The collet is a crimping die that I made from bolts. Even the collet itself. I don't pull bullets. These are all loaded from scratch. Empty casing add powder add bullet crimp case. The bullets are cast, swaged and powder coated. The jacketed bullets are 40 grain bullets originally made for a 22 Remington Jet Magnum. The base is cut and punched hollow and the diameter is rebated where the bullet goes into the case. The cases in these pictures are PRIMED ELEY CASES. THEY WERE LAST MADE IN THE EARLY 1980'S. These have been stored in food saver plastic bags and the primer is still good. I also reload old brass. Anneal, clean, resize. reprime and reload. None of the bullets that I make have any parts from new bullets. These cost between 1.5 and 3 cents per round to make. I have several recipes for primer. I also use toy roll caps for primer with fine aluminum powder mixed in for hotter, more firey spark. I have made my own dies. Including sizing dies, swaging dies and cutting/forming dies. w30wcf, you are very fortunate to still have the property in the Shawano area. It is a phenomenal area for hunting and fishing and trapping. Including Bear and Wolf. Big Deer and lots of them. Trout in the streams. Some of the best in the U.S.
Here are some pictures of the tools I use:Attachment 177596 The little funnel I made from a 17 hmr casing.
Attachment 177597Swaging die, top punch, and hollow base punch for semi-wad cutter boolits.
Attachment 177598Here is a tool that I "discovered" rather than "made". Two identical matching files which I roll the boolit between to "knurl" the boolit. I only use this technique when I am not powder coating the boolits.
Attachment 177599Knurled semi-wad cutter.
Powder coated wad cutters.
Attachment 177601Powder dipper with interchangeable sized dipper. (made from plastic coat hanger and cotter pin and 22lr case.) The one in there now is 1.85 grain.
I guess it is time to start a thread about reloading 22lr instead of hijacking this one. I wish I was as professional as Jon Boy. My stuff is crude.