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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 21:21:06 -0400
To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
From: Narced <sid.dive@ib*.ne*>
Subject: Re: P-valve installation hint.
Jim,

How the hell do you come up with this stuff?? Hahaha.. 

Safe Diving


At 13:20 27/07/1998 -0400, Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*> wrote:

>For those of you who shoot rifles or pistol, you can make a quick and 
>dirty punch by taking a suitable calibre shell (I think a 30 cal shell 
>will work for a P-valve) and sharpening the mouth of the casing using a 
>fine file or band sander. It is a single use tool as the brass collapses 
>the first time you hit it (Which means, students? Don't hold it with your 
>fingers).
>
>But if you put a good edge on the mouth of the case, put your fabric or 
>neoprene on a soild wood backing and give it a good whack, it will cut 
>anything softer than brass.
>
>For the idiots out there, you  want to use a *spent* cartridge who's 
>primer is dented, don't pull the bullet out of a case to use, for christ 
>sakes. And whatever you do, don't spend the bullet by holding the pointy 
>end up to your forehead and hitting the primer with a tack hammer.
>
>Some of you *might* get away with putting the bullet in one ear, hitting 
>it with said hammer, the bullet will then pass through empty space and 
>out the other ear. But make sure your superwings aren't in the line of 
>fire or you might puncture both bladders.
>
> Jim

Sid.Dive@Ib*.Ne*
Toronto, Canada

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