Here is a cost break down of both what I deem necessary and what additional upgrades I have to offer to make .500 cal bullets from various jacket materials using my BTSniper premium dies.
This may be one of the best bullets to make for the quickest return on your investment. Making perfect 325-350 grain bullets from 45 acp brass is easy and costs nothing, compare that to 75 cent Hornady XTP bullets and the return comes quick, not to mention what an awesome bullet this is!
All my pistol and large bore caliber dies start off with the same three basic dies, a point form die, core seat die and core swage die. These three dies when paired with available commercial jackets will make perfect JHP bullets of any weight the user wishes.
BTSniper Premium swage dies
$549.00 Point form die
$549.00 Core bleed die
$499.00 Core seat die
*Core swage/bleed die may not me necessary if one is happy to use commercial boolits cast from commonly available molds. Slight fluctuations in final bullet weight may be a result from cores or various weight pieces of brass but accuracy differences will most likely not be noticed. In this case using 245 grain 45 cal cast boolits or 300 grain 44 cal cast boolits works great.
Base Punches
Shell holder style base punches for using any decent reloading press
$89.00 ea. one base punch needed per die
Threaded base punches for BTSniper improved Lee Classic Cast press
$69.00 ea. one per die is required
Auto Eject Systems
A great addition to speed production rates and reduce fatigue is to add an auto eject to your press.
Press with 1" ram
$225.00
Lee Classic Cast press
$225.00
Auto Eject for customer that already has the Lee Classic cast press
*looking closely it is a shell holder ram top pictured, the threaded ram top that uses my 1/2-20tpi base punches is shown in pic below. Shows that both my threaded base punches and shell holder style base punches can be used if necessary, threaded is standard, shell holder style is more expensive option.
Swage Press with Auto Eject
I offer an improved version of the Lee Classic Cast press that I have modified specifically to handle the pressures of swaging. This press has modified linkages that produce over twice the leverage of the stock press and comes with a new threaded ram and auto eject set up.
BTSniper improved Lee Classic Swage press with auto eject
$399.00
BTX Multi Caliber Notch Die
makes perfect XTP style bullets
$249.00
45 ACP for .500 cal jackets
Universal die with expanding mandrel
$199.00
These are the options and available tooling required to form 45 cal bullets from scrap 40 S&W brass, or commercial jackets.
Feel free to contact me for additional details. Let me know your email address and I'll be happy to send copy of instruction manuals for potential customers to look over.
For order instructions or any questions feel free to contact me.
Brian Thurner
PO BOX 1783
Hood River, OR.
97031
BT_Sniper@hotmail.com
BTSNIPER llc.
541-436-4095[/B]
Good shooting and swage on!
Brian