Herters information needed

[Reg]

I have forming jackets and core seating down. It’s the final form where I am running into a stumbling block.
It would appear you are doing this with a modified ram? Might you have a picture of same?

[Ajax111]

Watching.

[Reg]

I use such a press for .22 bullet swaging I have never found out who makes the dies I assume Pacific who also made the Herter's press .
I also have .357 & .452 bullet dies they do not fit the 9 ton press as the ram is slightly larger . I did modify the ram to work in a Lyman Orange Crusher press . The dies were made to form half jacket bullets but do make good all lead/lead alloy bullets I have cut similar dies for .30 caliber and am working on .429 dies now .
Here is a image of my .22 dies :

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Firefly thank you. From that photograph I think I see exactly where I am going wrong.
I need to turn my thinking around. The Herter top (nose) punch becomes the base punch and ejecting punch and the old ejecting punch becomes a removable nose punch. From rough measuring it looks like I need to make a new ram about 3 1/2” long. Am thinking to make the nose die and the body die recessed the same way Vickery did for positive alignment and use Stressproof for the material.
We shall find out by Thanksgiving
Again. I thank you!!!
Will post any findings.

[contender1]

I'm the OP on this,, and I can say I never got to using that press. No dies around that I could easily find. I think I still have it in a box to be swapped or traded or sold somewhere.

I did get into swaging using my RockChucker though.

[firefly1957]

Reg A picture would not show much of the modified ram it is being used for pistol not .224" bullets .
However I looked though some files and found I may be calling my press the wrong name ? Is your 9 ton press horizontal? I have seen the vertical press called the same (9 ton) and I have the vertical press . Your pictures are not showing and neither are they in this link: (2010)
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/sho...rs-9-Ton-Press
This is my press below however I have a PDF for a Herter's 9 ton I will try to post next reply....

[firefly1957]

Now see if I can open PDF here? P.S. the ram looks to be the same in both units!