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I made up 200 60 grain bullets made from rimfire cases.



When you use rim fire cases as bullet jackets, it's important to clean them up and sort them by headstamp. RF cases weigh from about 9.3 to 10.5 grains, depending on the brand and case size. These are SK Jagd cases that came from an indoor range.

They say that bullets using RF cases shouldn't be launched at more than 3200 fps. I will keep velocities pegged there. The 225 can push 60 grain bullets from 3400 to 3500 fps.

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As I was saying, these will be loaded up to play with. When I make them, I weigh and separate by weight. Generally, the max.spread is .7 or .8 of a grain for a couple hundred. The odd one might be heavier or lighter, eg. 61.0 or 59.0 grain. Those are bagged separately.

I bag them by weight, with a .3 grain spread. In this case, 59.5 to 59.8 gr. They group the same as most other bullets.

Interesting and intriguing.

Thanks. I manage to get a lot of work done in my shop this time of year, but there is a stretch where going to the range is not fun. Testing powders isn't really good either because it is -20 C or -4 F outside right now. Unless you are testing loads for cold weather, it's not really ideal. I have the last loads for my 30-303 book which have been sitting on the shelf since Christmas. But I digress.

I will probably take the 225 Win and the 6x45mm out for functional shots shortly, I hate winter.

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Interesting......

Thanks. For a couple of years, I collected buckets of range brass that were full to the top with spent 22LR cases. Based on the weight, there are approximately 45,000 cases per bucket. 5 or 10% of them are no good, but the rest are fine. I have sorted 2 buckets worth and have them in containers in my workshop. I haven't counted, but have approximately 20,000 bullets - 60 gr. mostly - on a shelf in my shop.

I won't run out of 224 bullets.

Way above my head!

It isn't that hard...I'm doing it!

And it's one of the things that keeps me busy over the winter.

Squeezing the cores into jackets made from 22LR cases.

What does it cost to get into swaging the jackets and bullets? How much does the lead core run (I assume it is some type of wire)?

You can use a Rock Chucker press, or buy a swaging press.

You need a die set in the calibre of your choice. That is a three die set which includes the core swaging die, the core seating die and the point forming die. If you wish to have a lead tip, you will need a fourth die - a tip forming die. This dresses the tip.

You're looking at over $2000, but if you are going to make 224 bullets to start, Corbins sells kits for a reloading press or their S press. I would recommend that you add a core swaging die to the 224 kit. The kit does not include this die, so bullet weights will vary more than with using the core swaging die.

http://www.corbins.com/kit-224.htm#top

http://corbins.com/prices.htm#s-dies

I bought a Lee Loader for the 225 tonight on ebay.



It was close to $100 with shipping. I must be crazy.

Which powder are you going to try,Steve?

I made a list of old standbys and a few newer powders. In no particular order - Re 15, Re 17, Big Game, H380, 4064, 4451, 4320, Varget

I'll probably start with two - Big Game and Re 17 and the 55 gr. Hornadys.

I have a couple thousand of the 55 gr. Hornadys and a bunch of homemade 52 gr and 66 gr bullets.

Crazy like a fox, you old Canuckian.😛

Those things are pretty handy. I still load my .30/06s using a combination of the Lee Loader and an RCBS Competition seater. They come in handy for all sorts of tasks that pop up, not just straight reloads. Someday. I'm going to get an arbor press to eliminate the hammering, though I've used a drillpress vise successfully a time or two. Redneck ingenuity 🛠

Good selection of powders.

Until the Lee Collet die came along, I used Lee Loaders for all my bolt action rifles.

I have about 30 Lee Loaders. Only a few of my originals remain. When I was teaching about reloading, I used to give them away. They are in six provinces, a few US states and are scattered around Germany, England and a few other places. That was in the 1970s and 1980s. I still like to load my 222s with a Lee Loader and A Hornady seating die. Lee Loaders produce nice, straight necks and keeps it that way. The seating die gently seats the bullet and does not contribute to run out.





I try to keep a good selection of powders on hand. Now that I can get to the range and the temperatures aren't so cold, I will finish shooting the last of the 30-303 loads and start on the smaller stuff.