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it can definitely be done. After you cut to length, then end round, then during flattening and closing the end of the jacket in the core seat die, it will require a punch dedicated to the tubing...

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That's pretty simple mathematics and economics though with Richard being a single man operation doing it as his leisure compared to Dave's being a formal business with employees to pay at minimum....

Awesome thank you very much!!

Hey all, anyone know where this mold came from? It's marked A-455 655 and a two cavity. I haven't cast anything yet but it had bullets in there that I believe were .455 and 230 gr round nose. ...

Yep. I said this exact point in another thread on here last year when Dave sold it.

Yeah they're slowing moving things over. Much of it hasn't been updated. I was watching it about a month ago and it's slowly been added to since then but nowhere near complete obviously.

Yep! Same message. They actually have a neat set of videos they're posting up. Ones the history of Dave and the company on YouTube.

For Blackmon?

http://bulletswagingsupply.com/main%20price%20sheet.pdf

+1 to the harbor freight compartment boxes with the blue seals. They come in varying sizes and are sturdy enough for abunch of dies and punches.

You're gonna be ecstatic with the process of swaging jumping from the reloading dies to these. Careful. The bug might get you.

Oh yeah 5.7 cases make great 308 projectiles but I'd guess there'd be an issue on the length vs weight needs for a 32 due to the base of brass turned projectile lengthens the projectile a good bit. ...

Can you explain what you mean by hardened sharpened bolts?

Yep. Stand by.

His ram is the same 5/8-24 thread but his dies are closer to the Corbin M dies dimension wise as they need to retract into the press frame during ejection and the 1" dies are too big diameter wise...

I couldn't quite find a solid yes or no answers so I thought I'd ask the professionals.

For the older Lyman Ideal 4 cavity mold that have the pivot point in front and start opening at the rear of...

Yeah those were what I was referring to in my first post. I have one from Dave but prefer BT's notch die mainly cause it's clear to see the work being done. I havent done any real testing with the...

Ah ok the saber tooth die. I knew of that one. I thought you were saying there was a core seating punch and crimping all in one action.

Haven't gotten jnto the shop yet this weekend but I was also thinking about the possibility of a thinner walled jacket for subs. There'd be a fine line in there though due to the small twist rate...

How about trying the scoring option. Corbin has those scoring dies. They really help the jacket to petal peel on impact. Another option is BT's BTX die and you'd possibly want to build a bullet with...

No real intentions to do all lead slugs with the amount of jacket options I have... just curiosity. I saw that projectile and was wondering if it was something other swagers do or feasible as a...

The 44 cal copper jackets bump up to .458 easy enough? Good to know!

I'd double check the 5/8 threading. It should be 5/8-24 not 22, but someone correct me if I'm wrong.

+1 to organzational boxes. Separate all the 9/16 and 5/8's first.Was there a list of all the...

Interesting. The example I had gotten shows the lead that's definitely flowed up into the ejection hole. What calibers have you done all lead rifle slugs in?

Hey all. Anyone have experience Swaging lead slugs in Swage dies with smaller metplat made for jacket projectiles? I've seen examples of pure lead from my .264 dies from Corbin but I'd be afraid of...