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Taking my turn at .224 bullets from spent LR empties

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18 April 2013, 07:25
ted thorn
Taking my turn at .224 bullets from spent LR empties
Made a rude die set this past week from a 7/8 grade 5 bolt and a .203 EX Pin

The rim is a lot tougher than I thought...but it dose reform nicely

More to come after I get the next die set done




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20 April 2013, 09:52
Snellstrom
Nice work Ted!
Keep us posted....
22 April 2013, 17:48
taylorce1
can't wait to see the finished product, way to go Ted.
23 April 2013, 04:57
Rae59
Good work Ted.
Please do keep us posted.
I want to do the same.


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10 July 2013, 05:32
Idaho Sharpshooter
congratulations Ted!

Many years ago I made 22 caliber bullets from lr empties using the Corbin die set.

My brother is going a similar route. There is a gentleman on www.castbullets.com named BT Sniper who offers a three die set, along with, iirc, a 6-cavity fixed length core mould.

Keep us posted...

regards,

Rich
26 November 2013, 19:33
Saeed
I made quite a lot of 22 caliber bullets from 22 rim fire cases using a Corbin machine.

They actually shot better than bulk bought bullets from Remington.


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21 February 2014, 06:54
oldrodder
Ted, You will have problems with those jackets. They should come out of the de-rimming die, no bigger than .220" The core seating die bumps the bullet up to .223-.2235 and the point forming die finishes everything to .224."
I just bought a de-rim die on e-bay that made .224 core and they wouldn't enter the die!! You want to "bump" the bullet up through the various stages, not draw it down.
Good Luck,
Mike


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09 March 2014, 13:28
packrattusnongratus
I think oldrodder got it right. Just part of the learning curve.