Gents,
I see quite a few die makers are emerging frequently, a good thing for sure. I have read the posts with great interest as I work on my own swage dies. These will be for personal use and not a commercial venture.
I am puzzled why so many seem to work towards a swage set that does .223 bullets? I am genuinely curious why this is.
It would seem to me that .224" projectiles are plentiful and cheap, a die set from Corbin would buy me over 10 000 projectiles, more than enough for my needs.
Personally, I am working on dies that will produce a projectile at a much lower cost than factory. I have been close to hitting the 'buy' button on RCE's site for his .366" die set. I do not have a walnut hill press though, however, I have collected the steel for a press as shown by Aneat.
9mm brass can be had for next to nothing, as does .223. Using these cases to make jackets for larger and more expensive projectiles than .223 seems to give the swager more variety and savings. Or am I missing something?
BT, are you looking at a website of your own in the future? Dies like jacket making and lead wire extruding would be great to see.
Mike