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Thread: Primer cup swages

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    Primer cup swages

    I have been contemplating reloading and/or making primers for my own use, and found myself wondering what the parameters would be for making a swage die for primer cups, as well as what the base material would be. Anyone with knowledge on the subject?
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    look up Frost's book on ammunition making. He has a whole chapter on primers.

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    Cool! I'll see what I can find.
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    GONRA always wanted to "make a primer from scratch" since teen age years.

    Finally did in my 70's:
    18 9mm diameter Soviet 14.5mm PTRS-41 Anti Tank rifle Berdan primers - just for the hell of it.
    2 grains FA 959 mix. 42 mil Cu sheet raw cup forming material.

    (Pointless but LOTTSA PHUN!) Learned a LOT along the way!

    Youngest grandson will get all the presses, tooling, chemicals etc.
    Stay Tuned.....

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    get on mewe social media, look up primer reloading, there is a very active group that has all the materials and tools down to a tee. noe makes a die that works for swagging primers and there are a lot of homemade ideas. the group is run by mark and marshal from ardvark reloading.
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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
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