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Thread: Swaging 40/s&w brass to make 45/acp full jacket 210/gr tc nose bullets, 1000/pc lot

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    Great post thank you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sasquatch-1 View Post
    As you proceed you will find that the entire process is time consuming. I have swaged 44's with and without trimming. I am willing to take the extra time, 1, because I like the look better, 2, I think it delivers slightly better expansion. No scientific data behind #2 just my opinion.
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    What do you use to “catch”/recover your boolits?

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    Quote Originally Posted by rustyshooter View Post
    What do you use to “catch”/recover your boolits?
    The two on the left (now mind you this was a while ago) I think came out of the berm when mining lead. The one on the right I believe cam from a bowling pin.

    Also, if I remember correctly, The bullets are 240 grn. with 22 grns. of W296. I can't remember if I shot them out of a 7.5" SBH or a 9.5" SRH.
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    here is a video of a friends YT channel that i sent some .45acp bullets made with .40s&w cases for jackets using a .243 sizing die that i modified to test in his balistic gel. also i sent him some lead swaged bullets using the C&H 101 swage dies. the results were suprising. the cores were made from Lyman #2 mixture so they were fairly hard.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQZdJucYcl8

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BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
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