Sharps,
I am very glad you enjoyed it. I certainly have and learned a few things along the way. The boat tail is rebated as you correctly observed. And Mike is correct about the problems with base forming tools. I believe that Richard Corbin makes the tools this way because there is more support for the base forming tool and it is less likely to expand under pressure. I swaged a standard BT with my old home made dies but the 22 magnum jackets were easier to form. I am planning to add a slight radius to the angles in the rebate as the sharp edge will sometimes cut into the jacket.
I had a bad experience with black powder as a kid. No I didn’t blow myself up but had many misfires that caused me to swear off on the stuff. I can tell you that I have devoted many years and lots of money to developing nitro loads that run at very low pressure for my old Damascus shotguns. However, I seem to be drawn back to the dark side and started loading BP in paper hulls just for one specific shotgun. There’s no going back now!
Thanks again.
I am very glad you enjoyed it. I certainly have and learned a few things along the way. The boat tail is rebated as you correctly observed. And Mike is correct about the problems with base forming tools. I believe that Richard Corbin makes the tools this way because there is more support for the base forming tool and it is less likely to expand under pressure. I swaged a standard BT with my old home made dies but the 22 magnum jackets were easier to form. I am planning to add a slight radius to the angles in the rebate as the sharp edge will sometimes cut into the jacket.
I had a bad experience with black powder as a kid. No I didn’t blow myself up but had many misfires that caused me to swear off on the stuff. I can tell you that I have devoted many years and lots of money to developing nitro loads that run at very low pressure for my old Damascus shotguns. However, I seem to be drawn back to the dark side and started loading BP in paper hulls just for one specific shotgun. There’s no going back now!
Thanks again.
Comment