is it really worth it?

[Firewalker]

I started with Dave in '92, .22 using spent .22lr casings for jackets.

I bought a new die every time he made an improvement and swaged perhaps a 1/4 million bullets since.

After 30 years, I sold it all, I got all my money back, nothing was moving anywhere in 2021.

I don't miss it, the bullets were never as accurate as Nosler of the same weight and I doubt that slugs will be any different.

IMHO, buy commercially made ammo.

 

[JungleShooter]

Thanks for that update.

I'm not sure if I should go down that route.....


The elusive FX Halo slugs ᗝ — from their looks at least — are exactly what I would be looking for if I bought a swaging set:
▪ huge hollow point (XL wide and XL deep), and
▪ a BC that is only slightly better than a high BC pellet (for angled shots).


It's been over a year now that FX — in another marketing hype they are notorious for — made their grandiose announcement to "Say good-bye to pellets!"

I have been holding my breath for over a year now — and I will continue to hold it.... (as this swaging game will easily cost a couple of grands).


Maybe, just maybe, this is one of the rabbit holes I might be able to avoid falling into.

Matthias

 

[Ezana4CE]

@JungleShooter I'm not familiar with the FX Halo slugs. The guy in the linked video at the end of this post appears to be making something similar to what's pictured in the photos below. I'd hope that there is a more methodical method of making them. His method looks time consuming, but one may be able to make a 100 or so within an hour once they get the procedure down pat. Maybe more. At least I'd hope that this is possible. And I don't know why he uses the word "swedging" when all of Dave Corbin's literature (that I've read) says "swage." He even writes the pronunciation and words that sound similar.

I would be interested in buying slugs that have an XXL hollow point — almost totally open, just a bit of crimping to form a slight ogive.
Once we figure out the right size, I'd buy bulk .30cal and .22cal.

Matthias

A shape between the far left slug and the next one to the right (ogive about 88%):
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A shape between the bottom slug and the next one above it (ogive about 88%):
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