TC

I’m afraid I just resorted to devcon 😊

Re reading your post you have obviously already realised you can unscrew the top component so this is likely redundant advice !

Something for you to try....

The threaded element that the die screws in to is itself threaded in to the cast body.  You could try backing it out to give the height you need then red loctite / epoxy in place 

I have done this to my Rockchucker to allow me to interchange dies between my bench and hand press without adjustment but I only needed about 5mm.  I don’t know what the max would be.

Tony

2 hours ago, John MH said:

Anyone know where I might get a S&B 56mm Objective adapter in the UK?

 

I’m just looking at a Charlie Tarac now John.  Why would you scope mount rather than picatinny?  Logic to me was picatinny for flexibility going forwards.  Is there a negative ?

Tony

It really was a great couple of days, well done to the organising team for making it fun and challenging!

Tony

I’ll be there, should be fun whatever the weather!

Tony

I’ll take this if still available please.

Tony

These are great scopes, I prefer mine to my S&B 5-25

If Gen2 Mildot  isn’t your thing German Sport Optics just quoted me €330 to fit the Minox MR4 reticle which brings it right up to date and makes this a bargain for someone !

https://www.cstactical.com/p/5490-Minox-ZP5-TAC-5-25x56-w/-MR4-Reticle.aspx

Have a bump on me !

Make sure your son appreciates the size of the watch he is looking at, you will find a lot of vintage watches in the 34-36mm range which is pretty small by current standards.

I bought my son a watch from his birth year for his 21st - newer than the 70s watch you mention above but still vintage by his measure and potentially more meaningful. Chrono24 lets you search by year and may throw up some ideas for you.

Tony

20 or so cooked ones in the fridge ready to shell now :-)

I leave them in clean water overnight then just drop them in to boiling water 5 or so at a time - 5 mins for the big ones 3 for the small.

The gap opening between the tail and the carapace is a good indicator they are cooked then drop them in to cold water to stop the cooking process or the hot shell will continue to cook the meat. The amount of tail meat does not seem to vary a huge amount between the large and small chaps but good meat in the claws of the monsters.

enjoy!

Tony

Great day, thanks Matt and a pleasure to meet everyone....

In one of the pics above I appear to have my head in my hands... nil point....limits, what limits

Cheers

Tony