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I use heavily modified RCBS Rockchucker’s presses for swaging and J3 for pointing…

They all done quite a lot of work and are still in very good condition

John

Thank you ANeat, thats made the process very clear and saved me the trouble of working it all out...

John

You wouldn't mind buiding 2 sets ANEAT? :-D

I pay about 30 us cents for 308 jackets when I can get hold of them. The problem is making the jackets as uniformed as J4's....


John

No we haven't tried a drill bushing ANeat, makes a lot of sense

Thanks

John

What MIBULLETS has posted I agree with, except like sagacious I don’t anneal before deriming.

I’m quite lucky as I run a smallbore range that I collect around a 1,000+ used SK cases a week. The...

very nice Aneat, a job will done

John

I think its more important to look at the type of brass you get. Some is very brittle and doesn't swage very well. Most though can be swaged without annealing, though this does take more effort,...

I’ve made tungsten powder 78gr .224 bullets. I used the same J4 jacket I used for 60gr lead bullets. I put a small amount of lead on top of the tungsten and after swaging heated the finished bullets....

sagacious makes some very good points…

If you are casting, you are not swaging and that’s less production which isn’t good from my point of view. I do cast my off-cuts though as its more...

I made a batch of bonded .224 bullets that were shot out of a 1:6.5 twist barrel to stop blow-ups.

I sized the cores and washed them, then tumbled them in soldering flux before swaging. After...

I use a RCBS JR for pointing only, I don't think I'd like to use it for swaging.

I've 4 older Rockchuckers with Blackmon upgrade rams. 2 off them have 5inch longer handles I use for derimming RF...

The only time I’ve had trouble with RF cases sticking on the punch or blowing the heads off is when I’ve used Elley brass. It seems to be harder and more brittle. I like Lapua brass the best and is...

My guess is that they mould the tips into the projectile as it’s almost impossible to pull them out. They also use a harder plastic that has a different smell (when burnt) to Hornady tips that are...

We looked at making plastic tips for resale last year. The main problem we came up against was keeping the injection machine in a constant heat range, which would produce inconstant tip sizes. We...

Million dollar question….

I think the 222 case is more accurate than the 223 for a start at close range. I think the case still holds one or two BR records?

As far as twist goes, the idea is to...

My bullets I make out of 22 RF cases are shooting somewhere between 1/2 to 1 inch at 100 meters. It depends on who is shooting them and what rifle. We’ve found the 222’s are more accurate than the...

I agree with everything you’ve said MightyThor, although I used to de-rimming before annealing, I found this needed quite a bit of force and made longer press handles to make it easier. I now anneal...

Larry Blackmon makes 2 size rams for the RCBS (as do others) that have a thread fitting instead of the shell holder. Think the kit is somewhere around the us$60?

John

Love to go and look at the Berger J4 factory, I’ve never got close to their quality!

Has anyone thought of using a roller die?

John

I’ve got 4 RCBS Rockchucker presses. 2 have heavier shafts and longer handles for swaging 308 bullets and rims of rimfire brass! The longer handles make it a lot easy over a day’s work. All these...

I think this is a very good concept, though I think I’d use two steps. Seating the core correctly is one of the most important steps in bullet swaging…

Using a vice I think is brilliant and should...

MIBULLETS is right bohica2xo unless M/V is very low. I make 53gr 224 bullets out of rimfire cases and don't recommend firing them out any faster that 2800fps. I also recommend that they be coated to...

Why change the threads on my press?

If anything a heaver ram is what most change that is theaded for punches to fit into.....

For some advice I'd give Larry a ring, he's a very nice guy to talk...

Don’t try swaging wheel weights, just pure lead or close to it!

You’ll probably rip your press of the bench before breaking it. I’ve just put 5 inch longer handles on 2 of mine to make swaging...

I'll second that! He likes to talk, but hates Email. I think hes not the only one in that boat....


John