Take a look a Clicksprings videos if you seriously think the 7x14 isnt capable of precision work. Only non machinists would claim it isnt. The 7x14 (wherever you buy it from) is quite capable, and is as precise as YOU are. Funny video....but c'mon guys.
lol me too...when he said "High precision lathe" and went to harbor freight... I was like ok buddy but hey I'll keep watching..... But then...when he said use a 3 jaw because they're more accurate than a 4 Jaw....when any of the best 3 jaws will inherently have .003" IR....Ok this guy may have a couple lathes but doesn't know much about machining. THEN....when he cranked down on the bullet...with two hands distorting the jacket obviously....instead of using a collet chuck....I was like.....Ummmm What THE? And all the time knowing a projectile at supersonic will have air seperation at the base and the base profile only matters upon the subsonic transition phase....I was like Ok I gotta keep watching to see this guys BS claim on a 1000 yd group. 5/8" But even then....my engineering mind was still trying to figure out the reason for the obvious results since we all try different things to Eek that extra .001" out of our groups. Bore lapping, bullet coating, muzzle crowns, blah blah. BOOOM freakin got me....April Fools. Very well done.
I love this. As a full time machinist and a machine shop at home. HF HIGH precision lathe ??, 3 jaw chuck with no jaws ??, crank down with both hands ??. I would imagine within the first few minutes people were ready to rush out to HF and spend money. On a serious note, Sierra designed their precision bullets with a small hole in the nose and boat tail. A small hole/cavity at the base. MM...maybe Erik has stumbled onto a top tier super secret, known to only those at the highest level, revealed to them by visitors from planet X0. A T-Shirt would be nice.
I like to drill mine completely through. It lowers the weight so the projectile falls slower (better for long range) and the tube shape helps it stabilize in the air.
I wanted more precision than your lathe provided so I chose and Harbor Freight 3/8" drill with a hand chuck. It was a 3 jaw too so I figured it would be really good. My rubber palm gardening gloves held onto the spade bit really well when I gouged the base of the bullets out.
I really knew something was up when you sd the three jaw is the most precise there is. I am watching you do this and I'm thinking how in the crap does that make a difference. You had me all the way to the end Good one!
@John Beige YOU NEED A COLLET FOR THAT JOB ON A GOOD QUALITY LATHE BUT ON A PRECISION MAC-IT WOULD GIVE GOOD RESULTS THEN WEIGH AND NOT GET THEM OUT OF ROUNDNESS OR DEFORM .MAKE THEM FROM SOLID STOCK AND USE A CNC THREDING MAC WITH COLLET --MAKES A DAM GOOD BULLET IF YOU SET IT UP RIGHT THE HOLE WILL STABLES THE ROUND--- A DAM GOOD MACHINEST CAN MAKE A DAM BABY HELLO--NOW THAT A DAM GOOD MACHINEST THOUGH
I'm surprised that you didn't tell us about powder grain reshaping tools. Those things are amazing. I'm glad that your mentioned "deform to perform" though. You're very generous with info.
Totally had me until the end when you mentioned it. LOL I should've known when you started off by saying the HB lathe was a high precision lathe, then talking about how a four jaw chuck wasn't as good as a three jaw. Finally, I kept thinking about how the yellow dots covered the holes, thinking he could've just put dots on the target, but your reputation kept me from questioning it. GOOD ONE!
This actually makes a perfect seal against the rifling during powder explosion 🤔 thus aligning the projectile in a very defined concentricity while jumping even into an eroded barrel 😳
Couldn't wait till the end of the video to try this it worked great All my one shot groups out of my 6.5 creedmoor measured 264 best consistency I've ever had
That was good. When you started to crank down on the 3 jaw, I was losing you there (3 jaws marking the bullets? hahahha). Then the 3/4" dots over the target, ya, sure, all bs. The ending is the best. That was too cool, great sense of humor.
I found if I do this process Erik shared plus I shoot a perfect 0.51875" group, at 1k yards even if move my reticle I still end up with a 200-20X score. It's like impossible to miss!! Neck sizing was the other key, and using battery acid to clean my grooves. That was prob the hardest part, only getting the acid on the groove portion.
