SWANEEDB
12-25-2009, 05:05 PM
Well to start off, 1'st pic is why I'm in the house, 2'nd is part of my play room, 3'rd is my helper Gus. I wish to thank all the forum members who have made this all possible for me to achieve, would not have done this without all the input, still have alot of trial & error to come up with a better finished boolit--sound like B T huh, thanks for all you do BT.
First of all I trimmed 40 cases to .762, used 40 cal lead boolits, 173gr, swaged them to make all uniform, set core in case and slightly pressed into case for uniformity, then to the swaging die, you see the end result and the variations. Avg boolit weight is about 239.5. The all steel Star crimpers are from old shotshell reloaders, don't remember the brands. I did not anneal the brass, bullet dia. is
.429, still have to do the cannalure thing but don't know if that will be nessesary or not as I use for the most part taper crimp dies. So, now on too the next one, 9mm for the 40. Any and all feed back is most certainly appreaciated. OH ya, I did break the piviot pin on my RCBS lV, the one that goes into the ram, just have to keep an eye on it so it doesn't fall out, will see if RCBS covers it. Dave
First of all I trimmed 40 cases to .762, used 40 cal lead boolits, 173gr, swaged them to make all uniform, set core in case and slightly pressed into case for uniformity, then to the swaging die, you see the end result and the variations. Avg boolit weight is about 239.5. The all steel Star crimpers are from old shotshell reloaders, don't remember the brands. I did not anneal the brass, bullet dia. is
.429, still have to do the cannalure thing but don't know if that will be nessesary or not as I use for the most part taper crimp dies. So, now on too the next one, 9mm for the 40. Any and all feed back is most certainly appreaciated. OH ya, I did break the piviot pin on my RCBS lV, the one that goes into the ram, just have to keep an eye on it so it doesn't fall out, will see if RCBS covers it. Dave