Heeled bullets

[looseprojectile]

Last weekend I got a Martini Cadet rifle. Original chamber.
Nowhere in all my accumulated junk from 55 years of reloading is anything that even comes close to a 120 grain .320" diameter bullet with a heel to fit in the case. Made some cases from 32 20s.
Am thinking about making a swaging die with an ejector with the shape of the nose and a bottom punch with a counterbore to form the base to make an outside lubed bullet. Can't be too difficult can it? Run it in my Rockchucker press?
I really don't want to alter the gun by chambering it to 32 20 and reaming the neck a little larger for an inside lubed bullet. I can picture in my mind what I need for a die.
Anyone done something like this?

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[3006guns]

I have the same dilemma.....except my Martini has been rechambered for 32-20. I tried shooting a standard boolit and I swear I could hear it rattle down the tube. I know the correct mold is available but cost is a factor.

Your idea has merit. Since the heeled portion is only a few thousanths smaller than the rest, a Rock Chucker should handle it in my opinion. As long as you're not trying to swage the entire boolit the pressure required would be minimal, probably no more than a regular sizing operation.

Just a thought......what about a standard .32 pistol boolit left as cast (oversize), then run through your "heeling die"? Room for experimentation here!

[ANeat]

I would say that any die maker could fix you up. One of the Corbins mentions it specificly.

http://www.corbins.com/heelbase.htm

[Pepe Ray]

Money can solve many problems.
Having access to a machine shop and the skills to use it is also helpful.

I'm making a heeled boolet for a .45Colt bore by swagging the boolet down with a Lee FCD in .444 Marlin. It takes a little more time to figure the adjustments and handle the boolets but it's very rewarding and easy on the budget.
Good luck.
Pepe Ray

[45 2.1]

RCBS and CBE do make proper molds for it.

[looseprojectile]

I have a 120 grain gas ckeck .310 boolit. I thought a bump die with the right dimensions would work. I have a small lathe and plenty of time. Generally when I do a project like this I have to fiddle with it and make at least two attempts before I get something to work.
I'll let you know how it turns out.

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