Any machinist know it was a joke when he said a 3 jaw is better then a 4 jaw. And yes i can see guys now drilling their bullet out and thinking they will be shooting as good as Eric lmao.
I’m calling B.S. on the three jaw. They come with the lathe because they are cheaper to make. For precision applications use a six jaw or a collet. Four jaw chucks are used for awkward to hold parts. Yes you can get precision out of them if you want to take the time and indicate them every which way from Sunday.
You had me til you showed the HFT lathe...at that point I figured out where this was headed lol. For some reason it did not occur to me that it's 4/1. Nicely done Erik.
Great video Erik!!!! This process in not new to me. I do this process on all my little Chinese harbor freight lathe also. I find you don’t have to tighten the chuck as you recommend. I use my favorite two jaw chuck as it produces two beautiful longitudinal grease grooves which I suspect stabilizes the bullet in the air. My go to rifle for 1,000 shooting is my 1892 25-20 Winchester carbine. After many hours of testing my load of 14.3gr. of H110 and my 65gr. Cast lead bullet, and my Remington bench rest small pistol primer plus center drilling the bullet like you recommend my groups aren’t quite as small as yours. I can consistently achieve 5” groups. Before modifying the base of the bullet my holdover was about 42 feet, and now it has been reduced to 38 feet, + or - a foot. Hope everyone sees your secret method and is successful like you and me!!! Thanks again for your super great video!!!!
Last one of your videos that I am going to watch. You suckered me in so bad on this one that I was writing you to find out why the difference in weight wouldn't make a huge difference on where the bullet landed at a thousand yards and you do this to me!
You should work around the chuck and tighten each jaw screw equally. You should also turn the jaws before clamping the bullet, to minimize concentricity and runout.
Oh man you really had me Erik dang you should have seen what I was really going to write for a comment. Good one Erik stay safe God bless and have a great Easter weekend...
I did some experiments with annealed cases and regular new brass cases (223) , and during full sizing , the annealed cases were harder to work with , eventho I had a hard cam over , had to size each case twice or even 3 times to get correct chamber length. Separating diffrent brand cases is very impormant ! Do not size as bulk ! or chamber length will vary according to brand 2.5 to 3 thousands 😮 if my shells seem way long? I put scotch tape on my shell holder to gain .001 or even .0015
Well Eric, you had me going there for a minute. Turning a 1/4 MOA group into a 2/3 MOA group just by machining the freedom seed bases. I think you are employing psy-ops on your competition. So that you always win. I am a new subscriber and I am thoroughly enjoying your little pearls of wisdom that you are providing to us all. Congrats on your victory in South Africa P. S. Anyone who follows your April Fool's info deserves to lose.
Holy Crap! You're the barndominium guy! You shoot too? Heck even more of a reason to get a quote from you when I get ready to build. You have some great barndo's.
By the way, I wonder what those Bullets really did. It would be interesting. I remember you concrete slab April Fools joke. You are real good at keeping a straight face.
Actually here's the funny thing. Americans are years behind. The Italians have a patent on what he's joking about and has been used successfully. So to answer your question, you have to do it with longer bullets but it does perform and theres several tricks to add to what has done. Just it's not financially acceptable for production use.
LOLS... esp the "precision" lathe, then a 3 jaw over a dialed in 4 jaw is the most precise, just drill it to the chamfer, but the best one was I "deform to perform"..... then the added "no evidence of shots, a perfect center, nra 1000yd target to determine the range, patch measuring, then close enough and allow for a bit for error.... stop! it was just too much, LOLS.... GOLD my man.... Thanks for the laugh, I needed it today ;-)
Bruh. The people that watch this in a few months from now, and don't check the date it was published, is going to be hilarious. But in all seriousness, I was genuinely curious to see how these shoot... Once the gas entered that simple, it would probably blow the skirts out lol
I just watched this 10/24/22 I'm thinking to myself the whole time, WTF? You gotta be kidding me. What about concentric balance, what about the weight of the five projectiles, what about the CG, ect...Then near the end I'm like this guy has the driest sense of humor and is just F'ing with people. Good job!
