I saw an ad for these the other day and it just dawned on me that these could be used for custom headstamping!

https://www.impressart.com/cus...z9uO1JRoC9yEQAvD_BwE

There are lower cost options out there but these go up to 12mm dia. so would be appropriate for just about any case.

Some brass manufacturers offer unstamped brass too.

Working out a tool holder on the press ram and a way to eject the case from the FLS die - pretty much as a swage press does - wouldn't be too difficult.

If you were to design your punch with a protrusion to fit in an empty primer pocket, it would make it easier to line up.

Roger

I agree that this seems worth following up.

Not like it’s a huge capital investment, right?

Example....
I have a 400H&H, though I have a bunch of Brass squirreled away for trips far away much of my everyday brass is made from 375H&H
How keen it would be for all of us in this predicament in this process if one could have the old head stamp filled then re-stamped

Dave E, formerly from 470mbogo.com described his bunter (that's the tool name) and that he had to have a punch to hold the case and a hydraulic press to make the cases - said it worked much better on unformed cases

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:
Dave E, formerly from 470mbogo.com described his bunter (that's the tool name) and that he had to have a punch to hold the case and a hydraulic press to make the cases - said it worked much better on unformed cases

Makes sense.
I suppose a interior mandrel of sorts would be good as to not shear the rim or press a rimless case up into the FLS die.
Perhaps using the neck sizing die with a full length expander that goes all the way to the bottom of the case interior would be adequate.
Obviously better with a straight walled case.
I don't know how much oomph it takes to stamp brass.

That could be unclear. I meant a press to stamp the headstamp. Forming the brass is just a reloading press and imperial sizing wax