Digital Dan
01-14-2014, 06:46 PM
Short on text, big on pictures of the subject.
There's a reason they call them hammer dies:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/muddler/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3726_zps773ab2ed.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/muddler/media/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3726_zps773ab2ed.jpg.html)
The slug on the left, a finished bullet on the right. Alloy is pure lead and the product is a .50 caliber picket form of 420 grains.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/muddler/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3714_zpsdf91ad67.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/muddler/media/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3714_zpsdf91ad67.jpg.html)
The components, from top left to right and down: Die body, ram, bullets, ejector pin, base
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/muddler/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3716_zps01e26191.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/muddler/media/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3716_zps01e26191.jpg.html)
Strip cutter, cross strips, bullets and assembled die on right.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/muddler/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3712_zps27e1b967.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/muddler/media/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3712_zps27e1b967.jpg.html)
The assembled die with a slug inserted. Note the short distance between the diameter change in the ram and the die body top. After the ram is struck with the hammer this will sit about 1/8" above the die body. It is NOT a stop. I have another die with a perfectly cylindrical ram which is an alternative.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/muddler/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3724_zpsb491fc3d.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/muddler/media/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3724_zpsb491fc3d.jpg.html)
Lastly, the interior of the die body with ejector pin removed.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/muddler/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3717_zps08beb61c.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/muddler/media/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3717_zps08beb61c.jpg.html)
There's a reason they call them hammer dies:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/muddler/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3726_zps773ab2ed.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/muddler/media/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3726_zps773ab2ed.jpg.html)
The slug on the left, a finished bullet on the right. Alloy is pure lead and the product is a .50 caliber picket form of 420 grains.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/muddler/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3714_zpsdf91ad67.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/muddler/media/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3714_zpsdf91ad67.jpg.html)
The components, from top left to right and down: Die body, ram, bullets, ejector pin, base
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/muddler/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3716_zps01e26191.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/muddler/media/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3716_zps01e26191.jpg.html)
Strip cutter, cross strips, bullets and assembled die on right.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/muddler/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3712_zps27e1b967.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/muddler/media/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3712_zps27e1b967.jpg.html)
The assembled die with a slug inserted. Note the short distance between the diameter change in the ram and the die body top. After the ram is struck with the hammer this will sit about 1/8" above the die body. It is NOT a stop. I have another die with a perfectly cylindrical ram which is an alternative.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/muddler/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3724_zpsb491fc3d.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/muddler/media/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3724_zpsb491fc3d.jpg.html)
Lastly, the interior of the die body with ejector pin removed.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/muddler/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3717_zps08beb61c.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/muddler/media/Guns/Black%20Powder/IMG_3717_zps08beb61c.jpg.html)