Lol, you got me good. I watched nearly the entire video then paused and came down to the comment section, I'm thinking... he cant't be serious! Someone has to call him out on the Harbor Freight lathe, deforming the bullet with the chuck jaws, drilling out the rear.. I mean everything is flawed! Then I saw all of the April fools comments... then I finished watching the video til the end. Lol, well played sir.
Very funny Eric, but now can we all bow our heads for the poor little freedom seeds that tragically lost their chance to fulfill their destiny and hit the X ring 😢🙏
Assuming bullet get rear presure and swells rear part of the bullet to expand a tight fit in the barrel as flys out to the end of barrel forming a prefect fit. Would be wise to set up gel block to caught bullet to see how it formed at that distance. Very interesting and even more interesting to see what the bullet looks like after being shot. Kiitos to you dude
I get wonderful results by putting a 30-06 crimped very solid down on the shoulder using a 708 die, it holds the bullet very tight though there are some wrinkles but man that thing shoots groups all day long. Of course the groups or just horrid pressure signs are in sane, but hey it's all in accuracy!
Catching up here as I just found your channel the other day and decided to start at the beginning. As soon as you said the 3-jaw is the most accurate I figured something was up.... then noticed the date :)
This has to be wrong on so many fronts: harbor freight central machinery for a precision lathe; 3-jaw chuck being more accurate than a 4-jaw chuck; really tightening hard on a soft lead/brass projectile (“using both hands” I am surprised it didn’t squirt out of the vise); deforming the projectile case. Pretty funny!
I will be honest, you got me for a few minutes !! I was thinking maybe the rear of the bullet will fly differently if there is a void, but then I thought, wouldn't the bullet manufactures know this, Eric isn't that smart :)
I have a recommendation that you may want to try . Use soft jaws bored to the outer diameter of the bullet . This will ensure the hole is concentric and the geometric tolerance is correct .
I'm only now seeing this more than three years too late but the first WTF I had was when you said the stamp was the key then said it needs a dimple. The stamp is not shaped like a dimple what so ever. BUT I was thinking "ah, maybe a dimple would work like the dimples on a golf ball. Then you said HF precision lathe & I knew for sure something was up.
just tried your ectuner brake today just to see how good brake was still developing load. but wow brake works great and it looks sexy on my rifle. I mean thats all i care about. But honestly its a nice break I am very pleased with is so far
I respect Erik's advice and was slow at shifting into, "He he isn't serious is he, Harbor Freight may sell serviceable tools but?" Now I always check the date first.
You had me right up to “harbor freight and precision”
Hey, the harbor freight lathe had precision written right on it.
@@rustynut1967
Exactly! 😁
yeah "harbor freight" and "precision" are oxymorons for sure
Take a look a Clicksprings videos if you seriously think the 7x14 isnt capable of precision work. Only non machinists would claim it isnt. The 7x14 (wherever you buy it from) is quite capable, and is as precise as YOU are. Funny video....but c'mon guys.
lol me too...when he said "High precision lathe" and went to harbor freight... I was like ok buddy but hey I'll keep watching.....
But then...when he said use a 3 jaw because they're more accurate than a 4 Jaw....when any of the best 3 jaws will inherently have .003" IR....Ok this guy may have a couple lathes but doesn't know much about machining.
THEN....when he cranked down on the bullet...with two hands distorting the jacket obviously....instead of using a collet chuck....I was like.....Ummmm What THE?
And all the time knowing a projectile at supersonic will have air seperation at the base and the base profile only matters upon the subsonic transition phase....I was like Ok I gotta keep watching to see this guys BS claim on a 1000 yd group.
5/8"
But even then....my engineering mind was still trying to figure out the reason for the obvious results since we all try different things to Eek that extra .001" out of our groups. Bore lapping, bullet coating, muzzle crowns, blah blah.
BOOOM freakin got me....April Fools.
Very well done.
I love this. As a full time machinist and a machine shop at home. HF HIGH precision lathe ??, 3 jaw chuck with no jaws ??, crank down with both hands ??. I would imagine within the first few minutes people were ready to rush out to HF and spend money. On a serious note, Sierra designed their precision bullets with a small hole in the nose and boat tail. A small hole/cavity at the base. MM...maybe Erik has stumbled onto a top tier super secret, known to only those at the highest level, revealed to them by visitors from planet X0. A T-Shirt would be nice.
