Yes. People do it all the time. Casting cores is extremely common. Some guys don’t want to mess with hot lead. Just use soft lead.
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Forum: Swaging
Yes. People do it all the time. Casting cores is extremely common. Some guys don’t want to mess with hot lead. Just use soft lead.
Forum: Completed Deals
Just collects too much dust. $250 shipped. Thanks!
PM for pics. Thanks!
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You’re welcome! Your collection is coming together nicely!
Forum: Swaging
Yes absolutely. You want the brass as clean as possible before derimming. I like to tumble in SS and run in the ultra sonic. I do this process twice. If you dont get enough of the priming compound...
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Air cylinder size becomes a variable depending on how much output pressure you have. The pressure to push the case through generally stays the same but your success will vary if your equipment isn’t...
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Too many variable really. Diameter of the sizing die, entrance geometry of the sizing die, diameter of the punch, and variations in wall thickness with various headstamps are a few variables.
Forum: Swaging
It’s not hard when you make them on a cnc grinder lol
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6 years of silence? This thread isn’t even a year old lol. Yes they can be made. They have been made. There’s several ways to skin a cat. I was going to try to get a handful of people in on a group...
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No problem! Nick is an awesome guy to deal with.
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Point form die, 1/2 of it. Polished up and ready for grind. I still have to make the mating straight-walled portion and heat treat and hone it.
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Core swage and core seat dies ready for...
Forum: Swaging
If the punch was made for rimfire jackets it probably won’t work for commercial jackets. We really need more info.
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Are you using the correct punch? Cores might be too light for the jacket too.
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You are camming over when seating the cores, right?
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You also might not be seating the cores enough to swell the jacket for a snug fit in the die.
Forum: Special Projects
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Here’s mine. The 2 mating parts having radii so they “roll” and find center using a piloted reamer.
Forum: Swaging
I’ve bumped both .40 cal and .44 cal jacketed bullets up to .453 in my lead bullet swage dies quite easily on my swage press.
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We’d have to garner up some more interest and get a few more guys interested. If no one else is interested I might sell mine after my die is finished.
Forum: Special Projects
The outer covering will be metal but I will have a 1” thick layer of ceramic fiber blanket in between the firebrick and sheet metal. It will not be an oxygen free oven. Being that most all my swage...
Forum: Special Projects
I’m in the process of building a heat treat oven. Specs : 120V, 10.9 Ohms, 11 AMPS, 1320 Watts, 3.17W per sq cm surface load on wire (16 ga Kanthal), Internal dimensions 7”Wide x 4” Tall x 12.5” Deep...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |