Pinch Die

[garandsrus]

Congratulations! Do your petals look similar to my picture before snapping them off? Did you go with a 45 degree angle on the punch?

[deltaenterprizes]

Congratulations! Do your petals look similar to my picture before snapping them off? Did you go with a 45 degree angle on the punch?

I went with the 60* like yours.
I get one split, but I have not adjusted the length and it is taking about a quarter inch off.

[bigjake]

Are the cases bell mouthed or ragged? Do the dies cut 22 lr cases? how about thick walled cases?

[garandsrus]

The pictures I posted were of 7mm jackets. You can see the trimmed mouth in one of the pics.

[plus1hdcp]

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.

[bigjake]

The pictures I posted were of 7mm jackets. You can see the trimmed mouth in one of the pics.

From the looks of the trimmed case, it will need a second trimming in a reg case trimmer. correct?

[garandsrus]

It looks a lot better at the actual size. The length is very consistent and they close up nicely.

[deltaenterprizes]

Are the cases bell mouthed or ragged? Do the dies cut 22 lr cases? how about thick walled cases?

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!

[garandsrus]

The jacket will be completely inside the core seating die so any belling that is created from the trim die will be removed there.