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The factors that are out of control are the knowledge to make good dies period.
I recommend that any shooter on this forum would be well served to buy swaging dies from people like Dave Corbin ,...

I am not fully conversant with all that is going on in this thread but this post above by Paul is dead right full stop. I have been swaging jacketed bullets for many years and make some of my own...

In reality how accurate does a hit-mans rifle have to be to hit a person at say 300 yards. Every one of my hunting rifles would do that no problems .
With TV the equipment between hit-men and...

These are better http://newlonprecision.com/

Just go to Bohler's at Cardiff and ask for K110 or Sverker 21 . Sverker is practically the same they are D2 type steels . You have to keep it cool while turning or drilling so coolants are required...

You are still avoiding the issue . You stated that Sliepner was BETTER than K110 for dimentional stability . Which is ****.
You have come into a good thread with bull and ruined a good thread.
K110...

They always hide the helpfull info so you have to seach all over the site to find it. That way you see all the advertising and products on the way through.
Just like in shops when they put the best...

No , the thrust of my reply was in connection with K110 not Sverka 21.
You stated that Sliepner was better than K110 in dimentional stability .
That is not right.
In Dimentional stability...

I agree with the diameter bump you state , it is very close to what I have experienced also .
Copper tubing jackets are harder to bump up than most commercial jackets.
J4 jackets are about the...

We have a multy format discussion going on here . Not the best way to get accurate results.
My previous comments are restricted to rifle bullets with commercial jackets only .

KTN. I think you...

You have to have an area of interest in mind to study. Like Pistol bullets or rifle bullets and then a sub catagory.
Say- Rifle bullets with commercial jackets.
Or Rifle bullets made from 22...

According to Uddeholms specs Sleipner is about the same stability as Calmax and Arnie an (01 type steel) Sverker 21 gets a beter wrap for stability .
Bohler K110 is a D2 type steel and superier to...

.0002 under final diameter would work but it would leave nothing for wear in the core seating die. As soon as the die looses the .0002 it is already a bad match. I rekon they do this so the die...

From my research I feel that Bohler K110 is slightly more dimentionly stable during heat treating than O1 oil hardening steels. Thats why I chose it in the first place.
Both will work for the die...

A standard redding die is not a worry so much but you should not try to crimp with a Redding Competition seater . The extra force involved in crimping is not that good for the fine micrometer...

To tell you how EVERYTHING works right on this thread I would be typing for a year .
I think you should start by familiarising youself with swaging gear and products and terminology. You can get a...

You are welcome mate . I am going to just use the K110 D2 grade steel to make the reamers also . When it is heat treated it should cut unhardened D2 ok .
Maybe Martin has a better idea but that is...

Ok Martin thanks for that tip on lapping allowance. I will make a note of .004 to .005 for the point former allowance and stop at .002 over bullet diameter for heat treat .
Starting to get a good...

At this stage I have not made a point forming die. Only core swagers and core seating dies. The easy ones so far.
The point former is way more work and I am not there yet.
However once I get to...

This is basicly what I have to do also. The die dimentions are fairly close also.
The drill holder is a good idea and I think that will make for a much shorter drill bit and less flex .
What I...

I agree with what you are saying about 3 jaw chucks.
They are mainly designed to hold something untill it is totally finnished and then removed. However I have a fairly precision 3 jaw and it is...

What I have done in the past is take a lead core and put extra lube on the end then force it into the die behind the stuck bullet . This jambs the bullet hard into the die and closes the point and...

I thought he was talking about normal bullet jackets . However my comments are still correct for jacketed bullets .

This is the kind of bullets I make

Not knowing what pictures you looked at makes it hard to reply.
There is many forms of swaging bullets with different types of dies and press combinations.
You need to pick a type of bullet you...