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.he CHAPTER 11 CORBIN HANDBOOK AND CATALOG NO. 7, PAGE # DRAW DIES Draw dies, or drawing dies (as they are also called), are simply ring dies used to reduce the diameter of a component. When you size a cast bullet, you are using a much less precise version of a draw die. The draw dies made by Corbin are extremely hard, tough venturi-shaped tools held in a 7/8-14 TPI body. A punch pushes the component through the die and out the top. There are two general types of draw dies. The JRD-1 can be made either for bullets, or for jackets. The bullet draw die reduces a finished bullet by a small amount, sometimes as little as 0.0005 inches, a...

.he CHAPTER 10 CORBIN HANDBOOK AND CATALOG NO. 7, PAGE # INDIVIDUAL DIES FOR THE RELOADING PRESS You can make up your own swaging kit for a reloading press, or you can add dies to existing kits and expand your bullet-swaging capabilities caliber by caliber. With the suggested kits in the previous chapter, I didn't suggest any lead tip dies. They are very useful in the three rifle calibers, when you want a nice factory-finished lead tip. But they are something you can add at any time. It isn't necessary to match this die as exactly as with the core seater and point former. A half-thousandth of an inch tolerance is plenty, and that is easy...

.he CHAPTER 9 CORBIN HANDBOOK AND CATALOG NO. 7, PAGE # KITS for your RELOADING PRESS The easiest way to get started is to purchase a complete kit, with everything you need to start making your own private "brand" of bullets! Here are several kits that you can put together yourself. Just specify the caliber, and order however many bullet jackets and other supplies you may want. I've made suggestions for reasonable amounts of supplies with each kit... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ECONOMY .224 KIT Order these items to make up your own minimal cost kit, for making excellent quality .224 caliber bul...

.he CHAPTER 8 CORBIN HANDBOOK AND CATALOG NO. 7, PAGE # BOOKS FOR BULLET SWAGERS Learn about bullet swaging, the fast accurate process that gives you total control over bullet design and production! The combined knowledge of generations of master die-makers has been collected in the Corbin Swaging Library -- seven volumes of easy-to-read, fact-filled information. More than 840 pages of authorative work, with charts, photos, data, drawings, and technical reports, in a special package to save you money! USE YOUR VISA/MASTER-CHARGE AND ORDER BY TELEPHONE: 503-826-5211 The Corbin Swaging Library includes these books: The BULLET SWAGE MAN...

.he CHAPTER 7 CORBIN HANDBOOK AND CATALOG NO. 7, PAGE #.op SOME SPECIFIC BULLETS AND HOW TO MAKE THEM I've already written seven books and my editors tell me I have over 400 articles in print, describing the various things you can do with swaging. It would be ridiculous to try and explain every possible bullet style in this book -- you'd need a flat-bed truck to haul it out and a crane to flip the pages! Rather than that, I will try to explain how each of several examples of bullets can be made, selecting very simple and very exotic kinds of bullets, including features that shooters find exciting, and designs that appear difficult or imp...

.he CHAPTER 6 CORBIN HANDBOOK AND CATALOG NO. 7, PAGE #.op SWAGING WITH THE HYDRO-PRESS SYSTEM The manufacture of custom bullets has grown tremendously in the past decade: people with a diverse range of jobs (and quite a few who were between jobs), people who had successful professional careers, have found custom bullet manufacture to be pleasant, profitable, and a wonderful way to plan a comfortable retirement income or to build a business at low cost that can be turned over to a son or daughter. There is no typical custom bullet maker, as far as I can tell. I know doctors, carpenters, locksmiths, attorneys, laborers, people who had sev...

.he CHAPTER 5 CORBIN HANDBOOK AND CATALOG NO. 7, PAGE #.op SWAGING WITH THE MITY MITE SYSTEM Swaging with the Mity Mite press and dies is a huge step up from using a reloading press. It's faster, easier to use, more than doubles the power you have, so that the effort is cut by more than half, and extends the caliber and design range to dizzying heights. You can obtain dies to make any caliber from .14 to .458, any weight up to about 450 grains, with a maximum bullet length of about 1.3 inches. You're read about the CORE SEATING DIE, POINT FORMER, and LEAD TIP DIE in the previous chapter (or, if you skipped it, you should read it now). Le...

.he CHAPTER 4 CORBIN HANDBOOK AND CATALOG NO. 7, PAGE # SWAGING IN THE RELOADING PRESS If your reloading press accepts standard 7/8-14 TPI dies and its ram will take regular RCBS button-type shell holders, then you can use it for swaging certain calibers and kinds of bullets with Corbin reloading press swage dies. A heavy-duty press makes the work easier, but any modern press capable of resizing a .30-06 case is strong enough for bullet swaging in the styles and calibers we offer. There are limits to the pressure you can safely apply to the soft screw-stock rams used in nearly all current reloading presses. The size of the frame or l...

.he CHAPTER 3 CORBIN HANDBOOK AND CATALOG NO. 7, PAGE # ABOUT BULLET JACKETS Bullet jackets are the skin of the bullet. They are what makes it possible to achieve velocities over 4,000 fps and still have no fouling from melted lead in your barrel. But besides elimination of lead fouling, the jacket has another important job. It helps control the terminal performance of the bullet. Bullet jackets are available from Corbin in packages of 250 or 500 jackets, depending on the caliber and length. Popular calibers are stocked in certain lengths that are most useful. Not all calibers or lengths are available directly. Some you have to make your...

.he CHAPTER 2 CORBIN HANDBOOK AND CATALOG NO. 7, PAGE # MAKING THE LEAD CORES The two main components that go into most bullets are the lead filling, or core, and the outer skin, or jacket. We'll talk about jackets in the next chapter. Right now, let's make some cores. There are two main sources for lead cores. You can purchase a spool of lead wire in the proper diameter, along with a core cutter, and chop off accurately-measured lengths. Corbin has lead wire in pure 175,000 grain spools (LW-25), and the PCS-1 Precision Core Cutter to cut them. The core cutter has an adjustable stop screw that adjusts the amount of lead cut on each strok...