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There has got to be a way to make a compound multi-part die to work with a Corbin swager.

WOW just read one of the PDF's, "One man can make with the machine 80,000 balls in 10 hours" THAT WOULD BE AWESOME, spend one day and have enough...

Good info, figured y'all would come through. Would love to see what one of these machines looked like.

Relic (recovered) bullets show many swaged and many cast.

They were made both by poring in a gang mould and by swagging . Some were also made by swagging and then turned on a lathe to cut the cannuleres.

You may like these things: http://4thla.weebly.com/paper-cartidge-patterns-and-information.html Steve

A fantastic resource is Round Ball to Rimfire by Dean S. Thomas. It is a 4-volume set. Many, if not most, bullets produced by modern...

During the war there was a Confederate States Laboratory located on Brown's Island in the James River in Richmond. They produced ammunition,primers,...

Correction, it's StonewallSharpeson. If you can't find him, enter in the search box the following: US Army Infantry Ammunition, 1841 - 1862

Scroll back 2 days ago to a post by StonewallSharpsperson. He has an interesting post on this topic. He also has a link there to information from...

let me nominate "Midway". The basic story was O.K. but the special effects were mainly computer imaging. Personally, the special effects were about...

Regarding pure lead verses 'hard'. If you're an able-bodied male with decent hand strength, AND the bullets are hollow based with not too thick a...

Thanks again for the replies! The minie balls I have size consistently at .578 so i'll just try them as is. Gonna get stuff together to make the...

So, topic-divergent aside here, but one day I really want to figure out how to make swaged bullets with cannelures like they did back in the day.

Still looking- let me know if you may have one available.

More: I have found, beyond temp variations being part of cast bullet weight range: Minute speck of lead on block face or in vent grooves...

I visually cull before bothering to weigh. I'm not as worried about heavy ones as I am light ones, and will often keep all the heavy ones. I think...

Smokepole, can you scratch the bullets with your thumb nail? If so, the bullets should be soft enough to expand.

I was in the cast bullet world before I got into black powder. Among cast bullet enthusiasts, the general consensus is that .003" is the maximum...

Thanks for the info. Nice mold. Mister Ray did good.

Smith or Maynard carbine

He ships. Good guy to deal with. Try Johns Blend, its a virginia blend kake. My go to.

John B. Hayes Tobacconist of Winchester 540.545.7000

Thanks for posting this, it's an excellent reference.

Steve, I have been using sizing dies made by Tom Crone (301-473-5699). They are high quality sizers that have a true, gentle lead in. I buy the...

I put a 1/2" drill bit shank (measures .496" in diameter) in my bore and it just fits. I suspect my bore is .500. Steve