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DougGuy - GONRA real appreciates yer Detailed Post (s)!
Learned a LOT ! THANX

When you say "CARBIDE" do you had any additional info ?
(Lottsa "CARBIDES" used in cuttin' tools! Weird...

GONRA's GLAD I don't own any tubular magazine guns!

GONRA agrees with john.k FORGET !@#$ BOLTS!
Make it EZ - get documented material (drill rod etc.) from actual industrial suppliers.....
>>> NO HEAT TREATNG GUESS...

Decades ago, GONRA was seekin' a NEW GM "J- car" hatchback for the Little Family - wife, teen age kids, etc.
Dealer's Benevolent Caring-Sharing Salesman started off their All Heart "$500 Rusty...

GONRA doesn't either - too lazy.....
AND - a microscopic thin coating of decent sizing lube
on the cartridge case is nice for functioning in semiautos.

GONRA sez - DON'T SWEAT LUBE DENTS !!

GONRA sez - don't worry about it! !!

GONRA sez - Mainboy did it RIGHT! If yer out in the boonies, PROPANE / GENERAC......

GONRA's Younger Son verks in an Operating Room .
They do this stuff ALL THE TIME!
Don't worry about it!

el cheapo GONRA loads .45 ACP with Range Brass & 230 gn Range Lead cast RN boolits.
Meets MY High Standards in 1928 Thompson SMG blasting &
precision DCM 1911 Colt .45 ACP bullseye shootin'.

GONRA bets good olde ALCHEMISTS had discussions like this! WOW!
(Today its "Faith Based Quantum Mechanics"...)

GONRA accumulated a couple dozen Lyman-Ideal and
Lee SINGLE CAVITY moulds over ~60 years.
NEVER had any of these crazy mould problems.
MULTICAVITY moulds are much more susceptible
to sloppy...

Appears to GONRA that yer best bet is (attempt) to backorder some
8mm Nambu ammo from STEINEL AMMO,
patiently wait whilst watching to see what else shows up as tyme goes on....

In the...

GONRA read Phil Sharp's book in college.
Gotta Hollywood Senior press, 6.5x50.5mm Japanese dies and
reloaded for my Uncles olde WW II bringback rifle.
(Laboriously formed brass from range...

GONRA sez - scottyp99 needs a decent MICROMETER to measure DIAMETERS.
Various calipers are great for LENGTHS.

Sounds like you have it all figgered out, but just for the hell of it,
GONRA has always used STP Oil Treatment for a sizing lube.
5.7x28mm FN brass all way up to 14.5mm Soviet LSC
scrap dealer...

GONRA's pretty sure some guys COLLECT reloading equipment (just like guns)
without any specific use in mind.
Bet most have HOARDER genes too and will grab any free stuff they can.....

Quote Originally Posted by vzerone "
30-06 to 240 Weatherby Magnum.
"This conversion is really not that difficult with the proper dies.

Decades ago GONRA wondered if anybody actually / really...

GONRA sez - ya gotta be BRAVE to make cartridge cases on an automatic screw machine
load up and actually SHOOT 'EM! Be Careful! EYE PROECTION!

SOUNDGUY - to date, all GONRA's 5.7x28mm FN loading
has been done from a pyle of "once fired" FN brass.
Source is believed to be US Gov. Agencies....

Such full powered 5.7x28mmFN ammo fired...

GONRA sez follow Fast54vw's advice EXACTLY and "stay out of trouble"!!!

Additional Weighty Thoughts: (warm up yer wallet, patience.....)

Use RCBS SMALL BASE dies, STP Oil Treatment case ...

Picky Picky GONRA reminds ya'll - primers DEFLAGRATE.
They hopefully do NOT detonate!
BLASTING CAPS detonate.....

GONRA sez BUY IT! Get all the other stuff too. Sort it all out lateron......

GONRA's done this zillions of tymes decades back.....
THESE DAYS - buy Really Good Brass - GRAFS, etc.
(Don't cheep out! You'll drive yerself nuts!)

30 TPI can be made with olde Craftsman 12 inch lathes, many others.
YOU have to verk out the Gear Train for 30 TPI for the lathe used.....
(Hope ya'll like math! Have Phun!)

Teen Ager GONRA cut...