Greetings to all! After reading everything I can find on swaging bullets I am deeper in the hole than when I started. I bought a lot of stuff at an estate sale and it included five sets of Herter's swaging dies - .224, 308, 38 spcl, 44 Spl, and 45ACP stamped on the dies. Also got a couple of thousand various jackets and a lot of lead wire. Now can anyone recommend where I can find some instructions on using these things? I have a Rock Chucker press so I think I'm good there but have not a clue how to proceed.
Also got some strange ammo like 41 Colt, 38/55 and 7mm Mauser by Remington but in a slip top box. Would like to have known the man that owned all of this.
Any and all help and info appreciated.

Trapper, I use my Rock Chucker to swage with.
I have two sets of dies made by C-H Tool.One is .44 and the other is 38/357.
Give Martin Potts a PM and ask him about instructions on these.
If you ever get tired of playing with your new toys,I'll buy them.

Would you be willing to sale the 44 set ?

Hi short44,Are you asking about my .44 die set or tappers?
I don't want to sell mine.I'm having too good a time with em.

Trapper's, I'v always wanted to make my own but damm at the cost of the dies !

Of all the ones I listed the 44 would be the only one I don't have a use for. What are these things worth? As I mentioned, I bought all the stuff from the estate of a guy that had loaded for years and the bullet swaging dies came with the lot, along with a lot of different bullet jackets - don't know how many of them are for the 44.
Somebody say something here.

Trapper, I would be interested in the .308 and the .45acp.And lead wire and jackets.
I don't know what they are worth.Keep what you want and sell the rest for what you got in em.
Or mark it up a lil' for your finders fee.

PM me if you are interested.

The 44 is the one I was asking about !

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Originally posted by short44:
The 44 is the one I was asking about !

And that's the only one at this point I would consider selling. Still don't know what to ask for it - checked Ebay for past sales and only found C-H dies. I could not believe what they sold for - low of $56 to over $100! May have to pack up and sell out if I can't afford to keep my stuff! Give day or three to think about it.

You could get more on ebay etc, but how about giveing a guy a chance here ? I'll give you $50 for it ? Unless your are just in to it for the $$$ ?

Trapper I got the die and stuff. And yes I want to keep it, I'll e-mail you about that. I tumbled the copper cups and made a few test bullets to get the right waight, then made 5 good ones, here is a pic and one is loaded on a 44 spl.