Here are some bullets I made up for a member here out of 22 shorts brass. They are 40 grains and were finished with my lead tip die. A little too much citric acid caused these to go all copper colored.
Here are some bullets I made up for a member here out of 22 shorts brass. They are 40 grains and were finished with my lead tip die. A little too much citric acid caused these to go all copper colored.
"The right of the people to keep and bear...arms shall not be infringed. A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country..." (James Madison, I Annals of Congress 434 [June 8, 1789])
Once the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.
Benjamin Franklin
Too much citric acid or not, I am still impressed. They look great. How do they shoot?
I pity the baker,
I pity the nun
I pity the one
Who tries to take my gun
Look slick man!
Yeah speaking of orders are you not required to have an FFL if you are selling them?
Bzcraig, I tell you what. If the guy I made these for doesn't want them, they are yours. If he does, then you send me the components, 22 short brass and lead, and I'll make you up some.
I don't have a twist on any of my barrels that would shoot a 40gn bullets. If you get them, maybe you could do a range report.
This is the first bullets I have ever made from 22 short brass.
"The right of the people to keep and bear...arms shall not be infringed. A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country..." (James Madison, I Annals of Congress 434 [June 8, 1789])
Once the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.
Benjamin Franklin
Those are down right pretty. Great job.
Hornet food.
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only to God and my own conscience.
Lizard33
I would like to try some too. Are you using pure lead for the cores? Now to find the 22 short brass. Anyone have a few they want to part with? I'd pay the shipping if you have them and want to send them to Lizard33 if he is willing to make me some. They are pretty little boolits. Nope boolits is lead. How about bulitz or boolitz ?
That's the problem. Where to get 22 short brass. I had a small handful, that's we're these came from. Other issue is my jacket trimmer won't even trim regular 22LR brass down to the .500 length that I need to duplicate this round. My trimmer will only trim brass down to .600.
Btw, I am using dead soft lead for my cores. The jackets weigh in at 7.4 gns, give or take a tenth.
"The right of the people to keep and bear...arms shall not be infringed. A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country..." (James Madison, I Annals of Congress 434 [June 8, 1789])
Once the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.
Benjamin Franklin
Lizard,
I'm curious about your 22brass trimmer. Would you mind posting a pic? Is it different from a pinch trim die?
Are you using the saw blade provided or a fiber cut off wheel?
What is the olgive radius on these bullets?
I'm using a pinch trim die from RCE. It's a two step process. I first expand the brass, then in the next step I pinch trim. I'll get some pics tonight.
The ogive on these bullets are 6S.
"The right of the people to keep and bear...arms shall not be infringed. A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country..." (James Madison, I Annals of Congress 434 [June 8, 1789])
Once the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.
Benjamin Franklin
Bullshop, saw blade provided
As a side note, since I've seen a few comments about the faster twist. A 1 in 9 will shoot a 40gr bullet just fine, mine loves them.
Up to around 3700 fps in my 223 Rem. 1 in 9 twist 26" barrel. They were 40gr Hornady VMax and 40 gr Nosler BT. They are a little over stabilized but you can't tell that from the groups. A fast twist is required to shoot a longer bullet, but they will usually shoot the shorter bullets quite well.
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 |
GC | Gas Check |