I have forming jackets and core seating down. It’s the final form where I am running into a stumbling block.
It would appear you are doing this with a modified ram? Might you have a picture of same?
I have forming jackets and core seating down. It’s the final form where I am running into a stumbling block.
It would appear you are doing this with a modified ram? Might you have a picture of same?
Facta non verba
Firefly thank you. From that photograph I think I see exactly where I am going wrong.
I need to turn my thinking around. The Herter top (nose) punch becomes the base punch and ejecting punch and the old ejecting punch becomes a removable nose punch. From rough measuring it looks like I need to make a new ram about 3 1/2” long. Am thinking to make the nose die and the body die recessed the same way Vickery did for positive alignment and use Stressproof for the material.
We shall find out by Thanksgiving
Again. I thank you!!!
Will post any findings.
Facta non verba
I'm the OP on this,, and I can say I never got to using that press. No dies around that I could easily find. I think I still have it in a box to be swapped or traded or sold somewhere.
I did get into swaging using my RockChucker though.
Reg A picture would not show much of the modified ram it is being used for pistol not .224" bullets .
However I looked though some files and found I may be calling my press the wrong name ? Is your 9 ton press horizontal? I have seen the vertical press called the same (9 ton) and I have the vertical press . Your pictures are not showing and neither are they in this link: (2010)
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/sho...rs-9-Ton-Press
This is my press below however I have a PDF for a Herter's 9 ton I will try to post next reply....
When I think back on all the **** I learned in high school it's a wonder I can think at all ! And then my lack of education hasn't hurt me none I can read the writing on the wall.
Now see if I can open PDF here? P.S. the ram looks to be the same in both units!
Last edited by firefly1957; 11-23-2023 at 06:48 PM. Reason: P.S.
When I think back on all the **** I learned in high school it's a wonder I can think at all ! And then my lack of education hasn't hurt me none I can read the writing on the wall.
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 |