Hello:
I messed up and bought a MK II CH Auto Champion linear progressive press. I paid way too much, now I have to get it to run. It would be a great help in this if I had a manual. Does anyone...
Type: Posts; User: barryjyoung
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Hello:
I messed up and bought a MK II CH Auto Champion linear progressive press. I paid way too much, now I have to get it to run. It would be a great help in this if I had a manual. Does anyone...
Forum: Swaging
Thanks Gew:
I understand about doing the same thing so that you get consistency. What I don't know is how to buy the right length jacket for an approximate bullet. Even Berger could not tell me...
Forum: Swaging
Those flambeau zrust cases are working for me in humid Missouri just fine
Forum: Casting Equipment
"After a LONG hiatus my two 20# plumbers pot propane tanks can no longer be filled due to lack of an OPD."
What is an OPD?
Forum: Swaging
I am currently set up to make .308 jacketted bullets with pure lead cores. I would like to start with 168 grain closed tip rebated boat tail base.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I convert 30-30, .219 Zipper, and a few other cases into two different .219 Donaldson Wasp cases. One of the chambers is longer than the other. This also requires reaming and turning the case neck...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Additionally, who is going to speak to the tolerance used in the manufacture of these pencils? I know that if you are using pencils to try to determine hardness, there is great desire for the system...
Forum: Swaging
Thank you so very much I will do just that.
Barry
Forum: Swaging
It just seems like there should be information somewhere on which jacket to buy for a particular bullet, but I have been unable to find anything like it. This is amazing considering how many jackets...
Forum: Swaging
Thanks Ajax111 I will go dig deeper.
Barry
Forum: Swaging
Hey 475AR:
That is helpful thanks. My plan was to buy long jackets, trim them to whatever length I need. Then buy appropriate jackets if they are available. That is a great tip keeping a core,...
Forum: Swaging
Thank you Liseo. How did you determine which jacket to use?
Barry
Forum: Swaging
Thank you Ajax111. I have been to the Corbin website, there is so much information there I sort of suffocate a little. Anyway after spending countless hours there, and an hour after your response, I...
Forum: Swaging
So, there is a hydropress sitting in the basement. It wants to get to work. I went to buy bullet jackets and lo and behold, they come in different lengths. Unable to find a convenient chart on the...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I voted unsure. If the Chinese nuke the US, I will need more lead. Currently I have 2120 pounds of processed lead in 2 significantly different piles. The first pile is 650 pounds of pure lead to be...
Forum: Swaging
In addition to the hydro press and A. Neat hand press that I built I forgot to mention I also have a CH Press and dies and half jackets. I will be using the CH press with powder coated cores. Just...
Forum: Swaging
I searched like crazy and could not find them. Got a link?
Thanks
Barry
Forum: Swaging
Did you make up the acronym BAM or is it something others are also using? I have bever seen that before.
Thanks
Forum: Swaging
Thank you Ajax. Should one also clean the jackets?
Barry
Forum: Reloading Equipment
So, I see it has been 6 years since anyone replied to this thread. That's ok. I form .219 Donaldson Wasp from .219 Zipper, .22-.250 and 30-30 cases. The case forming is easy if you use a good case...
Forum: Swaging
Corbin Hydro Press CHP-1. Haven't tried it yet. I also have a copy of ANeat's hand press which I built from plans by UP North. For lead wire extrusion, I have a hydraulic extrusion press half...
Forum: Swaging
I built the A Neat press and it will serve as my hand press.
Forum: Swaging
Okie Doke. I have read Power Swaging, and the Hydro Press manual, but will again.
Forum: Swaging
So that's it? 6 years of silence? Has anybody considered making their own point form reamers? I have a Gorton tool and cutter grinder I am going to see if there is a way.
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 |