Traffer
10-25-2017, 01:26 AM
I wasn't quite sure where to put this, but here it is.
As many know I have been trying to perfect the swaging and reloading/loading of 22 rim fire. My goal is to make match grade ammo. I have now gotten quite a bit of experience making dies. I have a process that does produce some acceptable results so far. My process is to mold cores at 40 grains, then swage them undersized to .2225"-.223" then powder coat them, then run them through another swaging die to the final exact dimensions. The diameter of the bearing surface to be .225". My latest pre-powder coat die got a little big from overpolishing. So the bullets came out at .2245"-.225" BEFORE the final swage. Which prevents reswaging them to the final size without scraping off some of the pc. However I used Smokes Clear for the first time and they came out well enough to use as-is. Not for match grade ammo but at least as good as common plinker rounds. I have included some pictures of the final results. (These have not been loaded or crimped, just stuck in the cases for show.) The round with the gold colored bullet is actually a CCI MiniMag that I used for comparison. I am also including a couple of videos of my technique of swaging and powdercoating. I swage a pin into the base of the boolits and place them in an aluminum block with pin holes to hold them in the vertical position. It affords me the best possible results for powder coating. I can attest that Smoke's powder coat is way way better than Harbor Freight.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j5zcrssjexoj70c/vlc-record-2017-10-24-03h38m30s-VID00001.MP4-.mp4?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2l74d7q6xgu3kml/vlc-record-2017-10-24-03h33m23s-FinishedBulletsDieScore.MP4-.mp4?dl=0
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As many know I have been trying to perfect the swaging and reloading/loading of 22 rim fire. My goal is to make match grade ammo. I have now gotten quite a bit of experience making dies. I have a process that does produce some acceptable results so far. My process is to mold cores at 40 grains, then swage them undersized to .2225"-.223" then powder coat them, then run them through another swaging die to the final exact dimensions. The diameter of the bearing surface to be .225". My latest pre-powder coat die got a little big from overpolishing. So the bullets came out at .2245"-.225" BEFORE the final swage. Which prevents reswaging them to the final size without scraping off some of the pc. However I used Smokes Clear for the first time and they came out well enough to use as-is. Not for match grade ammo but at least as good as common plinker rounds. I have included some pictures of the final results. (These have not been loaded or crimped, just stuck in the cases for show.) The round with the gold colored bullet is actually a CCI MiniMag that I used for comparison. I am also including a couple of videos of my technique of swaging and powdercoating. I swage a pin into the base of the boolits and place them in an aluminum block with pin holes to hold them in the vertical position. It affords me the best possible results for powder coating. I can attest that Smoke's powder coat is way way better than Harbor Freight.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j5zcrssjexoj70c/vlc-record-2017-10-24-03h38m30s-VID00001.MP4-.mp4?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2l74d7q6xgu3kml/vlc-record-2017-10-24-03h33m23s-FinishedBulletsDieScore.MP4-.mp4?dl=0
206601206602206603206604206605