He never heard of a collet chuck. Machinable any size you want and it will run perfectly concentric.
I was sceptical when you said Harbor Freight "Precision," but when you cranked down on that 3 jaw chuck, I remembered what day it was. Very funny!
I'm watching a 2 years later not on April Fools. It reminds me of the concrete video and how good he is at satire
I like to drill mine completely through. It lowers the weight so the projectile falls slower (better for long range) and the tube shape helps it stabilize in the air.
They make a cool whistling sound too
@@fentonpainter7907 You are a man of understanding and refinement.
I wanted more precision than your lathe provided so I chose and Harbor Freight 3/8" drill with a hand chuck. It was a 3 jaw too so I figured it would be really good. My rubber palm gardening gloves held onto the spade bit really well when I gouged the base of the bullets out.
Hey buddy 👋 this trick was used in 1942 with German snipers on the 7x57 cartridges 😮
I wonder how many people aren’t gonna watch this to the end, or just not figure it out, and start drilling a bunch of bullets... 😂
after last years concrete video I was waiting for this
I was all in until he stated "Deform to perform"! LOL
I was like WTF, but then i did remeber that it is the April first :D
The first clue it was a joke is when you said to use a precision lathe like the one from harbor freight
@@zerocool46 I have to admit, I was scratching my head on the Harbor Freight lathe as well, but I still took the bait.
Nice one Eric. Easily up there with Daniels "weigh your primers"
and Hornadys bullet cam.
This is gold. I literally laughed out loud at 4am... woke people up. The bullet in the 3 jaw. OMG
I really knew something was up when you sd the three jaw is the most precise there is. I am watching you do this and I'm thinking how in the crap does that make a difference. You had me all the way to the end Good one!
Now I have the perfect excuse to tell my wife why I need to buy a lathe. Thanks Erik!!! 🤣
Harbor Freight "Precision." 🤣🤣
@@J-1911
Quality tools.
Or even a long range rifle set up...
@John Beige YOU NEED A COLLET FOR THAT JOB ON A GOOD QUALITY LATHE BUT ON A PRECISION MAC-IT WOULD GIVE GOOD RESULTS THEN WEIGH AND NOT GET THEM OUT OF ROUNDNESS OR DEFORM .MAKE THEM FROM SOLID STOCK AND USE A CNC THREDING MAC WITH COLLET --MAKES A DAM GOOD BULLET IF YOU SET IT UP RIGHT THE HOLE WILL STABLES THE ROUND--- A DAM GOOD MACHINEST CAN MAKE A DAM BABY HELLO--NOW THAT A DAM GOOD MACHINEST THOUGH
I can only imagine how many calls are going out to precision Mathew’s..They are probably thinking it’s April fools
I'm surprised that you didn't tell us about powder grain reshaping tools. Those things are amazing. I'm glad that your mentioned "deform to perform" though. You're very generous with info.
You got me...Hook, Line, Sinker, and Bobber. Glad I watched till the end. LOL
Me too!
You have got to make a “Deform to Perform” t-shirt.!
Oh dang....laughing hard!!!
Wow that was insane Eric most people would have kept that to themselves my hats off to you sir for sharing that 🍻SKOL
Totally had me until the end when you mentioned it. LOL I should've known when you started off by saying the HB lathe was a high precision lathe, then talking about how a four jaw chuck wasn't as good as a three jaw. Finally, I kept thinking about how the yellow dots covered the holes, thinking he could've just put dots on the target, but your reputation kept me from questioning it. GOOD ONE!
This actually makes a perfect seal against the rifling during powder explosion 🤔 thus aligning the projectile in a very defined concentricity while jumping even into an eroded barrel 😳
Think mini-ball.
"Deform to preform."
My motto is
"IT DOES WHAT IT'S TOLD!"
You got me Eric, real good, I thought something was weird when you said Harbor Freight lathe but I was still buying it all the way to the end!
LOL Best April Fools joke I've ever seen!!
This one almost topped the Hornady Bullet Cam joke a few years back.🤣🤣👍 Nice one Eric, 🤭
That Hornady video was awesome!
Couldn't wait till the end of the video to try this it worked great All my one shot groups out of my 6.5 creedmoor measured 264 best consistency I've ever had
You were busted with the three jaw accuracy comment.lol Great laugh.
