Faster way of seating cores ?
Well I have some dies to make 224 bullets out of 22 rimfire brass and really slow part is placing cores in the brass. I have see one fellow post a pic of a series of plastic drilled to hold the brass and shakes the cores into them. Not sure if hes hand placing the brass in then shaking the cores in. We all the people that are coming up with great ideals I am sure someone has come up with a good way of getting the cores in the brass. Out of all the steps of making bullets this for me is the worst part of the process. So lets share some ideals or pics.
An easier way to get them #%&*@#? cores in the jackets
Roger- Personally, I'm a thumb twiddler. Sorry for the delay, life rears it's ugly head once and a whenever. This is my "Model #3 Beta version". I'm 'sperimentin' with pieces of scrap thrown in the cutoff bin so the materials I'm using, so far, are not my first pick. Shown are an odd mixture of PVC, Plexiglas and some weird soft stuff that is not bonder friendly. Any future models I make will be made of PVCX, a lighter PVC. That stuff is great. Easily worked, bonds well and about 1/2 the weight of PVC.
Both top and bottom pieces are 1/2" but going to try a 5/8" top and 3/8" bottom plate for more exposed case and longer funnel. The cases are 1/2" C/C but the rows are .800" apart for easy pickins. This one is a 160 holer, not like the puny 96'er I sent RP for testing. So far the fence is only 1 1/2" high butt may raise it another 1/2" to aid dumping out the excess jackets and cores. It goes like this. Dump in 100 or so jackets and shake, wiggle and tilt until most are seated. Add more jackets and repeat. Once all hole are occupied dump out excess jackets through the small gate you had your grubby mud hook over while doing the shaky, wiggle thing. You might have a few jacket bottom side up. No worries. remove top plate and turn 'em over. Almost all jackets will fall open end up. Replace upper plate. Do the same with cores. DISCLAIMER- The cores, as of this model, do not fall in as easy as the jackets so a bit of fingering or swishing around with your hand may be necessary. The cores like to hang up on the edge of the jacket and some don't readily fall into the jacket with the normal shake method. I believe that issue will be resolved with the 5/8" top plate. Or maybe I'll make a "core only" top plate. This is still a work in progress and not totally perfected. Anyway, here it is.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/atta...3&d=1363744819 http://castboolits.gunloads.com/atta...2&d=1363744819 http://castboolits.gunloads.com/atta...0&d=1363744819http://castboolits.gunloads.com/atta...1&d=1363744819
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/atta...9&d=1363744819
I'm trying to make a video and will post a link when it's uploaded to photo bucket. Improvements made as material is chucked at San Diego Plastics. When you're experimenting ya gotta keep it on the cheap. But it has given me the excuse to buy a drill press and table saw. Again, sorry for the delay.
Supe