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In my opinion you could skip quite a few steps by leaving the base completely exposed. The gas check is not located at the very base of the bullet in order to prevent the gasses from acting upon the...

Good show Sarg.

If you want more weight how about replacing the polymer tip with a similarly sized lead pellet.

Hi 303,

the remaining few I had grouped at around 6" when fired offhand with a 9mm carbine at 100yds. Well I never missed that 6" rock LOL

In fact it is a rebated boat tail, should be more...

Hi 303,

as to how the shape shifts is a mystery to me. I didn't manage to fire many of these bullets but there was no lead residue in the barrel.

The powder (B&P 26A) must have been a super...

Well said Genet, many ways to skin a cat.

The bullets were a project to "improve" on subsonic 9mm ammo. I have also shortened the tail. The bullets are .356". I had even tried leaving a .356" unknurled band at the base but to no effect. As I...

The reason the bullets were tumbling was some messed up powder I was using. I followed the recipe and it stripped the lead bullets making them ride the rifling. I had problems with hard cast regular...

I am not into Glaser slugs in fact I don't like them but just wanted to show that I could make them too. The process involves some work but I was successful first time. I have not tried the bullets...

I have been shooting these types of bullets for ages now. I usually shoot them even to 100yrds with a 9mm carbine and they accuracy was great. I haven’t gotten around making a super accurate tubing...

Hi 303, long time no see :-)

Yours would be a sensible answer. The lower bullet in the pic is unfired.
The trapped lube would prevent the knurls from being damaged. I will try an unlubed bullet....

I have the same problem with flat based bullets which are also knurled. Bullets are .356" for use in a 9mm.

The drive area is the same length as that of a regular bullet, just the tail is added. ...

I made these bullets with a rebated boat tail in order to reduce base drag at subsonic velocities.
I would like to understand what is causing these bullets to change shape. The bullets (fired from a...

Another 2 major advantages the rebated boattail has over the boattail design:

- it is easier to accurately form the base of the bullet concentric with the bullet. If the taper on a regular...

Hi Caveape,

thanks for the tip however I made proper punch which ejects the bullets with ease.

Beware the included angle should not be more than 22 deg, (angle of my new punch) otherwise the...

Delta,

even if lubed they still stick, I like to look for the simpler solution before going through more trouble.

Upon doing some research I discovered that the 45 degree cone at the back of my bullets would have a detrimental effect on the performance of these bullets instead of what I had hoped for. :violin:
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BT,

those bullets real look nice. Well done!

Hi 303,

do you recon you can nitride steel in the home workshop as you would using casenite?

BT

now I remember your posts. I guess a little file work would get it done. I will give it a try since it would reduce steps even if copper tubing is thicker than a cartridge case.

I have a...

I just knurled a piece of bright mild steel, drilled it and cut it to length. I didn't bother to harden the rollers since it be crunching on lead.

The 2 posts are bolted onto the plates and a lock...

Your thought is correct, some manufacturer of our favourite toys makes such a tool. I found it very difficult to make sans cnc and to tell you the truth I haven't put much thought on how to make one....

Hi folks,

I decided to mash only lead into a die to check what comes out :-D

Well I have some applications for lead bullets. I had made a bullet mold which produced a 160gr bullet with 2 wide...

In my humble opinion it is better to heat treat the whole die. Case hardening is not a cheap alternative. It has its applications but is not a substitute.

Today I was gauging some 20 lead bullets...

oops forgot the pics of the segmented round nose bullet minus hollow point (A thousand apologies for the quality)

I tried to weaken a piece of lead filled copper tubing by slicing the first 4mm and then swaging it to form a bullet, as shown in previous posts.
I wanted to avoid to putting a hollow point and...