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I had contacted berger for jackets last year and figured I would buy some rather than go through the bother of making them.
When I asked for a price they were like 20 cents a piece for the ones I...

I thought winchester sold ammunition cups ,there is a bullet maker I know that buys them there.

If you could get the cups you would save yourself a few steps in the process.

GerryM for all its worth I have been swaging and making bullets for a long time now.
From reading some of your posts I think you might want to consider larger blanks.

I tried finding some...

Usually when making a soft point you need to use what is called a tiping die after the point forming operation .
Sometimes the bullets will extract very easily from the point former and the tips are...

This is part of a text from corbin explaining the process of bullet reducing.

<<<<<Bullets can usually be reduced at least
0.005-in diameter, depending on the material
strength and thickness of...

I know a bullet maker in Montana that used to make RF jacketed bullets and he told me they will group better if sorted.

I'm not going to quote anyone here but some of you guys are saying you are getting pressure signs with oversized bullets even with a light load ,when you develop a load most people refer to a...

Tighter bullets seem to shoot better in some barrels for example if you measure a sierra it will mic out at about .2244 where a lapua will be maybe .2238 .

I make some of my bullets @.2255 for one...

Corbin jackets used to be made from pure copper up until last year .
Now if you go on his website and look for jackets and prices it says they are made of gilding metal ,so my guess is he buys them...

I have been reading some of the posts here regarding the ejection pin on the point former.
The bullet will not eject properly if the die walls are straight there needs to be a small taper not much...

Kaj I guess i'm cheap to I've used a lot of 4140 chromoly for dies and punches it hardens up good enough and tough no broken punches yet.

[QUOTE=bohica2xo;1057328]Powered hydraulic presses have claimed plenty of body parts (and lives) over the years. A false sense of security in the relatively "slow" motion leads to folks thinking...

Those videos are mechanical punch presses a hydraulic press is much slower .
If you watch the videos that are on the bullet factory you will see a hydraulic press in action .

Well I picked up a hydraulic cylinder today and will probably start some machining over the weekend if I can get my firewood done .

I was talking to a hydraulic technician a few days ago and the...

I was looking on google at rotary presses and I don't see how they work ,they look like they are made for punching sheet metal .
Maybe I didn't see the type of rotary press you guys seem to be...

ANeat I think they might have it set up like that it is hard to tell from looking at the video the smoothness of the punch travel when it changes direction tells me it is a valve .

I think a punch press would be great but I also read that most comercial makers sierra hornady speer and so on use guilding metal not pure copper like I use the reason for the alloy they use 210 or...

Here is a link to the press I would like to build seems fast enough for me .

Google the bullet factory and follow the different links there is a few videos that show the press in action. scroll...

What I was planing on using for a cylinder is one with doube action I have a hydraulic pump that I wan't to couple to a 2 hp motor and then through a hydraulic valve for up and down.

Basically the...

Gooday everyone a few years ago I built a swaging press similar to corbins mega mite it is the big one they sell.

After drawing jackets on it for a while now it is just to much work so I wan't to...

Kent it all depends on what the bullet will be intended for ,hunting bullets for deer size and up would work good with a tappered jacket maybe around .025" at the base
.I make my target bullets...

Aneat very nice job I see you made the walnut hill type looks great awsome work.
I need to paint mine but like always I was in to much of a hurry to use it.

I use 50/50 mix anhydrous lanolin and castor oil melt it together in the microwave and you are good to go I use that mix for drawing jackets and swaging works great for me.

All my jackets are made from copper sheet and some brass sheet .027" I coin ,cup ,1st draw 2nd draw and final draw then trim in a pinch die I do .224 6mm and .308 with a press I made that is similar...