New to me A2

[dddddmorgan]

So one more question if I may.

In the opinion of the knowledgeable folks here, is the cast iron A2 press strong enough to swage jacketed bullets?

I ask because ultimately I want to get set up to make jacketed bullets out of 22 rimfire cases.

[Bent Ramrod]

That’s the reason Fred Huntington invented that press. Using his dies to swage .22 jacketed bullets exposed the weak points in conventional C- and H-style presses, and suggested the improvements he incorporated into the RCBS presses.

The cast steel was Brooklyn Bridge-style overdesign. The O-frame in cast iron is plenty strong enough. I’ve swaged a lot of .22 rimfire jacket bullets on a cast-iron Rockchucker.

You might need a replacement solid ram section for the punches. The regular extensions with the cutouts for shell holders and priming arms sometimes bent or collapsed after a lot of heavy-duty swaging. I’ve never had that happen myself, however.