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    I'd love to see some inexpensive swaging dies. I've got buckets of .40 S&W, and I'm surely never going to load that God forsaken caliber.

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    Quote Originally Posted by redneck1 View Post
    One thing i wish was realistic about dverna 's comment was the expectation of being able to sale 100 of them @ $150. In a years time .
    If I had a working design and 100 people willing to plunk down the money and willing to wait 4-6 months

    I could buy a CNC lathe and go into business and make a reasonable profit in the first year .
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    $150 X 100 = $15,000 Maybe your customer hope was off by one digit?

    Heck, if $15K could set you up in CNC lathe business,, you could clerk at 7-11 for 6 months, and have the money,,

    I thought you would need more like $150K advanced sales, to cover the machine, materials, possible heat treat needs, etc,,
    and have a little left over to pay for electricity,,,

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    Not so ... I could buy a machine right now that's capable of making check makers for about $4300 .
    Another $1500 to tool it up , $1000 for a small heat treat furnace
    $500 for materials , $1000 for shipping.
    $1000 or so for electric and scrap parts getting things dialed in .
    Another $1000 or so for things unexpected.

    And if things go smoothly ... The rest is the small reasonable profit .

    Of course there is a few glitches in that fairy tale , mostly money and a lack of it
    And a lack of working design that doesn't belong to someone else .
    But it could be done

    On the money aspect of it , I personally wouldn't invest my own money in it simply because I don't feel you could sell enough check makers fast enough to be a worthwhile investment

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    I am willing to up $60 and wait 6 months. Unfortunately 150$ (even if it is delivered in a week) -- would be a no go for me.

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    Just found a guy on Facebook making them for 60 bucks.

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    Please let us all know how that works out . sounds to good to be true to me. But I've been wrong many many times .

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    I am all stocked up. Dima made mine.

    We were just talking about this here and I saw it in one of Facebook groups.

    https://www.facebook.com/Daves-Mini-...5005990253152/

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    I'd like to buy cheaper/ crimp on GC. Very interested in off size calibers, like 11mm, things like that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hanzy4200 View Post
    I'd love to see some inexpensive swaging dies. I've got buckets of .40 S&W, and I'm surely never going to load that God forsaken caliber.
    Well, some of us load that all the time! I have several and my main carry is .40 S&W.

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    i have not been here for 5 or more years.. just read your comment on aluminum flashing. I get my flashing from home depot. 6in. wide role 10ft long .010in. thick. made my own blank maker using a lee sizing die and drilled out to .435 and a punch ram to fit inside to pop out the blanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sukivel View Post
    Which .223 pb bullet are you using with that load?


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    Sorry for the late response. NOE 225-62 RN designed for powder coating, no gas check, just PC, Lyman book load for 55 gr cast. works great in 16" Mini 14 and AR 15 Carbines at 2250 FPS (1-09: and 1-10"), and 2450 in a 24" Single shot (1-12") same load
    Common sense Gun Safety . . .

    Is taught at the Range!

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