That’s when I was like wtf is he on about and came to the comments to realize it’s April 1st. Now I gotta go watch the rest of video
I’m glad I hung around long enough to hear you say “April fools”. I thought I had watched your last video for good. lol!
That was good. When you started to crank down on the 3 jaw, I was losing you there (3 jaws marking the bullets? hahahha). Then the 3/4" dots over the target, ya, sure, all bs. The ending is the best. That was too cool, great sense of humor.
Just ordered a TSUGAMI B0265-II Swiss lathe. Can't wait to test this out myself. Thanks Eric
Thanks for sharing your secret, I am going to try this along with neck sizing, going for a half inch group.
I found if I do this process Erik shared plus I shoot a perfect 0.51875" group, at 1k yards even if move my reticle I still end up with a 200-20X score. It's like impossible to miss!! Neck sizing was the other key, and using battery acid to clean my grooves. That was prob the hardest part, only getting the acid on the groove portion.
I loved The "precision lathe" with a 3 jaw chuck bit.
I figured out it was an April fools thing with the 3 jaw being better than the 4 jaw.
I was thinking the same thing - what about a collett chuck?! And precision Harbor Freight! Haha!😜
Any machinist know it was a joke when he said a 3 jaw is better then a 4 jaw. And yes i can see guys now drilling their bullet out and thinking they will be shooting as good as Eric lmao.
I’m calling B.S. on the three jaw. They come with the lathe because they are cheaper to make. For precision applications use a six jaw or a collet. Four jaw chucks are used for awkward to hold parts. Yes you can get precision out of them if you want to take the time and indicate them every which way from Sunday.
JUST SAVE ON SET UP TIME AND ----O
@@stevelessard6216 JUST GET A CNC THREDER MACHINE [PRECISION-ONE THEY MAKE GOOD BULLETS FROM SOLID STOCK
You had me til you showed the HFT lathe...at that point I figured out where this was headed lol. For some reason it did not occur to me that it's 4/1. Nicely done Erik.
Thought it was to good to be true. Even Eric wouldn’t give away THAT kind of secret.
Great video Erik!!!! This process in not new to me. I do this process on all my little Chinese harbor freight lathe also. I find you don’t have to tighten the chuck as you recommend. I use my favorite two jaw chuck as it produces two beautiful longitudinal grease grooves which I suspect stabilizes the bullet in the air. My go to rifle for 1,000 shooting is my 1892 25-20 Winchester carbine. After many hours of testing my load of 14.3gr. of H110 and my 65gr. Cast lead bullet, and my Remington bench rest small pistol primer plus center drilling the bullet like you recommend my groups aren’t quite as small as yours. I can consistently achieve 5” groups. Before modifying the base of the bullet my holdover was about 42 feet, and now it has been reduced to 38 feet, + or - a foot. Hope everyone sees your secret method and is successful like you and me!!! Thanks again for your super great video!!!!
Man next year, Erik's gonna show us how to curve bullets midflight like in the movie Wanted. 🤣
You can actually cure bullets mid air
dude don't get my hopes up. haha
Last one of your videos that I am going to watch. You suckered me in so bad on this one that I was writing you to find out why the difference in weight wouldn't make a huge difference on where the bullet landed at a thousand yards and you do this to me!
😂
Sorry. 🙈
I knew this was an April fools joke the second you considered your Harbor Freight lathe a precision instrument... Thanks Erik! Had a good laugh
You had me for the first few seconds. You really are sick. Love it! Favorite line: Deform to perform. Lol!
you had me going for a bit LoL.. I almost went and drilled out some bullets 😂
😂
You should work around the chuck and tighten each jaw screw equally. You should also turn the jaws before clamping the bullet, to minimize concentricity and runout.
LOL!
So much wrong with this lol.
When he measured the stickers....not the holes?
I knew something was SURELY up lol!
well played Mr Cortina! :)
Damn, you figured out my secret and put it on the internet. I have been using the "deform to perform" method for decades. Doggone your hide!
"Key word right there"
*"Precision"*
Ha! Thanks for the laugh Erik
Oh man you really had me Erik dang you should have seen what I was really going to write for a comment.
