Primer cups?

[Avery Arms]

Has anyone tried using primer cups for bases?

The bullet on the right is a .308 "1/3 jacket" made from a .50 primer cup.

http://www.frugalsquirrels.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=4622&stc=1&d=1269039914


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[ANeat]

Ive heard of guys using them and shotgun primers for jackets. I dont have enough of either to try it.


Pretty cool

[sagacious]

Fired large primer cups (the brass ones) work as a short jacket on .224" swaged lead bullets.

[buck1]

ammosmith was playing with it I belive.........Buck

[Daywalker]

yea he used a 50 bmg primer for a half jacket on a 9mm boolit...

[Sarg]

The 50 BMG primer is HUGE. They cost twenty five cents each when your buying them to load. Would be nice to get more use out of them.

[firefly1957]

I have swaged some nice 22 bullets, I use in 223 @ about 1700 f/s, out of musket caps either copper or bass . They swage easy but even with a lot of exposed lead they do not expand well. The main purpose of them is reduced noise for vermin around house at night.