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Oh, now I understand how it works. Thanks for clarifying. I thought the ring was the die; now I can see the little shoulder where the black die sits on it for extraction.

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How well does the plastic die hold up? After using it a couple years, do you still think that's the way to go, or have you changed your puck buster design? Would you mind sharing...

For those you you who use the Woody's puck die set, I don't understand all the parts and how they are used. The piston and cylinder, I understand. But what are the Delrin inserts for and what is...

My wife buys citric acid powder from Amazon for cleaning. Is citric acid the same thing as ascorbic acid, or should I look for ascorbic acid explicitly?

Krag should handle 222R no problem
I have no first- or second- hand experience with using a chamber sleeve, but I suppose it might work. Any gunsmith or machinist should be able to make one. I've...

Your problem is ironic - I have a rifle that came to me as 22 R2 Lovell, but it turned out to be 222R, which put me on a scramble to find 222R brass.
Phil's a great guy. Let me know if you need...

Because this is a separate forum just for case forming, I thought I'd post some info here that is in another thread. The other thread was initially just about the 22 R2 Lovell cartridge, but much of...

This is by far the biggest bang for the buck I have found for annealing cases. It works wonderfully.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLRgDZeYQ-M

I finally got around to finishing up that batch of one hundred 25-20SS/22 2R Lovell cases I formed from .223/5.56mm in the video mentioned back on Page 3. This note picks up where the video left...

I saved the link to the old Rifleman issues. Here it is:

https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=amerrifle
Lots of fascinating stuff in there.

I was looking up some unrelated info (trying to find anything on 5mm Hornet or 40 Krag (not 30-40) cartridges) and came across a couple more Lovell drawings. The book is "Designing and Forming...

I bought this book. Here are some pages that I thought you all would find interesting:
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If you need any of the photos I took, or if you need any other photos or details or anything, be sure to let me know.

That is a fantastic resource. And here I've been saving all my Dad's Rifleman going back into the 50s. Amazing stuff in there. As my Dad used to lament, even 30 years ago, the Rifleman was a...

I haven't seen a Wesson in centerfire. I'll have to keep my eyes open for one. I thought I had a rifle that would shoot centerfire or rimfire, and I finally found it. It's a Marlin Ballard #2. ...

I have a couple Frank Wesson guns. One in .32RF, one in .44RF
https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Frank_Wesson_Rifles

First Type in .44RF. These are really cool. It took me awhile to...

I'm sorry to hear of your health issues. Best wishes to you.

@TheCounty I thought so. I remember you. Back several years ago, I had gotten my first 22 R2 Lovell rifle, and I didn't know anything about the caliber. Through some forum I don't recall, I...

Are you located in Canada?

I should probably try this on the next batch. Part of the tedium is taking the donut down in lots of 2-3 thousandths fine cuts.

I was originally going to use the shoulder idea, but I didn't know exactly where to make it, so I went ahead and made the punch without one, then experimented with working my way toward where I...

A DRO is a huge aid in this, once I got it set up (mainly using an original 25-20SS case as the guide). You can probably get it close with judicious wheel reading.
There is no need for annealing...

I just made a video of the process of how to do this. I am no video guy, and my knowledge of how to use my video editing software does not extend beyond the absolute basics, but hopefully this...

The female part is the neck portion of a 7x57mm FL die, as it is just the right diameter. The male part is turned from steel to approximately the shape of a 7mm case. My setup requires about...

You are the gentleman who taught me how to make these, so thanks for your help. It's slow going, but it does work.