I’d like to start out by saying thank you to all of you that have put so much info out there for people like me. I like to tinker with things & swaging bullets definitely gives me all the tinkering I can handle. I don’t have the setups you guys are using or make the pure eye candy you call bullets but I do have a rcbs press, arbor press & a drill press & a couple old rifle dies to play with.
So I made a draw die to make 9mm cases into .358” jackets.
Made a trim die to trim the .358” jackets.
Turned an old 380acp expander die into a bump die to turn 40s&w’s into .430” jackets.
Made a trim die for the .430” jackets.
So with them I can play/make simple 38/357 & 44spl/mag jacketed hbwc’s and hp’s. I kept reading about cannelures & thought why not give them a try. So I’ve been collecting pieces & parts & finely got the time to put a cannelure tool together.
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A close up of the home made cannelure tool.
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Some of the simple 38/357 hp’s I make that I ran thru the cannelure tool in about 1 minute.
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It’s nothing fancy but I don’t have a whole lot in it either, $20. The most expensive part was the can opener ($11) that I used. Can openers have the small toothed wheels on them that will cut/press/indent the bullet’s case.