RCBS swaging die, cast 30-30 bullets, and 84 year old 30.06 brass Jerry 19112A On A Budget

Alternate methods of swaging military crimps, and the Lee Hardness Testing kit for cast bullets. Jerry 19112A On A Budget

A modification to the LEE ABLP so that you can progressively deprime, swage, (trim?), and resize in one operation. Convert your miltary brass. Also using this with a large primer pocket swager will identify small primer brass in calibers such as 45 ACP, 308 Winchester, Palma, 6.5 Creedmoor GunFun ZSGunFunZS (AKA just GunFun in some […]

Swaging .223 Bullets from .22LR Brass with a Blackmon Swaging System – Chapter 1 – Making Jackets Melting lead alloys in moulds may be the most common way to make your own bullets, but it’s not the only option.  A small, but equally dedicated number of reloaders also make their own ammunition using modified or […]

In chapter three of this series, we seated some cast lead cores into our brass jackets using the Blackmon core seating die.  In chapter four, we're going to complete our bullets by performing the final step in the process, point forming.

In chapter one of this series we made some brass jackets out of discarded .22LR casings using the Blackmon jacket swaging die.  In chapter two, we're going move on to the next step in the process of swaging bullets; making lead cores.

In chapter two of this series, we made some 45gr cores using pure lead and the Blackmon core swaging die.  In chapter three, we're going to seat the cores in preparation for point forming.

As "cold bore" as you can get! - Trying my first few homemade jacketed bullets in a .223 Remington chambered Thompson/Center Contender.