I can't understand the obsession with bullets. How many do you need? Who or what are you planning to kill?
--- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, DENNIS SHELGREN <nojoeco@...> wrote:
>
> From what I've seen of their products it makes essentially professional
> grade bullets.
> They look and work just like commercial jacketed bullets and in some cases
> perform measurably better.
> But the trouble I've had is that swaging appeals to those trying to save
> money, but the marketing and prices are aimed at those trying to make the
> "perfect bullet".
> All of my stuff is home made on a mini lathe and mill.
> I have seen demos of the corbin stuff and used a friends setup to see how it
> worked and it's very good once setup.
> I've got a copy of "the other brother's" books on my computer and I don't
> know where from.
> He believed that the information should be out there for anyone and that a
> standard (although heavy duty) reloading press and some hand made dies were
> all that were necessary.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Nick Andrews <nickjandrews@...>wrote:
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> > Corbin is very proud of their stuff. How well does the swaging kit work?
> > I
> > bet they could be made at home, too.
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Dennis <nojoeco@...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Corbin makes bullet swaging dies etc.
> > > Their "kits" include core molds which make cylinders of whatever alloy is
> > > desired.
> > > Then the cylinders are put through a simple extruder which is just a
> > thick
> > > wall tube and piston with an orifice of the size wire required.
> > > The swaging presses look like supersized reloading presses, and of course
> > > for more money you can also get automated equipment.
> > > The real advantage to swaging bullets is of that you are free to add
> > > jackets of brass or copper.
> > > I've already got the press tool for making jackets from spent .22's.
> > >
> > > Again almost all of this tooling is lathe work. I've used a hydraulic
> > press
> > > for anything beyond what a heavy reloading press would do.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, Nick Andrews <nickjandrews@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Yeah, I do seem to recall that. But where the hell do you get lead wire
> > > > from?
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Pierre Coueffin <pcoueffin@>wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > My girlfriend's grandfather casts a lot of dwnrigger weights using
> > > > > tire-weights. He uses 2-part steel molds, with alignment pins to
> > > > > keep the halves from shifting. He likes to let the mold heat up over
> > > > > the crucible of lead before pouring, to make the lead flow better.
> > > > >
> > > > > Did you see the article a year or so back about swaging bullets from
> > > > > lead wire in either HSM or MW about a year back? It is very
> > > > > interesting stuff.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Nick A
> > > >
> > > > "You know what I wish? I wish that all the scum of the world had but a
> > > > single throat, and I had my hands about it..." Rorschach, 1975
> > > >
> > > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> > > safety
> > > > deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin, Historical
> > > Review
> > > > of Pennsylvania, 1759
> > > >
> > > > "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names
> > the
> > > > streets after them." Bill Vaughan
> > > >
> > > > "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil
> > men."
> > > > Plato
> > > >
> > > >
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> > --
> > Nick A
> >
> > "You know what I wish? I wish that all the scum of the world had but a
> > single throat, and I had my hands about it..." Rorschach, 1975
> >
> > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> > safety
> > deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review
> > of Pennsylvania, 1759
> >
> > "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the
> > streets after them." Bill Vaughan
> >
> > "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
> > Plato
> >
> >
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