For those of you that may be interested in making your own bullets here is another “type” of bullet die that I use. The picture below shows the die assembled with the first completed bullet alongside. This set up is for making bullets for my friends .470 Capstick. They are 600 grain.
470 IIII.jpg
The jacket is made from a cut down .308 Win case with the rim turned off to form a boat tail. This isn’t necessary but I did it to start. I clean the inside of the deprimed case and coat it with soldering flux. Then I fill it with #8 hard shot and heat the whole thing until the shot melts and let it cool. This anneals the case head and body and gives me a bonded core. The primer pocket gets filled but it has no effect I can tell. The length of the jacket is a trial and error affair. Below is shown the bullet body die and the punch. The body die is bored to finish at .474” and the punch is machined to fit the bore and the boat tail.
470 bullet II.jpg
The next picture is the point die. The point die is a very close fit to the body die to keep things concentric. Note there is no ejection pin but this type doesn’t stick. I think it is because of the bullet shape and that there is only a small portion of the bullet in it. Although others I have made work like this too.
470 bullet III.jpg
I press it in the shop press with the whole thing stacked together and the bullet in the die. Then I pop off the point die and press out the finished bullet. Easy as pie!
470 Capstick Bullet Prototype.jpg
Thanks, Diz
470 IIII.jpg
The jacket is made from a cut down .308 Win case with the rim turned off to form a boat tail. This isn’t necessary but I did it to start. I clean the inside of the deprimed case and coat it with soldering flux. Then I fill it with #8 hard shot and heat the whole thing until the shot melts and let it cool. This anneals the case head and body and gives me a bonded core. The primer pocket gets filled but it has no effect I can tell. The length of the jacket is a trial and error affair. Below is shown the bullet body die and the punch. The body die is bored to finish at .474” and the punch is machined to fit the bore and the boat tail.
470 bullet II.jpg
The next picture is the point die. The point die is a very close fit to the body die to keep things concentric. Note there is no ejection pin but this type doesn’t stick. I think it is because of the bullet shape and that there is only a small portion of the bullet in it. Although others I have made work like this too.
470 bullet III.jpg
I press it in the shop press with the whole thing stacked together and the bullet in the die. Then I pop off the point die and press out the finished bullet. Easy as pie!
470 Capstick Bullet Prototype.jpg
Thanks, Diz
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