Any input on these. Or would I better off going with a new one.
Any input on these. Or would I better off going with a new one.
They're no longer made, but occasionally come up for sale on the auction sites, usually for way too much money. I've got one, and I guess it works reasonably well, but I prefer to cast my cores, when possible.
Hope this helps.
Fred
After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. - William S. Burroughs.
Saw one on Ebay. It said "vintage" so I thought I'd ask.
A core cutter, especially for smaller diameter wire, is easy enough to make. A couple of pieces of angle-iron bolted together like scissors works great. I made my first cc using an old pair of dog nail shears with a hole drilled & a bolt with 2 nuts & a washer installed to make a stop.
FWIW...
"I haven't shot a 1,000 deer, but I've sat around a 1,000 Texas camp fires. I'm a happy man." - pertnear
my first one was a pair cable cutters, with fender washers. bolts and a wing nut, described in the archives in this forum. totally functional, however a little less than accurate and slightly cumbersome.
Well I would think a clean shear and gauge that is repeatable would be of most importance.
Herter's made two very different models, depending on the model they are good. The better is a micrometer adjustment and uses separate dies for different sizes of wire.
Finding dies in near impossible.
The cheaper one is more like the other poster's described.
Ken
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 |