swaging is not for everybody, just like casting is not for everybody.
it is a commitment to actually get things finished, and the only satisfaction you get is not until you completely throw away your carefully crafted product.
there is something to be said about putting in the time to manipulate a bullet to make it perform like you want it to in the field.
varmint shooting requires some manipulations to the bullet as much as big game hunting does.
but usually in the opposite direction.
only you can't go too far in either direction or you lose either accuracy or terminal performance.
I wish I could figure out how Hornady gets that interlock ring in their jackets.
but there is a satisfaction in sitting down at the bench and shooting 10 of your completely hand crafted from start to finish bullets.[from making the ingots from crud junk lead alloy all the way through to the final step of seating that bullet in a case you manipulated to best fit your rifle]
and they are all touching each other when you fire that last one.
and they are all using less than 1/2 of that little white circle down there at 100yds.
or when that Buck just folds up at the shot.
or when you win the longest piece in the impromptu varmint part launching contest.
you might not get to say it to anyone very often but you do get to say YES,, I MADE THAT.