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Samples of swaging and messing around
lead bullets
Right to left .357 148grn hbwc swaged to .452 148grn swchp,
two .357 148grn hbwc swaged to .452 296grn swchp



Next up, an annealed 40sw case swaged to .452, with swaged lead and pointed (badly.) final trimmed weight of 285grains




Last up,
annealed 40sw case swaged to .452, final weight 302gairns



Here are the first two that I've done side by side. When I order actual dies, these should clean up and be considerably more even.

.357 bullet made from a drawn 9mm case.




second bullet

I think that one of those projectiles that still has the case, rim, headstamp, and primer intact, would make a good seed for thought on one of your vignettes. Think about a medical examiner that keeps finding them in the drug dealers and sex traffickers that find their way through his facility in a crime riddled urban area someplace.

I can't lie here, I've thought about that more than once.

Part two..

I'm still playing around with the two dies I've got.

1st step, put in swage die, and reform into round nose. This die has a small hole to bleed off excess lead based on how far you adjust the die. you can see that the case lube gets everywhere....



Step two was to run them back through the point form die and form a new ogive. Here are the weights of the seven .357 bullets made from 9mm cases








What the bullets look side-by-side

Soon, once I get a mount... I shall endeavor to become a swaging master.

I've been playing around with case prep, lead amounts and die settings.

The cases were much easier to draw down to .356.

I didn't heat the lead enough; that's why some of the tips are cracking.

Nevertheless, I think the concept is proven. I can't wait for the rest of my swage stuff.

I'll try and load these five hp and the ten rnfps I have and report back

Is the goofing around leading up to something?

Eventually,

I'd like to do another five 9mm to cases to .356/.357 bullets. I want to try these 190's with out the hollow points.

After that, i'll load them all and see how they group.


It'll be the end of february before i can put an order together for swaging dies.