Jammer Six
11-14-2011, 01:44 PM
I'm getting ready to smoosh boolits.
(I said that right, didn't I?)
After everything I've read, it looks to me like I might escape to the cheap side, but I have two final questions before I choose a system and commit.
As I understand this, a Lee Classic will work, given some of the innovations here on this board, to smoosh .451 or .452 jacketed Keith semi wadcutters for .45 ACP.
Now, all my reading shows partial jackets on semi wadcutters. I haven't seen any pictures of .45 caliber Keith semi wad cutters that are fully jacketed. (That is, with the nose enclosed in the jacket.)
So my two questions are these: one, if I go the low-ball route, with a Lee press and a set of dies from one of our resident innovators, will I be able to completely jacket a 200 grain Keith semi wadcutter?
Two, will such a setup be able to smoosh jackets out of copper pipe?
I continue to be in awe of the things people are doing on this board, and I appreciate the help you are all giving me, whether you realize it or not.
(I said that right, didn't I?)
After everything I've read, it looks to me like I might escape to the cheap side, but I have two final questions before I choose a system and commit.
As I understand this, a Lee Classic will work, given some of the innovations here on this board, to smoosh .451 or .452 jacketed Keith semi wadcutters for .45 ACP.
Now, all my reading shows partial jackets on semi wadcutters. I haven't seen any pictures of .45 caliber Keith semi wad cutters that are fully jacketed. (That is, with the nose enclosed in the jacket.)
So my two questions are these: one, if I go the low-ball route, with a Lee press and a set of dies from one of our resident innovators, will I be able to completely jacket a 200 grain Keith semi wadcutter?
Two, will such a setup be able to smoosh jackets out of copper pipe?
I continue to be in awe of the things people are doing on this board, and I appreciate the help you are all giving me, whether you realize it or not.