I was requested by a commercial caster to make punches that would have the bullet clear the short die with every stroke. Easy task if the die is back bored a bit. The backboring protects the exit...
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Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
I was requested by a commercial caster to make punches that would have the bullet clear the short die with every stroke. Easy task if the die is back bored a bit. The backboring protects the exit...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Ascast, I make my custom m-dies from grade 8, 9/16 fine thread bolts. Cut the hex head off and machine the unthreaded shank portion into the expander you want. They wear pretty good. And there is no...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
Would any of you have a Star die catalog showing the largest size die Star offered to it's customers? Magma too for that matter. I am getting requests that leave dang little meat in the lube area.
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
I can make them but you will have to pay postage. Pm me.
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
I can make any diameter punch you need under .500" pm me.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
January 1985 I saw a winchester ad for the model 94 xtr ae and had to have one. So I had a lgs order one up, and I still have it. With the 24" bbl it performs just like Mr Waters said it would. And...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Call me crazy but about 4 years ago I chambered a barrel in 6.5 grendel for a takedown 99 Savage. It doesn't feed flawlessly but it will feed reliably. It has a 24" 1 in 8" twist barrel. With the...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
See s&s. https://castboolits.gunloads.com/search.php?searchid=10543760
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/search.php?searchid=10543760
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/search.php?searchid=10543760
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/search.php?searchid=10543760. Relevant S&S post.
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
Thanks for the kind words Floyd. I am getting the hardening thing down, and I am ready to offer them now for the super high volume guys. Long/lube style and short dies for coated boolits.
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
I don't post very much anymore, but I have been hanging with the charter members of this tribe since 1999 when it was "Shooters". I am a retired maintenance machinist with a small shop in a icecold...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
I am making "Star style" dies. As of yet they are unhardened, but I have a small forge being delivered Wed. In the meantime I have been experimenting. One experiment is with a .310" die that has a...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
I can make this die for you with custom hole spacing/placing. I make them one at a time. Ain't nothing I won't give effort to.
Forum: Cast Boolits
More important than the mould material is the quality of your alloy. For years I strived to find the moulds that cast best. Then I found a source for top quality alloying metals and ALL my moulds...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Pm me if you find that you need an oversize die.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
This may have already been mentioned, but the difference in head diameter really only matters once. From then on they come out of a 6.5x55 size die with the same body diameter as 6.5x55 orig brass....
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Other benefits could be moving the center of gravity toward the drive band area of the boolit more. But no more would be gained over a round hollow point.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Bigslug +1.
At self defence, or even hunting velocity it is near impossible to improve on a wide meplat for creating a wound channel. But ain't it cool looking though! Lol
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |