Thread: Fireforming case with cleaning patches and pistol powder

Originally Posted by hey

Thanks R93. yeah I read similar reports with cream of wheat method. Guess there isn't just enough pressure from those methods. Will look into hydraulic die thingy...

The hydraulic die is almost just as time consuming and a bit messy with water everywhere and you need to dry the cases in an oven or I use my dehydrator after forming. And to be fair I still don't get a perfect case but after resizing I get an accurate load from the get go and it is perfectly formed after the first time I fire it anyway.
I run 2 Ackleys and they both shoot better than I can with hydraulically formed brass. Other methods worked but it took a few loads to get them where I wanted them which was time and money in components. Was fun learning it all tho.

Forgot to mention that the hydraulic formed brass also showed better results on the radar with ES and velocity compared to other methods including fire forming with projectiles.
My barrels are a bit finicky and didn't shoot well with the projectiles I tried using jammed into lands. The same projectiles shot really well once seated correctly in a formed case.


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