I use the RAPIDFIRE PRO-L furnace. It has a front opening door, and a digital controller for temp control. To hold the rimfire cases I just use a cleaned tomato can (take the label off and run it...
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Forum: Swaging
I use the RAPIDFIRE PRO-L furnace. It has a front opening door, and a digital controller for temp control. To hold the rimfire cases I just use a cleaned tomato can (take the label off and run it...
Forum: Swaging
I use a "Tabletop Furnace". It will give you up to little over 2000 degree temp (what ever temp you set) and is controlled. They run about $400, and have many other uses as well.
Forum: Swaging
Dave Corbin can make those dies, and they are easy to work with the WH press. I have a .25 pellet die from him and it works great.
Forum: Swaging
By the way, Dave Corbin makes an adapter so that you can use his dies with the Walnut Hill press. I have the adapter, and it works very well with his "S" dies. I think that Dave Corbin's dies are...
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BT Sniper 9mm swage die set, for Walnut Hill press. Makes a HPTC bullet. Core swage, core seat, and point form dies. $500 + $20 shipping and insurance. Money order preferred, but personal check...
Forum: Swaging
What temperature are you setting your table top kiln at for annealing? I have been experimenting with mine at 800 to 1000. Found that to be too high and made the brass "sticky" so I lowered it to...
Forum: Swaging
I have a die from Dave Corbin to swage my 25 cal "bullets" for my marauder. They work very well and let me shoot nickle size groups at 25 yds.
Forum: Swaging
Down load Dave Corbin's Handbook #9 <http://www.swage.com/ebooks.htm> . It's free and has a ton of information in it. The only thing better (IF you can find one) is Dave's Discovering Swaging. That...
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As far as I see, all horizontal presses take the M dies, and the vertical presses (series 2 or S) will take either M or S dies. There were several models of horizontal presses (physical...
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You also need some sort of adapter down in the ram to push on the internal punch. Dave adapter comes with the piece that fits down in the ram.
Forum: Swaging
Walnut Hill press is a fine press, work very well for me. If you could use a few extra external punch holders, I have several unused ones I have listed on Swap and Shop page. Bought some extra then...
Forum: Swaging
It comes up for me, now too. But I noticed that he no longer lists all the dies separately, in a chart. He only lists certain dies. I wonder if he is cutting back. By the way, I have 4 unused...
Forum: Swaging
I have not been able to access his site for over a week, but that is all I know.
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I picked up a used food dehydrator at a yard sale for a couple of bucks and use that. About a hour in it and everything is stone dry. I did put a piece of fine hardware cloth on the trays so the 22...
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I have one of the Table Top Furnaces < https://tabletopfurnace.com/ > and it works very well for me.
Forum: Swaging
I use a "Rapid Fire Table Top" furnace to do my annealing. <https://tabletopfurnace.com/> They are a bit more expensive, but have a PIC controller and will reach 2000* or anywhere up to that and...
Forum: Swaging
David Corbin also has a die set that will transform 9mm Luger brass into 30 cal jackets. That might be something to consider as well.
Forum: Swaging
Those internal punch adapters are interesting. Would it be difficult to make one? I do not have a lathe, or I might try, but if someone has one I would think it could be duplicated easily. Anyone...
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I boil mine with a couple of drops of Dawn. Seems to work quite well.
Forum: Swaging
I did not use lead in my pot either, just the lead and a lid. As for the Table Top Furnace, here is the link <https://tabletopfurnace.com/> . They are a little over $300, if I remember correctly,...
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I found that if you completely fill the lead pot, the top most cases will not be fully annealed. I only filled it about half way and it seemed to work out ok. I also made a sheet metal lid (with...
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Thanks, that was what I needed to know. I'll be starting to swage .357s from 9mm brass and wanted to know what weight I'd get from untrimmed brass. 175s should do quite nicely from my 38 and 357....
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"The nice thing is that I can buy the lead at about 1.00 a pound" where can you get soft lead for $1.00 a pound? The best I've come up with is around 1.75 a pound plus shipping. I could use some...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |