22 cal half jackets?

[Willyp]

I think i found some in some stuff i got ! They look like fresh new ones,in a bag a plastic bag! Does any one here use these???????

[deltaenterprizes]

Pics?

[Willyp]

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/thum_44914e5404f41a729.jpg (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1927)
I have a little of over 1000 and can't use them! I also have no idea what they are valued at? Would some one please PM me on their worth?

[BT Sniper]

What the heck I'm interested. You got some dimensions of the jackets? Weight?

Never seen a 22 cal half jacket bullet before but anything is possible. Do people use gas checks on 22 cal cast boolits?

BT

[ReloaderFred]

I've got a bullet mold in .22 caliber that uses gas checks. It's a cute little bullet, but I haven't found a use for it yet.... I also have some .22 caliber gas checks for it.

Hope this helps.

Fred

[Pavogrande]

Those may work in the herter/sas/ch half-jacket dies -

225107, 225415, 225450,225462 and 22596 are all gas check bullets -- 37 to 62 grains

[Willyp]

I will try to measure them,when i get home from work. Maybe they are something else?
Could these be unloaded Percussion or Musket caps????????

[DukeInFlorida]

Yes, Brian, we do use gas checks on 22 caliber bullets. I recently received group buy mold for a .224 cast bullet (55 grain), and the design is gas checked. I bought a FreeChex III punch set to make the gas checks for them from .010 aluminum sheet. Gas checks for bullets are much shorter than what I see in the bag of "half jackets".

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=118471

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s220/ShawnTVT/Guns/TC%20Contender%20222/NOE22-055FN222.jpg




Never seen a 22 cal half jacket bullet before but anything is possible. Do people use gas checks on 22 cal cast boolits?

BT

[shooterg]

Old Herter's 9 ton swage press/dies used .22 half jackets to make a spire pointed .22 . I never had the jackets when I had the press, tried derimmed .22 short cases, seem to remember they were a little long "as issued".

[Willyp]

I am no machinist[ nor spelling champion],but here is what i got:
O.D.-.220
I.D.-.190
Height-.176
Thick-.010
Any ideas on what they are??????

[Pavogrande]

Not to belabor this, but it is my opinion these are half-jacket cups for use in the old herter/ch and other 7/8-14 dies. The cup is not intended to form a nose. I think they may also be a bit thicker walled than full jacket cups.
my tuppence

[MIBULLETS]

They might work Ok for a 17 cal if you reduced them first.

[303Guy]

Willyp

Any chance of a close-up pic? I mean real close-up?