I am considering using 40 brass to make 45 frangible bullets.
They are going in a sabot for use in a black powder rifle.
Nose forming may be tricky and I wonder if a wadcutter nose will work?
I am considering using 40 brass to make 45 frangible bullets.
They are going in a sabot for use in a black powder rifle.
Nose forming may be tricky and I wonder if a wadcutter nose will work?
I found a set of Corbin 45 RN dies that I did not know that I had!
I swaged the shot into a core and put it in the 45 nose forming die and a nice frangible 240gr bullet came out!
The opening in the tip is small so the next one will be more open!
Swage the shot into the jacket, form about 1/2 of the nose, then drop in an airsoft BB and finish the nose profile.
Sure is fun to use extra pistol brass to make bullets
30 cal carbine for 35 cal rifle bullets
NRA Benefactor 2004 USAF RET 1971-95
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 |