Thread: Custom bullet making dies - finally!

Almost 2 yrs to the day after ordering the final bits for my custom expanding 30cal subsonic bullets, they arrived!

Various punches made to spec, rebated boat tail dies and and few secret squirrel bits

Couple of weeks time I should have some to test and a few samples to send out to people to shoot live things with.

Should have put something up for size reference. The small punches are about cigi lighter size

Nice,hope you still need em, there some good gear around to produce this stuff now.

Originally Posted by Maca49

Nice,hope you still need em, there some good gear around to produce this stuff now.

Of course I still need them - only 1 place in the world you can get it from or not at all (unless you have my drawings )
This is commercial gear, a far cry from homemade stuff for use in a reloading press
Same mfg for Berger, Barnes etc swage dies

I had larger cal stuff ordered also but cancelled it due to the only available jacketmaker that can do jackets big enough falling off the face of the planet and not wanting to invest $20k to do it myself

Originally Posted by Spanners

Of course I still need them - only 1 place in the world you can get it from or not at all (unless you have my drawings )
This is commercial gear, a far cry from homemade stuff for use in a reloading press
Same mfg for Berger, Barnes etc swage dies

I had larger cal stuff ordered also but cancelled it due to the only available jacketmaker that can do jackets big enough falling off the face of the planet and not wanting to invest $20k to do it myself

And of course the choice of material and the heat treatment is critical. They look good to me, ex USA?
I've been doing some Mods to my reloading gear you can tweak it and it makes the operation just that much smoother
Just loaded 30 rounds of 45/70 today and the are the best I done so far, bang them off tomorrow

whats the x thing - pre weakened jacket or something?

Looking great Spanners

Originally Posted by Maca49

And of course the choice of material and the heat treatment is critical.

I wouldn't think that is to critical as the product materials are very soft.

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

I wouldn't think that is to critical as the product materials are very soft.

It is critical
The tooling is expected to run dimensionally accurate bullets for over 100k cycles at internal pressures of ~1000psi
There is a reason that only 1 person in the world makes them..
More than likely he made the dies the make the bullets you shoot

Originally Posted by Spanners

It is critical
The tooling is expected to run dimensionally accurate bullets for over 100k cycles at internal pressures of ~1000psi
There is a reason that only 1 person in the world makes them..
More than likely he made the dies the make the bullets you shoot

Do you market globally ?

Originally Posted by Maca49

Do you market globally ?

The intention is there
Market will dictate the rest
The initial design wasnt based on sales, but there is ALOT of interest

Originally Posted by Spanners

The intention is there
Market will dictate the rest
The initial design wasnt based on sales, but there is ALOT of interest

Brilliant get into it and look for all the help you can get from the govt,there's plenty of schemes out there to develop it with funding

Originally Posted by Maca49

Brilliant get into it and look for all the help you can get from the govt,there's plenty of schemes out there to develop it with funding

Has to be some sort of sick joke right?
LOL

Originally Posted by Spanners

Has to be some sort of sick joke right?
LOL

No sniff around you maybe surprised if your going to export, govt loves success

Ha putting the 100% pure branding onto "bullets designed to kill silently" mint

Im going to have one of those stickers that has 'Not tested on Animals' but without the NOT part