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I just head a blurb on KFI that Hollywood Engineering had a fire today and the owner was hospitalized! I forget his name and have only met him once at a SHOT show but, I hope he is OK.
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As in the reloading press maker right?
I've been to his place a couple of times for stuff - but not in a while. I've seen him at Angeles Ranges a few times, very helpful, and he has a stage set up on his track tailgate to do reloading right off of it.
Hope he's alright. He's no spring chicken.-----------------------------------------------
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KM6WLVComment
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NEW STORY ON IT:
Main says the 86-year-old business owner was burned.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.-----------------------------------------------
Originally posted by LibrarianComment
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Did they ever see the information about ammo in a fire. Spray paint cans cause more damage than hot ammo.Comment
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Yea but being a Hollywood supplier I bet there was a metric ****ton of powder primers and other flash explosives. I would not want to be around that stuff.For Sale!!
Glock 44 .22lrComment
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The last time I was in his shop Joe had a ton of bridgeport machines and lot of specialty parts, dies, micrometers and other items from his catalog.
I did not see ammo or other such items.... but my last visit was in 1994 or 1995...
I do not think he makes the Hollywood press any longer... so maybe he had other supplies on hand....Rule 1- ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED
Rule 2 -NEVER LET THE MUZZLE COVER ANYTHING YOU ARE NOT PREPARED TO DESTROY (including your hands and legs)
Rule 3 -KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER UNTIL YOUR SIGHTS ARE ON THE TARGET
Rule 4 -BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET AND WHAT IS BEYOND IT
(thanks to Jeff Cooper)Comment
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The old hollywood gun shop -- press's, dies, swaging tools, and other reloading tooling was/is owned by Lyle Cocoran -
I was under the impression he had sold out --Comment
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Yeah, I know Joe the owner---been to the shop---seen him for years at various gun shows---nice guy---hope he recovers.Comment
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Update - Joe is recovering and when I met with him, only saw his forearms in bandages. He apparently lost everything in the fire. I can't give out any other information.With all this "gun control" talk, I've not heard one politician say how they plan on taking guns from criminals, just law abiding Citizens.
Originally posted by Nose NuggetsOriginally posted by pyromenschComment
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Bummer.
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That sucks. I hope he had good insurance.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using TapatalkOppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. -- James Madison
The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms. -- Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87 (Pearce and Hale, eds., Boston, 1850)Comment
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I can't imagine he lost "eveything" - I bet with much of the tooling and parts having been thick hardened steel or cast-iron, the fire would not have had much effect on those; yet, it's possible the fire-department let stuff burn and burn if they thought live ammo or powder was going off as was reported.
I hope he gets back on his feet; I have one of his older single-stage presses specific for .50BMG. One of the best-made presses - ever.-----------------------------------------------
Originally posted by LibrarianComment
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Fire makes steel brittle, especially when it gets rapidly cooled by fire hoses.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using TapatalkOppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. -- James Madison
The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms. -- Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87 (Pearce and Hale, eds., Boston, 1850)Comment
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With all this "gun control" talk, I've not heard one politician say how they plan on taking guns from criminals, just law abiding Citizens.
Originally posted by Nose NuggetsOriginally posted by pyromenschComment
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