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In a message dated 98-03-29 17:15:34 EST, you write:
<< Okay, Dean, tell us how it is done and I promise I won't post any
 more stories about rednecks and racoons. >>
You misunderstand, I love redneck and racoon stories, especially when the 
oon
wins. I just don't much care for cute jokes about drunks shooting firearms,
because it ain't cute. 
Precision manufacturing of pellets? I am planning an article on the Crosman
Premier pellet so watch for that in an upcoming issue of US Airgun. As for
Rudy's precision garage machinery. I have only a rough description. Rudy 
ever
patented this equipment and as far as I know never made any plans either. The
story as told to me is that he had a feeder machine that cut off a precision
amount of lead from a long coil and fed it through two contra-rotating plates
that he could adjust. 
The precision of the new Crosman pellets are largly the result of the same
idea. The pellet forming machines depend on a very precise measure of raw
material. This is why the .22 cal premier and .20 cal are the same weight. 
he
machine tooling cost is in the weight of the feed not the shape of the
product. The machines can produce virtually any shape as long as it is the 
ne
specific weight.
Now, keep them clean and sober coon vs redneck stories a coming.
dtf
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