Ive never made anything like this before, but I was wondering if there are any plans or schematics or anything that I can look at to see how the insides of swage dies look and work. From the threads Ive seen, it seems I need to make a die to seat the core (Ill use a core mold for these probably) and then a point forming die. So, for the core seating die, I just need to make a die with a stem that lets the brass tube slide up around the stem while squishing the core into the jacket so it fills it out. Then the point forming die, is basically a die with the stem that is the shape of the bullet inside of it and a hole that goes to the top of the die so an ejector can eject the formed bullet.
Does this seem accurate? Im was planning on using these
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/786...ProductFinding
to start with to save time and not have to do the threading. Do you guys think this will work? It seems like ill basically have to drill out and thread the inside of two of these, then make two stems, one a core seater and one a point forming stem.
Im doing this because I cant afford real swage dies, I just graduated from college so its gonna be a while before I have that kind of money to spend. But, I love shooting and making bullets so if I can make a cheap set of swage dies for my 6.5 grendel ar15, Id be able to shoot a lot more.
Thanks for reading!
-Jamie