Good one Erik stay safe God bless and have a great Easter weekend...
Oh My Goodness, more magic self leveling powder!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I did some experiments with annealed cases and regular new brass cases (223) , and during full sizing , the annealed cases were harder to work with , eventho I had a hard cam over , had to size each case twice or even 3 times to get correct chamber length.
Separating diffrent brand cases is very impormant ! Do not size as bulk ! or chamber length will vary according to brand 2.5 to 3 thousands 😮 if my shells seem way long? I put scotch tape on my shell holder to gain .001 or even .0015
Lmao,, I’m looking for my waders now,, the crap is getting deep. “The key to success.. is precisely that!”
Yeah, chest high waders ...
Well Eric, you had me going there for a minute. Turning a 1/4 MOA group into a 2/3 MOA group just by machining the freedom seed bases. I think you are employing psy-ops on your competition. So that you always win. I am a new subscriber and I am thoroughly enjoying your little pearls of wisdom that you are providing to us all. Congrats on your victory in South Africa
P. S. Anyone who follows your April Fool's info deserves to lose.
"First you need a high precision lathe...."
**Shows Harbor Freight lathe.***
No seriously man how did you do it.
But it says "precision" ...
@@LeverPhile
Checks out.
hahahahaha - hooked me are reeled me in - good one....right up to the very end...good job and excellent delivery.
Harbor Freight "Precision" :D
Holy Crap! You're the barndominium guy! You shoot too? Heck even more of a reason to get a quote from you when I get ready to build. You have some great barndo's.
By the way, I wonder what those Bullets really did. It would be interesting.
I remember you concrete slab April Fools joke. You are real good at keeping a straight face.
I think he backed off of this one because of that concrete slab joke. A TON of people were mad at him for months after that.
Thanks for sharing your secret, I am going to try this along with neck sizing, going for a half inch group.
Actually here's the funny thing. Americans are years behind. The Italians have a patent on what he's joking about and has been used successfully. So to answer your question, you have to do it with longer bullets but it does perform and theres several tricks to add to what has done. Just it's not financially acceptable for production use.
you almost got me, but when I looked at the date 3/4 way through the video I began to wonder.
Very Very well done
I forgot what day it was for about, the first 30 seconds and man was I confused.
LOLS... esp the "precision" lathe, then a 3 jaw over a dialed in 4 jaw is the most precise, just drill it to the chamfer, but the best one was I "deform to perform"..... then the added "no evidence of shots, a perfect center, nra 1000yd target to determine the range, patch measuring, then close enough and allow for a bit for error.... stop! it was just too much, LOLS.... GOLD my man.... Thanks for the laugh, I needed it today ;-)
Bruh. The people that watch this in a few months from now, and don't check the date it was published, is going to be hilarious.
But in all seriousness, I was genuinely curious to see how these shoot...
Once the gas entered that simple, it would probably blow the skirts out lol
You got me. I watched this on April 6th and was taking notes and thinking of ways to use my CNC machine to crank out lots of modified bullets.. (-:
Reaming us all a new ballistic A-hole for April Fools Day, Eric?
I just watched this 10/24/22 I'm thinking to myself the whole time, WTF? You gotta be kidding me. What about concentric balance, what about the weight of the five projectiles, what about the CG, ect...Then near the end I'm like this guy has the driest sense of humor and is just F'ing with people. Good job!
The words Harbor freight and precision don’t seem to go together.
I refer to them as "Hobo Freight".
Lol, you got me good. I watched nearly the entire video then paused and came down to the comment section, I'm thinking... he cant't be serious! Someone has to call him out on the Harbor Freight lathe, deforming the bullet with the chuck jaws, drilling out the rear.. I mean everything is flawed! Then I saw all of the April fools comments... then I finished watching the video til the end. Lol, well played sir.
😂
Ah yes. The "Hollow Back" phenomena was only recently declassified due to its use in those stealth torpedoes that can carry a pair of Navy Rangers.
Excellent 2 for 2, keep them coming.
Very funny Eric, but now can we all bow our heads for the poor little freedom seeds that tragically lost their chance to fulfill their destiny and hit the X ring 😢🙏
Damn you sold that one! I was online looking for scenars while listening to your video.
