BTSniper Custom Tools and Dies
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Valued customer,
BTSniper is pleased to offer top quality bullet swage products at afordable prices. I have spent years to design the very best dies that both the begining and advanced swager will be proud to own. They are of the best quality I can offer and incorperate designs to increase production rates as well as simplify the ease of their operation. Each die is made from quality 4140 steel and professionaly heat treated to a hardness of 49RC, than given a professional Black Nitride finish that case hardens the surface to over 60 RC.
I believe these dies to be the very best in their price range as well as the easiest to opperate. These exellent dies will allow you prodution rates faster then many others while still maintaining superior quality of the bullets they make.
I have everything to offer from the exellent, easy and very afforable 40 cal one step die to the technical and addvanced "free 22 cal bullets from 22lr brass" 4 die set.
There is no better time then now to learn to make your own bullets. All of my dies are designed for trouble free operation in any decent reloading press as well as the great RCE line of presses. All of my dies have the valuable advantage of making great bullets from easy to find scrap brass and of course commercial jackets.
If you have ever been interested in making your own bullets now is a great time to learn. How can you go wrong making bullets that rival most commercial offerings made from nearly free scrap brass cases. Imagine shooting your favorite pistol or riffle for less then the cost of 22lr. I can provide you the tools and show you how! It's time to free yourself from those that attempt to regulate your shooting needs. While others are at the mercy of price increases and component shortages you will be free to keep on shooting.
Four years ago myself and many of my customers had the privilage and ability to supply ourselves with all the bullets we needed while others where left looking at empty shelves, what will the next four years bring? What will happen to the prices of ammo or the components needed to load your own? If you are tired of worring about such questions let me introduce you to the freedom, the savings, the enjoyment, the pride, the rewarding world of swaging!
I look forward to speaking with you regarding any questions you may have as well as the oportunity to provide you with any and all of your swaging needs. Take back control! Take your shooting and reloading to the next level! Now is the time to learn to swage! Step up to the press!
For a list of current calibers available and current prices please see my vendor page with the link listed below.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...current-prices
Good Shooting and Swage On!
Brian Thurner
45 cal step by step with my die setup
I'm working on some simple to understand pics in the formation of 45 cal bullets from 40 S&W brass. I'll elaborate a bit more latter but here is a few pics for now.
BT
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Step 1 Expand the fully annealed 40S&W brass to a diameter of about .445. I offer expanding mandrels for use in my universal die for this task.
Step 2 Seat a 158 grain .358 cast boolit core using the flat internial punch in the core seat die and the .425 base punch.
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Step 3 Switch the flat internial punch of the core seat die to the cone shape and switch the base punch from the .425 to the .445. Then take the seated core from step 2 and run back into the core seat die to displace the lead core to form a cone.
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Step 4 Drop an 8mm Airsoft BB and procede to notch the top of the jacket.
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Step 5 Form bullet in swage die.
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Cross section shows construction. The BB will 100% fill the HP cavity. The slight void you see was only caused from me melting the BB slightly in the cutting process of sectioning the bullet in half.
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To form a more traditional JHP 230 grain .451 bullet use same process, just skip the cone shape punch and use of BB
1. Start with 40 S&W case trimed to .730
2. expand trimmed case to .445
3. Seat core using flat internial punch and .425 base punch
4. notch jacket
5. form bullet using HP punch in the Swage die
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