I would like to section some bullets and was hoping to learn the proper technique or at least learn from others' experience. I also would like to keep all of my fingers.
I have a pretty decent selection of hand tools and a few power tools. No chopper saw or anything fixed to a table.
Thanks,
Lou M

I put them in a vice and use a flat file.I did these this way. http://www.flickr.com/photos/40165144@N04/3701055916/

I just used a fine toothed hacksaw and a vice. Not too high tech but it got it done.

I tried sectioning some bullets many years ago. My method was to drill a hole just smaller than the bullet in a block of wood, push the bullet tightly into the hole, then cut both bullet and wood into with a fine-bladed hacksaw. The wooden bullet holder prevents scarring the jacket and won't push the two halves together as you cut through the bullet like a vise would.

Be sure that you start your hacksaw with one side of the blade at the center of the bullet; in other words slightly offset. If you place the blade exactly in the center of the bullet your sectioned portion will be less than half a bullet wide due to the width of the hacksaw blade.

with the subject locked FIRMLY in a vise

i cut mine in half with a 1/8" 4.5" disk in my hand grinder. . i cut above center, then cut down with a belt sander.... same for cases

Used to section circuit board sections, layer by layer. We did this by putting it into a small waxed paper cup that we then partially filled with clearish resin and let harden.

It was then very easy to peel the cup off and hold on to the resin while grinding through the layers of the board on a wet sanding disk.

Thanks for ideas. I was worried that cramming the bullets in a vice would deform them. I too thought about the hole in the wood. I suppose you could drill a hole in some scrap wood slightly smaller than the bullet, cut that wood in two, right through the hole, then you'd have two halves that could grip the bullet within the vice.
Anyone used the Dremel tool cutting disks? I don't have (yet) a power hand grinder. I am willing to bet a trip to Harbor Freight could remedy that.
Again thanks.
Lou M