Congratulations! Do your petals look similar to my picture before snapping them off? Did you go with a 45 degree angle on the punch?
Congratulations! Do your petals look similar to my picture before snapping them off? Did you go with a 45 degree angle on the punch?
Are the cases bell mouthed or ragged? Do the dies cut 22 lr cases? how about thick walled cases?
The pictures I posted were of 7mm jackets. You can see the trimmed mouth in one of the pics.
Last edited by garandsrus; 08-22-2020 at 06:44 PM.
I need to learn more about hardening the steel. I believe a MAP torch would be able to get it hot enough but to be honest, I haven't made anything that has needed hardening. Some might have benefited from it but using your dies and punch as a cutting device is another thing.
It looks a lot better at the actual size. The length is very consistent and they close up nicely.
The case mouth is slightly belled because the cavity is a little over sized, it looks similar to the mouth of factory jackets. This was for 22 mag brass. I have not tried 22LR because I use them at full length.
I think I would make another one for 22LR with a smaller cavity.
I will have to try it and see how it works!
The jacket will be completely inside the core seating die so any belling that is created from the trim die will be removed there.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |