Reeder Custom Guns - I made some pointed mandrel to insert from the top

WB
I made some pointed mandrel to insert from the top
Sunday, January 14, 2024, 19:31

Of a Lee push through sizer. I can adjust it in the press. The bullet sizer supports the bullet, mandrel is centered in the die. I use it to swage hollow points into cast bullets. Paco Kelly made an ingenious .22 RF tool sort of like it. Where I got the idea.

I also have ground the tips off FMJ 7.62x39 live ammo (probably not a smart thing to do) using a bench grinder. I went slow, not getting them hot, and just until you could see the lead core in the top. In AR it’s illegal to hunt with FMJ ammo. We were making hunting ammo before you could buy domestic soft points. It never hurt accuracy, eyeballing them to consistency.

Flat nose tool for 32 caliber bullets? - Keith, 2024-01-14, 16:24
- Making one that would slice off the nose of a jacketed - Gary Reeder, 2024-01-15, 10:34
  - They’re plated not FMJ (nm) - Keith, 2024-01-17, 16:04
  - You have to use a file and if the tool isn't hardened - Jim Taylor, 2024-01-15, 10:39
- I made one for the 9mm - Jim Taylor, 2024-01-14, 17:59
  - Great idea, how did you harden it? (nm) - Darryl T., 2024-01-15, 11:50
    - I haven't. I will case harden it though. - Jim Taylor, 2024-01-15, 12:51
      - This stuff works very well. I made some firing pins - WB, 2024-01-16, 08:11
  - I made some pointed mandrel to insert from the top - WB, 2024-01-14, 19:31
    - I have a letter from an old timer - Jim Taylor, 2024-01-14, 20:25