Swagging slugs

[Squirrelgun]

Performance wise are you getting about the same as the JSB’s?

 

[coffeepan]

Just wonder... All swaggers, do you use lead wire on rod? Or core mold? I was looking for lead wire and what I found was extremely expensive vs lead price in general.

 

[DesertSilver]

these look fantastic - wish there was some moderately priced entry point into swaging.

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For sale is a .35cal GMI Swage dies. In very very good condition!! Only used to make about 100 slugs because soon after receiving it I received my new NOE moulds in .357 and also my Corbin Swage dies in .357 so there was little need for me to use it. I used it mainly to do videos and...

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[Skywatcher55]

They look amazing!

 

[warchlaq]

From left...

JSB KO .22 (for comparison) .25 40grain, .25 54grain

 

[Xbowsniper]

Just wonder... All swaggers, do you use lead wire on rod? Or core mold? I was looking for lead wire and what I found was extremely expensive vs lead price in general.

I use lead wire from Corbins. Yes, it is considerably more expensive than raw lead, but the time and energy it takes to put that lead into core molds, really isn't worth it. Plus the lead fumes, possibility of getting burned, safety reasons, etc., makes it REALLY not worth it.
A 10 pound spool of Corbins lead wire, (I only swage .177, so I use their .170 wire) comes to 70, 000 grains of lead wire. If my average projectile weighs about 10 grains, I'll have about 60,000 grains of slugs, with that 10,000 grains being bleed off from the swaging process. That gives me about 6000 slugs for $50 worth of lead wire. Still reasonably economical in my book.

Tom Holland
Field Target Tech
Fieldtargettech.com

 

[coffeepan]

I use lead wire from Corbins. Yes, it is considerably more expensive than raw lead, but the time and energy it takes to put that lead into core molds, really isn't worth it. Plus the lead fumes, possibility of getting burned, safety reasons, etc., makes it REALLY not worth it.
A 10 pound spool of Corbins lead wire, (I only swage .177, so I use their .170 wire) comes to 70, 000 grains of lead wire. If my average projectile weighs about 10 grains, I'll have about 60,000 grains of slugs, with that 10,000 grains being bleed off from the swaging process. That gives me about 6000 slugs for $50 worth of lead wire. Still reasonably economical in my book.

Tom Holland
Field Target Tech
Fieldtargettech.com

Yes, I know that core mold is the same as casted bullets. I was just wondering in that Nielsenammo topic that there aren't more people interested now that you could get smaller batches of lead wire than industrial quantities.

I've been casting my own bullets for long time.
The only thing I haven't started yet is casting pellets. Because I used more air guns that shoot casted bullets. Like .308 .223 etc.

 

[warchlaq]

.25 50grain vs 223rem 55grain (sierra 1365)

 

[warchlaq]

For my Jager .22, 42.44grain. For comparison, JSB KO.

 

[warchlaq]

46.30grain for my .22 Jager
For comparison JSB KO

 

[warchlaq]

Slug 0.93g (14.35 grain)
Slug 1.27g (19.6 grain)
Slug 1.35g (20.8 grain)
Slug 2.2g (34grain)

 

[warchlaq]

Rebated boat tail. The cylindrical part of the slug is shortened, which results in less resistance in the barrel.

Caliber .22 weight 44.75 grain

 

[warchlaq]

A combination of rebated boat tail and hybrid
Slug 1.74g RBTHP

 

[warchlaq]

.22 RBTHP (empty tip) 44.75grain

 

[warchlaq]

And... .22 RBTHP (empty tip) 46.3grain

 

[warchlaq]

For my .25 Jager, 3.85 grams (59.41 grain) lenght 13.5mm.
For comparison on right side .22 ZAN 2.6 grams (40 grain) and JSB KO

It was supposed to be 4 grams, but I ran out of a tool, I have to calmly make a second one for such and longer slugs.

 

[warchlaq]

On the left side, new in .25 famili, 4.42 grams (68.21 grain) then 3.85 grams, 3.4 and 2.57