aaronraad
04-17-2013, 01:20 AM
midnight's post http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?195743-Removing-bullet-stuck-in-point-form-die inspired me to start this thread...for something a little different.
In the beginning, alone at my workbench one evening, I found myself with a partially ejected, jacketed bullet in my pointing die and a collapsed ejection pin. So I read my swaging notes again and cut-to-length and replaced my 0.062" ejection pin wire. I pushed the partially ejected bullet back into the die and then adjusted down the boat tail punch hoping to close the tip a bit further. Several pieces of ejection pin wire later and a few choice words, I was still not operational.
I had such high hopes for the 308 cal 14-S secant carbide pointing die. Swaging equipment disappears for months in Australia, especailly if it has to go to a third party overseas, so I sucked it up and pulled the die out of the ram again. This time it went into the bench vice with a couple of pieces of masonite to protect it from the jaws. Out came the cordless Bosch drill and a 1/8" drill bit. I drilled through the boat tail and into the lead core about 3/8". I screwed in a 8gx11/2" treated pine wood screw by hand with a philips head screwdriver and stopped after a few threads when it was tight. I then grabbed the 20oz claw hammer and leavered out the screw and bullet attached. I was finally relieved after I cleaned out the die and inspected it to find nothing untoward. I put everything down and walked away for 48hrs, wondering what I had gotten myself into. I've since pulled a half sand bucket (golf divots) worth of bullets since, for a whole bunch of reasons, using different methods, but I think everyone remebers their first.
Please feel free to share your moment or just add innuedo!:wink:
In the beginning, alone at my workbench one evening, I found myself with a partially ejected, jacketed bullet in my pointing die and a collapsed ejection pin. So I read my swaging notes again and cut-to-length and replaced my 0.062" ejection pin wire. I pushed the partially ejected bullet back into the die and then adjusted down the boat tail punch hoping to close the tip a bit further. Several pieces of ejection pin wire later and a few choice words, I was still not operational.
I had such high hopes for the 308 cal 14-S secant carbide pointing die. Swaging equipment disappears for months in Australia, especailly if it has to go to a third party overseas, so I sucked it up and pulled the die out of the ram again. This time it went into the bench vice with a couple of pieces of masonite to protect it from the jaws. Out came the cordless Bosch drill and a 1/8" drill bit. I drilled through the boat tail and into the lead core about 3/8". I screwed in a 8gx11/2" treated pine wood screw by hand with a philips head screwdriver and stopped after a few threads when it was tight. I then grabbed the 20oz claw hammer and leavered out the screw and bullet attached. I was finally relieved after I cleaned out the die and inspected it to find nothing untoward. I put everything down and walked away for 48hrs, wondering what I had gotten myself into. I've since pulled a half sand bucket (golf divots) worth of bullets since, for a whole bunch of reasons, using different methods, but I think everyone remebers their first.
Please feel free to share your moment or just add innuedo!:wink: