Just thought I would show you all a jacket trim die I made to make 45 grain 22 rimfire jacketed Hornet bullets.
The .70 length was just to long for a Hornet bullet , so these were trimmed to .575 which is about the length of some factory Hornet bullets that I bought.
I still have to make some to see how they shoot, so I will have to post pictures when I actually make a bullet with the trimmed jacket.
First is a view of the parts and the results.
A view mounted on the press.
The knockout rod still needs some kind of top to smack with my hand to eject the jacket from the die, but it was made from a piece of 1/4 rod that was already tapped so I just stuck a screw in to use with a hammer for now.
The cone shaped part in the shell holder with a de-rimmed jacket ready to trim.
Now a closeup that shows how the jacket is trimmed to length.
So now some of you have another new project to build.