I almost couldn't take it, then I heard the motto "deform to perform" and I couldn't stop laughing
Erik. Just admiring the pool table gun rack. Send em straight send em fast. Thanks for the vids.
Almost like a reverse hollow point. This has to be an April fool’s, and then I made it to the end.
Assuming bullet get rear presure and swells rear part of the bullet to expand a tight fit in the barrel as flys out to the end of barrel forming a prefect fit. Would be wise to set up gel block to caught bullet to see how it formed at that distance. Very interesting and even more interesting to see what the bullet looks like after being shot. Kiitos to you dude
Happy April fool's day
@01:32 - I laughed out loud when you said "This is what I use; I use my harbor freight ..." I had a feeling you were not being serious.
Great content. Most would not share this. Thanks for sharing
You had me for a minute...
That's a good one!!!
Cheers
I get wonderful results by putting a 30-06 crimped very solid down on the shoulder using a 708 die, it holds the bullet very tight though there are some wrinkles but man that thing shoots groups all day long. Of course the groups or just horrid pressure signs are in sane, but hey it's all in accuracy!
Eric...you are soooo Baaaadddd !!!!! . I would like to know how many people went out and bought a #4 Center drill.
Catching up here as I just found your channel the other day and decided to start at the beginning. As soon as you said the 3-jaw is the most accurate I figured something was up.... then noticed the date :)
This has to be wrong on so many fronts: harbor freight central machinery for a precision lathe; 3-jaw chuck being more accurate than a 4-jaw chuck; really tightening hard on a soft lead/brass projectile (“using both hands” I am surprised it didn’t squirt out of the vise); deforming the projectile case. Pretty funny!
I will be honest, you got me for a few minutes !! I was thinking maybe the rear of the bullet will fly differently if there is a void, but then I thought, wouldn't the bullet manufactures know this, Eric isn't that smart :)
Welcome to April 1! :-) And I've only just started watching but I have an idea as to how this turns out. 🤣
I have a recommendation that you may want to try . Use soft jaws bored to the outer diameter of the bullet . This will ensure the hole is concentric and the geometric tolerance is correct .
I remember his concrete pad joke. I saw that twinkle in his eye and knew it was going to be good. Way to go EC!
😂
If I didn't see the date this video was uploaded, I would have left an ass-blistering reply.
Well done, buddy!
Well, that's twice you got me now ! , should have watched your concrete slab video till the end before i poured my back patio :)
Had me going. I was remembering reading how hollow base works better with something, don't recall what it is.
By the way 🤫 will there be Some Erik Cortina's shot targets either at an Auction House someday soon?
I really love your April 1st posts
I was shaking my head all the way through 😁.
I'm only now seeing this more than three years too late but the first WTF I had was when you said the stamp was the key then said it needs a dimple. The stamp is not shaped like a dimple what so ever. BUT I was thinking "ah, maybe a dimple would work like the dimples on a golf ball. Then you said HF precision lathe & I knew for sure something was up.
Eric: How could you do this to all of us who hang on your every word? It nice to see that you have a sense of humor. All the best. J.
😂
The Target Does Not LIE!!! And he laughs as he says it ;-D
You got me all the way to the end! It's August, dang it...
Actually, something like this might work for Carcanos; using the right Bullet, to expand the .264" bullet into the ~ 268" Grooves.
LOL, well had me for a little bit. This was not unlike any other video. I feel like an idiot now, I'm still chuckling.
That’s awesome, I can hear all the precision harbor freight lathes firing up now. Lol
Concrete, job dumpsters and now 1 1/4 1000 yard groups. I may never trust another word you say! :D
LOL LOL LOL LOL! You have a great "straight face" dude. The EC Rebated Seeds.
This stuff is golden.
Finally looked at the date. Good One
Man I took the hook the line the sinker and the whole rod with this.
just tried your ectuner brake today just to see how good brake was still developing load. but wow brake works great and it looks sexy on my rifle. I mean thats all i care about. But honestly its a nice break I am very pleased with is so far
Thank you.
I respect Erik's advice and was slow at shifting into, "He he isn't serious is he, Harbor Freight may sell serviceable tools but?" Now I always check the date first.