geargnasher
01-14-2011, 01:06 AM
Sorting a bucket of WW tonight, I was wondering how tough it would be to make jacket cups from zinc, insert them in a mold made to fit them, and then pour them full of lead and cut the sprue like normal, making bonded-core boolits like FMJ .45 ACP or 9mm ball ammo.
I've never really worked with zinc, but I was wondering if the jacket could be made from cast balls about like 000 buckshot, then swaged in a pocket mould and the excess ground flat to make a square base. Anybody think this could be made into a practical process?
Gear
I've never really worked with zinc, but I was wondering if the jacket could be made from cast balls about like 000 buckshot, then swaged in a pocket mould and the excess ground flat to make a square base. Anybody think this could be made into a practical process?
Gear