6. My current machine is an AM3/AM3+ MB with a Phenom II (dual core) and 16 GB of RAM. I'm very happy, and it does all I need it to. I'd recommend getting a MB with SATA 2; the SSD I have flies with that combo. For Fedora or Linux, only the "/boot" and "/" partitions need to be on the SSD; everything else can be on platter drives. You could get by with a 32 GB drive between the two.
  7. .303 British has the same base, or really close: https://forums.gunboards.com/showthreadphp?9661-RELOAD-Re-forming-303-brass-for-6-5x53R Heck even the 6.5x53R Wikipedia page says to reform from .303. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6.5×53mmR
  8. http://txmicro.com/desktop-parts/processors/ I've dealt with TX Micro.... Good service. 64-bit Core 2 Duos for under $10 is a good buy. Verify your MB FSB before you order anything.
  9. "The product in unaltered condition has a limited lifetime warranty for materials and workmanship. At our option, product will be repaired or replaced. This warranty covers the stock and is to the original purchaser. Finishes are warranted for one year." Maybe a call to B&C and some sweet talkin'?
  10. I appreciate your feedback, and I'll look into it. This is generally what I've found: https://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.php?t=1177 http://www.avsforum.com/forum/25-hdtv-technical/939550-can-i-combine-antennas.html Again, I'm partway done with my 180 degree project, and if everything works right I'll just need one antenna. My locale has no surviving VHF (OK, the one VHF PBS channel has a UHF counterpart), so I only need to worry about UHF.
  11. I've had it beat in my head that you can't do that; you'd need a rectifier for that. I could do it with an A/B switchbox, though. You can combine antennas on the same cable with a splitter, provided the antennas don't overlap on frequencies; a VHF-only and a UHF-only would be fine together. I'm in the process of building a GH0, element-only antenna. With no reflectors, I can get 180 degrees. It'll be a larger version of the flat wall antennas that are in vogue right now.
  12. Yagi antennas are very directional with a narrow beam width. Great for sources in a single direction. I have two banks of antennas 180 degrees apart. I'll need something different.
  13. Would love to see the solid rear bridge conversion.
  14. Which model? Did you "aim" it?
  15. Another interesting link: http://www.hdtvexpert.com/tag/walltenna/ For indoor and local, that old "rabbit-ears" bowtie works fairly-well. Many folks have them tucked-away. A friend had a couple. Took one and added a $1.28 "matching transformer" from Menards. An example of what I'm talking about here: https://www.amazon.com/RCA-VH54R-Matching-Transformer-VH54R/dp/B00005T3EY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499918393&sr=8-1&keywords=matching+transformer drilled a 1/4" hole in a scrap 2X4 and bough 1/4" wooden dowel stock. I think I have about $3 in a fully-functional indoor UHF antenna.
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