I picked up .430 and .375 swaging dies, one teensy weensy problem

[DsGrouse]

Think of it like reloading, you do the steps in batches.

My kind of shooting, with a can, big heavy subs, hard cast, gas checked and powder coated all foul up the suppressor. So, jacketed is my rout to go.

At a factory price of .90 to 1.50 per bullet versus 16 to 23 cents for swaged

[DsGrouse]

Five shots with my 375 Win lever action using my 250-grain swaged bullets.

The fifth shot is lower left. I pulled it. The first is upper left, the second upper right top hole, the third lower right bottom hole, the fourth upper right bottom hole.

Not a bad group from my sample bullets.



I did learn that 2.620 is single feed only. So, I've a few bullets I need to shoot up. Other than that, most of the 50 I fired shot well. Fairly consistent across the OAL and Powder variations. It's now down to swaging, case/jacket prep, and producing uniform swaged bullets.

[DsGrouse]

40sw brass drawn down to .375 jackets.

I cleaned the dirt off in the ultrasonic. Next up is the tumbler. Then a rinse in the ultrasonic again.

At that point, they are ready for swaging
I'm planning on a passel of 240 soft points followed by some 255 grain flat points.