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M, S, and H are all self ejecting due to the design and speciality press required.

R dies are hand or that special jig ejector...

I mad several posts about how a good price and common calibers would see great success...

I guess that was proven quickly... 42 on the list now...

Ha, I actually know the story with this bullet.

The serrated tip is a copy of smaller bullet makers products but was adopted to use a set of tooling abandoned for another reason...

When it...

I would like a full set myself.

Put me on the list and PM when finished, or should I PM you...

Does this translate to:

I (as in you BT) am going to develop a set of progressive dies in ever smaller diameter to take 9mm down to .308 or that you are going to only have a single die for a...

BT when you have or are going to have a set of draw dies to take 9mm down to jacket size for .308 please let us all know...

I would be up for a set myself as I have Corbin’s set to make .357/.355...

That is almost 4000 bucks in dies and press...

1/400 th paid for anything is beyond a deal...

Now drop the “solid” lead core (without jacket) on to a hard floor from 36 inches...

Have a broom handy!

The trick with swaged shot is that it “looks” solid - when the jacket expands and no...

Just to give an update on the .355 dies from CH4D I have.

Pure lead wire, cut and then sized a core with my .357 Corbin dies (wanted the lead to be exact.

Used the .355 SWC Corbin dies to seat...

A lot of SAS/Ted Smith dies were sold to companies that marked the boxes with a new logo and sold them under other names.

It is not uncommon to come across old swage dies that are Smith made with...

As strange as it sounds almost all of the commercial offerings are started with the small swaging of custom bullets.

The big companies watch the little guys like a hawk...

I was just showing some nerd there...



I think we are all on the same page here, we don’t want to see swaging disappear, we would all benefit from more participants and more suppliers for dies,...

That would be hypothesis... ;)

In the general conversation we are dealing with several issues.

Supply and demand (at this point lack of supply and I hope a rising demand)

Marketing (this...

Lack of reasonable priced jackets is a huge problem for us as “swagers” I have about 10k in .308 I got years ago in bulk (1.08, 1.2, and 1.5) and I have about 500 .38 full jackets and just finished...

This wait seems to be the general problem, if in stock it is obvious the price is not that much of a deterrent.

I need to go back to my Corbin .308 bullets and measure the dies and consistency (I...

My local shop had this on the “used shelf” of consignment items.

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa244/RadioFlyerphotos/Herters_jacket_box.jpg

Look nice all together ready for the vibratory...

Yes and no...

I would be very interested... one of the secrets most do not realize is that when a bullet jumps from the cartridge neck to the rifling it is again “swaged” to the rifling and +/-...

Is there not a compromise point?

If an enterprising person can make serviceable dies that are within useable tolerances would that not be a marketable product?

So long as the customer knows and...

I think that a lot of people misunderstand the nature of what we call “brass” the copper colored jackets we are used to in mass production are technically a “brass”.

In the past several metals...

Just got finished core seating and then adjusting the point forming die for a set of 9mm I have had for a while now and not bothered to set up (just no time)...

I flipped past several posts about...

Doesn’t one of your customers have a you-tube video on the CH4D dies?

That could help...

We all may be missing a point, the beginner and the hobbies guys and the possibility of outsourced products.

Where do the Chinese get the dies to make rifle and pistol bullets to load and sell to...

It’s not that we don’t understand, nor am I trying to make excuses for the lack of production...

The problem is that, sadly this is the situation and it is unwilling to change.

Let’s be honest...

The problem is the “I do what I want and charge what I want” mode of business that is typical of artisans and craftsmen...

If some company like LEE would step up with a working press and die...

It is a good question, I never tried, I use a custom mix I make myself, but I always use alcohol to remove the lube after I make the final jacketed bullets.

Never tested it, any of you out there...