Local gunshop had a corbin s press and 30 cal dies , Jackets, rolls of lead wire, 30 cal and 22 cal jackets for the last 2 years. I made an offer on it about a year ago, well yesterday they decided it was too ugly and told me to come get it for $500. I guess I did good?
Anyway the dies I have are marked
7mm-.258 JRD, I think its a 30 caliber jacket reducing die
308 L 4s lead tip forming die
308 p4 .071 point forming die 4-s
308 c core seating die 308 j4
308 s .258 core swage die
.30 p6 .091 point forming die 6s
I am trying to read on the corbin site exactly what each die is used for, and what the .071, .091 means on the point forming dies.
Next what is a good book to learn swaging? is the Corbin book worth a darn?
I would like to make subsonic .30 cal bullets for my 300 blackout that actually expand. Corbin lists a jacket serating die. Has anyone used one or made something comparable?
I have a pretty good machine shop at my home, lathes, mills, surface grinder, tool post grinder, oven, etc. Was going to look into making my own dies for .224 and .378, jacket making dies, etc. What steel are most people using? I see a lot of reference to a2, is that what most people are using?
Thanks in advance for your responses.