40 cal from 9mm easiest by far and cheap!

[khamill2000]

Works now

[SSGOldfart]

thank you Khamill it's hard to belive swagging a bullet is that easy,but I guess it is

[BT Sniper]

Cool. Glad the video is working again.


It really isn't difficult. I have said it many times about how I thought it took fancy high dollor machines and a bit of magic to make quality bullets. Well..... Ask anyone of the first time swagers with a set of my dies or my improved CH version dies..... It is just that easy and you, like myself, may feel a bit like a magician

BT

[Whistler]

BT Sniper: I have tried to place an order for your dies via e-mail. Please check your spam filters. My adress is the_whistler (a) hell.as

[BT Sniper]

I'm behind on my emails and PMs. At the moment I am on family vacation and will return home on the 25th. I will check to make sure I got your emial and return everyone's inquires as soon as I can.

I do recall your email with the sweden address. When I get home I plan on making several of my 40 cal one step dies to have ready for Christmas delivery or sooner. Probably make like 20 or more dies. At the moment I am sold out of the 40 cal one step but like I said I expect to have some ready to ship and to everyone's door by Christmas.

Thanks

BT

[SSGOldfart]

well my order has already been PM'd. just waiting your answer.

[Outch]

[QUOTE=BT Sniper;1434519]I'm behind on my emails and PMs. At the moment I am on family vacation and will return home on the 25th. I will check to make sure I got your emial and return everyone's inquires as soon as I can.

This is good news, a set for Christmas would be great.

[dwebb210]

BT Sniper - I am fascinated by the concept, and want to give it a try.

I have boxes of brass fired from my 9mm Glock that I know shouldn't be reloaded due
to the unsupported chamber. Using the brass for 10mm bullet jackets sounds awesome.

I got confused when I was trying to read through your posts.
What do I need to order from you to make the 5-notch JHP as well as
the regular non-notched JHP you have made and posted in photographs?

I saw this photo and was impressed:




Thanks!

[Reload3006]

Awesome...

Can't wait to see how accuracy is.

Just to clarify, I would order the 101400HP from http://www.ch4d.com/catalog/?p=85 to get the bullets you made above? And that includes everything that I would need?

Also, would you recommend getting the hollow point or soft nose dies?

get both when I first started looking into swaging I emailed CH4D and asked that very question. You can buy both punches and change them out .. I don't remember the cost but it was not very much more.

[Swageocast]

deweb210,,,

What Megapixal is your camera???

Thanks Swageocast

[BT Sniper]

Those pics where taken by Jon Black. Awesome pics for sure. He is a member here and other shooting forums. Not sure what is handle is at the moment. I think I may consider approaching him to take some pics for web page when I get around to it.

BT

[mouldmate]

complimenti, un lavoro eccezionale!!

[DukeInFlorida]

Translation for those of you in Yorba Linda:

Congratulations, a great job!

complimenti, un lavoro eccezionale!!

[BT Sniper]

Made a few bullets this evening in preperation for doing some shooting with both the 40S&W and the upcoming 40-308 riffle of mine.

I allready had the cores seated and notched, they have been in a gallon zip lock bag lubed for more then a year now. Figured I better put them together. Must be about 4-600 of them there. took me a little over an hour and less then two. Still just as easy as it was when this thread was started and teh results are probably even better. These where formed in a CH die with my Heavy Duty internials and the standard long nose ogive with the .250 meplat.

I still have plenty of dies available.




Good shooting

BT

[DDriller]

Some of my first batch of 40's, a lot easier than expected. Brian's dies work great!

[BT Sniper]

YEP! Those look Perfect! Nice Job! I have been trying to tell everyone just how easy that 40 cal bullet from 9mm brass is to make.

More good news...... the reamer for the .458 is completed and being shipped to me. You can expect to make some .458s soon too

Nice work. Good shooting and Swage On!

BT

[Fla9-40]

What are you guys getting on the final weight of these 40's?
I don't have my dies yet, but I was messing around today and was going to try and anneal some of my 9's with the lead pressed down in the brass. I am using Lee Mold 358-125-2r for the lead cast and I'm getting a range of 189 to 194 (brass and lead) and was wondering what everyone else is getting?


Added Later: My bad I see Brian posted on the very first message he also was getting 190gr

[DukeInFlorida]

I prefer 165 grain bullets for my .40 S&W.

I use a 93 grain cast bullet from a .380 auto, and stuff that into a trimmed down 9mm case (trimmed to the same length as a 380 auto case). That gives me 165 grains.

I recently bought a multi cavity mold for 380 auto that produces a 100 grain round nose. That has increased the weight to 172 grains. But still fine!

If you used a 115 grain 9mm boolit as the core, and an un trimmed 9mm jacket, you'd be a bit more than that.

So, it sort of depends on what you want as a result.

[Fla9-40]

Duke that's more of what I'm shooting for is around 165gr, I really don't like that heavy (190) for .40's. Maybe I need to get me another mold and go that route.

Thanks for the info, just what I was looking for!

[BT Sniper]

Since we've had a few updates, I'd like to clarify my order request.

I'd like:
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1 x 200gr WFN mould
1 x long pin (190gr HP)
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$156 shipped

Thanks again, Oreo!

I'm confused?????? What do you want?

BT