Does anyone use their Rock Chucker for a press. I noticed Corbin doesn't offer the dies anymore. Any alternatives.
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Turning your Rock Chucker into a slug press?
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Good question!
I wonder how large a slug could be made considering much leverage those presses offer. Thinking anything over .177 would be too much.
J~
I wonder how large a slug could be made considering much leverage those presses offer. Thinking anything over .177 would be too much.
J~
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I don't see a problem with the rigidity. It's pretty stout. It can handle large magnum PB cartridges. Also has a long handle. Looking to make .22 slugs.
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I hope you're right. It would be nice to avoid buying pellets by recycling the ones recovered.
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Making your own for many reasons and I fear that a lead ban will be coming down the road. Especially where I live.
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I recycle my pellets and slugs by casting new ones. There just isn't any.177 molds available only.22 and larger.
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I feel ya on that. It's one of the reason I left there.
I did a little looking around and found that Corbin makes dies that you can use with a reloading press. Seems I was wrong.
About Corbin Air Gun Slug Swaging
www.corbins.com Cheers,
J~
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I just contacted them the other day asking about this, Pellet Swage Kit, type -R. The response was...I feel ya on that. It's one of the reason I left there.
I did a little looking around and found that Corbin makes dies that you can use with a reloading press. Seems I was wrong.
About Corbin Air Gun Slug Swaging
Cheers,
J~
Currently, we aren’t making dies for reloaders accept for the rimfire jacket maker kit. However, we will be offering them in the near future. We have such a large backlog of our own dies that we are working through.
We do have our presses and die kits available and in stock. That kits is $1630, would you like to order that?
Thanks and please reach out with any questions.
Best,
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Wow... That stinks.
Is there nothing Brandon can't jack up? We seem to be entering the times in which machinists once again are valued.
Cheers,
J~
Is there nothing Brandon can't jack up? We seem to be entering the times in which machinists once again are valued.
Cheers,
J~
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Can't explain why would I think about slug press that need feeding from top and push the lead through towards bottom to fall off into container?
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Have a RCBS Rock Chucker press ... love to see an affordable slug making attachment come to market !!
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Well the limiting factors is amount of pressure that can be handled and applied.....
For Moderate Swaging Pressure... up to .45 caliber... the S-Press CSP-1 (perfect for my needs .177 -.30)
Also the frame is made withstand over 100,000 psi..which is about 2.5x more than a cast frame can handle.....
Then for serious work 50 cal and above... H-style Mega Mite CSP-2 is needed.....
But for use with reloading presses like the RockChucker... Corbin makes a set of dies that can used....
But they limited to making a straight sided pellet in a SWC configuration....$ 676.
For Moderate Swaging Pressure... up to .45 caliber... the S-Press CSP-1 (perfect for my needs .177 -.30)
Also the frame is made withstand over 100,000 psi..which is about 2.5x more than a cast frame can handle.....
Then for serious work 50 cal and above... H-style Mega Mite CSP-2 is needed.....
But for use with reloading presses like the RockChucker... Corbin makes a set of dies that can used....
But they limited to making a straight sided pellet in a SWC configuration....$ 676.
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They are currently not selling the die kit unfortunately. I just contacted them, so I'm hunting for alternatives.
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Presslug makes a press and dies from .177 up to .35 cal. Also I saw someone is making dies that don't require a press, you can use a hammer. I can't think of who it is right now.
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The die I'm referring to is NSA style.
Not going for the hammer job, lol. Yeah, I'm trying to figure out how to use the presslug dies with this. I will need some machining of course. I just ordered some test slugs from APEX Airguns. If they work out, I'll order the dies and go from there. The tricky part is making the auto eject work. Maybe a way with the built in primer press?
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Take a look at this thread
Some users discuss swaging bullets as well.
Swaging with rockchucker-is it possible??
I know this has been asked before and the usual answer is "buy a swaging press". But, before anyone jumps on that band wagon... I am ONLY interested in swaging 22LR brass casings for use in .224 projectiles. It would be for a low volume amount, almost like "I am not dependent on the...
castboolits.gunloads.com
Some users discuss swaging bullets as well.
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The Rock Chucker (in all 3 (4?) of its incarnations) is more than capable of swaging pellets. I have swaged 9mm and 40 cal bullets with one, and know several (powder burner) benchrest guys that routinely make 6mm jacketed bullets on them. Dies are the issue. I've been meaning to try to make some, but that's not an option for all. Nonetheless, the press is not the obstacle...
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