Swagging Press To Small

[Sliver Shooter]

I have come to the conclusion the Lee Press I'm trying to swag on is to light duty. I have replace the handle with a longer one and it just won't fill the point form die to the end. I cannot get the leverage on it. Has anyone else had the same success with light presses? Or am I missing something?:(

[dbosman]

Some have modified the linkage for more leverage.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?151163-Modding-the-Lee-Classic-Cast-for-leverage&highlight=lee+linkage

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?186325-New-Lee-linkage-for-older-presses&highlight=lee+linkage

[GerryM]

Two presses that will really do the work are
1 Redding big boss and 2 the rockchucker RCBS

[runfiverun]

i point form my 223's on the little miniature rs-2 press.
you might wanna anneal the jaxkets.

[MIBULLETS]

You didn't say what caliber you are trying to make or what kind of lead you are using. Do you have the point die too far into the press?

[Lizard333]

The hardest operation for your press is derimming the brass. Point forming should be a cake walk. If it isn't forming your brass might not be properly annealed.

How hard is the lead your using as a core? Softer is better.

[Sliver Shooter]

I'm using pure lead for cores. I may need to look at my annealing, I thought it was ok. 22lr brass is what I'm doing. I swaged just a lead core to see how the die looked. It swagged all the way perfect. If the boolits would come out as such I'd be happy. 62420

[MIBULLETS]

What Lee press are you using. I know they have made quite a few in the past and some do not have as much leverage as the newer Lee Classic press.

[Hickory]

Back in the late 80's I used to make bullets like those in the picture,
put two chandler grooves with a C/H tool and dip lube them for shooting
squirrels in my .222 rem model 7 at about 950-1000 fps did a good job on them.

[Sliver Shooter]

Those were just lead cores to see if the die was shaped ok. I did go to a longer core in the jakit and it did improve some. Also I made an ejector so I don't have to beat the boolit out causing the hollow point. I just bought a C H Magnum H press on Ebay that will give me a better press for this. My press is the lighter Lee aluminum cast D press. Not heavy duty by no means. 62427