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Post by hubcap52 on Dec 31, 2008 14:47:03 GMT -5
After struggling with trying to prime my Savage and then browsing the tips on this GREAT site, I came up with a variation on the theme that works well for me. It's now very easy to install primers even with gloves on. Get some 5/16" O.D. X 3/16" I.D. vinyl tubing (available at most hardware stores, Menards, Lowe's, etc.). Mine cost less than $3 for 10 feet of the stuff. Cut into about 1.5" sections and insert primers in both ends. Just put the lips of the primer in the bolt cavity and bend and pull on the tubing. Wala!!! You can put some sealant (fingernail polish or lacquer paint) on the ends of the primers to waterproof them. Here's some pix to help visualize the process. i80.photobucket.com/albums/j191/hubcap2/PC310060.jpgi80.photobucket.com/albums/j191/hubcap2/PC310065-1.jpg |
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Al
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Post by Al on Dec 31, 2008 14:49:25 GMT -5
nice idea.
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Post by rexxer on Dec 31, 2008 15:17:04 GMT -5
Nice!!!
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Post by bigmoose on Dec 31, 2008 15:23:39 GMT -5
Excellent, Thanks
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Post by dave d. on Dec 31, 2008 15:28:08 GMT -5
:)very nice hubcap.
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Post by KerryB on Dec 31, 2008 15:38:03 GMT -5
Outstanding! A guy could load up half a dozen and stick them in a waterproof film canister and be set for the long hunt! Thanks for the tip!
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Post by nitro101047 on Dec 31, 2008 16:30:00 GMT -5
I like it
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Post by farmallm51 on Dec 31, 2008 19:26:35 GMT -5
Found some in my "stuff", works like a charm! Thanks and Happy New Year
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Post by sagittarius on Dec 31, 2008 21:56:43 GMT -5
Excellent tip, thanks !  |
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Post by RAF on Dec 31, 2008 22:30:14 GMT -5
You seem to have more room in your rifle than I do. I must have mounted my scope lower.
I've been using vinyl tubing for quite some some. Only difference is that my pieces are longer and I drilled holes on the sides of the tubing near each end. Those holes are just slightly smaller than the primer. Primer fit snug. I can't take credit for the idea and saw it here years ago, but can't remember who came up with it.
Either system make it easier to prime the rifle with cold fingers.
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Post by chuck41 on Jan 1, 2009 2:24:52 GMT -5
. . . . . . . . . . Either system make it easier to prime the rifle with cold fingers. Sounds like a great solution, but I found a better way to solve the priming with cold fingers problem. Hunt in Arkansas where the temps are not that cold!! ;D |
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Post by bigmoose on Jan 1, 2009 7:55:33 GMT -5
chuck41,
Not fair.......Are you a member of the Chamber of Commerce. its warmer in South Florida, but I'm sure our hunting thats a back seat to you folks
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Post by petev on Jan 1, 2009 10:52:16 GMT -5
Great idea! Maybe one-half of that tube thing could be epoxied to a vial cap or speed loader cap.
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Post by chuck41 on Jan 1, 2009 10:53:54 GMT -5
chuck41, Not fair.......Are you a member of the Chamber of Commerce. its warmer in South Florida, but I'm sure our hunting thats a back seat to you folks Tried the hunting up in the Sierras in Calif years ago, then in Nebraska, and in Ohio. Decided warmer was better and permanently relocated. Here it gets just cold enough to keep the snakes in hiding most of the season, unlike S Florida.  Went out in 23* last week and thought I was gonna freeze, especially my feet. That is so rare during hunting season around here I didn't remember my muckalucks. If its too cold to take my fingers out of the glove long enough to put in a primer I will stay in and drink hot chocolate!! |
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Post by bigmoose on Jan 1, 2009 12:11:31 GMT -5
Chuck41,
That's good advice, except if you traveled 4 or 5 thousand miles to hunt, than weather is a non-issue, at least with me. Sitting a cold tent or cold hunting, easy answer, lets hunt.
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