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Making 223 bullets from 22 rimfire cases
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<blockquote data-quote="Blitzfike" data-source="post: 1573671" data-attributes="member: 807"><p>My opinion is that you need a press with a much larger mechanical advantage than a standard reloading press like a Rock Chucker if doing anything bigger than 6mm. </p><p>I am looking at getting an "S" press from Corbin to do jacket making and 30 cal bullets. I have an old C&H swaging press made for swaging bullets, and have dies for </p><p>45 cal and 357 for it. It requires a great deal of effort to get usable bullets even in lead with half jackets. I have never tried to swage jacketed bullets with a normal </p><p>ogive in it. I don't think I am strong enough or the press either for that matter. I'm still on lifting restrictions after my surgery so I won't be doing any swaging for a </p><p>while. 6mm bullets are easy to make from the 22 rimfire jackets, just requires a couple of additional dies to complete them. I would think 6.5 would be do-able as </p><p>well. I might look into that, I have a 6.5 swiss that I love to shoot. When I run out of surplus ammo I will be looking for a cheap source of bullets for it. We have been</p><p>converting the berdan primed cases to boxer primers for about four months now, using a 3/8" ball bearing to swage the primer pocket in. I go back into the pocket with</p><p>a swage to get it to the right diameter. We haven't had any blown primers yet with the project. Again, this is labor intensive, but for odd and obsolete calibers, it works.</p><p>Some of the metric brass that uses very large diameter berdan primers won't work with this method. I have machined inserts to use small rifle primers in them, but</p><p>that is an absolute last resort. I did that on a couple of 8mm Lebel cases for a friend. Blitzfike</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blitzfike, post: 1573671, member: 807"] My opinion is that you need a press with a much larger mechanical advantage than a standard reloading press like a Rock Chucker if doing anything bigger than 6mm. I am looking at getting an "S" press from Corbin to do jacket making and 30 cal bullets. I have an old C&H swaging press made for swaging bullets, and have dies for 45 cal and 357 for it. It requires a great deal of effort to get usable bullets even in lead with half jackets. I have never tried to swage jacketed bullets with a normal ogive in it. I don't think I am strong enough or the press either for that matter. I'm still on lifting restrictions after my surgery so I won't be doing any swaging for a while. 6mm bullets are easy to make from the 22 rimfire jackets, just requires a couple of additional dies to complete them. I would think 6.5 would be do-able as well. I might look into that, I have a 6.5 swiss that I love to shoot. When I run out of surplus ammo I will be looking for a cheap source of bullets for it. We have been converting the berdan primed cases to boxer primers for about four months now, using a 3/8" ball bearing to swage the primer pocket in. I go back into the pocket with a swage to get it to the right diameter. We haven't had any blown primers yet with the project. Again, this is labor intensive, but for odd and obsolete calibers, it works. Some of the metric brass that uses very large diameter berdan primers won't work with this method. I have machined inserts to use small rifle primers in them, but that is an absolute last resort. I did that on a couple of 8mm Lebel cases for a friend. Blitzfike [/QUOTE]
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