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Paul

Was any of that English? :)

Paul

Thanks, I haven't done business with X-Caliber before. I'll give them a call.

'For the record': Got in touch with the Slovenians supposedly selling bored 'tubes', (ANY bore diameter and up to...

Thanks for the links NavyVet1959. I've been talking to Green Mountain. They have 1:9 twist barrels ONLY in 16.5" and one in 20" with flutes. (I wouldn't be caught dead with a fluted barrel.)

Also,...

Y'know, that "start with a .17" idea isn't a bad one!

My ultimate goal is to get a .22 RF barrel (.2165-inch bore, .221-ish-inch groove diameter) barrel with a 1:9 twist. Again, before someone...

Yah.

Paul

Does anyone know where I might be able to purchase a .22 LR, (0.2165"-ish bore), barrel blank with no rifling? Truly a .22 RF barrel BLANK. I need it to be at least 24" long.

And before someone...

For what it's worth, I didn't have any problem downloading chaoticmachinery's spreadsheet.

Paul

Well, I sincerely appreciate the attention to something I'm interested in, but please, don't go to any extra effort on my account. I understand fully what you guys are up to and applaud all efforts...

Nice to see an increase in the base diameter, but still a little small for me by about half. But...

This thread has inspired me to get back to the idea. Cast Boolits will be on the "early list" of...

35remington - It'd be really nice if you 1) wouldn't put words in my mouth, and 2) read what I wrote instead addressing points as if I made them when I said no such thing.

Paul

Paul....

I'm not arguing, Ballistics in Scotland, because I agree with all you wrote, but... In fact, the pointing die I got from Corbin is for an 8mm bullet with an 8s ogive. It has a 0.091 ejection punch...

The only animal I have taken with a bullet I have swaged, and the story behind the actual bullet: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?276713-Don-t-tell-me-I-can-t

Paul

"Shorter means higher pressure" - Nope. DEEPER seating with the same bullet and powder means higher pressure. "Shorter" in and of itself is not related to pressure.

"In the lands" - I don't shoot...

I read back through all of the posts and noticed two points that I think need to be addressed.

1) LUBE THE DIE! Wish I had seen that before you tried your first swaging. Did I mention LUBE THE...

Joe Christensen - I can see you've got your mind made up, so let's not argue.

I THINK the difference between what you are saying and what I am saying is "terminology", rather than reality. I THINK...

While those tips look to be a bit 'shy' of the edge of the jacket, that's optical illusion. Here's a finished bullet....

Bill - I understand you completely because I have had to deal with exactly what you are referring to. In answer to your question; "Yes". :D The picture below shows my bullets point-swaged "just a...

For my two-cents-worth, that would work just fine, seppos. BUT... And it's a deal-killer for me: Too much effort. If I, or you, could figure out a way to 'gang' some molding together, I'd be...

MAN! It's annoying that I am not getting notices of PM OR replies!

Seppos - I tried that - sort of. It's difficult - but not impossible - to get glue of any type to work without a mess or not...

Thank you, Valornor. Those are indeed small tips. I now fully understand. Unfortunately, those are not useful for me.

At the moment I am working on 8mm bullets that mimic in design the Speer...

Joe Christiansen - The diameter of the ejection punch - and by extension, the hole it slips in - defines the smallest possible "point" you can put on a given bullet. Pressing the bullet farther into...

Thanks, plus1hdcp. It wasn't my intent in that thread to "usurp" anyone's 'authority' or to suggest that the dies than one can get, (from the few places we can get dies), are anything other than...

I looked at the drawings. Sumpin's funny somewhere. 0.093" MAX width is DAMN small for a tip for a .308 bullet. Is that dimension correct?

Paul

PS - I just measured 3 tips

Nosler .22 cal,...