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    Frosted Boolits

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    Gonna get back into swaging…

    It’s been a while since I got rid of my swaging gear a few years back. I’ve decided I’m going to slide back into it. Gonna get me another Walnut Hill and make my own dies. I’ve already started work on the PF die. I had a spare piece of S7 laying around, but I’m hoping the diameter is big enough to withstand the pressures of swaging. Thoughts?

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    It might be big enough to make a 17 cal PF…..BUT ONLY JUST.
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    Making progress. My lunch break was very productive. Made a model of the swage die. After much deliberation and pondering I’ve decided to make clones of Corbin’s H-dies for use in the CSP-2 press. This model will be manipulated and changed as needed for the different dies within each set.

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    I make my own "M" & "H" die from "A2" Tool Steel.
    I have lots of blanks on hand for when the need arises, I machine whatever I need.

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    Nice Rick!!! I plan on using A2 also as I have tons of it on hand and we are always sending A2 out for heat treat. I also have some 1144 I plan on making punches with.
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    your thinking getting back into sagging and I'm thinking getting back out of it
    I use both of the Corbind swage presses and dies, Daves and Richards equipment. At one time it was good for what I wanted for quality bullets I could not cast or jacketed bullet to buy in the dimensions I wanted. Now I use cast about 99% of my use and the equipment sits idle unused. Have a bunch of tube jackets and copper sweat caps changed for cups, more then what you see below
    Ahhhhh maybe again some day LOL.

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