Ammunition & Hand Loading > Cartridge and Shotshell reloading
Swaging - nothing yet, just doing some math.
unfy:
--- Quote from: JimP on December 23, 2012, 04:18:27 PM ---Use the brass until it's worn out ...then make a bullet out of it?
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LOL!
Love it :)
bkoenig:
Just ran across another thread on swaging .40 bullets. Here's a guy that's doing it all in one step. He just seats a cast 9mm bullet in a 9mm case and then swages it to final shape. Pretty slick, kind of makes me wish I had a .40.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?70121-40-cal-from-9mm-easiest-by-far-and-cheap!
unfy:
--- Quote from: bkoenig on December 29, 2012, 07:59:21 AM ---Just ran across another thread on swaging .40 bullets. Here's a guy that's doing it all in one step. He just seats a cast 9mm bullet in a 9mm case and then swages it to final shape. Pretty slick, kind of makes me wish I had a .40.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?70121-40-cal-from-9mm-easiest-by-far-and-cheap!
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Seen a few topics and videos about doing so....
Indeed.
And it's the primary route I'll be taking when swaging 40 with a jacket. There's a fair amount to be said for inconsistencies in the 9mm brass so it might not be benchrest quality... but its more than enough for plinking and informal competition.
Skipping the brass tubing makes things a lot easier in general without having to assembly line close off one end, etc.
Of course, I don't see why you couldn't make a die that takes a sheet or whatever and creates a half jacket or something.... but... that's getting beyond things. I *just barely* resisted picking up a small metal lathe and stuff this week. Apartment, no 'safe place' to do it in, etc heheheh.
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