243 and a big 375!

[BT Sniper]

I'm still busy with many different caliber bullets and dies. With each one I sucessfully complete I am that much more confident in my abilities to produce and provide a quality set of dies. I want to make sure that before I offer any for sale or even take any orders orders that I have worked out any possible problem areas to make the experience as postive as possible for the customer.

To date I have been sucessful with quite a few and here are two are the latest.

Got a 280 grain .375 made from a cut .223 and an 85 grain .243 from a cut 22 mag case. Both could have gone atleast another %25 more on weight I think from the amount of case I cut off but still they made for some impressive looking bullets.

I'll be able to iron them out even more and get an even better looking bullet out of these point forming dies when I complete the core seating die to go with them. These where the first bullets out of the new dies.

That 375 is an impressive looking round and the simple little 243 makes me want to neck size down all my 308 brass to a .243win.

So far I have sucessfully made a set of dies for .243, .257, .264, .308, .323, .338 and .375 in the rifle calibers. I'm still working on the pistol calibers. Next on the project list is a .223 and probably a .366. Hope to have the pistol calibers ready soon too as well as a new .458.

Anything is possible.

Good shooting,

BTSniper

[Artful]

Wow - looking good

[runfiverun]

brian.
a 375 in a fp weighing 220-250 would be pretty handy for the 375 wins and for the 375 supermag guy's.
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should be doable from 380 or 9mm brass i'd think....

[BT Sniper]

FP???? As in Flat Point? No problem! How big of diameter nose on this FP you thinkin?

Any weight of course is possible. How about a 38 Special with the rim sheared off for the 200-250 grain .375 bullets.

BT

[bohica2xo]

He needs a flat point at least as big as a large Rifle Primer - about .210 or a taste bigger...

To keep the bullets in the tube magazine from massaging the primer in the round ahead of it.

B.

[runfiverun]

that 210 would be about right.
i would think more of a flat or hollow point similar to the 44 one step die would do very well
a hornady 220gr nose flat is in the 190 range.
these are levergun and revolver bullets with a max of 200 yds.
i was thinking you could draw down the 9mm case like you would for a first step to using one for 308 jackets.
to about 370 or 365 ish for a 9.3.[double duty here]
then core it with something like a 150 gr 308 boolit with a core seater.
and a final swage to shape.
the 150 and 9mm case would be in the 215 range [380 may be a better case here] and a 170 would be in 235 range, and a 190 would expose more lead at the tip at 250 ish.
it would also make it pretty easy to swage up some .348 bullets for 200 gr loads.

223 cases or 30 carbine or 38 special could do the trick also.

[hunter2]

Can you make one in the 375, 400 gr area with a .300 fp for the 375. If it just had a half or two thirds jacket would be fine. With the nose notched would be good to.

[no34570]

BT
Bloody awesome mate,can't wait to see .366 bullets,then I'll go into hock for them dies

[Wayne Smith]

My first interest would be in a 7mm bullet, to replicate the original round nose designs. I can get all the 140 spire point bullets I want, but I would like to make the 175gr + round nose traditional bullets for my Chilean Mauser.

[Euan]

BT, I would be very Keen on the 375, as I have been making jacketed 375 projectiles for years from 223 brass without proper dies. Would be happy with a die to make a range of say 200 grain up to say 270 grain. Any Idea of cost?
Cheers Euan.

[buck1]

Wow thats cool! The only trouble is that you got the dia. wrong! It needs to be .475! LOL

[frank martinez]

Are any of the dies available yet? Will any of them work with the Corbin Mitey Mite horizontal press?
Frank

[MIBULLETS]

Frank, these are made for reloading presses. Your Mity Mite will only accept Corbin type M dies. You might be able to use dies from Larry Blackmon, but talk to him about it first.

[BT Sniper]

Worked on the .375 die a bit this evening. Got the point forming die polished up and lapped nicly. I'll have some pics to post soon.

If all goes well, and I expect it will, I should have first 5 or so dies ready in July. They will have a .220 metplat on them so they should be good out of any gun you guys want to feed them in.

These look like a heck of a bullet. I'm just squishing 200 grains of lead at the moment checking the die but the size of these bullets is pretty impressive.

I'll keep you all posted.

BT

[Euan]

I am watching this in hope.

[hunter2]

Don't you fellas ever get any sleep? A normal person would be in bed about now!!

[hunter2]

If you wanted to make them bigger, what could you get the wt up to?

[1Shirt]

Interesting! Would like to see range results and the loads used when you have them.
1Shirt!

[dragonrider]

I'll be ready for a 243 when you have one available.