What country are you in? I didn't realize you were not in USA.
Type: Posts; User: dimaprok
Forum: Swaging
What country are you in? I didn't realize you were not in USA.
Forum: Swaging
Nah... I've made a bunch of Lee style push through sizing dies for lead and Zinc bullets and copper jackets too. They work well for me. After I bore it, I wrap M3 nylon back sandpaper on the split...
Forum: Swaging
Yes, you are correct, but the tubing for refrigeration is measured as OD. Personally I wouldn't mind at all if it sold as 1/4" ID at this price point :) It would be a 5/16 and would be perfect for...
Forum: Swaging
I though I replied but I didn't. I experimented with expanding just by running a mandrel through it first to get to .263 - that was success and then to .306 and that was success too! What surprised...
Forum: Swaging
My dream was to buy Master Caster, add automation and let it cast cores from a single cavity mold. I bet it would produce very consistent cores. It would save so much time not having to swage your...
Forum: Swaging
My dream was to buy Master Caster, add automation and let it cast cores from a single cavity mold. I bet it would produce very consistent cores. It would save so much time not having to swage your...
Forum: Swaging
Wow... that looks a lot more complicated then I envisioned. I though I could just make hole (drill, ream, polish) in blank die with 45 degree angle at the bottom, machine a matching angle punch that...
Forum: Swaging
Where is a good source to buy in smaller quantity? Looking at McMaster a 1lb can for $45 in 400 grit and $99 for 1200. Just trying to figure out a more budget friendly solution rather then spending...
Forum: Swaging
I would be interested to know how much you would charge for point forming die.
Forum: Swaging
Thanks. I'll send you PM about the dies. The dies I picked up from a member here who happens to be a very nice guy, somewhat local to me (1.5 hours away). I've been to his man cave a few times and...
Forum: Swaging
I do recall finding digital PDF book by David Corbin on swaging on his website, it has lots of information.
TATV made great videos on making 224 bullets, they are short, professional and to the...
Forum: Swaging
The ejection system is held by set screws that originaly held priming...
Forum: Swaging
I myself picked up a set of Corbin dies recently and made my own conversion kit for RCE Richard's Sea Girt press. It was a bit of challenge to figure out dimensions at first but when you do its...
Forum: Swaging
5/16" tubing has gotten pretty expensive so I looked at 1/4" tubing and bought 50 feet of ebay which comes out to about 6.5 cents per inch. I am planning to make my own tubing to jacket die as it...
Forum: Casting Equipment
The smell of melting wheel weights is nauseating for me. I found that using lid on my cast iron pot really helps to contain it. When I lift the lid the vapors ignite and it doesn't smell as bad. ...
Forum: Swaging
Nice write-up, nice to know you can use 9mm casings for 357 jackets. If you got 0.800" long just by sizing down to .355 or so, I am thinking that sizing even farther down to .307 would stretch...
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I've found that 25gr of several powders worked. TAC, Benchmark, 4895, SW AR Plus, H335. In my latest batch I was using 24.7gr of AR+, it was giving me 3200fps with 55gr from a longer 26" barrel.
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Forum: Swaging
Was this at 100 yards?
Hornady 55gr SP (soft point) is one of my most accurate bullets Recently I tested in EABCO 24" barrel (AR15) 1:9 twist and it put 4 out of 5 in same hole at 50 yards.
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Throughout few years I emailed Arsenal 4 or so times with the intention to buy a mold and NEVER got a response. Someone suggested I try to message through Facebook and I did; they did respond after...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I cast a lot of Zinc bullets from Zn wheel weights. Zinc actually has crazy springback. I had to make custom sizers that are 1.5 - 2 thousands smaller then target. Also initially I believed that...
Forum: Swaging
Thanks for the response, I actually want to make short 120-130gr bullets for my 300 HAM'R similar to Speer 125gr TNT, so I'll probably need to trim them. If you have any information on what length...
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Forgot to add for the punch I took automotive bolt that I machined into punch, I took pneumatic cylinder apart which turned out to be very simple (4 threaded rods and 4 nuts holding it together)...
Forum: Swaging
I made one recently. It was on my To Do list for few years. Very happy the way it turned out. Picked up used cylinder on ebay cheap. My struggle was trying to find the right hose connectors; went...
Forum: Swaging
In my experience, I saw no difference in what lube I used. I tend to overlube as well and it has not been a problem when it comes to de-rimming. That RCBS case lube-2 works well, I've used...
Forum: Swaging
What do you mean by that? Is it better or worse?
I have BTsniper's die, I made my own die and I bought Corbin's die. They all make good jackets. Major difference I found is that Brian's jackets...
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 |