Pete D.
01-27-2009, 07:48 AM
Well, I played with the "turning the .30-06 case down a tad in a lathe idea" idea this past weekend. I decided to start a new thread since this is not a .40 to .44 experiment though the spirit is the same and the earlier posts are there.
As you might expect, this idea worked. Attached are three pics. The parent case turned to .453". The case cut off to one inch. The bullet swaged in a Corbin point form die to .458.
I have loaded this into a 45-70 case. Not fired.
My little lathe has to be spinning pretty fast to get a smooth finish. This bullet is not as smooth as I'd like. The finished bullet looks remarkably like a loaded .45 ACP round.
Pete
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-3/661868/IMG_0514.JPG
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-3/661868/IMG_0515.JPG
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-3/661868/IMG_0516.JPG
As you might expect, this idea worked. Attached are three pics. The parent case turned to .453". The case cut off to one inch. The bullet swaged in a Corbin point form die to .458.
I have loaded this into a 45-70 case. Not fired.
My little lathe has to be spinning pretty fast to get a smooth finish. This bullet is not as smooth as I'd like. The finished bullet looks remarkably like a loaded .45 ACP round.
Pete
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-3/661868/IMG_0514.JPG
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-3/661868/IMG_0515.JPG
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-3/661868/IMG_0516.JPG