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I don't know if you can see the difference... but a bit better.
As good as this cutter can do.
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278731
I don't know if you can see the difference... but a bit better.
As good as this cutter can do.
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
Oops!
I saw the category about a minute after I posted...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
Hi Guys;
Recently, a lot of people have gone to powder coating.
I watched several videos on You-Tube watching them roll the bullets about in the powder-coat powder, tossing them into a toaster...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Funny you should ask...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/223077256490
I have just a couple 550's in stock now, but currently cranking out another batch.
The picture shared above was an older edition. ...
Forum: Swaging
Orbital tool cutter?
I never heard of that.
Possibly, I know it by another name...
Mark
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Well, is is a quiet Saturday, so I snuck into the shop and did a test cut.
The best profile cutter for this 9MM was a used .265 3 flute tin coated ball mill with lots of miles on it
Not...
Forum: Swaging
That is awesome!
Could you share the file with me? I'd like to play with it.
Mark
Yeah, that is like Bruce, his grinders are all CNC, he has probably millions tied up in gear.
Does a lot for Boeing.
I did buy a chunk of O1 stock today, but thought I might just grab some...
I have an open account there...
Yeah, they have a substantial hunk of my hyde..
Pressure flood coolant.
This doesn't look too challenging.
I guess the biggest thing is trying to figure out which molds are most in demand.
9MM I guess, no lube grooves at all for...
Well, I was talking to Bruce, Owner of Cutting Tool Control, and he said it wasn't a problem...
Just send the file.
They manufacture End mills from scratch.... big outfit.
I can call any...
Hi Guys;
I am thinking about knocking out some molds.
There are several simple designs I can do with production tooling, but is anyone aware of a tool-maker who specializes in bullet mold...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
My buddy showed me a design where the collector funnel fed into a chunk of 6" pipe, off-center and angled...whereupon the bullits would be directed, spin down the inside of the pipe decelerating as...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
Good idea on the log, maybe just burn them out.
Forum: Swaging
I am interested, but what kind if press do I need to run?
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I could use a nose count on how many folke would buy one of these if I decided to make them.
They would wind up somewhere in the $1500.00 neighborhood, dependent upon the volume of the production...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Hi Brent;
Have you used this?
If so, could you get a shot of it set up?
What lives inside the die? I am wondering what the spring does too. Collet closure?
I am thinking it is a split...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
It shmears down yer bore from stem to stern.
Forum: Classics & Stickies
Here is an article from another forum by someone who knows more about this...
http://www.shootersforum.com/bullet-casting/14155-various-wheel-weight-compositions.html
One point he brings up...
Forum: Our Town
And it appears they are.
Forum: Special Projects
I built a self centering vise a while back. Worked great. It was a sprung vise for horn and antler stuff. Commercial customers, sold a couple of them.
But, it can easily be accomplshed with r/l...
Forum: Special Projects
I am amazed by the amount of advantage you can realize with paper patching.
However, I'm far too lazy and short on time to sit on my duff and roll bullets.
So I dinked around a bit and have my...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
As an alternative... wax bullets.
Just pour a layer of wax on a cookie sheet to whatever thickness you like, take your primed case and stuff it in there cookie cutter style.
I shot one of these...
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 |