It depends on what brands of jackets your using Ie sierra have a pretty good taper on the inside so do other brands
Now the punch diameter depends on just where your seating the core ....
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It depends on what brands of jackets your using Ie sierra have a pretty good taper on the inside so do other brands
Now the punch diameter depends on just where your seating the core ....
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There,s a quality mold for sale on the bay for $85
Does he have a price for the molds? I,m thinking this might be the way to salvage my excess swage sprews.
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Thank you for that information. Just wondering about surface area vs pressure required to swag 187 wire,
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Carbide die will make millions of bullets Tool steel wears a lot quicker. If you only going to make a few 100,000 then tool steel is good enough.
tool steel dies will get a large pressure...
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ON that 20 ton press what size was your wire slug?
I have 20 ton shop press.
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nope no true in my sets they are all carbide, simonson. detsch
The wear factor is the key. Carbide last.s a lot longer.
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Hi Guys I get quite a bit of scrap extruding cores o weight.
I could use an extruding die to recycle the scrap into usable wire.
does anyone make one that will work in the rock chucker...
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those rams run about $150 and so do the presses THe press retalis for more
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Sorry to disagree It is not basic machine work
Quality dies take time and they are EDM machined and had lapped to .0001 ten thous The punches are a perfect match to the point die The...
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Just so you know I have several sets of bullet dies and the least expensive one is Larrys My carbide dies cost 4 times more then Larrys,
They all make excellent bullets The carbide dies...
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Bt snipers are less so is Larry Blackmons dies. Check them out, Richard corbin dies are very good also and reasonable.
I think what you are looking for is a set that works with a...
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B and A did write a book about machine shop technologies They had many photos and designs showing the set uup and development of many tool and a section on the bullet dies
I wish I could...
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You Have to do the math to figure that out It will depend on the size and thickness of the blank.
IT's a bit complicated but not rocket science. The volume of the blank for the caliber and...
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You may want to check out dealers that are allowed to import arms and ammo too.
Yes that,s it ITAR laws written and controlled by our state department
IT crazy It restrict,s Trade .
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I'm not sure In the rules on bullet jackets There is some kind of stipulation
you may be able to buy jackets and maybe some kind of paper work or tax.
Maybe you can find a source...
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Interesting post and pretty straight answer
If your only going to make bullets for yourself Just buy the jacket,s that Richard has NOW.
He is pretty much going out of the jacket business. ...
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Ok then how about one that uses a shop press
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anyone making a die to extrude 45 acp bullets into 3/16 lead wire?
GerryM
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The Hines jackets also Barts and sta moly are pretty close too straight walled jackets once you get the proper punch
usually your set and can change core weight with little problem. The j4...
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I have the 45 die , It works pretty well.
The problems are 1 you need some kind of core seater die and 2 a bleed die sure would help.
They do give you a deal on the mold if you buy the...
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Call swage it dies they make the punch your looking for.
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It will be hard to do anything the way things are. You don't have a bT seater die that matches the punch or a flat base punch for the point die and a core seater die.
I could make you an...
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Usually Detsch are carbide but that depends on which Detsch made the die I 'm pretty sure clarance made a few of tool steel most were carbide Simonson made both tool steel and carbide
I've...
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It would be hard to put a price on them at this point.
One has some rust and the other one looks a bit dirty with minor rust on the outside.
I have no way of knowing whats inside as rust...
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OK what do you want for Just the dies?. your going to need the presses with rams and ejectors.
GerryM
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